Reminder: “What Is Life?” on Sunday in Tulsa (Blizzards Allowing)

ERV informs me there’s some snow between me and my delivery of this year’s John Wesley Powell Memorial Lecture on Sunday in Oklahoma (details here). But if Powell could paddle down the Grand Canyon one-handed, the least I can do is hang out in airports a few extra hours. I look forward to seeing any Loom readers around Tulsa.

March 27th, 2009 9:27 PM by Carl Zimmer in Talks | 6 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

6 Responses to “Reminder: “What Is Life?” on Sunday in Tulsa (Blizzards Allowing)”

1. 220mya Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 12:21 am

Your post is directly in the spirit of the student-adopted motto for my cohort back when I took Field Methods as a geology undergrad: WWJWPD – “What Would John Wesley Powell Do?
2. Charlton Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

Carl, you have to make it to TU because I’m taking a date and I’m trying to impress her Oh, I would also like to hear you speak in person. It would be quite the cherry topping for my already gluttenous education sundae that is the TU School of Nursing.
3. ERV Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 9:21 pm

I expect a Twitter telling us when youve safely landed. *worried furrowed eyebrows* [/mom]

The bright side: Itll be sunny and 60 degrees tomorrow! lol!
4. Carl Zimmer Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 9:26 pm

Blizzards delayed me in O’Hare, but I’m about to climb aboard the Tulsa-bound plane. I imagine Powell would have already canoed down to Oklahoma by now.
5. ERV Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 9:30 pm

lol!

Well, we barely got anything in OKC. Im sure Tulsa is fine
6. Ckbep Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 9:54 pm

We got about 6″ of snow here in T-Town and there’s a freeze warning out for tonight, but it’s supposed to be up to 52 degrees tomorrow. It just wouldn’t be spring in Oklahoma without a snowstorm!

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