{"id":4254,"date":"2011-08-29T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T00:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=4254"},"modified":"2014-05-25T11:32:04","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T18:32:04","slug":"is-there-something-on-my-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there something on my neck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Scorpion1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4256\" title=\"Scorpion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Scorpion1-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Scorpion1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Scorpion1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of living in Southern California, I have never seen a scorpion. I did not think they lived here. This is bad, right? Not really.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the really bad news: Denis said, &#8220;Oh, there was one in my office last week but I didn&#8217;t tell you because I didn&#8217;t want to scare you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What?!?&#8221; (I swear I just felt something on my neck! &#8211; I&#8217;ve gotta go)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-backyard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jenny\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"My Blog | Jenny Jones\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-08-30T00:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-05-25T18:32:04+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog\",\"headline\":\"Is there something on my neck?\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/08\\\/Scorpion1-300x170.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-29T17:21:00-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-25T11:32:04-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":12,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"My Backyard\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/my-backyard\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"My Backyard\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/my-backyard\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Backyard\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/my-backyard\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Is there something on my neck?\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Is there something on my neck?\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/category\\\/my-backyard\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"My Backyard\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"My Blog\",\"description\":\"Jenny Jones\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jenny\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/\",\"name\":\"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog\",\"description\":\"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/author\\\/jenny\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-29T17:21:00-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-05-25T11:32:04-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/\",\"name\":\"My Blog\",\"description\":\"Jenny Jones\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.jennyjones.com\\\/myblog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog","description":"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#article","name":"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog","headline":"Is there something on my neck?","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Scorpion1-300x170.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2011-08-29T17:21:00-07:00","dateModified":"2014-05-25T11:32:04-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":12,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"My Backyard"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/#listItem","name":"My Backyard"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"My Backyard","item":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#listItem","name":"Is there something on my neck?"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Is there something on my neck?","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/#listItem","name":"My Backyard"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization","name":"My Blog","description":"Jenny Jones","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/","name":"Jenny"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/","name":"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog","description":"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/author\/jenny\/#author"},"datePublished":"2011-08-29T17:21:00-07:00","dateModified":"2014-05-25T11:32:04-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/","name":"My Blog","description":"Jenny Jones","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"My Blog | Jenny Jones","og:type":"article","og:title":"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog","og:description":"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of","og:url":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/","article:published_time":"2011-08-30T00:21:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2014-05-25T18:32:04+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Is there something on my neck? | My Blog","twitter:description":"Why is this happening to me? This thing was at my front door today! I opened the door and it was inches from coming inside. What?? At first I thought somebody was playing a joke and it was plastic, but then it moved. I was so stunned I truly was speechless. In 40 years of"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"4254","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-04-09 18:43:22","updated":"2025-12-08 05:04:52","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/\" title=\"My Backyard\">My Backyard<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tIs there something on my neck?\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog"},{"label":"My Backyard","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/category\/my-backyard\/"},{"label":"Is there something on my neck?","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/is-there-something-on-my-neck\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4254"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4261,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4254\/revisions\/4261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}