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Showing posts with label ants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ants. Show all posts
August 20, 2020

Making a contribution

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 I've come to believe that my purpose in life is transporting ants and spiders from one place to another. The ants prefer to travel by s...
March 25, 2016

The chronic malcontent is starting to drool

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This evening I was sitting in a meeting, reading out loud to a small group from a list on a piece of paper, and I found myself slurring some...
May 05, 2015

The perils of cleaning

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Our scrawny maternal parental unit is preparing to move into a retirement place. More on that another time. Earlier today I was sitting in a...
March 02, 2015

All hail the limited nuclear option

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I've had a problem with ants at the Love Shack since I moved here over ten years ago, but with these warmer winters, the little beggars ...
February 25, 2015

Shmushed

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I just finished editing and uploading some hapless doctoral student's wretched massive tome. Now I have a few minutes before The Walking...
February 10, 2015

Two ants shuffle into a bar

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The balmy temperature has invited relentless droves of ants to once again infiltrate my kitchen. My puny barricades of diatomaceous earth an...
April 14, 2014

Isn't a lovely day? Too bad I can't let myself enjoy it.

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It's spring for another day in Portland, and then we are back to the norm (rain). Rain is our year-round season. The only thing that var...
March 31, 2014

The ants in the Love Shack are taking no prisoners

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I decided to take the day off. From what, you ask? I know, it's not like I'm working. But I spend a lot of time working toward getti...
March 27, 2014

Win a battle, lose a war

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Are you sick of ants yet? One last post, and then I'm done with the ants, I promise. After finding ants in every room, in places I...
March 22, 2014

If you can't beat 'em.... eat 'em

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The ants in my kitchen discovered a flaw in the security system I devised to protect my compost bucket from marauders. I did not realize tha...
March 14, 2014

This time it's ants and dogs... well, one dog

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Last night after blogging, I enjoyed an evening of network TV and congratulated myself that I'd won the ant war that has left the Love S...
March 13, 2014

Who does networking better: people or ants?

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As I recover from the minor trauma of having my breasts squashed between two plastic plates by an overly enthusiastic technician, I reflect ...
March 04, 2014

It must be spring! The chronic malcontent has been swarmed by ants

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It's that time of the year again: the season when I subsume my own needs and desires to the whims of the insect overlords who inhabit th...
October 04, 2013

You know something is wrong when ants gather on your toothbrush

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I suspect consumer products firms are making products that require the purchase of more of the same products. What do I mean? Well, vitamins...
May 26, 2013

Self-employment and ant wars

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While I wait to find out if the Institutional Review Board at my illustrious higher education institution will approve me to interview human...