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All right — from a post about nothing to a post about something:

Link - Sarge’s News

If this doesn’t move you, you’re an even slimier civilian than me.

Black Widow in the Back Yard

I was dragging the trash around when I discovered this lovely just hanging out, nice and close to the handy pull-ties.

Sequence of thoughts:

• “Dag, that’s a black widow.”
• “It’s kind of pretty.”
• “It’s really big! Are they normally that big? The body’s as big as a dime… no, a nickel…”
• “Maybe I shouldn’t get that close to it.”
• “Should I kill it? Gah, I dunno, it’s not bothering anyone.”
• “I’ll warn the housemates that it’s back here.”
• “Oh, shoot, what if it bites one of the dogs?”
• “OH MAN IF IT BIT A DOG I’D… I’D…”
• “Where’s the Raid?”

I was sort of surprised by my mama-bear reaction. It could conceivably possibly bite one of the dogs, although it’s not in a usual dog-traffic area, and does not, to my awareness, smell like bacon.

What do you say? Should I kill it, or not kill it? Or Milgram a housemate into doing it?

**UPDATE 10/23***

Ah ha ha! All right. I’ll do some killing as soon as I gather my weapons: daylight, board, and a second-in-command. A very Halloween activity.

Board > Raid for thoroughness and entertainment purposes.

Pudding Shots

For when Jell-O shots just aren’t snackable enough, I offer you pudding shots.

Now supplying your RDA of booze

Ingredients:

• One 5.9 oz package of chocolate pudding (makes six 1/2 cup servings)
• 2 1/4 C nonfat yogurt, plain or vanilla
• 3/4 C Kahlua, 90 proof kind

Thoroughly combine yogurt and Kahlua. Beat in pudding mix. Spoon into mouthwash cups and chill for at least an hour. Serve to sweet tooths and hungry college kids.

There are variations, like vanilla pudding and cherry vodka, but you can’t beat chocolate for popularity.

Ladybug Condo

For ‘Waking Darkness’ — the fourth-year film I’m designing — the producer ordered ladybugs. Did you know you can get 1500 ladybugs in the mail for, like, six bucks? I sure didn’t.

We were setting free the bugs, John-Irving-style, and produced the following photos. I thought they turned out kinda lovely, But digital camera trial-and-error-facilitating plus magic hour leaves little opportunity for error.

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