Spider in the Sock Drawer

Last night there was a big, hairy (at least in my mind) spider on the ceiling of our bedroom, right over the bed. So of course Stephanie sends the arachnaphobe in to rescue her. I got a paper towel, made sure it was nice and thick, and attempted to squish the thing, but it got out from under the towel (don’t they always?!?) and fell down towards the bed. All the action peaked Henson’s interest, so he was standing there looking up when it happened, and the spider never even hit the sheets. CHOMP! Henson’s reflexes are getting quite quick.

So this morning I’m getting dressed and I open my sock drawer, and what should greet me but this spider’s brother, sneaking across my Champions. When he got a look at my expression he made a break for Boxerland and I lost him in the darkness, so he may still be in there. I felt my feet tingling all day today whenever I thought of it! I bet he’s mentioning my unmentionables, that little twerp! Talk about an invasion of privacy! I’m OK with having another pair of eyes on my boxers, but not eight.

I think it’s about time we drop the Bug Bomb on those little suckas.

How do ya like them Apples?

Resistance is futile.

The iPod had an 82 percent share of the market in U.S. retail stores in the 12 months ended in August, up from 64 percent in the same period a year earlier, and 33 percent two years ago, according to Port Washington, New York-based NPD Group Inc.

I’m glad that at least once in technology’s history it’s actually about having a better product.

Russian = QWERTY – 1?

You know, if you put your hands in their “correct” positions on the keyboard, and then shift your right hand one space to the right (so your pointer finger is over the H instead of the J) and then begin touch-typing again, what comes out resembles Russian somewhat. Try it in the comments! Oh, and the “delete” key is still delete. I mean don’t hit “=” and expect us to translate that.

This is what happens when I stay up past midnight several nights in a row working on web development. Man, I’m so glad I love doing this or it would suck.

HAL 9000 on eBay

I can’t think of any single movie prop I would rather own than HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and he’s now up on eBay. Pretty tempting. Now if I could just scrape together a current minimum of $150K (sure to be higher soon), I could put my bid in!

What movie prop would you most love to own?

Miracles

I saw this bumper sticker while driving to work this morning:

My child was Student of the Month at Bishop Elementary, The school where miracles happen.

What exactly are you saying about your child?