Paul Jay's Ponderings

I'm not sure why, but I feel like I have a ghost of a lonely Tibicen canicularis stuck between my ears. Or in other words, a particular type of dog-day cicada. I know for sure it's not one perched outside the window, since it's 10 below freezing or so on this early February day. But it's just loud enough (perception wise) to be annoying and the cicada noise is what it sounds like. I guess I need to turn on a radio or something. Also I suspect too much caffiene from having some Mt.Dew to be partially at fault. Usually I've been pretty good at laying off the stuff.