The Knight and the Dragon

A knight rides up a hill towards a dragon's lair.

Knight: Vile dragon, prepare to meet thy death, for now I shall kill thee!
Dragon: Really? You're going to kill me?
Knight: Yes, I'm going to ride up that hill and stab you in the belly.
Dragon: Alright, just watch out for my garden.
Knight: What?
Dragon: My garden. Especially the tulips. I love tulips.
Knight: You garden?
Dragon: What, you've never had a hobby? Or do you always ride up mountains and threaten to kill people.
Knight: Only on weekends. Most of the time I prefer reading, or surfing the web.
Dragon: You are a very lazy knight, you know that?
Knight: You insult me! Prepare to meet THY DOOM!
Knight charges, Dragon roars.

The End

Ecosystem, Week 3

Here's a quick summary: it rained in Africa, and the lions are slowly recovering.
The trees have grown back in Siberia, but the caribou have left Alaska, so the wolves will have to find other food sources.
The Ankylosaurs were hit by a sickness, but this isn't doing any damage to the ecosystem.
It rained again in the field.

Finally, a new species appeared in the tide pool: kelp, which brings with it another kind of snail called an abalone.

I Have a Fortress!

This is Weathertop. My dad helped me make it.

This is how it looked when we assembled and painted it.

This is it with all the trimmings, and below is Weathertop in action.

U jelly?

The Facts are Enlightening

I've been kind of worried about my Facebook popularity, which is stupid. It just seems like certain people are only commenting on certain posts. So I decided to rant about it. Of course, my thought was that everyone was either not getting it or related to me. Or both. But to my surprise the facts checked out differently. Feast your eyes:

Out of 20 posts since May 2, I wrote:

6 about my personal life,
                 4 of which were from friends of family and 14 of which were from friends.
5 about current events,
                 5 of which were family, 7 of which were friends, and 2 of which didn't get it.
5 about wit/humor,
                 7 of which didn't get it and 3 were everyone else.
3 other,
                 3 of which were family, 3 of which were friends, and 2 of which didn't get it.
1 a movie quote,
                 All 8 of which were friends.
and 3 about this blog,
                 Which received no comments. At all.

So out of 58 comments, only 20% were family, and 18% were people who didn't get it.
Of course, 70 % of people didn't get my jokes. But really, there was also the fact that the majority of comments on my daily life was on about one post. Then again, when divided up it's about 2.3 comments per post.

So really I shouldn't be a whiner. There are plenty of people who still comment that aren't either related or lacking a sense of humor.

But then there's all the posts I deleted, that no one commented on...

Oops! My Bad!

Turns out we were actually in week 3 of the project. It's actually week 2 of summer (isn't it?).

Also, I forgot the field. So this week it rained. So we get more flowers!

I crave your indulgence for this mistake.

Week 2 of the Ecosystem Project

It is week 2 isn't it?

Anyways, our invertebrates way back in the tide pool are being attacked by a few newcomers: the penpoint gunnel.

In Africa, the lion prides have been hit by a disease. It will take some time for them to recover.

In the Arctic, a dead whale has washed up in Baffin Bay, so our wolverines will be feasting for months.
Meanwhile, some trees are growing back in Siberia.

And finally, our last ecosystem: the dinosaurs!

A lot of these are actually from different time periods. So no complaining!

They are:

• Tyrannosaurus
• Stegosaurus
• Parasaurolphus
• Ornithomimus
• Quetzalcoatlus
• Utahraptor
• Sauroposeidon
• Alamosaurus
• Acrocanthosaurus
• Deinonychus
• Ankylosaurus
• Triceratops

Above the Arctic Circle

This is probably my biggest picture ever. This covers the whole arctic, from plankton to whales to wolves to lemmings. By the way, there are five mini-ecosystems, and clockwise they are the North Pole, Svalbard, Baffin Bay, Alaska, and Siberia.

So. What's the number today?

Surprise! It's a 4. That stands for human interference in the Arctic. So down come all the trees in Siberia.

This is bad, because the lemmings, hares, and foxes hide under the trees, and the owls rest in them.

The foxes are getting more numerous, as there are less hiding places for their prey and less competition from the owls.