The management of my apartment building in West L.A. decided to use the heat method to eradicate the termites that infested our balconies, baseboards, and the like. As a music collector, I have to say it was a major hassle to carts thousands of vinyl records, CDs, 78s, and cassettes out of our apartment. Plus the kids' three cats...

The building manager was kind enough to let us set up camp for the day in a vacant apartment down the hall, so that helped quite a bit.

Management began preparing the tenants a couple of months in advance, and the workers used thermal blankets to cover some items, including a 6-ft.-high cabinet filled with CDs and our upright piano. The only items damaged by the heat were ones we didn't think to move, such as a framed poster in one bedroom and a decorative neon light that the workers unplugged and tossed on the couch, causing the contacts to bend. Management offered to pay for damages.

The method is noisy and disruptive, and you'll sweat like a pig for a few hours when you're allowed back in to your home. The good news so far though is that the termites are gone and no poisons were used.

I'm sorry, but when a West Virginia voter says in a TV clip "there are too many 'Hoo-sanes," you've lost me. Does the author of this piece really believe Obama is going to rally voters like this one to his side?

If voters believe that the dire economy is the number one issue this fall, and voters in Appalachia are among the most impacted, why in the world would they believe that electing McCain over Obama is going to improve their lot?

That don't make no sense, no how.

How is it Obama's fault that many voters in Kentucky or West Virginia won't support him because he's African American? That's perverse and just backassward.

The Ministry of Silly Walks is calling. Hobble along now....

Hillary? Not gonna happen.

How in the world could Obama continue to call himself the candidate of "change" in Washington while coupled to one of the ultimate D.C. insiders--and her husband? I was happy to vote twice for Bill Clinton, but it's time to move on, folks.