The Time Machine

Did any of you pay attention to the NBA draft? Our own Kyle Weaver (WSU) got picked 8th in the second round. We are excited up here. We don't have many NBA alumni to be pround of. He is going to Charlotte. He is a great all around player and should be fun to watch. I see that a BYU player also went in the 2nd round. How about that PAC 10. Three of the top five picks and 7 in the top 21. Not bad.
I also heard that Seattle is getting a MLS team. Have you heard that? We need it now that the Sonics are trying to leave. I guess they want to go to Oklahoma City. I thought of a great team name for them - the Bombers! OK, probably not. But will be sad if they leave. I wonder if I should be buying Sonics stuff and saving it. Then I could use this time machine to go forward five hundred years and try to sell them. Hopefully the apes will still be interested in stuff like this. Anyway I think its a good plan. As soon as I return I will of course destroy the time machine to keep it from falling into the wrong hands. I watched the movies, I know what could happen. You have to be responsible with things like that. Have a good day!

Bio Control

This summer I have been collecting insects for use in biocontrol programs. These bioagents specialize on specfic weeds and help control their invasive habits. It is a dream job for me most of the time. I get to be outside collecting insects! I get to see a lot of cool bugs, the other day I even caught a scorpion! I will include a couple of photos of the beetles on Canada thistle.

Larinus planus Rhinocyllus conicus

We spent a couple of weeks collecting these. As you can see the plants are pretty nasty. So what are you guys up to this summer? Let's have updates.

Initial Post

Greetings. I hope that this can be a means to improve our communication. Every day I think if things I want to tell somebody (sometimes they are even clever or relevant things) but I am not really the pick up the phone and chat kind of person. This way I can post my thoughts and you can reply or you can email me and I can transfer it to here so everyone can read it. I miss talking about stuff like sports or movies or current events or whatever. So let's do it!