Random Saturday Thoughts

[eregyrn]

1. Why is it that the mockingbird, which is capable of imitating the calls of other melodius birds (the cardinal and the chickadee, to name two that I can reliably identify), has, as its own call, a sound that is reminiscent of nothing so much as a squeaky garden-gate hinge? (Tim Powers once noted that their call sounds like they are saying "

Comments

[telepresence]

1. No firm opinion. Although a bird making car alarm sounds might be amusing.

3. No firm opinion. Although yes, Corsairs are cool.

2. You Are Whacked. I didn't even know your house had Wolf Spider season. I may never visit again. You must order the cats to kill them all immediately. *Shudder* etc etc.

[eregyrn]

3. No firm opinion. Although yes, Corsairs are cool.

Have you ever seen the show? Starring Robert Conrad. The pilot also had some familiar names who were in the series (like Robert Ginty, and John Laroquette), and Dana Elcar (I'm not sure if he was in the series or not), and a bunch more of Hey, It's That Guy.

Also, it was an early Stephen J. Cannell effort. Qual. E. Tee. (Actually, it had higher production values than a lot of his later stuff. It's kind of like... if SJC did early M*A*S*H*.)

2. You Are Whacked. I didn't even know your house had Wolf Spider season. I may never visit again. You must order the cats to kill them all immediately. *Shudder* etc etc.Don't be silly; the cats are oblivious. Also, it's not that bad. It's like at the old Sardis offices -- Wolf Spider Season only lasts as long as it takes the baby wolf-spiders to realize that my house doesn't actually contain their prey, and they all go elsewhere. And that doesn't take long. I've actually only seen, like, 3

[telepresence]

Oh yeah. I wasn't a huge devoted fan or anything, but I've seen several episodes. It was syndicated on UHF in Philly for years. And you're right, for a Stephen J Cannell show it was fairly low on cheese.

[telepresence]

And see...in my world, the washing machine would be filled with like...tasty spider treats. Some nice aromatic flies or something. Or maybe I'd install some kind of ultrasonic spider call that they'd find irrestistible. And once all the spiders in a 1 mile radius were all milling around in the basket of the washing machine, I, gibbering and cackling in my hardened spider proof bunker, observing via closed circuit cameras, would flip a switch and the lip would slam down *kathunk*. And then I'd set the washing machine to the anti-gentle cycle. Or frappe.

That would be awesome.

[eregyrn]

It would.... but it would also waste Precious Quarters.

Plus, I gotta figure, the washing machine is ALREADY somehow filled with Tasty Spider Treats, (gnats probably), or else why would they bother setting up house there in the first place? And that's disturbing.

[telepresence]

Quarters expended in the cause of mass spider extermination are no waste.

[eregyrn]

Sez you. Me, I got laundry building up.