So I fail at keeping you guys informed. I am now into my first field season for my thesis project. tl;dr, I am investigating the use of restored wetlands and fish farm ponds by migrating shorebirds, which are largely in decline, and the interior subspecies of the Least Tern, which is endangered. The Mississippi River delta area in eastern Arkansas ( Read more... )

Oh man, I have posted too many times today. This is nuts.

First off, don't forget about the SOPA thing. That is incredibly important. Go do that.

Secondly, for those who do not have tinylongwing friended, go see my latest entry there if you want to read about Pele, a passage Cooper's hawk ( Read more... )

I'm sure some of you have noticed the lack of communication from me in the past couple days. Well, that would be because I moved into my new apartment and do not have internet yet. But! Do not fret. Internet is coming. My roommate and I just have to find time to go and get some and then wait for it to be activated. Give it a week, hopefully less ( Read more... )

I got everyone's mail! Woohoo! Beth, your package is sitting on the banister by the stairs here, I'm so sorry I haven't had a chance to mail it yet (due to an inability to actually make it to the post office during its open hours among other things) but it's all ready to go, so hopefully it'll be at your door soon. BUT. Thank you so much, and thank ( Read more... )

That was an awesome little RP session, guys. Even if I now have a terrible headache for having stayed up so late. WE WON BY FIXING THE PLUMBING. I love us.

In other news... I've now seen the first ten minutes of the new RvB season, which is not called Resolution anymore; it is now Revelation. Guess Resolution sounded too final. And... well, I'd ( Read more... )

This will be the best Valentine's Day Caboose ever had! Surely his BFF will not rip his heart out of his chest. ;D ( Read more... )

Okay so for those of you who I told the date of the winter OFA meet to, it has changed - it is now Sunday, January 31st. Not the 30th. Exact location TBA, but it will be somewhere around Corvallis. It is a one-day meet, so Melissa, as I said, no worries about housing unless we want to turn it into an event of sorts, if we want to do stuff around ( Read more... )

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Every once in a while, things happen at work that make me laugh. Not so much entertaining occurrences, although yes, those do happen ("DA-AAD! CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL FOR ONCE?!"). But no, I mean more along the lines of finding a set of fishing lures which proclaim themselves to be X-TREME ACTION SLASHBAIT! And I'm like... lol wat. Or the ( Read more... )

From the CDC website:

What is CDC’s recommendation regarding "swine flu parties"?
"Swine flu parties" are gatherings during which people have close contact with a person who has 2009 H1N1 flu in order to become infected with the virus. The intent of these parties is for a person to become infected with what for many people has been a mild disease ( Read more... )