Tuesday, 07/01/08

Mosquitoes killed the summer BBQ

I grilled out on our deck all through the winter. Ten degrees, not a problem. Just put on a jacket. The fire is warm. Since the floods, the mosquitoes have been about 100 per cubic yard in our neighborhood. The city's mosquito spraying killed all in our immediate vicinity only to be replaced the next evening by the swath waiting in the forest behind our house.

I grilled some hot dogs quickly for the kids tonight. I was out there about four minutes total and was bitten a dozen times. Thankfully, I have retained the immunity to their poison I gained working at camp for 10 years. Still, I don't want them biting me.

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Tyler wrote:

Time to buy shares in the SC Johnson -- the company that makes Off!

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