I can’t really decide whether to blog about a 2005 New York Times article that illustrates the lightning-quick emergence of bed bugs or a public initiative to address bed bugs in Ohio which should’ve been implemented in New York a long time ago.
Maybe I’ll blog about both. Who knows.
I recently employed the use of a web site tracking service to get a better idea of how many hits Bugged Out gets. I was very surprised to discover how many people visit Bugged Out. I guess my big mistake is basing the number of visitors upon the number of comments, which as I’ve found is not very accurate at all.
For example, yesterday 120 people visited Bugged Out, and 90 the day before. I was also shocked to find how many non-New Yorkers visited Bugged Out, considering I tried to niche myself away from other bed bug blogs by gearing the content towards bed bug issues in New York City. In the last two days, people from over 15 different countries have visited Bugged Out. From the comments I’ve read I knew Canadians and Britons were reading Bugged Out as well as Americans, but I was surprised to find so many visitors from the United Arab Emirates (Salam!), Australia (G’day!), India (Namaste!), Turkey (Merhaba!), Germany (Guten tag!), Kuwait (Salam!), Israel (Shalom!), and Malaysia (Selamat sejahtera!).
But let me get to the point.
Since so many people are visiting Bugged Out, I thought I’d offer a preview of what’s ahead for my regular weekend post called Warmup Wednesday.
This weekend I’ll finally publish my next round of bed bug-related haikus as well as share some of the haikus I’ve received from creative viewers. Get ready to laugh.
Update 11/01: Really ticked off with Blogger and my own oafish clumsiness, as Part Two of the haikus was written yesterday but was accidentally published that same day instead of Saturday, as I has intended. Instead, this weekend’s post will focus on how bed bugs have contributed to the demise of one historic New York venue.
I know it’s been over a month since I last blogged, and I apologize.
A new job, another new side gig, classes and a badass flu have taken up all of my time since my last post.
On the bed bug front, I really haven’t seen any bed bugs in my home since February. M, however says she did kill a live adult bed bug she saw crawling on our bedroom door yesterday. I just asked M right now if she saw any bed bugs lately, and she said yes. When I asked her if she killed the bug, she replied in her usual New York sarcasm, “Of course I killed it. What the hell was I supposed to do, save it and eat it?!?”
hahaha. I like ‘em feisty.
Later.