Elf Owl

The elf owl is up there on my list of cutest animals on the planet.

Its an owl, because owls are awesome. They are the ninjas of the bird world. 

But this owl is the size of a sparrow. 

I think it's a different kind of cute, though. That elf owl up there means serious business.

Unlike puppies, for example, I don't think an elf owl embraces its cute. After all, it eats scorpions.

And that just makes it all the cuter.

Awwwww!

Semester's End

I'm not going to come up with anything clever about it, but I felt obligated to make a post about the fact that I just finished my first semester of college.

It was tough.
It was worth it.
I'm incredibly happy about being here, and all that other stuff you could probably infer.

So yeah, December 15th, 2011 at 6:00 pm I was done with semester 1.
That's pretty much it.

Science!

So I finished co-authoring my first science paper.
It was called "The Constitutive Chemical Defense of Ornamental Pear Trees (Pyrus calleryana)"
Doesn't it sound so intriguing?!

If you are an insomniac, I highly recommend you read this.
It will make you fall asleep faster than "Red Badge of Courage".
Granted, I was just a young lad when I read that, I might give it another chance someday.

There are so many other books I want to read first though....

• "Hyperspace" and "Physics of the Impossible" by Michio Kaku
• "Jesus Among Other Gods" by Ravi Zacharias
• "Darwin's Cathedral" by David Sloan Wilson
• "Carnage and Culture" by Victor Davis Hanson
• "Who Moved the Stone?" by Frank Morison

What is wrong with me?! Someone get this kid a novel!!!