Why Blog About Basics?

For the kids, of course. I got this comment on my basics post about tropical dry forests last night around midnight:

Hey, I just wanted to say Thanks for being a GREAT resource for my school project on the Tropical Dry Forest Biome. This has helped greatly and I hope in the near future I do some more research of my own to see how I personally can help save these biomes around the world. Once again Thanks for your help.

~*hugs*~

I'll throw down for the sake of any late night school project; I've certainly had enough of those myself.

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