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by Bobby McCarthy
Copyright (c), 2003, My Daily Driver -- All Rights Reserved 
I was driving my car last week, creeping along with other morning commuters. The back up had been
caused by, can you believe it, a Mini-Van rear-ending an SUV. Now there's an unusual traffic phenomenon.
Yeah, right. During this break-tapping crawl, my mind began to wander as it often does. I spied a mass
transit glass and aluminum alcove adorned with an advertisement touting the release of Jurassic Park III.
Now, obviously the folks who post these placards had not updated this one in quite some time.I began to think, "The Jurassic era was over 65 million years ago." And ask myself, "Self, what era are we currently living in?" Although I enjoy the natural sciences, I will admit that my knowledge of the Geological Time Scale or for that matter the science of plate tectonics does allude me. This is when I defer to the esteemed Professor Grundy. Although an acknowledged member of academia, he is also known as Professor "Horse Power". When I presented this question to Professor Grundy, he immediately corrected me. He took a deep breath and stated, " First, there are Eons then Eras then Periods and last Epochs." He then glanced despairingly and mumbled, "Cenozoic, age of the Mammals" With all due respect to Professor Grundy and his documented contributions to the world of internal combustion, I have slightly different take on this whole Era thing. As you know, any self respecting Geological Time Scale academia also includes "Pivotal Events." Well, my alleged long term loss of short time memory allows me to present my Geological Automotive Time Scale. 
Perhaps this is not the Periodic Table or the Geological Time Scale, but as I have stated in previous issues, I'll invoke my alleged journalistic to express myself. So as always, please feel free to comment on this column. In the meantime, I will be driving my car. 
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