Want!

[msmcknittington]

So, completely disregarding any recommendations made to me in my last poll about books, I downloaded and read Julia Spencer-Fleming's first two books about Reverend Clare Fergusson and Russ van Alstyne. They are OH MY GOD GOOD. (For murder mysteries -- no match for Foucalt's Pendulum, etc.) They're mysteries set in the Adirondacks in New York,

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[isabelladangelo]

My mom says the bugs like to eat me because I'm so sweet, but I think it's because they're bloodthirsty little bastards. Consensus?

It's because we (since this happenes to me too) were given the wrong genes. That's all.

I think we should push from the extinction of mosquitoes. After all, they serve no useful purpose. They are just mini vampires that spread disease.

[msmcknittington]

Birds and other bugs eat 'em. They're part of the ecosystem, as disgusting as it is. I just wish I didn't welt up like I do.

I did feel pretty special today when I half-mooned my mother to show her my bug bites. She was suitably impressed. :P

[sbuchler]

luddite maybe? But I'm right there with you - I much prefur paper books...

[quincy134]

Me too. I print out all the journal articles I read for my PhD studies. I'm drowning in paper here, but I don't think I could deal with taking notes on PDF copies, even if I had a tablet laptop.

[msmcknittington]

Exactly. I still have academic article upon article shoved in a box somewhere, with all sorts of margin notes. Because those margin notes are useful!

[msmcknittington]

Yes, Luddite. That word that starts with P. Heh. Go me!