Home Again
Things house spiders don’t eat, but should:
- their dead
- their old webs
- more pantry moths
Things house spiders do eat, but shouldn’t:
- the fuck if I know what they eat
- a lot of them seem to have starved to death in corners
Anyway, half of my worldly possessions and I are safely ensconced in my new home, though I can’t unpack until after room bids, which are in two weeks. Two! Weeks! I’m sick of living out of a suitcase. On the other hand, I would also hate living forever in my temporary room, which has teal-and-purple walls lovingly bemuraled with R.E.M. lyrics and glow-in-the-dark stars.
My car is intact, too, though still leaking oil from the dashboard whenever the engine gets too hot and/or I go over a good bump. First order of business is to figure out a temporary parking permit, second order is to sell the damn car before said permit expires.
yanes wrote:
“Brimming with eccentricity, our green-trim pleasure dome is an experiment in joy and creative living.” Man, where have we been around green-trimmed pleasure domes before? my mind is slipping, must’ve been all that creative living
sympathy towards suitcase living plight- though i’m starting month 3 in Tulsa OK and highly envious of your CA hq
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 5:59 am ¶
Sabine wrote:
This isn’t really related to the topic - but kind of cool anyway. I watched this wasp drag a HUGE, limp (I guessed paralyzed by the sting of the wasp) spider across my driveway yesterday. The wasp was very territorial, and I had to take a little break and let (her?) finish before I could continue my yard work.
Well, at least it was sort of about a spider. A BIG spider. Also, Arrrr! (Sorry, I’m still stuck on the pirate/scientist thing.)
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 9:30 am ¶
yami wrote:
Yanes: It was back in aught-two, with the Great War raging all around us and butter in very short supply, wasn’t it? Must’ve been near Verdun.
Sabine: Arrrr!
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 9:48 am ¶
des von bladet wrote:
We are (not necessarily reliably) informed that spiders mostly eat curds and whey, if they can get it; we recommend sitting other than on a tuffet, for sure. (We don’t have the slightest idea what a tuffet is, though, and this contributes more than a little to our habitual edginess - suppose we sat on one without knowing?)
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 3:40 pm ¶
yami wrote:
Unreliably informed, for sure - spiders are lactose-intolerant, and merely frighten off curd-and-whey eaters to preserve their tuffety territorial claims.
Tuffet, n.: a tuft or clump of grass; a low seat, such as a stool. I like sitting on the first type, really, though low stools can be hard on the knees.
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 3:50 pm ¶
denisdekat wrote:
REad like a great trip
Posted 23 Aug 2020 at 7:08 pm ¶