Onesome: Quick as- Quickly now, June is almost here: are you attending any graduation ceremonies in the next few weeks? Hmmm... Maybe that should be "Have you been invited to any?"
No, I have not been invited. But I may just crash my school's graduation ceremony to hear the commencement speech by David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer winner for his biographies of Presidents Harry Truman and John Adams. I have hopes that he will be a better speaker than news anchor and wannabe historian Tom Brokaw.
Twosome: Can- Still moving right along: Can it really be the Merry Month of May? How many birthdays do you have to remember this month? Family? Friends? Associates?
The only birthday I really have to remember is my Dad's. About one-fourth of the first-year biology grads have their birthdays in May--all within a week, I might add--which isn't all that statistically impossible. I think it's something like picking eight people by random and you're bound to get two people with the same birthday.
Threesome: Be(e)- Be ready, the bug population is starting to be a bother (at least from blog reports). Is there any particular crawly or flying beastie that just makes you jump out of your skin?
Worms aren't that smart, but they are rather aesthetically pleasing. Spiders look scary, but are shy--if you don't bother them, they won't bother you. And flies may be ugly, but they're really useful in genetic and developmental studies. Other bugs--I couldn't care less--if they're off doing their own thing, they might as well be living in Africa.
I hate mosquitoes. It's not that I find their appearance particularly frightening. I just have horrible allergic reactions to their bites.
