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Cricketgate – Day 152 – Amazingly, Chirpy the Cricket is Still Alive!

Tweet Entire saga detailed at bit.ly – chirpy, my winged friend who lives behind the refrigerator has been persistent with his chirps now for over 150 days. I admire his tenacity. Chirpy, the friendly kitchen cricket…… Tweet

Cricketgate – Day 49 – Missing House Guest?

Tweet I swear I just heard the cricket. However I’ve gone blinkless for 5 minutes now and unable to hear a thing. OMG! He literally started again after I stopped recording. Some cricketing aversion to YouTube? What a weirdly tenacious cricket…. Tweet

Cricketgate – Day 47 – The Chirp Goes On…

Tweet Is there perhaps a way to monetize chirps? I’d be a rich man if there were. My eyes are overwhelmed lately but this cricket is an entirely new annoyance. I wonder if I should build a cricket trap or accept overstayed house guest…. Tweet

Cricketgate – Day 45 – Blinkless Chirping

Tweet The word cricket could connote a two teamed bat-and-ball game played on a field, or even a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but in this case, it’s the cold-blooded chirping insect from the family Gryllidae (also known as “true crickets”). Cousin to the grasshopper, this corner dwelling insect living behind my fridge has existed [...]