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petermarcus ([personal profile] petermarcus) wrote2004-05-19 09:30 am

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So Fidel Castro's doctor says Castro is healthy enough to live to 140. Guess that means the beardy putz is gonna go any day now....

Longevity -- I hear the 17-year cicadas are back in the Eastern States. I remember the last time back in '87 when I was living outside of DC. The noise was unreal. We dont' have them here, but it is definitely love-bug season. My poor car.

[identity profile] alexis-wren.livejournal.com 2004-05-19 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
What's a "Love Bug"?
A VW Beatle? :)

[identity profile] petermarcus.livejournal.com 2004-05-19 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. You Yankee...

They look almost exactly like fireflies, except they don't glow. When mated, they stick together for several days -- they fly around "attached" (hence the name, I guess). There are tons of them floating around in the air, they don't mind daylight, and they tend to splatter all over the hoods and windshields of cars.

spattering over windshields...

[identity profile] alexis-wren.livejournal.com 2004-05-19 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, sure, find a species happy enough to stick to their mates, and whadda YOU do, splatter 'em 'cross your windshield? Evil man. ;)

Verses of Mary-Chapin Carpenter are going through my head...Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug. Sometimes it all comes together. Sometimes, you're gonna lose it all.