Archive for January, 2009

Have you really had an English class?

I’m looking for a new housemate right now and put up an ad on Craigslist.  I’ve been emailing back and forth with a few people and am pretty sure I’ll find someone by this weekend.  I’m trying not to discriminate based on grammar and spelling, but some of the responses I get are pretty terrible.  […]

Berry Go Round 12

The 12th edition of Berry Go Round, my favorite plant carnival, is up at Foothills Fancies.  If you’re too busy to go over and read the whole thing, you should at least make time for this discussion of Bursera simaruba diversity and this adorable fern-like cycad.

And the Winner Is….

Everybody! I’m feeling uncharacteristically indecisive and couldn’t make up my mind for the Extinction Thursdays competition.  I’ll just use a different one each week!  As for the prizes – everyone who made a suggestion should email me a mailing address.

Missed Migraine Log

I missed the weekly migraine log last Tuesday.  To make up for it, I promise to include some graphs with the next one. I know, I know.  This is very poor data collection.  But it was Christmas and I was traveling and busy and just forgot to keep track.  It didn’t help that I was […]

Extinction Thursday – New Year’s Edition

What better way to start the new year than by reminding ourselves of what we’ve done wrong? Betula szaferi is a kind of birch tree that no longer exists in the wild.  Before this particular species went extinct, it hybridized with Betula pendula to form the species Betula oycoviensis, so in a way it’s survived. […]