Comments on: Bedbugs in literature http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/ bed bug news, information, activism, and support Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: hymenoptera http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1921 hymenoptera Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:58:24 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1921 In the 1915 book “The Minor Horrors of War” the author, Dr. A.F. Shipley, quoted a poem which aptly emphasizes the remarkable power of the bed bug to seek out its victim: The Lightning-bug has wings of gold, The June-bug wings of flame, The Bed-bug has no wings at all, but it gets there all the same! In the 1915 book “The Minor Horrors of War” the author, Dr. A.F. Shipley, quoted a poem which aptly emphasizes the remarkable power of the bed bug to seek out its victim: The Lightning-bug has wings of gold, The June-bug wings of flame, The Bed-bug has no wings at all, but it gets there all the same!

]]> By: killallbugs http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1869 killallbugs Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:51:23 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1869 I dont know why God created bedbugs. It could be a punishment to us for some things, or maybe it is to make us stronger when some problems worse than bedbugs hit us. Although I really do believe bedbugs are a cruel way to do this. Other mention of bedbugs in literature I remember in Alexander Solzhenitsin's memoirs of Gulags and Soviet oppression. The secret police would lock the prisoner in a closet full of bedbugs in the dark. That is very very scary. I dont know why God created bedbugs. It could be a punishment to us for some things, or maybe it is to make us stronger when some problems worse than bedbugs hit us. Although I really do believe bedbugs are a cruel way to do this.

Other mention of bedbugs in literature I remember in Alexander Solzhenitsin’s memoirs of Gulags and Soviet oppression.
The secret police would lock the prisoner in a closet full of bedbugs in the dark. That is very very scary.

]]> By: nobugsonme http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1859 nobugsonme Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:57:37 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1859 Nightshirt, I just got an email alerting me to the size problem, which does not appear to be true in every browser, but is true in some (I got it in IE, but not Firefox). I am trying to fix it, bear with me. Did this start today or has it been true since the site migration? Thanks! Bugged, You should be able to login using the same username and password as for the forums... go to Login under META in the sidebar. (for people not registered in the forums, click Register instead.) If you have trouble email me! Nightshirt,
I just got an email alerting me to the size problem, which does not appear to be true in every browser, but is true in some (I got it in IE, but not Firefox). I am trying to fix it, bear with me. Did this start today or has it been true since the site migration? Thanks!

Bugged,
You should be able to login using the same username and password as for the forums… go to Login under META in the sidebar.
(for people not registered in the forums, click Register instead.)
If you have trouble email me!

]]> By: buggedinbrooklyn http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1858 buggedinbrooklyn Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:56:13 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1858 test...sorry, I need to test this outside of the forums. buggedinbrooklyn test…sorry, I need to test this outside of the forums.

buggedinbrooklyn

]]> By: Anonymous http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1857 Anonymous Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:44:27 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1857 you know, I can't find a way to log in here, but the forums are no problem. anything I'm missing? buggedinbrooklyn you know, I can’t find a way to log in here, but the forums are no problem.

anything I’m missing?

buggedinbrooklyn

]]> By: Anonymous http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1856 Anonymous Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:42:49 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1856 nightshirt, it's for people who just woke up in the late hours of the night due to bedbugs, and can't find thier reading glasses yet. buggedinbrooklyn nightshirt,

it’s for people who just woke up in the late hours of the night due to bedbugs, and can’t find thier reading glasses yet.

buggedinbrooklyn

]]> By: nightshirt http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1855 nightshirt Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:27:40 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1855 not in response to this but why is the home page layed out as it is? the font is huge and like 3-4 words to a line. cn i fix this? not in response to this but why is the home page layed out as it is? the font is huge and like 3-4 words to a line. cn i fix this?

]]> By: hopelessnomo http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1853 hopelessnomo Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:51:39 +0000 http://bedbugger.com/2007/03/23/bedbugs-in-literature/#comment-1853 Thanks, bugzinthehood, great topic! I posted something in the forums about Orwell's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London" rel="nofollow">book</a>, which appears to be more interesting than I initially thought. There's also this <a href="http://www.curtainup.com/bug.html" rel="nofollow">1995 play</a> (warning: link is a review) about bedbugs (definitely about bedbugs) by Tracy Letts (coming to a big screen near you!). I've also come across an excerpt, which I now can't find, of an account of Jewish life in Amsterdam called We Lived With Dignity that has some very affecting first-person accounts of living with bedbugs--that echo the cleanliness and punishment ideas of the book you cite. It'd be cool if we could keep adding to the list. The play interests me because the treatment of the subject is so charged. Thanks, bugzinthehood, great topic! I posted something in the forums about Orwell’s book, which appears to be more interesting than I initially thought. There’s also this 1995 play (warning: link is a review) about bedbugs (definitely about bedbugs) by Tracy Letts (coming to a big screen near you!). I’ve also come across an excerpt, which I now can’t find, of an account of Jewish life in Amsterdam called We Lived With Dignity that has some very affecting first-person accounts of living with bedbugs–that echo the cleanliness and punishment ideas of the book you cite.

It’d be cool if we could keep adding to the list. The play interests me because the treatment of the subject is so charged.

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