The HAMILTON bug has bitten me.
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The HAM bug has bitten me. After seeing the play with LMM, I had to read the book that inspired that brilliant genius.
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Not sure why it's called a Bug Gaurd, more bugs hit my window now than before it was installed. Plus emblem flew off first time on highway at 70 MPH. Save your money or try another brand.
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Half way into this stylistic mess, I gave up.  So excessively clever in creative acrobatic grammar as to try my patience.  I think I even
hated the people, pretentious New Yorkers all trying to outwit each other in being so trendy. I have no idea how the damn thing ended, I had to bail out.  Oh, how wonderful to be back reading coherent prose.
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This is actually an update!  After having this think a month I am now finding bugs will walk right over this thing and even hide behind it!  Ugh I wish I could get my money back!
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After about 100 arrows this release now will not hold through the draw cycle. It releases arrows every draw about 1/3 of the way through the draw. After it releasing and me punching myself in the face resulting in a split lip and two punches to the adams apple i realized the release was broken and was not a result of me accidentally hitting the trigger. loved this release till it broke.
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I started reading Ms. Hamilton fairly early in her career. I was hooked easily and followed her various series closely. Unfortunately her writing has degenerated over time to an alarming degree. Her current book, "Crimson Death", is a prime example of the problems I have with her current writing style. The gratuitous sex is not the major problem, you know what you are getting when you pick up her book. The major problem is the momentum killing relationship angst that fills nearly every page. As others have mentioned, Anita has turned into a non-action heroine who spends all her time worrying about all her relationships. In one instance she was supposed to be in a rush to get to the airport to fly to Ireland and there ensued page after page of worry and discussion about relationship issues and talk about relationship issues with others which, if they had occurred in real time, would have meant hours wasted and missing the timetable set for travel. Anita has also become mostly a spectator to any action sequences. She is no longer a "kick butt" action female. The current rationale for her lack of participation seems to be that everyone around her is now so much faster and stronger that she doesn't stand a chance. Perhaps it's a true characterization of her humanity, but it leaves the story somewhat flat and uninteresting. Ms. Hamilton can still write engagingly, but does so only in short spurts.
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I was a history major in college, and granted that was back with the dinosaurs, so my memory may be dim but this novel based on the life of Alexander Hamiltons wife brings me knew insights. I may shake my head over the horrible things being said in politics today, but they had nothing on what was going on in the early years of the country. It broke my heart to hear how Hamilton and Jefferson feuded. It seem almost sacrilegious to find out our founding fathers could hurl such vile words at each other. Im so glad I read this before seeing the musical Hamilton.
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I ordered this on the basis of the many glowing reviews and came bounding home today to find that it had been delivered just two days after ordering.

It must be that the hymenopterae' grapevine was really buzzing, because having unpacked the Executioner and inserted the two batteries, I discovered to my dismay that there was not a fly to be seen anywhere in the house. I flung open the patio doors and in flew a few ladybirds, but no flies, wasps or moths. Disdaining to test the Executioner on a ladybird I went outside in search of more challenging prey. Eventually I spotted a fat housefly sunning itself on the back of a garden chair. I approached, nursing the Executioner  like Andy Murray anticipating a Djokovic serve, but as I got within range the fly took off and vanished.

Are flies colour blind? If not the bright orange frame of the Executioner may not be conducive to efficient executions as any fly will see you coming a mile off.

After several abortive attempts to zap my first victim I retired to the kitchen, leaving the door open invitingly. Eventually a fly appeared on the inside of the window and I rushed to dispatch it. I then discovered a significant drawback: the Executioner has a frame just like a tennis racquet, with the wires mounted inside. The raised edge of the frame prevents you from making contact with a fly while it remains on a flat surface such as a window. So you have to prod and coax the fly off the surface. Then: Bingo! There was a really gratifying crack and an actual spark. The fly lay insensible on the ground. I did notice a few minutes later that it was no longer there, leaving a nasty suspicion that it may have recovered and flown off, possibly to defecate on my fruit bowl in retaliation.

Outside I tackled two wasps. No crack or spark here. They clung to the wires after first contact and a couple more shocks were required to finish them off.
My girlfriend then nailed a wasp in the house. It fell to the ground but was still alive. I had to flip it onto the Executioner with a piece of card to deliver the fatal blow.

A gnat then followed with a very nice pop and crackle, and soon after I accounted for a clothes moth in the bedroom.

So my preliminary findings are that:

a) the frame is not ideally suited to the task and may even be warning the insect of danger approaching;

b) the insect is safe whilst it remains on a flat surface;

c) the satisfying crack that others have spoken of only occurs with small insects; and

d) a single contact is insufficient to kill a wasp (and maybe a larger fly) but will certainly incapacitate them until you can stamp or club them into the ground.

I have to say that my World War One "The Swatter" - which is just a piece of gauze mounted in a frame of clothes hanger wire is far more effective at disposing of a stationary insect. The Executioner will no doubt serve well for the flying menace.

I think I will have to reserve final judgement until the summer when the Executioner might be a handy tool against wasps at an outdoor lunch or bbq. For the time being its far from clear whether it will be much use indoors.

The thing is reasonably well made - plastic of course but not of the very worst kind. It bears the legend "The Executioner" at various points around the frame, in a Gothic font that I thought was reserved for the title pages of Algernon Blackwood short stories. It is supplied with two AA batteries.

Finally I should add that by chance last night I saw a clip on You've Been Framed of a woman applying the Executioner to the tip of her tongue. There was the much-vaunted blue flash and the woman recoiled (but seemed to be still alive). It may be there are other non-insecticidal uses of the Executioner that have yet to be explored. Maybe in foreplay you could lightly touch it to the moistened nipples of your partner. In fact I have suggested this to my girlfriend - who is by no means unwilling to please in many regards - but she has firmly declined the idea. Shame.
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This is leaving a rash on my skin, I thought it was just physical abrasions but it's doing it in a second area now. Unacceptable.
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HELP ME! WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE TAKE THIS CONTROL OUT OF MY HAND I CANT PUT IT DOWN. HAVING TO MUCH FUN CANT STOP AAARGHHHHHHHHHHH.
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I remember it like it was yesterday.  It all happened on the summer of `94.  I was a young giddy lad.  I had no a care in the world. Little did I know that the fate of the world would soon rest in my hands. I was on my way home from work. I was skipping gaily down the road when suddenly i heard a loud scream. My giddy attitude was smothered and i stopped dead in my tracks.  I turned to my left and saw on the other side of the road a man being massacred my a swarm of ladybugs. I took a quick look of my surroundings.  The streets were like a ghost town. Instead of the usual zooming of cars the streets were filled with a buzzing sound and a loud booming STOMP.... STOMP.... STOMP.  From out of the clouds came a giant ladybug the size of car hovered down and landed in front of me. I ran down the street not looking back. The queen lady bug commanded her minions after me. The  buzzing of the minions behind me kept my legs moving.  When I felt I couldn't run any i burst through a door to a local grocery store. "Haha stupid Ladybug," I said with a smirk "You can't open doors". But my plans were foiled as the queen ladybug burst through the ceiling.  I tripped and fell to my knees. I was cornered. The queen ladybug slowly crept up on me i glimpsed quickly to my side looking for some escape. It was then i noticed on a nearby self the Wyers WB100 Bug Zooka i grabbed it aimed my shaky hands at the bug and fired.  All of the Ladybug minions fled for I had just killed there queen and saved the world.  From that day on I became Jason Rodriguez Pest Specialist.  I vowed from that day forth I would protect this city from evil bugs and that My Wyers WB100 Bug Zooka would never leave my sided for it had saved my life.
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I like the feel on my wrist........feels like my Hamilton!
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I received this doll, or one very similar to it, from a carney at milk bottle game during a thunderstorm somewhere off I-56 on the night of a full moon.  When I brought it home (I was going to give it to my niece for her birthday)its eyes started to flutter up and down rapidly.  I looked for the battery port, but it didn't seem to require any.  The head than begin to spin around.  I attempted to locate an on and off switch when it kicked me.  I was surprised at this mechanical malfunction, but more surprised that the force of the kick was exceptional, knocking me five to seven feet back and into the wall of my garage.  At this point I thought I should locate the name or maker of the doll, but when I attempted to inspect it the doll informed me that it was a disciple of the Dark Lord Morakath, that it wanted my soul, and that I would burn, burn, BURN, for all eternity.  I attempted to pull up the back of the Lavender Satin PJ's, only to discover that rather than a plastic backing, there was an endless black eternal void which took three of my fingers.  From the void (and might I say--also before I could get the manufacturer name) came a massive tenticular beast that looked something like a squash on fire with tentacles the size of Twizzlers.  It proceeded to whip and burn two-thirds of my body, and removed an eyeball in the process.  I was keen to figure out where I should go to complain, but by this point I gauged my blood loss to be between three to four pints (I literally filled up pint glasses from the gouges in my neck), and I put the doll on the mantle until the next day.  That evening, my house exploded (luckily I was outside attempting to scare off a winged critter with my shotgun) and was sucked into the ground, so I never was able to find out who manufactured the doll.

The lavender pajamas, however, do fit American Girl Dolls, which is a definite plus, and the main reason I gave the doll three stars.
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I liked this novel very much, until I came to the last part on New London, of which I am not really able to digest the conclusion. And this inevitably has a negative influence on my overall judgment.
As always Hamilton is a master at managing complex plots in an elaborate backdrop and make many well developed characters interact in it. In this sense, The Nano Flower is the link between its first production set on Earth in the near future and the space opera of his later books.
Although the series is known as the Greg Mandel trilogy, Mandel has a secondary role in this book, as he is on stage as much as the other characters, or even less than them. I must say this disappointed me a bit, because I really like this character, who in the previous books was undoubtedly the hero, and I expected at least a most decisive role of him in the resolution of the story, which however didn't happen. The cornerstone of this novel is no doubt Julia Evans, although she cannot be considered the protagonist either. More simply it can be called a choral novel.
Less investigative than the previous ones, which is not necessarily positive, and more imaginative, although longer, this book is more fast-paced and engaging than them, thanks to the always excellent prose of Hamilton.
I would have given five stars, but I found the whole story of Royan, including the ending, quite depressing. I could not, in any way, like his selfish choices towards his family. His motives still don't make sense to me. And likewise I found Julia too cold in reacting to the dramatic conclusion of the story of this character. I felt, in the behaviour of both, something deeply wrong in terms of human emotions, which gave me the feeling that the ending was almost worked out in the cold, without any involvement, losing all contact with the humanity of the characters. And all this clashes with the way Hamilton had dug up to that point in their mind and psychology.
I also have difficulty to consider credible that a character as powerful as Julia Evans really cares so much for the good of mankind and secondarily for her interests. It is unrealistic to say the least, especially when compared with the far from rosy future that is described in this trilogy.
Both aspects have caused my suspension of disbelief to collapse. What a pity.

Rita Carla Francesca Monticelli, author of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Red-Desert-Point-of-No-Return/dp/B00L979374/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Red Desert - Point of No Return</a>
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I'll be frank: I think Hamilton has lost it. After 20 or so years she's no longer the queen of this genre and it shows in both series.

Having said that, this book is still better than most Urban Fantasy I've read with the exceptions of Ilona Andrews' Kate Daniels series, the two Bannon and Clare books from Lilith Saintcrow and the Nightside series from Simon R. Green.

Personally I think Hamilton should end the Anita Blake series and just concentrate on Merry Gentry.

Either way, I still recommend this book over any of the "Rylee Whatever Her Name Is, Cassie Palmer Don't Make Me Hurl" snooze fests floating around Amazon.

Just be prepared to like, not love it.
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They quite simply didn't work. I stayed in Guyana for 5 days. I only needed the bands during late hours when the sun goes down. The first night i was safe. The morning after i started getting bit so I upgraded and slept with 3 of these bands on the following night. They bit me up without mercy!!! One even bit me in my navel. unheard of. Hands feet, stomach, and even my navel. The third night I gave in, 2 new bracelets on, plus 2 old ones and the mosquitoes were having an all they could eat buffet. Night 4, I eventually just used the "Off" Spray my cousin had laying around. I was finally in the clear. No bites that night.

I gave my cousins about 5 of the 10 i arrived in Guyana with. They also didn't have anything positive to say.
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OMGGG . After returning home from a trip to Florida, I noticed I was getting these small bites on my wrist and arms a week after. At first I thought it was hives or allergies to a new medication. However, soon after visiting a allergist, I checked my headboard and found one live bed bug. I know it was a bed bug because after squishing it all this blood came out. these suckers had followed me home.

I panicked and put DE powder all throughout my baseboards, headboard, bed and walls. basically everywhere to protect my bed. Also place mattress and box spring encasements over my bed. Then, I started drying and washing all my clothes and vacuuming. Soon after applying DE dust, I learned about the efficiency of CimeXa and ordered right away and applied it to all furniture, my headboard, bed, baseboards. EVERYWHERE.

I'm not sure what worked if it was DE and a combination of CimeXa. However, since that day I have not been bit or seen a bed bug. I also moved my headboard off the wall. I have a upholstered headboard. I haven't put the mattress against the headboard yet, because I'm waiting on the eggs to hatch, if there is any. its only been a week. However, I will update this dust once I move the mattress against the headboard.

I think they're in my headboard because as stated before I have a upholstered headboard and apparently bed bugs can hide any where in these things. I applied cimexa every where and tapped the back of the duster, so they're forced to come out where the cimexa is applied. Hopefuly, that is the end of everything, Ill update soon!