I can tell you everyone adored my wasband and were genuinely surprised if I told them about the abuse (almost all psychological) he heaped upon me. No one knew. I was the only person he treated like that. I'm sure few of them believe me and at this time I give no fucks if they ever do. So yes, even someone who…

"To take something away from the man I love that he has worked his ass of for all his life just to gain ratings is horrific."

He didn't work hard enough for it if he can't control his athlete's strength with the one adult person in the entire world he should treat gently.

I let the brother of a friend (B) and that brother's girlfriend (R) stay with me in a room my child had vacated. B had a job and R had disability and they were down on their luck so I was like, sure just throw me $X monthly and we're good.

I hate exercise 100%. So I commute by bicycle and play Ingress that way. Haven't lost any weight but at least I'm getting exercise that I need and my doctor likes.

Not just caterers throw away perfectly good food. I used to work in The Fresh Market. I used to have to throw away perfectly good produce because it wasn't "pretty" enough.

*tears of joy*

I WILL FIND OUT.

Oh crap that's not-charming insect #3. Sorry. Yes, there are flying termites that swarm. And then geckos come out and FEAST. My kids and I watched as one gecko ate at least a dozen termites on the window screen. So gecko charm kind of balances termite horror.

Yeah the B-52s in Hawaii are much like the palmettos down here. Except bigger, because hardly anything hunts them down like the insectoid satans they are. When one wandered into my house, though, my pet rats got an unexpected treat in their cage.

OH there are bugs. Lordy there are bugs. 2 inch long FLYING wood roaches are the WORST. There are also giant venomous centipedes. I rescued a small group of Japanese tourists one evening with my Doc Martens by squishing a centipede menacing them at a bus stop. Other than those two, though, the insects in Hawaii…

Thank goodness you can still get them from Asian grocers. I would be lost when making egg rolls or fried rice.

Yay! Yeah I grew up on the West coast, and moved to Alabama from (of all places) Honolulu where there really aren't that many skeeters (and we keep them down because dengue is no joke).

Tell me, does this really work? And do they have an Android version? (Cuz the only apple I will buy is sweet and crunchy and comes from a tree.)

I feel your pain. Went outside to dump some veggie garbage into the compost bin and looked down, 5 (FIVE!!!) were sucking on my shin. Killed three with ONE swat.

Type Apos here, doesn't eat sugar, normal cholesterol. Skeeter buffet.

Hugging you so hard! We've been having wet summers here in Alabama, so bad that trees are getting waterlogged and dropping limbs, and I swear I could grow rice in my back yard. I didn't see my yard last summer because skeeters.

Yes, it is. It's not quite as effective as DEET but it is also way less toxic than DEET. Cons: does contain some allergens. Both Cutter and Repel use LE oil as the active ingredient.

That can't be it. I am solidly A and they fly right at me.

Also, can we all agree once and for all that the hippie stuff made of "lemon eucalyptus," Shalene Woodley's tears and good intentions is bullshit, and not worth a damn?

Lemon Eucalyptus is The Real Bomb Diddly. I am one of those skeeter buffets and if I'm going to step foot in my back yard (Alabama) I put LE oil in some plain lotion and liberally grease up every bit of exposed skin. Of course, it has to be reapplied every hour but it's much better than drinking a Benedryl martini.