To set the record straight, the tree I'm climbing in the photos was the tree by the living room. The tree by the big bedroom was around the corner and had the compound leaves RMS fears.
AI/LCS denizens of every gender hung potted ferns in their Tech Square offices to keep RMS away. He once asked me which Lab women I liked and I foolishly answered, to the distress of the grad student in question, as I learned later when she rightly chewed me out.