I’m not afraid of spiders. I’m fairly sure I used to be, when I was a child, but I’ve since made my peace with the eight-legged world. We’ve got wolf spiders in the house and some other small, jumpy spider, and I honestly don’t mind letting them scuttle about as they please. (It’s not as [...]
Confession: I get completely jazzed about the mail. Now, yes, it’s true that the USPS and I have had our differences. Most recently (read: currently), they’ve failed to resume delivery service to us following a disastrous regrettable not awesome trip to the beach. But still. Still! I’m terribly excited for the day that mail does [...]
Subtitle: “Why It’s a Bad Idea to Shower during a Thunderstorm.” I’d always heard, of course, that you’re not supposed to shower during a thunderstorm. Heck, I’ve even seen a Mythbusters episode that proved what a bad idea that is. But I always digested the information in a manner you might expect from a fearless [...]