“What’s the big deal?”

Matthew Baldwin on a different sort of geekishness:

Being married to a professional botanist has its ups and downs. It’s nice on day hikes, for instance, having someone around who can instantly identify every plant we see. On the other hand, while watching a movie I don’t really need to be notified of every ecological incongruence. The Queen spent much of the Lord of the Rings trilogy leaning over to me in the theater and whispering, “pfff, I can see why they call this a fantasy–they have polystichum munitum growing in a tropical upland climatic zone.” [...]

Be sure to follow the link to read the story of the Baldwin family’s Xmas wreath.