Ann Fadiman. At Large and Small: Familiar Essays. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 2007.
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I freely admit to being an Anne Fadiman fan-girl. Ex Libris is easily one of my favorite books. The Spirit Catches You is an amazing book about culture, epilepsy, immigration, and they way we don’t communicate. So, I was pretty sure [...]
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Synopsis: Long-winded Libertarians lead the fight against an extra-terrestrial insectish species in this 1983 sci-fi novel.
I had such high hopes for this book. Its cover promised all sorts of awesome. And then, I discovered the author wrote the Star Trek “Trouble with Tribbles” episode.
Cheezy cover! History of Tribbles! Silly rhyming title! (War/Chtorr)
Alas, it was [...]
My post on blogging anonymously was surprisingly popular, so I thought I would mention this news tidbit: A British policeman was recently outed as the author of the blog Night Jack, a 2009 Orwell Prize award winner for writing excellence in political science.
The Night Jack blog was also hosted here at WordPress, and has now [...]
So…it’s Friday, and it’s supposed to be 70 degrees here in Michigan!! I have to work today, but I’m hopeful I can at least leave at 5pm and get some pea planting in before dark.
How about a little discussion while I’m gone?
Also, if you aren’t one of the cool kids following me on Twitter, you [...]
Mr. Bug and I went to the discount book store after a traumatic tax session this afternoon. One section that’s always good for a laugh is the “Romance Fantasy” aisle, which anyone else would call “Girl Porn.” This is not a genre known for it’s subtlety, as I demonstrate by Exhibit A at the Right.
Ellora’s [...]
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire.
Amy Butler Greenfield. HarperCollins, 2005.
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I was really excited to find this book in my library, since I’ve written quite a bit about cochineal and it’s modern use as a food coloring. The insect itself has a fascinating and complex history, and that’s [...]
American Pests: The loosing war on insects from Colonial times to DDT
Author: James McWilliams
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I spent a VERY long time reading, and then re-reading this book. I really struggled with it, because some very unflattering things were said about entomologists that I learned to revere as pioneers in the field.
Did my reaction to the book [...]
So, Blogroll Amnesty Day was February 3rd, and in proper Bug Blog tradition, I missed it. B.A.D. is a day “to salute all of the great smaller blogs that don’t get the recognition they deserve.”
Frankly, I think nearly all the blogs I read would be defined as “small,” including the Bug Blog. If you have [...]
I am always interested in the ways in which insects infiltrate into pop culture, and here’s another comic book villain from the Golden Age (1951): Killer Moth!
He had a rather strange fashion sense, rather like the Red Bee (covered earlier @ the Bug Blog.)
Um.
Striped purple, lime green, and pink tights? With an orange cape?
Call the [...]
I’ve written before about various insect-themed comic heroes, and here’s a new one from 1956: The Red Bee.
He appears to be distinguished by….extremely poofy pink sleeves and striped tights. Hmm.
The Red Bee was the alter ego of a District Attorney who kept his bees in his belt buckle. Yes. You read that correctly. I’m guessing [...]
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