Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Coping with Brood X
The local media is a buzz with stories about the hatching of Brood X, the large batch of cicadas that emerges every 17 years. The city is crawling with red eyed insects that emit a high pitch screech. But my question is, how do we tell which red eyed, screeching insects are cicadas and which are members of Congress? Just asking.