Is this cockroach-rodeoing wasp one of the ones that harms people or houses? Because I'm seriously tempted by turning them loose on the local roach population.

I'm not sure, Perkins. I used to, but I don't anymore.

Exactly. I might be enjoying the show more because of it, but not so much with the liking him.

It will stand guard over the pupating wasps. If a predator turns up it'll thrash its head around to knock the predator off. It thus reduces significantly the predation rate on the pupae, compared to ones which are unguarded.

That is SO COOL.

Is this cockroach-rodeoing wasp one of the ones that harms people or houses? Because I'm seriously tempted by turning them loose on the local roach population.

Yeah, but then you'll have a wasp infestation, and you'll have to get the hawks to kill the wasps, and the monkeys to kill the hawks, and the sharks with frickin' laser beams on their heads to kill the monkeys...

Oh my god. Enver Gjokaj is brilliant.

I've always been afraid I was the only one who read the encylopedia for fun.

Oh, you're not, Kathy. I love reading the encyclopedia.

My mom had no idea what I read, and never asked. She knew I was reading way above my age level, and that was all she cared about. She'd drop me off at our little local library, and let the librarians know if I could read it, I was allowed to. At first they tried to steer me towards the children's section, but I set them straight with my withering scorn. Nobody knew what the hell to do with me, so they left me alone. I think mom was just glad she never had to give me the "sex talk" because by puberty I already knew more than she did.

Oh, criminy, my self-evaluation was due today, and I totally forgot. Doesn't everyone hate doing those? Why don't they just stop making us? "Here's my honest evaluation of my job performance. I am excellent. That is all."

I may have been too young when I read Clan of the Cave Bear. I was deffinately too impressionable. I reread it recently and and realized to my horror that about 90% of my kinks come directly from that book.

I must reread that book to look inside Trudy's head. I think most of my kinks came from Rocky Horror and wacky Kirk/Spock slash.

Dang, I need a haircut.

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I've been waiting for that since I was 30! I'll take care of my brain and my skin, everything else I expect them to be able to replace by the time I'm 60.

Sophia, good luck. Extreme paranoia is not inappropriate in the workplace.

I want a mojito.

The wasp parasitism is creepy as all hell.

I must reread that book to look inside Trudy's head. I think most of my kinks came from Rocky Horror and wacky Kirk/Spock slash.

Heh. Tim Curry in fishnets contributed to me as well.

I just spent some money at etsy, but it has resulted in getting almost all of my xmas shopping done. It includes one of the amazing Gneiss Spice Sets for my brother and SiL, a print and pendant for K, kick ass glasses for my mom and dad (plus an ice cream maker which means my diabetic dad can make frozen treats that work for him). I also got some soaps for stocking stuffers. The rest of the stocking will be lotions, wooden spoons (which we desperately need), a pie server, a pizza cutter.

I WILL FINISH without going to the mall (though I need to go to Hanna Andersson to get underpants for N. Because while they are pricey, they are small enough that they fit and they are better than the super tiny ones that fit well but are $8/pair or the Little Beetle Trainers which are $20/pair).

I've always been afraid I was the only one who read the encylopedia for fun.

I did. We had two encyclopedias. I even remember the encyclopedia salesman who came and sold us both sets. (One was a children's set, though it was very comprehensive. Just written for around 6th grade reading levels.) Must have been a good day for him. OTOH, I definitely got my parent's money's worth out of them. Whenever I was bored I'd go to the stuffy bedroom and just browse through them.

Heh. Tim Curry in fishnets contributed to me as well.

He made his mark on me.

Dang, I need a haircut.

::waves pom poms::

Oh, criminy, my self-evaluation was due today, and I totally forgot. Doesn't everyone hate doing those? Why don't they just stop making us? "Here's my honest evaluation of my job performance. I am excellent. That is all."

Yeah, I spent three hours on mine today, mostly because I want to try and pre-empt whatever sh*t my boss is going to find this year to mark me down for. It really makes for interesting reading. My favorite is the euphemisms I came up with for my cow-orker copying my work.

Of course, what my boss doesn't know is how much I've been working behind the scenes to shore up my position in the office (including talking to production about moving to project mgmt and learning that they know exactly who has been keeping my group above water), and that it will be hard for her to get away with her standard arguments.

Those spice dealies are very cool, Kat. Thanks for the link.

I post all my minutiae here.

No one I follow on Twitter uses it for minutiae. It gets a bad rap for that, but I get less minutiae on Twitter than I do any other forum I frequent.