uh, not getting it?

New Species Discovered on Environmentally Damaged Easter Island | Insect, Indigenous Ecosystem & Extinction | LiveScience:

Almost all of the organisms currently living on Easter Island are invasive species that have been introduced, Wynne said.

Mr. Wynne:

All "native" species to any local ecosystem were once invasive.  Whether something is invasive or native all depends on what date you pick.  To 1600s America, the British were "invasive"; to 1900s America, British-derived peoples are "native".  To 1600AD, humans were "native"; to 20,000 BC, ALL humans were "invasive".

So if you want to make a statement like that, please date your context, like, say, the arrival of the first humans...so that eventually we can uncover evidence that even THOSE humans weren't the first. ;-)

I love science.

so...

...the car's dead.

at the most inconvenient time.  didn't start this morning.  couldn't do anything about it today 'cause by the time i noticed, both of us were running late for work so we had to carpool (which we were gonna do anyways 'cause of a foggy bottom thing).  said foggy bottom thing means i can't deal with it this afternoon/evening.

still won't start.  the rattle that comes when you turn it is pretty 5.1 impressive.

and tomorrow (friday, being today by the time most of you read this) i can't really deal with it as such 'cause i still have to actually get to work.  fortunately could push the one morning meeting out to later in the afternoon 'cause carpooling means driving her to a doc appointment.

so at the very least the car's been emptied of all faire stuff to go into her car instead, and i'll get the trash out in the morning and call for a tow.

and probably not see it again 'til monday.

bleh.