by Mir | Jul 1, 2013 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
I remember when I first moved to Georgia and became acquainted with the fresh hell that is the palmetto bug (motto: we’re too genteel to admit we’re roaches!), at some point as I sat huddled in a corner, rocking back and forth and trying to find my happy...
by Mir | May 21, 2013 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Summer vacation, man. Things are crazy already, and it’s only the second day. I think tomorrow I’ll be able to direct you to a post about my summer philosophy (spoiler: Now with fewer Give A Craps!), but for today all I can tell you is that we ate all the...
by Mir | Aug 28, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Ottomatic For the People
Longtime readers know that I’m not squeamish about much, but the bugs down here in the south—unfettered by a nice long winter freeze like the bugs where I grew up—do not screw around. They are free to grow to insane sizes and spend the entire...
by Mir | Jun 15, 2011 | It's not a regret, it's an "experience", Oh look! Something furry!!
It seems ridiculous to claim we’re out communing with nature when, in reality, our camper has a microwave and the campground has free wifi. I know. But we’re parked in a forest where emerging takes you right to the ocean’s shore, and more to the...
by Mir | Aug 16, 2010 | Ottomatic For the People
I know I’ve told you before about how really, the biggest adjustment for me in moving south was the seriousness of the bugs around here. The insects in Georgia are just not screwing around, man, they are here to REPRESENT. As such, having a Bug Guy is—to...
