Friday, May 11, 2012

Giant insect invasion in Chicago area

A strangely-marked dragonfly of unusual size was lurking around my house in Highland Park this morning. Later in the day it was spotted in a nearby business district, where it seems to have been attracted to a toy soldier of unusual size. I think this may have something to do with global warming. I will post again when I have more information.





3 comments:

Don said...

This happened to a friend of mine.

The details are somewhat different and it sounds like he got bit by the ugly stick.

One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found
himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on
his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could
see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff
sections.

Roland Nikles said...

I've always found that Kafka seems particularly difficult to translate. Here's the opening in German, which is fantastic. The english doesn't do it justice.

"Als Gregor Samsa eines Morgens aus unruhigen Träumen erwachte, fand er sich in seinem Bett zu einem ungeheueren Ungeziefer verwandelt. Er lag auf seinem panzerartig harten Rücken und sah, wenn er den Kopf ein wenig hob, seinen gewölbten, braunen, von bogenförmigen Versteifungen geteilten Bauch, auf dessen Höhe sich die Bettdecke, zum gänzlichen Niedergleiten bereit, kaum noch erhalten konnte. Seine vielen, im Vergleich zu seinem sonstigen Umfang kläglich dünnen Beine flimmerten ihm hilflos vor den Augen."

"Was ist mit mir geschehen?" dachte er.

Art O.T. Grid said...

Words I like:
panzerartig, Versteifungen, flimmerten

Words I don't like:
ungeheueren, gewölbten, Umfang

Words I understand: