LJ pointed out on my dashboard that I haven't updated in like 18 weeks. Ok, I'm shamed. I'll post something.

Ever since gwynny and I ran across a motherlode of red huckleberries up on richy California street I've been obsessed with finding more free berries. Today I hit paydirt (paysoil?) - I found a nice thimbleberry bush on campus today. I ate a handful of sweet red fruit with a tangy finish. There's a couple of thimbleberry and huckleberry bushes producing outside our apt, but the bushes are growing out of a treacherous hillside and I can't get them. Gomez Cat and I watch each morning as birds pick out the ripest berries - just beyond our reach. Luckily our farm share is providing a half-pint of loganberries and raspberries every week.

I was talking to Dr. Pinch about this free berry thing and a plan is hatching for geolocating the fattest Arcata berry bushes in a KML file or on Google maps. Hasn't happened yet, but it might. Maybe we'll be low tech and just post coordinates on a text file. I'm leaning towards the middle road (like usual) and posting fat bush pics on flickr with a georeference.

I finished the socio-spatial poster on sea level rise for Arcata. I've submitted it to a conference and feel pretty good about it, but haven't heard back yet. HSU GIS submitted the work-up we did for the proposed Palomar Pipeline that's slated to cross the Mt. Hood wilderness. 160+ acres of old growth Doug-fir (and some prime Spotted Owl habitat) for a liquid natural gas pipeline is a lousy deal. I hope BARK can block it. LNG - especially Russian LNG - is a dumb idea anyway. Let's increase our dependence on foreign fossil fuels, shall we? Eventually I'll get the Arcata poster up on Snakecharmer.

In other news: I think I fucked up my back doing deadlifts today. Stupid mistake. Fortunately my RC injury in my right shoulder is improving. I like to only have 1 lifting injury at any given time.