This is one of the more horrifying news items I’ve read recently. No, it’s not about peak oil or the collapse of civilization. It’s about a Hong Kong hiker who washed her face in a freshwater stream, only to receive an uninvited visitor - a leech. Living in her nose to be precise. To be even more precise, it was two weeks before she even realized anything was awry and went to the doctor. The first doctor couldn’t find any cause to her nosebleeds. The second found the leech. Maybe this story is just especially horriyfing to me right now because I’m having a really bad allergic couple of days to all the new tree buds. Almost feels like there’s some leeches up my nose playing racquetball…