Ok, so I was scratching my head, trying to think of an appropriate post, something other then an ode to my love for others, something with a little more bite - just wanted to fit in with some of the griping which this blog appears to be a vehicle for... And I heard the mosquito count issue being brought up by the glorious old CBC - you see, here in the Peg, we now have this progressive new entymolygist (Taz Stewart) who wants to try to move away from releasing daily trap count numbers of mosquitos - instead, he wants to use a system which is tiered along the lines of levels indicating the 'intensity' of the mosquito swarm - including whether or not there is an impending potential increase in the number of skeeters... Well, apparently, Winnipeggers absolutely need to know the daily numbers! I could understand that maybe that they feel that this information is being unduly withheld, or censored from them... I can understand that feeling, but really. Taz himself has stated, in response to citizen and city council's uproar, "What do numbers really mean to you? What does 4 mean in comparison to 130?" Or for that matter, 1300? He says that he understands that change can be difficult, and that he will release the trap count numbers now that there has been this 'uproar', but still plans to move ahead with this new system. I am glad that he is standing strong - this type of behaviour is what has pissed me off about Winnipeggers, and people in general - why just have a knee jerk reaction to something simply because it is a change - why not try something new - How else are those neurons going to start firing and reconnecting with those forgotten neuron pathways, pathways which maybe should be explored?