The first summer I spent in Chicago nearly did me in. I had never spent any time in a serious Heat/Humidity Double Whammy environment. I did not adapt well. What I did was sit in my underwear in front of my one pathetic AC unit and weep. I was having a concurrent nervous breakdown, which didn't help matters.. Every summer I get more used to the H/ ( Read more... )

Right. I just found, 3/4 of the way through my left-over Thai food, one single wing from a ladybug or ladybug-like insect. Unless it was, as I'm now fervently pretending, some Thai spice I'm just not familliar with.

Dear Big Ugly-Ass Spider ( Read more... )

We talked about this. Cut it out. Are there four of you, or are you just creeping around my apartment, sneaking up on me?

( Boris the Spider )