I can't stop. It's horribly riveting.

Oh, my God.

As Xavier Onassis says, mud daubers are pretty wimpy. Also low-key. I've never met a stinging insect less interested in stinging (or more interested in building a mud nest on the binding of my first edition of Lolita, but never mind). In fun facts to know and tell, my sister once got a mud dauber sting by stepping…

When I was a very small girl I once watched as one of those things took out a tarantula. It was epic, and I still remember it vividly among the blur of images and sensations that is life pre-kindergarten.

Spider =/= insect, is I suspect why they're not on this list. Along with scorpions.

Oh, you aren't kidding. It's even worse than a chigger bite, and I used to think those were the most lingering and itchy.

Holy heck.

You're a better person than I am.

My issue with fire ants - besides the fact that they sting en masse - is that the bites are just miserable for days and days.

Totally, and I was thinking the same thing. But scorpions aren't insects, they're arthropods.

I'mma just take this opportunity to say: please no one here miss "The Reichenbach Fall" on PBS tomorrow night (the Series 2 finale of "Sherlock"). All the awards to Martin Freeman.

Autoerotic asphyxiation is an embarrassing way to go.

Love this. And he managed to ream Edison w/o even mentioning his appalling anti-Semitism.

I'll show you the life of the mind!

Right there with you - "uncanny" is a good word.

I think you may be on to something here.

I adore The Incredibles! Much as I like Persepolis, I'd rather see Brad Bird's wonderful movie on this list.

It was up on YouTube but has been taken down - keep checking, though! People with iPhones are out there.

I am shouting, "NO!" Like a Sendak character.

What you said. Thank you.