Video Game Review: LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues

Rather than feature a main hub for all the levels, this LEGO installment has six smaller hubs, three for The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and one each for the previous three movies. Each hub features five levels, five replay levels [1], and five bonus levels. You recover treasure chests during the replay and bonus levels. Once you have all ten, you unlock a super bonus level. Of the five regular levels, for each hub, one was always a driving level where you have to go around and destroy enemy vehicles (usually by crashing into them). Another was always a brawl level—once you've beat up enough enemies, the level is over.[2]

Distribution maps V: Hypsiglena torquata

Here is the final set of distribution maps from the posters on the sixth floor of BYU's Widtsoe Building.[1] This last one comes from Daniel Mulcahy, who is now a professor at Utah State University. He produced a poster about North American night snakes from the species, Hypsiglena torquata. It is comprised of several subspecies populations (though Mulcahy argues that several represent distinct species [2]). His poster included a map showing the ranges of most of the subspecies. The rest I was able to deduce or find on the internet.

Limericks

Well, for the second time this week I'm composing poetry. This time around (today being St. Patrick's Day), I'm composing limericks. Limericks have a very defined structure. The rhyming scheme is a strict a-a-b-b-a. And the meter consists entirely of anapaests or (less frequently) amphibrachs.[1] Anapaests consist of two short syllables followed by a long ( ˘ ˘ ¯ ) while amphibrachs consist of a long syllable flanked by short syllables ( ˘ ¯ ˘ ). The first two lines and the fifth line have three metric feet and the third and fourth lines have two metric feet. The last line is usually expected to be funny or clever.[2] Now that you've been properly instructed, let us proceed to my compositions.[3]

Find It: St. Patrick's Day

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I'm posting some pictures of clover. This particular variety, called Bronze Dutch Clover (Trifolium repens var. atropurpureum), has more purple in the leaves than normal clovers. Apparently that mutation also makes them more likely to have leaves with supernumerary leaflets.

πku

In honor of π Day (3/14 [1]) I composed some πkus. A πku is like a haiku, but instead of having three lines (5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables), a πku has five lines: 3 syllables, 1 syllable, 4 syllables, 1 syllable, and 5 syllables—corresponding to the first five digits of π.[2] So, without further ado, here are the πkus that I composed:

Distribution maps IV: Bufo

Besides working with reptiles (lizards, in particular), Dr. Sites has also done some work on amphibians. One of the posters on the sixth floor of the WIDB is a study of toads from the genus Bufo (subgenus Incilius) found in Central America. It also showed the range of the tiny genus Crepidophryne.

Distribution maps III: Liolaemus

Down the hall from Dr. Crandall (whose crayfish maps I've recreated previously [1]) is Dr. Jack Sites. His area of expertise is herpetology (mouse over for definition). Several of his students have made posters about a South American genus of tree iguanas, Liolaemus. They are also known as snow swifts because they're often found in cold areas.[2] I drew distribution maps for each of the species mentioned on the posters (though this does not represent the entirety).