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Inspiration: Holly Becker @ Decor 8

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Holly Becker (Decor 8) wrote a really inspiring blog post a few days ago called “Never Giving Up On Your Dreams.” Just what I needed to hear today.

“There is always more. At any age. You can be thirty, forty or about to turn seventy and you can still change something that isn’t working in your life. That is the beauty of being human, we have free will and a strong one at that – if we listen to it. Most of the time, the only person holding us back is staring at us when we look in the mirror.”

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North Hollywood Cricket Chirping Torture

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If Mr. Cricket in the ceiling above my desk would stop chirping….maybe I could hear my conscience.

I swear this is a form of torture in certain parts of the world. Who needs Chinese Water Torture when you have North Hollywood Cricket Torture!!

“The sound emitted by crickets is commonly referred to as chirping; the scientific name is stridulation. Only the male crickets chirp. The sound is emitted by the stridulatory organ, a large vein running along the bottom of each wing, covered with “teeth” (serration) much like a comb. The chirping sound is created by running the top of one wing along the teeth at the bottom of the other wing. As he does this, the cricket also holds the wings up and open, so that the wing membranes can act as acoustical sails. It is a popular myth that the cricket chirps by rubbing its legs together.

“There are four types of cricket song: The calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud. The courting song is used when a female cricket is near, and is a very quiet song. An aggressive song is triggered by chemoreceptors on the antennae that detect the near presence of another male cricket and a copulatory song is produced for a brief period after a successful mating” – Wikipedia

I think Mr. Cricket is currently singing the “I Want to Annoy the Shit Out of You” song.

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