Pygmania

reposting a nice little piece from last week's nyt magazine [ link ] with several parts that felt like inside jokes between us. should we feel robbed? Bitten to the Quick By ABIGAIL MEISEL SEPT. 19, 2014 In the spring of 2013, a family of pigeons nested in scaffolding outside my apartment building two blocks off St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan’s Washington Heights. From the window of my first-floor apartment, I heard the cheeping of baby birds and affectionately observed their downy forms and tiny black-tipped beaks: my very own slice of nature. But in May, when the squabs matured into fledglings and flew off, it seems that a horde of barely visible parasites that had been feeding off them — bird mites — needed a new blood supply. They launched an Old Testament-worthy invasion of the first-floor apartments. Relentless and nocturnal, the bugs robbed us all of sleep, raising painful red bites on my skin that were ringed with bruises. They appeared to prefer warm and damp l...

  Let's face it: even on a average day, Bugpymyge is not particularly a ray of endless light.  Another day, another gchat But certain days are far worse than others. These are the sorts of days that Chicagoans should truly worry about. Life is full of legumes and swapped saliva. There are so many things to hate out there, and so many crotchety muscles to flex. The time has come to start looking for sublets. Poor, sweet Bugpymyge, everything is going to be okayge!  PS: "ZEH LO TOV" Alecksander v'hayom ha'ayim v'nora v'garu'a v'lo tov bichlal