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I need a new life4 comments

Bug Girl wrote 6 hours ago: Yeah, so here is what I found on my doorstep Saturday morning.  We also received the liver and heart … more →

Tags: WTF, Asshattery, Deer, Rednecks

Yay! Wait...oh.1 comment

Bug Girl wrote 1 month ago: Well, Michigan now has a budget, and the Governor did not use her line item veto to completely destr … more →

Tags: Education, Michigan, Extension

Holy F'N Shit19 comments

Bug Girl wrote 1 month ago: You might remember that I got in trouble in the past for saying what I thought about some cuts to Mi … more →

Tags: Food, gardening, Science, WTF, Agriculture, Budget, Crisis, Extension, Michigan

Career Tip #7: First impressions5 comments

Bug Girl wrote 4 months ago: I can’t tell you how much first impressions count when I have a posted position open, and I ge … more →

Tags: Science, Jobs, Advice, Interview, Career, phone, cranky

News flash: beetles are not the same as women19 comments

Bug Girl wrote 5 months ago: Amazing. Under this headline: “Science still cannot explain why women sleep around” … more →

Tags: Entomology, Insects, Ranting (feminist), Science, Skepticism, WTF, Evolutionary Psychology, sex, sexism

Anonymity, revisited5 comments

Bug Girl wrote 5 months ago: My post on blogging anonymously was surprisingly popular, so I thought I would mention this news tid … more →

Tags: Books, Blogging, writing, Anonymous, pseudonym, Orwell

Michigan unemployment creeps up again1 comment

Bug Girl wrote 5 months ago: 14.1%. “Michigan’s jobless rate hit 14.1 percent in May, a near-26 year high, according … more →

Tags: Michigan, Unemployment, Bad News

Grrrrrr....12 comments

Bug Girl wrote 5 months ago: I’m having a very busy week, so how about you go over to Skepchick and check out this post abo … more →

Tags: Ranting (feminist), WTF, Gender, Girls, Legos, Pink, Stereotypes

Pseudonyms and anonymity24 comments

Bug Girl wrote 5 months ago: MGK recently was musing about the case of an anonymous blogger publicly “outed” by anoth … more →

Tags: Science, Blogging, Privacy, writing, navel gazing

Whitehouse garden kerfuffle12 comments

Bug Girl wrote 6 months ago: So, I mentioned before that the First Family is putting in a garden (complete with bee hive!). And, … more →

Tags: Food, Science, gardening, Skepticism, Insects, Pesticide, Agriculture, greenwashing, Chemicals

Frost!?!4 comments

Bug Girl wrote 6 months ago: Since I had the photo from yesterday… Frustrating. I waited until the 16th to plant out anythi … more →

Tags: gardening, Michigan, frost

Earth Day 20094 comments

Bug Girl wrote 7 months ago: Some days it seems like we are too far down a road to ever go back.  I work on our invasive species … more →

Tags: Nature, Earth Day, Pessimism, optimism, Service, SCA

Take Action: Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act1 comment

Bug Girl wrote 7 months ago: Just wanted to make sure everyone knows to contact their legislators about the Matthew Shepard Local … more →

Tags: Ranting (feminist), compassion, LGBT, Love, Matthew shepard

Don't eat green Potatoes!10 comments

Bug Girl wrote 7 months ago: Argh! Once again, I find that a grocery store is stocking and selling green potatoes.  This is aggra … more →

Tags: Food, Science, gardening, Potato, Potatoes, solanine, Solanaceae, Toxic, toxins

WTF March round-up4 comments

Bug Girl wrote 8 months ago: Item #1: Detroit has a 22% unemployment rate.  (click the link for a nice NPR audio story). Damn. Ju … more →

Tags: Bees, WTF, Michigan, Unemployment

The Amityville Bug House10 comments

Bug Girl wrote 8 months ago: So, the Amityville Horror was a bad book, a crappy movie, and all around bullshit. But…some da … more →

Tags: Science, Entomology, Skepticism, Movies, Insects, Flies, Ghosts, diptera, Myth

Dear Coffee Barista6 comments

Bug Girl wrote 10 months ago: Dear Ms. Barista,  I must compliment you on your very lovely ass. The pants you were wearing today s … more →

Tags: Random, Ranting, TMI

Weekly WTF: The Michigan Version3 comments

Bug Girl wrote 10 months ago: Ugh. So much to rant about right now in Michigan. The one that has me most annoyed is the way the Ka … more →

Tags: Ranting (feminist), WTF, LGBT, Michigan

Breaking FAIL news: Scientific American22 comments

Bug Girl wrote 11 months ago: This is tremendously disappointing. Not only did Scientific American pick up on the alarmist press r … more →

Tags: Food, Science, Entomology, Skepticism, Insects, cochineal, Fail, Scientific American, Journalism


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