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BUGS!

• EEK • Season 1 • Episode 17

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EEKshow - Episode 17:  BUGS!

In short, BUGS are everywhere and they've been around since BC on into AD, to further include the times when T-Rex walked the planet (pre Big Bang, Pre and Post Ice Ages, etc...).  Think about that timeline.  They're in charge, and I for one think they know it.  Tell me something else in your life that you constantly kill or avoid and that never goes away, finds its way back to where you are (not always, but even once or twice is too much)...  BUGS...  They're nasty, most ALL types too.  I also know there will be people out there telling me or us that they're part of both the Ecosystem & Foodchain, don't complain, as without bugs, bee's, etc...  everything would fall apart.

Probably so, BUT I don't like BUGS, I don't like how much they affect being outside at night, or on the water, or in the backyard mowing the law, or pulling weeds, or walking on trails, or hiking through the woods.  I'm not a fan (although Winter works well to avoid nearly all of them)...  I MOSTLY don't like TICKS - 

One time years ago, I woke up to a Pinching Sensation right on the very top of my private area...  We had our first dog back then and he was amazing.  He also always slept in our bed with us (ticks were known, but never to the extent I learned about them that late evening).  I remember waking up, having to pee, but also feeling this pinching...  after which I reached down to check out what it could be.  Unfortunately for me, it was not anything I could have expected (a Deer Tick, the Red Back ones, the scary/extra gross and Lyme Diseases carrying ones)...  I felt it but had no idea until I went into the bathroom and looked closely down at the area...  This motherfucker was attached and creating a slight pinching sunflower seed like abrasion right on the head of my shaft...  100% Truth!  Lets just say I got up, pried it off with a pair of tweezers, EXTREME PAIN for that area for weeks, tender as all hell then and even still now (nearly 20 years later).  Went to the doctor the first thing that next morning, got the Lyme test and also the Doxycycline antibiotic ahead of time, just in case.  All turned out ok, but truly HORRIFYING.  I proceeded to take that tick that I pulled off my private and taped it to an Index Card with a Clear Piece of Tape (you were supposed to do that for the doctor or if you showed a bullseye rash or symptoms of Lyme days/weeks later, it helped them identify the potential tick born disease). For me, it was for a different reason... I labeled it, gift wrapped it, after which I gave it to a friend of mine for Secret Santa at my brother's annual Christmas Party.  Funniest Gift of all time (not only for him, but for me too).  Classic to stay the least, something awful into a joke, sounds familiar?  I just hope he still has it   ;)

No Bueno, not a fan of ticks, bugs, or really any of them.  Please enjoy this semi- and gross educational Podcast Episode that I call,  BUUUGGGSS!!!!!   - EEKshow

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