John Mohan, CEO of Siloam Mission in Winnipeg, wrote this moving article about the challenges of a woman with an intellectual disability who he knew as a helpful volunteer in his organization:
The intellectually challenged woman who had been part of our lives for the past two years exists in a complicated, yet porous social safety […]

I can’t keep up with my comrades over at New York vs. Bed Bugs!
Mangycur has a full report on last week’s bed bug seminar in Greenpoint.

David Cain dishes to New York vs Bed Bugs’ Renee about the leather trousers he works in, shooting sticks, the desirable traits of a pest control operator, how to avoid getting bed bugs, and how PCOs can deal with the problem of infested neighbors, when hired by a single tenant in a building.
Excellent reading. […]

This article from the Toronto Star is not about bed bugs. It’s about Theresa Kelly, who miraculously survived a fall onto the subway tracks. She managed to roll off the tracks to safety moments before the train hit.
Well, that’s amazing, right? Thank Goodness.
Interestingly, there’s more to this article.
Kelly’s […]

The law in Nashua is that landlords must provide emergency contact information to tenants (so they can request help with emergency repairs and the like).
Alderman-at-large Ben Clemons wants to amend this law so that landlords also have to give tenants code enforcement department contact information. That way, if landlords don’t respond to a need […]

This brief article from Women’s Health rather glosses over the difficulty of eradicating many bed bug infestations:

. . . recent stats show that ticks and bedbugs have been ramping up their itty-bitty attacks. Luckily, it’s easier than you think to KO the little creeps.
How easy is it to get rid of bed bugs?
Is it possible? […]

The Benefits of Bedbugs

Originally uploaded by M1khaela

This via flickr from:
Mikhaela B. Reid * Angry Cartoonist
cartoons@mikhaela.net * www.mikhaela.net

Click the cartoon to see it in a larger size!

bed bugs hiding

Originally uploaded by louento.pix

Lou Sorkin says of his photo:
“Flat rubber molding pulled back to reveal bed bugs hiding. Notice that bugs are at top of molding in corner where there is no adhesive.”

Housing and Preservation Department Educator Edward Brownbear told those in attendance at the Greenpoint HPD Bed Bug Seminar on Tuesday night that bed bugs had been found on benches at a number of different subway stations.
Miss Heather and Renee of New York vs. Bed bugs both blogged about that terrifying (but as to be expected) […]

Playbill reports that a play entitled Bedbugs! has been selected for the Next Link Project:

The fifth-annual New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the 12 musicals selected for its Next Link Project.
The three-week festival – running Sept. 15–Oct. 5 – features musicals from around the world, culled from invitations and an open-submission process.
The works accepted […]

The Greenpoint HPD Bed Bug Seminar was last night.
I was not able to be there, but Miss Heather has an excellent recap on the evening.
New York vs Bed Bugs members were there spreading word on how to get some change on the bed bug issue in NYC.
The presenter was Ed Brownbear, the only […]

This bed bug story from KHON2 (Fox) in Honolulu interested me.

First, it’s a cautionary tale about how easily bed bugs spread: this woman says she spent one hour at an event held in a hotel lounge and then unwittingly took bed bugs home:
Yumi Suh says she and several friends spent just over an hour at […]