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		<title>Existential Angst</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am going to outlive myself. Eat, sleep, sleep, eat. Exist slowly, softly, like these trees, like a puddle of water, like the red bench in the streetcar.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea What does it mean to live an &#8216;authentic life&#8217;? If the world has no meaning, then all we can do is exist; live. This should not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=385&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New directions&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been a busy 18 months or so, and I am no longer writing about science, really. Photography has taked over to a large extent, as alluded to by a previous post, fuelled by my own personal journey. So if you want to follow that, my other blog, &#8220;Sublimation&#8221;, is the place to go. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=381&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter to Sir David Attenborough</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written for the Letters to Sir David project: http://dearsirdavid.wordpress.com/ Dear Sir David,  Nearly eleven years ago, my Grandmother, Beryl Ayton Hall, turned 80. In a grand lunch in my parent’s gorgeous drawing room, I was asked to say a few words in her honour. I came prepared with a single prop for the occasion, hidden under [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=377&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photons, captured and converted&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My work and my photography have displaced this site nearly completely. I&#8217;ve come back here to caress this blog gently; remind it that it is still wanted. It must feel like an unloved child, bereft of attention. Work &#8211; I am in full swing back in exploration looking for copper-gold and silver-lead-zinc deposits. The work [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=368&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency to home in four days: thanks medical science, and some sombre thoughts.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, just every now and then, you need a good shot of reality to return your mind to what is real, away from the stuff of mere thought, navel-gazing and &#8220;controversy&#8221;. I’ve been in hospital since Sunday afternoon. It’s now Wednesday night, and I’ll be going home tomorrow. Pneumonia put me in here, via the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=361&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A few lines I penned back in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little embarrassing to share one&#8217;s own poetry, but as I am about to move back into minerals exploration, this seemed appropriate. I wrote this the last time I did fly-in, fly-out exploration; something I am unlikely ever to do again.It&#8217;s not all that good, I&#8217;ll warn you! Weary site, weary home Drilling, drilling, drilling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=357&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life in the field</title>
		<link>http://traversingtherazor.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/life-in-the-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The work of a geologist is a mystery for many people. We know about rocks and that is probably the extent of the average person&#8217;s knowledge of the field. It&#8217;s true, too. We do know about rocks (that is supposedly what 3 or 4 years of uni taught us). But the life of a working [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=351&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Watch out for the crocs!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikekpr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings All! What follows is my first guest post; and it touches on a topic in science communication that is close to my heart. Too often I find myself being irritated at a galah being described as a &#8220;Pink and Grey&#8221;. I cringe at people not being able to distinguish a monitor from a gecko. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=340&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Divining: Hocus Pocus, Part Two.</title>
		<link>http://traversingtherazor.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/water-divining-hocus-pocus-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikekpr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been a while, but then science can&#8217;t be rushed, and much pondering over certain products made with water must be had first. For around 3 months now we&#8217;ve been doing this water exploration program and it&#8217;s coming to an end. I wrote about my experiences talking with local farmers and watching them wander around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=336&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Water Divining. Hocus Pocus, but sometimes useful&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://traversingtherazor.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/water-divining-hocus-pocus-but-sometimes-useful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikekpr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have detected a skeptical vein in me whilst reading. I am skeptical. I am a scientist, it&#8217;s my job! Furthermore, I am a geologist who specializes in groundwater. I earn money through the planning and delivery of water (potable or construction water typically) to major projects. Part of that process is the exploration [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traversingtherazor.wordpress.com&#038;blog=15610959&#038;post=325&#038;subd=traversingtherazor&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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