Happy Birthday Liese!!
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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.
Sue - Sep 03, 2010 12:50:57 pm PDT #21988 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Sheryl - Sep 03, 2010 12:53:39 pm PDT #21989 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Liese!
No real plans for the weekend, which is fine by me.
Ginger - Sep 03, 2010 12:54:24 pm PDT #21990 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
But there are steps that can be taken to minimise their prevalence, and I judge when people don't.
Asian tiger mosquitoes, the evil creatures that have invaded a number of Southern states, can reproduce in a tablespoon of water. An upturned leaf under ivy is enough to do it, which is one of the main reasons I've now killed most of the ivy. I scour the yard for water and still get attacked by swarms of them, even though they don't range far at all from where they're hatched.
Cashmere - Sep 03, 2010 12:55:21 pm PDT #21991 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Happy Birthday, Liese!
I can't stop creating roller derby names. I can't believe Skanky McFarland hasn't been registered. Maybe too obscure?
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2010 12:56:45 pm PDT #21992 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In a country with as poor a health infrastructure as Jamaica's, striking at the source of infection is very important. I'm going to keep judging. Lives are on the line.
Ginger - Sep 03, 2010 1:03:04 pm PDT #21993 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Asian tiger mosquitoes carry West Nile, so I'm with you with the wanting them all dead. I suspect the culprits in this case are the properties behind me. One that was empty for a long time and is overgrown because the owner's in a nursing home and the other is the one owned by the people who have built the giant fence, the code-violating outbuilding that shades a quarter of my back yard and the giant illegal fire pit. They probably breed mosquitoes for fun.
msbelle - Sep 03, 2010 1:11:41 pm PDT #21994 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
We are having a rockier night, but managable I think. Mac really wanted my full attention the second he got out of school non-stop all night and I have had to establish that I cannot do that every single night. I probably should have asked my parents to come over tonight, but I am not sure they are up for it.
bon bon - Sep 03, 2010 1:13:33 pm PDT #21995 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
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!
People shouldn't judge others for having them, BUT unlike mosquitos they travel with you, are ludicrously hard to kill/avoid in your own home, and attack when you are vulnerable, making them psychologically horrifying. So yeah, I think people are justified in trying to avoid getting them.
Kat - Sep 03, 2010 1:21:32 pm PDT #21996 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Happy birthday, Liese!
beth b - Sep 03, 2010 1:25:08 pm PDT #21997 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Happy Birthday, Liese!