Comments on: Swarm, the Quickening!

By: kim at allconsuming

kim at allconsuming — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:27:41 +0000

Oh pet, it’s just because you don’t have school age children that the lice thing has freaked you out.

Next time (because yes, there will be a next time, and a next time after that) you can rest easy that if you smother your head in your normal conditioner then comb and comb and comb you will be fine. And wash your pillowslip and anything that’s been on your head (ie a hat) in hot water. They are not like fleas which can jump tall buildings in a single bound. They are foul vile little creatures but they are not the wiley coyote of the insect world. No. Wait. Maybe they are.

Is this when – for those in your part of the world – we say, ‘welcome to spring’?

By: shah

shah — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:01:04 +0000

show all girl

By: Pretty Lush

Pretty Lush — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:31:03 +0000

Praise all things sacred for a greyhound during a hairy situation.

By: kir

kir — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:49:43 +0000

wow! this post reminded me of a week last October when my boyfriend’s cat had fleas (they were jumping ALL over me)… AND i had a rash all over my left leg thanks to a brief encounter with poison oak. i still itch thinking about it.

By: laurie

laurie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:38:58 +0000

And after all the good vibes you sent out in the universe with the lists and the hundreds of cool things you’ve done and want to do! That’ll teach you to try to be all positive, conjuring up the good vibes. Some lists of things that suck and that we’d never ever want to do again, perhaps? Just as a counterpoint?

Here’s hoping today finds you bugless!

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:39 +0000

Ah, the joys of children and home ownership. Lice and crunchy bugs that might or might not cause your house to crumble into sawdust. Fun! Ack. My skin starts to itch and crawl every time I THINK the word “lice.” Gah. I think I would have stayed drunk for longer than you did. Because if being a grown-up requires one to handle myriad unpleasantries, being over 21 allows one to have a stiff drink or 12 afterwards.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:31:15 +0000

We had a termite guy come out last year and look at them, because I was convinced that they were termites.

Here is the tattoo I got for quick reference:
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And now I will call the damn termite guy.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:35:55 +0000

The best thing about greyhounds is that, if you add just a hint of grenadine and live in mid-Missouri, you are suddenly drinking a David Hasselhof (this may be a nation-wide phenomenon, but I doubt it).

By: Clair

Clair — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:44:29 +0000

I think we’re somewhat spoiled in San Francisco (lice episodes aside) in that we really don’t have all that many creepy critters flying or crawling about. That said, I think you handled this all with amazing poise. And we’ve all learned two good lessons:
Never move to Florida
Where tea tree oil fails, vodka steps in quite nicely,

By: Dorothy Stahlnecker

Dorothy Stahlnecker — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:49:10 +0000

Oh my gosh, I felt like I was reading a SciFi book. You poor thing. I’m praying for you. My daughter had this happen with her two daughters about 7 years ago and they had to shave their heads as they infected twice as they couldn’t find the kid who was the originator of the lice.

And the Scorpion…oh my gosh…I would have had a stroke….

Many blessings, get rid of this horrible Karma…I’m sending them right now…

Dorothy from grammology
remember to call gram
http://www.grammology.com