Category Archives: Random

Every so often I like to do some self reflection and look back on this blog. In some ways it is strange that when I wrote my Why studia mirabilium post, I mentioned that I was tired of the negativity … Continue reading →

Travel is one of those things with pretty distinct paradigm shifts to me. Once change happens, it’s hard to remember what it was like before the change. It took me 5 hours to fly 2,000 some odd miles. Yet it … Continue reading →

Going through the updated phylogeny for the lobeliad series. Wow, there is a lot to unpack! And a lot for me to update. Even my last post is basically out of date now. I’ll be updating each entry as I … Continue reading →

It has been over a year since I last posted. I’m still trying to figure out what to do with the blog going into the future. In the meantime, I visited Texas for the first time and I thoroughly enjoyed … Continue reading →

One nice thing for me when I travel is seeing how local fauna have adapted to the human condition. While this is a common sight in many parts of the world, Hirundinidae (Swallows, Martins) aren’t found in Hawai’i. Many species … Continue reading →

Let’s skip the actual bad stuff like deviant solicitations and other such nonsense. Even without that, the Internet can be a rather not nice place. Negativity runs rampant in so many circles of the web. From topics as disparate as … Continue reading →