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Tuesday
July 30, 2013
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Unlike Jonathan Richman, I don't have
much love for mosquitoes. I kind of feel
bad about it but I'll still slap 'em to death
every chance I get. The internet tells me
they're the deadliest animal and only the
female sucks blood, which she finds by
homing in on carbon dioxide exhalations
.

Then there are flies. Last week we had a
little infestation in the bathroom. I must
have smashed 50 juveniles in one fevered
session with a rolled-up newspaper and
another two dozen the next morning. They
were small and slow, struck down in their
prime I suppose. It was either them or me.

I wish I had thought to film myself going
after them. I must've looked a crazy man.
Still, it was nice for that little while to have a
clearly defined purpose, however murderous.
Tough stuff, I know. But not as rough as the
tome that did this bugger in. Does anyone do
menace and mordant wit better than Bowles?

(That is, when he's not writing about parrots.)
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