Ah, summer. The days of puffy red bumps dotting your arms and legs. The cardiovascular campfire exercises also known as swatting mosquitoes. The pink calamine lotion designs splotched onto itchy kids everywhere.

The more outdoorsy you are, the more likely you are to suffer this summer malady. However, some folks get bitten more often than others, no matter what they do to repel mosquitoes. Everyone has a favorite remedy for this. Personally, I've been a fan of Avon Skin So Soft bath oil for years for our family's outdoorsy pursuits, but with the uptick in mosquito-borne illnesses, we should all be a bit more vigilant.

A modern issue is that I really, really don't want to be bitten by a genetically modified mosquito. They've been released for years and Google wants to send them out by the millions, and although the press releases tell us they are non-biting, this just sounds a little too much like the plot of a new Jurassic-Park-science-oopsie to me.