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A Few Minor Scrapes: Cyclones

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Wednesday, 16 March 2011. When I lived in Queensland, I saw a share of cyclones and cyclone-like storms. (If you are my friend from the North Atlantic, read: ridiculous tropical hurricanes that more or less go backward.) I wasn’t there when Larry, a Category 5, mowed down the Innisfail south of where I lived. I also missed Yasi, the Category 5 Monster Super Ridiculous Continent-Sized cyclone which mowed down Innisfail again. How to arrange your emergency management kit. Being vegetar...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: I Hate Bugs #3: Rainforest Leeches

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Friday, 22 April 2011. I Hate Bugs #3: Rainforest Leeches. Aaaand we’re back to the tropics again to look at a creature out of my worst nightmares. I realize leeches are far, far removed from insects (they’re in the same class as earthworms) and no one in their right mind would really call them “bugs” outside a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. But for me, they tap into the same level of ohmygoditchygetitoff. Did that scare you? Because that's how I feel about leeches! We set off into t...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: March 2011

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Wednesday, 16 March 2011. When I lived in Queensland, I saw a share of cyclones and cyclone-like storms. (If you are my friend from the North Atlantic, read: ridiculous tropical hurricanes that more or less go backward.) I wasn’t there when Larry, a Category 5, mowed down the Innisfail south of where I lived. I also missed Yasi, the Category 5 Monster Super Ridiculous Continent-Sized cyclone which mowed down Innisfail again. How to arrange your emergency management kit. Being vegetar...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: I Hate Bugs #2: Scottish Midges

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Wednesday, 20 April 2011. I Hate Bugs #2: Scottish Midges. The Scottish Highlands are stunning in myriad adjectives:. They are rugged and wild. They are friendly and happy. And they aren't so parchingly hot in the summer as most of North America. What month is this? N short, they are a challenge to every hiker, climber and outdoorsman, so y. Ou would think the Highlands would be overrun with goofy tourists and vacationers. Here is why they are not. This is Culicoides impunctatus.

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A Few Minor Scrapes: I Hate Bugs #1: New England Mosquitoes

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Friday, 15 April 2011. I Hate Bugs #1: New England Mosquitoes. Oh my God, it’s barely spring and already there is a swarm of bugs that has invaded my room. They turned up while there was still snow on the ground. Seriously, bugs, piss off. Can’t we just put our morals aside and eliminate some species on purpose? When are these bugs going to fall victim to the sixth great extinction? Growing up in New England was when I started hating bugs, and it was the mosquito that did it. At ...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: January 2011

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Monday, 31 January 2011. Slightly awkward friends and how to cope. I've taken a quick break from mocking the NRA to share some advice and ask for some back. Please help! First, the friends I know what to do with:. The Space Invader Friend. On the plus side, these table-laps do count as your cardio workout for the day. The Friend With Bad Breath. You genuinely like this person, but anytime they open their mouth to speak, dinosaur tear gas comes out. Conversation, once your basis f...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: April 2011

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Friday, 22 April 2011. I Hate Bugs #3: Rainforest Leeches. Aaaand we’re back to the tropics again to look at a creature out of my worst nightmares. I realize leeches are far, far removed from insects (they’re in the same class as earthworms) and no one in their right mind would really call them “bugs” outside a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. But for me, they tap into the same level of ohmygoditchygetitoff. Did that scare you? Because that's how I feel about leeches! We set off into t...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: Good Reasons to Train Pet Dogs

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Wednesday, 12 January 2011. Good Reasons to Train Pet Dogs. When I was in university, I rented a room in a shared house in Cairns, Australia. There were two dogs there, one female and one male, named Tess and Bates. Of the two, Tess was definitely the ringleader; she was faster, healthier and smart enough to come up with mischief. When I first moved in, Sam immediately took a 3-week working vacation south in Rockhampton, leaving me in charge of them both. Furthermore, if I kept him i...

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A Few Minor Scrapes: February 2011

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A Few Minor Scrapes. Tuesday, 15 February 2011. Two posts in one day! Look at me go! So I've been wrestling with this one for a little while now. I wanted to clip the mp3 myself, which I finally figured out how to do, but then I discovered that Blogger doesn't actually let you post mp3 clips. That also busts any great plans I had of posting new fiddle tunes here. Oh well. Macy Gray - I Try. I wear goggles when you are not here? Links to this post. Monday, 14 February 2011. For the record, this was not me.