Just bought my books for the fall. Three textbooks, totalling $185. Ugh.
Jayne: You wanna go, little man? Wash: Only if it's someplace with candlelight.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Sep 03, 2010 11:01:34 am PDT #21973 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
meara - Sep 03, 2010 11:02:18 am PDT #21974 of 30001
I like small spaces (hiding under a desk has often looked like a very comforting idea) but only if tree is a large space outside. So as a ki I read about these cupboard beds some scandanavian types used to have, and thought it was awesome, but caves would not work.
bon bon - Sep 03, 2010 11:10:12 am PDT #21975 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Sorry to everyone here who just received a spam message from my old hotmail account. Argh.
tommyrot - Sep 03, 2010 11:20:09 am PDT #21976 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Take a look at this Google Trends page for "bed bugs". [link] Damn, there's been a huge jump just in the last few months.
Somewhat relatedly, Google's New York office has bed bugs.
Jesse - Sep 03, 2010 11:30:05 am PDT #21977 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's so weird -- I couldn't read the Times article last week or whenever about bedbugs, but apparently they ("They") have no idea why they suddenly had this huge resurgence over the past few years? Bananas.
My nice coworker gave me a nice ride home! Too bad we only decided on the way to the T which I thought would be more convenient for her, so we went a stupid way and it kind of took forever. But nice! And good to talk.
flea - Sep 03, 2010 11:34:52 am PDT #21978 of 30001
information libertarian
The thing about bedbugs that amazes me is the stigma. They don't cause disease, they are not associated with uncleanliness - they are itchy and annoying, but so are mosquitoes and there is no stigma about those!
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2010 11:36:22 am PDT #21979 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
so are mosquitoes and there is no stigma about those!
Really? I've always looked askance at them, what with the whole stagnant water requirement.
Which, in Jamaica, is pissing against the wind, but I can't help but think if we were doing something right we wouldn't have that problem.
flea - Sep 03, 2010 11:38:01 am PDT #21980 of 30001
information libertarian
Mosquitoes can breed in tiny tiny puddles. Unless you live in a desert, they are very common. If you live somewhere humid, they are guaranteed.
flea - Sep 03, 2010 11:42:33 am PDT #21981 of 30001
information libertarian
I should note that 2 years in GA has also completely desensitized me to cockroaches, the big ones. They are a native fauna; I see them walking down the sidewalk in the evenings. It's a serious bad-pesticide-requiring accomplishment to keep them out of the house (one we do not accomplish ourselves.)
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2010 11:45:22 am PDT #21982 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mosquitoes can breed in tiny tiny puddles. Unless you live in a desert, they are very common. If you live somewhere humid, they are guaranteed.
But there are steps that can be taken to minimise their prevalence, and I judge when people don't. We have a lot of unmanned stagnant water in Kingston that's just breeding and breeding--of course there would be fewer mosquitoes if there was less water.