Go away yellowjacket! The perils of being on my laptop in the backyard. I am working on a WordPress lesson, at least. Maybe I should take a break and look up how to drive away wasps.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Aug 20, 2014 11:21:07 am PDT #4510 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Theodosia - Aug 20, 2014 12:15:09 pm PDT #4511 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Update: interesting suggestion: hang up a crumpled brown paper bag, which wasps mistake for other wasp nests. So ridiculous I think I have to give it a try. Also, I have paper bags handy.
Dana - Aug 20, 2014 1:05:39 pm PDT #4512 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Sweet Christ, that sofa.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2014 1:17:22 pm PDT #4513 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Update: interesting suggestion: hang up a crumpled brown paper bag, which wasps mistake for other wasp nests. So ridiculous I think I have to give it a try. Also, I have paper bags handy.
What's supposed to happen then?
Theodosia - Aug 20, 2014 1:24:41 pm PDT #4514 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
OK, the paper bag is supposed to fake out the wasps into thinking that another nest has been established, and being quite territorial, they'll avoid the general area on general principle. Because evidently wasps are polite like that.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2014 1:42:39 pm PDT #4515 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, fun.
Allyson - Aug 20, 2014 2:36:12 pm PDT #4516 of 30000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I need help justifying a hot fudge sundae as big as my head.
Anne W. - Aug 20, 2014 2:36:45 pm PDT #4517 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Justification: You want it.
There.
Juliebird - Aug 20, 2014 2:38:23 pm PDT #4518 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
ED said that if (male) boss couldn't attend the arborist tomorrow, he wanted the (male) facilities manager to do so, because he wanted someone other than me (female) to be on hand.
It took me two days to remove the inferred sexism out of his demand and to see it as "I want one of these other two qualified staff to have glorified babysitting duty so that you can do your actual job that I trust only you to do". My knee-jerk pessimism strikes again and I wish I'd stop.
EpicTangent - Aug 20, 2014 2:40:09 pm PDT #4519 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I need help justifying a hot fudge sundae as big as my head.
Calcium & protein! It's practically health food!