Today's NY Times reported on the resurgence of bed bugs thoughout the city. Calls for bed bug exterminations have risen by a whopping 71% between 2000 and 2005, according to a local pest control association. As I sit here on my own bed and fight off the constant urge to scratch at the phantom bed bugs that I'm sure are just waiting to crawl all over me tonight, I can't help but be reminded of an encounter just yesterday. While I don't really know what the difference is between a "bed bug" and a bug that just happens to be on your bed, whatever I discovered crawling across my bed that afternoon was something I had never seen before. It wasn't particularly menacing, but it was nevertheless an unwelcomed visitor and met a swift and decisive demise.
So, New York, good night, sleep tight and...well, let's just leave it at that.
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