Odds and Ends: Invasive species and others on the move across the U.S.

Waiting for the temperature to roll over to triple digits a couple of thoughts have come to mind.

First, it has to do with the weather and being hot outside. We have all become accustomed to going from an air-conditioned house straight to an air-conditioned vehicle and then an air-conditioned building. In the few minutes we spend outside, just about anything above 90 degrees feels hot.

But I remember the wise words of a weatherman from back in the black-and-white days of television who said if you call 90-something degrees hot, what are you going to call it when it gets over 100. And for that reason, I am still waiting for it to get hot.

Second on the list is fire ants. OK, like hot days in Texas, fire ants are nothing new and for the most part we have learned to live with them. Black f