Chuck Bryant

Almost everything.

There's certainly cases where persistence is not a good idea, but you know what I'm saying, right?

I do now.

Okay.

If you want to know more about Lyme disease, go check out all of the articles there are to read.

And again, go check out the Aeon article by Mary Beth Pfeiffer.

It's really interesting.

And since I said it's interesting, that means it's time for Listener Mail.

I'm going to call this neat story about how great Stuff You Should Know listeners are.

Ooh, I like that.

From Portland, Maine.

Hey, guys.

My wife, daughter, and I, all Stuff You Should Know listeners for years, decided last minute to buy tickets to the show while on vacation at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, just a short drive south of Portland.

We had nosebleed seats, naturally, because we waited until just an hour before showtime.

And that was more than cool by us, and we were totally stoked just to be there, whatever the seats.

When we got to our balcony seats, a friendly fellow named Matt approached us, said he had three tickets for orchestra seats, and asked if we'd like them.

The tickets were intended for friends of his who were stuck in Labor Day weekend traffic, couldn't make it to the show.

Turns out he had been scouting the crowd for 40 minutes, looking for a group of three, even enlisting the help of the ushers to find three people together.

We were the first group that he saw.

A brief walk downstairs, and there we were, three rows from the stage for the supremely excellent show about...