It really bugs me that I can't stop itching

Pam Burke

We're still at the height of tick season — thought I'd throw that out there to make 30 percent of all readers scratch their heads compulsively.

In case that wasn't enough to give you sympathy willies, you should know that I had a tick crawling inside my pant leg a few days ago. (And another 30 percent of you just scratched some imaginary niggly.)

Y'know how you're just sitting there and you realize that you have this not quite right tickle-thing going on, and some hypersentive voice in the back of your brain tel...