Why am I the Diplognat you may ask?  Well, it all began years ago in the jungles of Colorado.  I was on a sojourn, when I had neglected to clean the bacon grease off of my clothes from making breakfast.  Well, long story short, a wild beast of unknown origin attacked me.  Thinking quickly I fed my foe my clothes and was able to escape. So there I was, naked in the jungle, with no sunscreen.  Soon the blistering heat became unbearable and I fell over upon a rock with the sun beating down upon me.  Time lost all meaning, and as the moments passed I aged a millenia.  Just then a swarm of gnats came and lifted me to a sitting position.  After a moment (a millenia) I came to understand their language, which consisted not only of the patterns they weaved in the air, but of their proximity to one another.  (Contrary to popular belief, their buzzing has nothing to do whatsoever with their syntax.) They told me something amazing.  They LOVE us!  They do not understand why we shoo and swat them.  They said they want nothing more than to live in peace with humans and 'please, oh, please will you convey this message to the humans, whom we LOVE.' At about that time, my old prejudices took over and I began to get grossed out by the thought of gnats swarming over my naked body.  With an 'eww' and an 'ugh' I swatted and ran so far away. Naked and alone in Colorado, I began to miss the little bugs.  Their message of love began to seep into my fever-addled brain.  (It was just sunstroke after all, I didn't age all that much.)  By golly, I had decided then and there to be the one link between humans and gnats, that we may be better stewards to the world of bugdom, and improve the planet over all. When they found me near the mountain town of Estes Park, I babbled incessantly of my mission, to the point that I found myself institutionalized.  I only recently escaped my forced imprisonment and now have begun this website to spread the word. If you would like to join me in my quest to improve human-gnat relations, acquaint yourself with gnat history here. email the Diplognat here. Daily Gnat Update!