The tree grows in rich, moist, well-drained soil. The tough, fibrous inner bark has been used by Native American Indians and settlers in making rope, mats, and thongs. The wood is light and soft, and is well suited for working. Although rather weak, it has been used for cheap furniture, containers, beekeeping supplies, and various woodenware. Honeybees feed on the flowers, producing what is reputed to be a choice grade of honey. Birds eat the buds, small mammals eat the fruit, and several species feed on the bark and sprouts.
There's a nice big tree in our new front yard. I borrowed a leaf today and was easily able to identify it at the great dendrology site,
What Tree Is It? (It's a
Basswood, also known as Linden.)
Comments
I first lived on Linden Street. This would make my stage name Paul Linden, which sounds to me like a real Golden Age of Hollywood actor. (My drag name is Muffet Deter. My dad has the world's best drag name: Trixie Bloom.)
Posted by: nedlog | July 2, 2003 10:35 AM
I don't know, I'm having a very hard time identifying the trees in my yard with this site. It seems I have a "silver maple" and something else... but what?
Posted by: Kornelius Koongooz | July 2, 2003 11:24 AM
According to the formula, my stage name would be John John.
Posted by: zagg | July 2, 2003 11:32 AM
You lucky bastards with middle names... I can't use the formula, as my parents didn't see fit to bestow a middle name upon me.
Posted by: Kornelius Koongooz | July 2, 2003 11:50 AM
It looks something like a lime tree we get over here. It's a nice tree.
Posted by: Larry Lurex | July 2, 2003 12:11 PM
That's OK, Kornelius, you could just have a one-name stage name, like Cher or Liberace.
Posted by: nedlog | July 2, 2003 12:13 PM
Good idea about the one-name stage name, but it might not be necessary. Fortunately, my friend Jeff Morris lent me his own middle name in the 11th grade, so I can always fall back on "Patterson" if it becomes necessary.
Now, the other problem with the formula is that the name of the first street I lived on (in Tehran) probably wouldn't translate very well from Farsi into English.
Posted by: Kornelius Koongooz | July 2, 2003 12:35 PM
My drag name would be Beef Espinosa. I kind of like it.
Posted by: adriana | July 3, 2003 11:35 AM
My drag name would be Indiana Carlino.
Posted by: zagg | July 3, 2003 11:57 AM
Stage: James Regner
Drag: Sasha Spier
Posted by: LionIndex | July 3, 2003 12:30 PM
Glad you all feel so free to publish your mothers' maiden names. Anyone care to add the last four digits of their Social?
p.s. - try this.
Posted by: xowie | July 3, 2003 1:15 PM
My Ho name was Mary Jane Holiday, but that looks like it's just a random generator that discards the input.
Mary Jane Holiday.
Posted by: sudama | July 3, 2003 1:20 PM
Bend over, Mary Jane!
I'm listed (really) in the adult industry medical database as "Xowie", although when I get tested, they call me "Mr. Xowie".
Posted by: xowie | July 3, 2003 1:37 PM
Stage: Ann Sandon
Drag: Sputnik Griffiths
The best drag name I ever heard was Fluffy Kovacs.
Posted by: gwen | July 5, 2003 11:47 AM