Droppings...of Bugs and Brains

Years ago, I lived in this crappy little apartment, high on a bluff above the beach. Anyone living near the beach knows that lots of pests come with living in such a beautiful place. It's the trade-off.

Every time you turned out the lights in this apartment, bugs would start lurking...great big cockroaches, little bitty beetles, big black ants, little red ants...all sorts of grimy slimy icky yucky bugs. (skin crawling in remembrance)

It's like that with the wackos in society today. Only it used to be that they were only there when we turned off the lights. Ask any cop. They'll tell you that as soon as the sun goes down, the crazies come out. Just like in my apartment.

I tweeted this metaphor a while ago, and it was commented that was a really good metaphor. Alas, this metaphor goes further.

When I lived in that crappy little apartment, besides when the lights were off, if you turned on the stove or oven, so you could cook and feed yourself, the bugs would come out - en masse. (think 'hot foot'.) If you can't stand the heat, time to get out of the range, I guess. (My apologies to President Truman for the hatchet job on his quote.)

Something's happened. We are trying to be progressive. Something most of us think is good. As we are trying to metaphorically "feed ourselves", cook a meal so we can sustain ourselves and thrive, all the while, the bugs are billowing out of the range!

The $64,000 question is, what do we do about it?

Do we eradicate the pests each day the best we can, and just wait for the next round of bugs to move in?

Do we set up some sort of toxic environment in which the bugs cannot survive?

Do we tear down the building that harbors the pests and start anew?

As we consider our options, it's prudent to remember, that any bugs left behind will breed...(metaphorically and literally).

By the way, anyone who lives here, in the USA, knows that these bugs, er, crazies come with living in such a free and tolerant country. It's the trade-off.

Oh, and no, I don't have the solution to this one figured out. It bites me just as bad as it does everyone else though :)