Why pisaster?

If Megan had a blog she'd call it "The benefits of porridge", but mine is called "pisaster" and she assures me that's just as cool. Pisaster ochraceus is a common species of sea star on our coast, also known as the ochre star. There's no particular reason why I chose this name except that I think it's a cool word and I am fascinated by the ocean and everything in it. Oh yeah, and all the other ideas I had for URLs were taken.

Here goes my latest blogging whim. I have lots of plans to make this really interesting so that lots of people will read it. Enthusiasm is worth something, right?