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We're building good mosquitoes

He wants to rid China — and potentially the world — of mosquitoes, specifically the ones that carry devastating diseases like Zika and dengue. And he’s doing it in the classic style of good versus evil.
“We’re building good mosquitoes that can help us fight the bad ones,” the entomologist said in his 3,500-square-foot laboratory in Guangzhou, China.
Decked out in white scrubs, Xi, a soft-spoken researcher from Michigan State University, gestures at hundreds of trays, each filled with about 6,000 squirming mosquito larvae. The room reeks of ground beef liver powder cut with yeast, a superfood for the tiny creatures.
This “mosquito factory” is on Sun Yat-Sen University’s science campus, about an hour’s drive from the bustle of Guangzhou city center.
“That job is never going to love you back.”

“That job is never going to love you back.”

Anyone who knows my dad knows that he is a man of few words. Anyone who knows us both knows that he and I strongly disagree on many of the few words that he does share. That said, I have to admit that there are a few things he’s told me over the years that do stick...

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Cream Puffs

Cream Puffs

I got this recipe from VitaMix and modified it for our allergy issues. If you don't have a VitaMix blender, you may need to add some mixer/blender time to the recipe (the VitaMix has a very strong motor) and just intensify...

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My Gluten-Free Life

My Gluten-Free Life

I know. I know. Another one of THOSE crazy gluten-free people (insert massive eye roll here). This is the story of why I've been gluten-free for just about a decade now. I will add that I am not a doctor. I am not endorsing a gluten-free lifestyle for anyone who...

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“That job is never going to love you back.”

“That job is never going to love you back.”

Anyone who knows my dad knows that he is a man of few words. Anyone who knows us both knows that he and I strongly disagree on many of the few words that he does share. That said, I have to admit that there are a few things he’s told me over the years that do stick...

read more
Cream Puffs

Cream Puffs

I got this recipe from VitaMix and modified it for our allergy issues. If you don't have a VitaMix blender, you may need to add some mixer/blender time to the recipe (the VitaMix has a very strong motor) and just intensify...

read more
My Gluten-Free Life

My Gluten-Free Life

I know. I know. Another one of THOSE crazy gluten-free people (insert massive eye roll here). This is the story of why I've been gluten-free for just about a decade now. I will add that I am not a doctor. I am not endorsing a gluten-free lifestyle for anyone who...

read more

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Protest Time

They’ve messed with the wrong woman this time. Congressional Republicans today decided to wait for a winter recess to pass new legislation designed to enslave women and turn them into mindless zombies. I’m not putting up with this crap. And I’m going to fight people on Facebook.

Cookies are for Sissies

Yeah, any loser mom can make cookies for their kids. It takes a really classy milfy mom to bust out a dozen cupcakes like she does it for a living. And yes, I did these while binge-watching TV-MA series on Netflix as I made my FitBit explode. Wait to you see what I do to my husband. Mic drop.

Tiny Hands

It’s a new day in Washington and the people need to know. Does the White House now stock miniature hands soaps in the President’s private residence? Seriously, could the new occupant even get both hands around the soaps they’ve been using? Are the new soaps “Putin-sized?” This is the kind of stuff Congress needs to be working on instead of repealing Obamacare.

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