[Vision2020] I want to murder ants

[Carl Westberg]

Well, Ted, a guy has to draw the line somewhere.  And just in case the NSA is monitoring this, to avoid confusion, my malice is toward ants, not aunts.  I love aunts, but I hate ants.  Ants that come into my place.  Aunts are welcome in my place.  But not ants.  A guy can't be too careful anymore.....

Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:30:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] I want to murder ants
From: starbliss at gmail.com
To: idahovandal1 at live.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com

How sad...

I immediately recalled the following interview when I read your subject heading...

Here's professional help for your emotional distress from one of the planet's foremost biologists and ant experts, Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard professor and author of "Biophilia," E. O, Wilson. 


From an August 2007 C-Span "In Depth" interview, 3 hours long, E. O Wilson was asked "What to do about the ants in the kitchen?" at the 2:59:30 mark at the very end of the interview... His answer?   To read his whole response, it is available here:


http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/198600-1

A few approximate excerpts:

"Watch where you step... be careful of little lives... feed peanut butter and tuna, drops of honey, which they particularly enjoy... get a magnifying glass... get down on hands and knees... see behavior of social creatures as close as we may ever get to what might exist on another planet..."


I recommend this entire interview to all...

About the book "Biophilia:"

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674074422


Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson’s most personal book, an 
evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the
 conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for 
life—biophilia—is the very essence of our humanity and binds us to all 
other living things.

More on E. O. Wilson:

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and biologist Edward O. Wilson talked about his life and work. 


 Mr. Wilson, who has taught at Harvard University since the mid-1950s 
and is currently university research professor there, was named one of 
America’s 25 most influential people by Time magazine in 1996. His books include: Sociobiology: The New Synthesis] (1975); On Human Nature (1978, awarded Pulitzer Prize); The Ants (1990, awarded Pulitzer Prize); The Diversity of Life (1992); Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge (1998); The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth (2006); and Nature Revealed: Selected Writings 1949-2006 (2006).


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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Carl Westberg <idahovandal1 at live.com> wrote:





with extreme prejudice.  I'm loath to use Raid, due to toxicity, smell, and 2 cats.  A couple of people told me about spraying with equal parts white vinegar and water.  Has anyone tried that?  Has it really worked?

 		 	   		  


 		 	   		  
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