Hannah and I were watching a show on ‘alien biology’ yesterday, about scientists who are dedicated to exploring and imagining the kinds of life that might exist on other planets. They look to the extremophiles on Earth to see how organisms survive in inhospitable environments, including something called snow algae. Snow algae are algae/cyanobacteria that, when they bloom, turn the snow blood red. It just makes me wonder at what point did they think, "Hey, let’s test that snow for cyanobacteria!" rather than just assuming that a prey animal had met its grisly end. Scientists are fascinating that way.

Also, if you like learning about astronomy stuff like that, the History Channel’s series The Universe is a really awesome little show. It’s a lot of solid scientific material presented in an understandable way. I highly recommend it.

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Dreamt last night that Norwegian film crew was shooting a documentary in our home.

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Still haven’t cleaned my room, but now I’m waiting for UPS to show up. With my new computer.

*taps fingers*

Come on…