So…what happened to Cheshire?

So…if you’ve been following this blog, you’ve probably noticed a distinct lack of posts. I wrote about this two posts ago, but I figured I’d share some details. For the past year, I’ve been trying to get into a graduate school. My grades are excellent-I’m one of the top in my class…it’s been a solid [...]

Updates

Blogging will be sparse this semester, for many reasons. I’m in the middle of some legal proceedings…civil, not criminal. Don’t worry. Those should be wrapped up by October at the latest. I’m also studying for the Graduate Record Exam and looking at graduate school prospects. I’m wanting to study medical entomology…diseases and insects that spread [...]

Perhaps I should give up this delusion I’m in control of my life?

Yeah…this week was another interesting week. A family member died unexpectedly and I was whisked away to the other side of the US with about 12 hours warning. I missed a lot…a lot of crap in the blogosphere this week. Bug Girl’s taking a break from blogging? I guess there’s a reason anonymity is important. [...]

An Open Letter to the Iowa State Legislature

There has been an antievolution bill introduced in my home state. Today, you are faced with a choice. In Iowa, we have always prided ourselves on our educational system. A bill currently in the legislature threatens to take that away. I am, of course referring to House File 183, the so-called academic freedom bill. These [...]

Cars suck.

Yeah…I know I have some regular readers, so I figured I’d break one of my cardinal rules and tell y’all why I haven’t posted for a week or so. I really try to keep my meta-rants down to a minimum on here, but I figured since I kind of suddenly dropped of the radar, I’d [...]

Back in a bit…but for now, bugs in the news!

Yeah…sorry I haven’t kept up with the bug-blogging as of late. Had a few things going on in my life…but I dare not turn this into a ‘bitch-about-my-life’ blog. There are far too many of those and quite frankly, my strifes aren’t that interesting. So…let’s go through some of the news that’s been brewing since [...]

Back at Iowa State!

I just started my new semester here at Iowa State and I’m friggin excited. This semester is probably going to be one of my most important semesters while I’m here (if not THE most). I’m hoping to study evolution in medical pests, but I haven’t completely decided if I want to study pesticide resistance or [...]