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Thanks to Miranda and her tip about Terro, it seems that the ant extermination is underway. We got some of it set up around the house last night. You put some drops (nearly an inch in diameter) on little the cardboard cutouts provided in a few places around the house (obviously out of reach of the cat). We'd been seeing the ants in two places, the kitchen, and more recently, the garage (they found the cat's food), so I placed one under the kitchen sink behind the trash can (so far, still no activity), one tucked away in the garage under and inbetween some things so Guinness doesn't get to it (very little activity), and lastly we placed one in the downstairs bathroom (which is next to the kitchen). As of tonight, there's a stream of ants running along the baseboard between the bathroom and a spot in the cracks under the kitchen cabinets. I looked at the drop of the poison in the bathroom and there's hundreds covering the spot, actively feeding on the stuff. Thus the extermination begins. Providing enough get back to the nest.

Found an interesting article via Digg just now, "Why Intelligent People Tend To Be Unhappy". Worth a read. If author Bill Allin is correct it would explain a lot about people I've known, past and present, and why they always seemed a bit down. Next time you see someone who looks sad, think of how brilliant they might be.