Sunday, October 25, 2009

Katy didn't

Lisa spotted this character at the front door to our building. It's a katydid. My best guess based on a minimal amount of half-assed research is that it belongs to the genus Microcentrum. When I saw it, I told Lisa it was a leafhopper. This was based on two critical observations:
  1. It looked like a leaf
  2. It looked like some kind of grasshopper
QED, right? Wrong. It turns out that a leafhopper is a completely different type of insect which hops on leaves, rather than resembles a leaf. Leafhopper are also really tiny. There goes my entomology career.


I can conclusively say, though, that...it is green.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Three-chambered peanuts!

MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN - My friend Aaron and I were sitting on his back porch eating peanuts and drinking beer. when something totally unexpected happened: one of us found a three-chambered peanut...and then it happened six more times. I know, right? Seven three-chambered peanuts in one bag - what a time to be alive.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Angry eagle law firm

Do some aspiring attorneys dream of practicing angry eagle law, or does it just happen?

It happened in Tucson, Arizona, on Valencia Road, just west of the airport. Whether you need to sue over unlawful regurgitation or defend yourself against charges of kleptoparasitism, the Angry Eagle Law Firm has you covered. You can celebrate your assured victory across the parking lot, at the Happy Chicken restaurant.




Angry Eagle and Happy Chicken, staring each other down across the Arizona asphalt - I wonder if anyone at the zoning board chuckled when these building permits were issued.

Coordinates:
32.13412 N, 110.97922 W (WGS84)

You can see the avian showdown in Street View.