Oct. 18th, 2007

Random

Oct. 18th, 2007 06:24 am
urbpan: (Me and Charlie in the Arnold Arboretum)
Yesterday's tree was Japanese Pagodatree or Chinese Scholar Tree (Sophora japonica or, I think the new scientific name is Styphnolobium japonicum--sources list both scientific names with one or the other set in parentheses) a hardy Asian ornamental legume tree used as an urban accent. Much thanks to [livejournal.com profile] bezigebij for the identification.

[livejournal.com profile] purplebunnie, I haven't forgotten about you! Your t-shirts are in a box in the trunk of my car, waiting for an opportune trip to the post office.

If anyone here is a comics fan, there's a great interview with Shannon Wheeler (of Too Much Coffee Man fame) here. Shannon is one of the few cartoonists that I was into back when I was involved in comics whose career I've kept up with. Mostly because he has a livejournal: [livejournal.com profile] tmcm.

Speaking of which, my brother [livejournal.com profile] brush_rat has another page up of his webcomic, Waiting for the End of the World. It's got Satan and a minion talking of disembowelment and puppetry. What's not to love?

In science news that's wholly unsurprising, but probably of interest if you read my journal, barred owls and moose are two of the species that have been discovered deliberately associating with human created habitat for ecological reasons. The barred owl article coins the phrase "uber-forest," which I take to be a meaningless attempt at a grabby headline. Why would the post urban forest be any more "uber" than the pre urban forest?

My Aunt replied to an email of mine with an actual paper letter. It was kind and conversational and wise and great to receive. My mother's mortality and my father's reaction to it, and me and my brother's role in things are nicely and simply explained. My mom was lucky to have an older sister who is so smart and solid. This weekend my brother is coming back east for about 48 hours and I'll meet him at my dad's house tomorrow afternoon. It will be the first time in over a decade that the three of us will be in the same place, without other friends and family members there.

Of course, just before that meeting I will have taken the Massachusetts Pesticide Applicators License Exam, a test that doesn't seem to be too difficult, but Friday is going to be a stress sandwich no matter what I do: Work from 7 to 11 AM, exam from 12 to 2:30, drive to Connecticut, face mother's mortality in a family setting. That last part will probably be relaxing in an odd way.

Egads, I'm going to be late unless I close the thing now. See you this afternoon!
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On this day in 365 Urban Species: Wooly Bear, everyone's favorite caterpillar. I found one today taking refuge in a rat poison bait station.

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