Howdy Fellow Commodore Users!

Early one morning in May I had the news on my television as I was washing dishes in the kitchen. I heard a short announcement of a report coming up after the next commercial break. Did I hear that right? Oh, please, let it not be so! I had to hear it wrong, or at the very least it was somewhere elseother than here. So, I stopped what I was doing, and sat riveted to the TV set as the report would be on shortly.

You know, I generally hate the current trend of TV station news saying: "Coming up, a report on...." I start to yell at the TV set and argue, you already have my attention, go ahead and report about it now. But, no, they have to do it thru at least half the newscast before they finally actually get to the report. I always wonder, what happens if something more important really does make breaking news? Will that other report that has been teased about for the last 20 minutes get bumped? Will I have to wait until tomorrow until I finally find out what was so earth shattering that they have to "promote" the story in such fashion? Sorry, but I digressed. Back to the report I heard.

I did hear correctly, and it was happening here. My most dreaded time is coming again. The arrival of the Brood XIV Cicada to Cincinnati is going to happen on Mother's Day, maybe a day or two sooner with the recent rain we have been having. If you have been a member of CCCC for at least 5 years, you have heard my previous story about them back in 2004. You can reread that story at our website at: http://www.oocities.org/c64-128-amiga/4-04.html

Fortunately for me, it appears that this brood will only affect the East Side of Cincinnati. Sorry Roger, and other folks living on that side of town. But, I will not be visiting you folks for the next few weeks until those pesky critters end their life. I will be thinking of you folks driving down the road, covered in cicadas, hearing the scrunching of bugs under the tires. I will see traffic reports of cars skidding around the roadways, as the slippery bug mess makes it difficult to maneuver, like the snow we rarely see in Cincinnati. All the recipes I will gladly skip over in the newspapers for the next several weeks, showing such delicacies as cicada brownies, and cicada cookies.....yuck! BTW did I mention that I hate cicadas?

One good thing to look forward to in May is our nomination and election of officers for the 2007-08 term of office. We need you to show up, volunteer, and vote!

Keep on Commodoring!