Comments for Solace at Cripple Creek http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com in which a family of human animals finds its place under the sun Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on In which Ernie tries Poison Ivy Prophylactic Measures and risks an Itchy Butt by doc http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=312&cpage=1#comment-587 doc Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:46:52 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=312#comment-587 It's all fun and games until your tongue swells so large it splits open on top. Don't mess with mother nature. It’s all fun and games until your tongue swells so large it splits open on top. Don’t mess with mother nature.

]]> Comment on Where have we been? by Helen http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1305&cpage=1#comment-538 Helen Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:54:50 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1305#comment-538 I love the caption on the first picture....The second reminds me of summers at Grandpa and Grandma Randolph's. I spent many hours down at the creek looking for crawdads! I love the caption on the first picture….The second reminds me of summers at Grandpa and Grandma Randolph’s. I spent many hours down at the creek looking for crawdads!

]]> Comment on An update on the brain tick by Helen http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1296&cpage=1#comment-537 Helen Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:50:57 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1296#comment-537 Do you have any idea how much enjoyment others get from your stories? Well, Stephanie and I didn't get as much enjoyment from this one; for some reason the guys wouldn't admit they were taken in...Ken knew exactly where the story got "weird," but guess they enjoyed Stephanie and I being horrified and didn't want to spoil it for us! I want to tell you, that story was told to many and now I wonder if they were all just enjoying my gullibility. Do you have any idea how much enjoyment others get from your stories? Well, Stephanie and I didn’t get as much enjoyment from this one; for some reason the guys wouldn’t admit they were taken in…Ken knew exactly where the story got “weird,” but guess they enjoyed Stephanie and I being horrified and didn’t want to spoil it for us! I want to tell you, that story was told to many and now I wonder if they were all just enjoying my gullibility.

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by Buck White http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-514 Buck White Thu, 20 May 2010 11:24:02 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-514 Love the story and wit. I would like to learn more. Do you have any links? Reminds me of something from the movie Starship Troopers. Love the story and wit. I would like to learn more. Do you have any links? Reminds me of something from the movie Starship Troopers.

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by Brian L http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-494 Brian L Wed, 12 May 2010 12:19:33 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-494 Looks like a common old dog tick to me. :-) It's entirely possible for it to crawl into a warm orifice and cause a blockage without being rare and exotic. BTW, I think cephalocarida is the horseshoe shrimp, and cephaloacarian is roughly Latin for "rotten brain". Fun blog though... Keep up the good work! Looks like a common old dog tick to me. :-) It’s entirely possible for it to crawl into a warm orifice and cause a blockage without being rare and exotic.

BTW, I think cephalocarida is the horseshoe shrimp, and cephaloacarian is roughly Latin for “rotten brain”.

Fun blog though… Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by admin http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-486 admin Thu, 06 May 2010 23:13:08 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-486 Apology accepted. Apology accepted.

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by Viola http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-485 Viola Thu, 06 May 2010 21:06:51 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-485 Well, the Brain Tick must exist and your story must be true because when I searched on Google for "Tanzanian cephaloacarian" I got 1 (yes, that's one) result: www.solaceatcripplecreek.com. I'm so sorry about your brain. Well, the Brain Tick must exist and your story must be true because when I searched on Google for “Tanzanian cephaloacarian” I got 1 (yes, that’s one) result: http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com. I’m so sorry about your brain.

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by admin http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-484 admin Thu, 06 May 2010 19:54:14 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-484 Hmmm... All this skepticism is starting to make me doubt my own story, compelling as it is. But I take comfort in the fact that, prior to starting our blog I once did a quick Google search for myself, and found no evidence whatsoever of my own existence! I really think that the take-home message from that experience is that I know that I should never put too much stock in anything that is written about, or neglected, on the internet. Of course, there is photographic evidence of a large tick in my hand, so that may provide some level of veracity for skeptics. As for the specifics, there may have been some innocent embellishment, simply from having trouble remembering details (which could be expected to happen if part of my brain had been eaten), or maybe from an earnest desire to make the already fascinating world a little more interesting. I think we should all draw our own conclusions based on careful consideration, and what would be the most fun to believe. Hmmm… All this skepticism is starting to make me doubt my own story, compelling as it is. But I take comfort in the fact that, prior to starting our blog I once did a quick Google search for myself, and found no evidence whatsoever of my own existence! I really think that the take-home message from that experience is that I know that I should never put too much stock in anything that is written about, or neglected, on the internet. Of course, there is photographic evidence of a large tick in my hand, so that may provide some level of veracity for skeptics. As for the specifics, there may have been some innocent embellishment, simply from having trouble remembering details (which could be expected to happen if part of my brain had been eaten), or maybe from an earnest desire to make the already fascinating world a little more interesting. I think we should all draw our own conclusions based on careful consideration, and what would be the most fun to believe.

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by Viola http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-483 Viola Thu, 06 May 2010 14:48:29 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-483 I hate to be the skeptic, but can you give some reference as to the tick's existence? Genus and species name? A quick google search yielded nothing. :) I hate to be the skeptic, but can you give some reference as to the tick’s existence? Genus and species name? A quick google search yielded nothing. :)

]]> Comment on The story of a small tick who hit it big by admin http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254&cpage=1#comment-480 admin Thu, 06 May 2010 00:17:03 +0000 http://www.solaceatcripplecreek.com/?p=1254#comment-480 This seems to be a pretty universal response, but I assure you that this story, strange as it may seem to those of us with a delicate Western sensibility, is ABSOLUTELY based on parts of an event that ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And it's also worth noting that those in the Amazon region of South America who have had parasitic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru" rel="nofollow">candiru</a> catfish swim up their urethras would likely not bat an eye at a simple brain tick. It's all a matter of perspective. Like the old Oaxacan saying goes, "I felt bad that I had a tick in my brain until I met a man who had a fish in his urethra." This seems to be a pretty universal response, but I assure you that this story, strange as it may seem to those of us with a delicate Western sensibility, is ABSOLUTELY based on parts of an event that ACTUALLY HAPPENED. And it’s also worth noting that those in the Amazon region of South America who have had parasitic candiru catfish swim up their urethras would likely not bat an eye at a simple brain tick. It’s all a matter of perspective. Like the old Oaxacan saying goes, “I felt bad that I had a tick in my brain until I met a man who had a fish in his urethra.”

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