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10 May 2009

Little Big Day 2009 Kootenay Style

Little Big Day (LBD) 2009
Location: East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Team name: Gotta Be Quick
Species count: 115
Placement: finally placed - tied for first!

Weird / uncommon / surprise birds (my team):
  • Marbled Godwit
  • Trumpeter Swan
  • Williamson's Sapsucker
  • American PipiT
Should have but didn't get:
  • House Wren
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • American Dipper
Complete List all teams (BC abbreviations)
COLO
PBGR
HOGR
RNGR
EAGR
WEGR
AWPE
GBHE
TUSW
TRUS
SNGO
CAGO
WODU
GWTE
MALL
NOPI
BWTE
CITE
NOSL
GADW
EUWI
AMWI
CANV
REDH
RNDU
GRSC
LESC
COGO
BAGO
BUFF
HOME
COME
RUDU
TUVU
OSPR
BAEA
NOHA
SSHA
COHA
RTHA
RLHA
GOEA
AMKE
MERL
PRFA
DUGR
RUGR
VIRA
SORA
AMCO
SACR
KILL
BNST
AMAV
LEYE
SOSA
SPSA
LBCU
WESA
LESA
LBDO
WISN
WIPH
RBGU
ROPI
MODO
VASW
CAHU
RUHU
BEKI
RNSA
WISA
DOWO
HAWO
BBWO
NOFL
PIWO
WIFL
HAFL
DUFL
SAPH
WEKI
TRSW
VGSW
NRWS
CLSW
BASW
GRJA
STJA
BLJA
CLNU
BBMA
AMCR
CORA
BCCH
MOCH
RBNU
WBNU
BRCR
WIWR
MAWR
GCKI
RCKI
WEBL
MOBL
TOSO
AMRO
VATH
AMPI
CEWA
NOSH
EUST
CAVI
OCWA
YEWA
YRWA
TOWA
AMRE
WIWA
SPTO
CHSP
BRSP
VESP
SAVS
FOXP
SOSP
WCSP
DEJU
RWBL
WEME
YHBL
BRBL
BHCO
PIGR
PUFI
CAFI
HOFI
RECR
PISI
AMGO
EVGR
HOSP

01 May 2009

Star Trek XI and the ST Universe

The light-heartedness of the Star Trek universe and its faithful fandom can all be attributed to William Shatner's famous remonstration for us all to "get a life"!

This remark freed us to be regular human beings in between our escapades vicariously accompanying the characters in all the shows and movies (I haven't read any of the books). Because of this remark, we are free in real life to incorporate the ideals of the show as laid out by Gene Rodenberry and the positive qualities of the characters in our day to day achievments and interactions without being labelled a fanatic since we can prove by our meer presence we do indeed have "a life".

Also, I would even go so far as to say, that this remark was the beginning of the 'coming out' of nerds across the universe.

Yeah Star Trek! Yeah G.R.! Yeah W. S.!