tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post1298183919985502020..comments2023-04-29T06:36:34.260-05:00Comments on A Look On The Random Side: The creepy crawliesIsabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537474742419702738noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-88234044611693885122009-05-15T08:10:00.000-05:002009-05-15T08:10:00.000-05:00@ Call Me Cate - um, I know you're in an undisclos...@ Call Me Cate - um, I know you're in an undisclosed location...but can I have the number to your (hot) exterminator? ;)<br /><br />@ Otter Thomas - ShankRabbit and I find enjoyment in seeing how big the bugs are hit the windshield (and make the appropriate groaning noises when they splatter). We're some odd folk, I tell ya.<br /><br />@ Un-Hawthorne-ed - I support them...they are useful. Just not IN the house.<br /><br />@ Anon - uh, yeah...what ShankRabbit said.Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537474742419702738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-45747642311860575512009-05-15T08:05:00.000-05:002009-05-15T08:05:00.000-05:00@ Scriptor - I agree...bugs (outside) can be fasci...@ Scriptor - I agree...bugs (outside) can be fascinating. I had a wonderful biology teacher in high school that exposed us to a lot of bugs (safely contained and controlled, might I add) - this was fun. Finding a spider above my bed - not so fun.<br /><br />Wow, a bird in the house?! I think I'd pass out. :)Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537474742419702738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-19040980197771606752009-05-14T23:33:00.000-05:002009-05-14T23:33:00.000-05:00Feel a bit silly adding to the bug debate after th...Feel a bit silly adding to the bug debate after the serious comments on Celiac - hope you realise I'm not dismissing the importance of that issue! <br /><br />But hey Isabella, someone's got to take the bug's side. I can sympathise with your dislike of them indoors but outdoors I love them - so fascinating. Ironically one of my wife's fears while I'm away on holiday was getting a stinging insect in the house - instad she got a wood pigeon down the chimney! She's gone off birds now as well!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-56431535945563554312009-05-14T11:26:00.000-05:002009-05-14T11:26:00.000-05:00Hey Anon -
It's actually not Isabella who is the...Hey Anon - <br /><br />It's actually not Isabella who is the Celiac, but me (her husband). In 2005 I was accurately tested by my doctor and was medically diagnosed as a Celiac. Believe me, I'm one of those people who gets peeved at people who "self-diagnose". My mother is also a medically diagnosed Celiac and, as I'm sure you know, Celiac disease is most often genetically inherited from the 6th chromosome of the parent. Children who have only one parent as a Celiac have a 1 in 4 chance of being HLA identical to one parent (Human Leukocyte Antigen, which of course you know as the antigens that elicit the strongest immunological response). I, unfortunately, happened to be that 1 who is identical to my mother.<br /><br />I wouldn't have given up gluten that easily. <br /><br />As far as our daughter is concerned, at the beginning of her "eating career" we kept gluten out of her diet because you cannot properly medically diagnose a child until they are at least 3 years of age, which of course I'm sure you knew as well. <br /><br />Since she's turned 1 we've been slowly introducing gluten and so far she doesn't appear to have Celiac or an intolerance to gluten.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Anon, always nice to see Celiacs roaming and commenting. Next time sign your name or, even better, get a Google account we can have "commenty" fun with a person and I don't have to call you Anon anymore. Besides, being Anon and leaving uninformed and ignorant comments about people's health is sort of shady, don't you agree?ShankRabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07108050453756230647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-77414535530600663832009-05-14T08:33:00.000-05:002009-05-14T08:33:00.000-05:00Hi there,
always good to hear about fellow celiacs...Hi there,<br />always good to hear about fellow celiacs! i haven't read thru all your entries, but i am wondering if you are doing more harm then good by going gluten-free without accurate testing. there are various levels of gluten intolerance - allergy, intolerance without permanent damage and full blown celiac. isn't it better to know before going gluten-free?<br />respectfully,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-45992976326180704532009-05-13T15:44:00.000-05:002009-05-13T15:44:00.000-05:00You and the other Jen should get together in your ...You and the other Jen should get together in your shared disdain of the entire insect kingdom/phylum/class/order/family/genus and species. I on the other hand will gladly jump on the support bandwagon. At least for spiders and other extremely useful insect friends. They kill and eat mosquitoes. At least they have that going for them. Mosquitoes are just useless AND a pain in the ass.Un-Hawthorne-edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12086597497362764636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-52503839412636661652009-05-13T11:23:00.000-05:002009-05-13T11:23:00.000-05:00Bugs outside are bad too. Where I grew up when you...Bugs outside are bad too. Where I grew up when you drove at night itsounded like it was raining becasue so many bugs were hitting the windshield. We have mosquitos the size of helicopters. Bugs suck.Otter Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218675244540656914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6490673722529572301.post-79351258523630159702009-05-13T10:10:00.000-05:002009-05-13T10:10:00.000-05:00I love my exterminator almost as much as I love my...I love my exterminator almost as much as I love my husband. Wait, no... Well, he IS hot. And he kills spiders. So really, isn't he like husband #2? (Did I mention he's hot?)<br /><br />We had a mammoth bug of some sort upstairs a couple of nights ago. The kind that makes me shriek and run. Joe said "palmetto bug" but I know that really means "giant killer cockroach that will eat your face while you sleep".Call Me Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15144735845209334875noreply@blogger.com