Kris suggests putting ant traps/poison between the ants' entry point and the cat food that attracts them. Relatedly, Leonard helped me by placing ant posison slow-release devices in relevant locations. I can't stand being close …
I've asked some people for advice on the catfood problem. My next-door neighbor suggested floating the food bowl in a basin of water to create an ant-proof moat. The fella buying cat food in my …
Surprising things occurred today. I saw Anirvan, Michelle, and Christina, and glimpsed Matt Holohan, all at Cody's. I finally got a MacGuffin I'd been trying to get for a while. And I picked up a …
How do I put out cat food such that other life forms (e.g., stray cats and ants) don't get at it?
I moved the cat's food dish recently so ants wouldn't get at it so easily. I tried to explain this to the cat by holding the dish where it used to be and then leading …
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are." I should read Penny Arcade more often. I finished Nicole Krauss's Man Walks Into a Room. Good writing in general, if sometimes indulgent, and …
The horrible reply-all "I don't want to be on this list!" cycle of nondeliberate spam just occurred again, with a UCLink list that got hit by a virus. The usual lifespan of such an event …
Cody's Books Deal of the Week (by my estimation): Isaiah Berlin's The Hedgehog and the Fox for $3.98.
Confusing Symbolism Activist Bumper Stickers! Kris jazzes up the Paul Conrad vibe.
Today I happen to be wearing my hair down. A fella who patronized my register at Cody's today asked me, "Are you Shweta's sister?"
