Word of the Day

Enronoceros - Beast which will eat only 401K rations.

Fall has really started racing along here at The Lake. The leaves are turning colors quickly now and they're falling all over my driveway. Nope, I have no plans on sweeping them into neat little piles to toss into the woods. They'd just blow back and more will be falling, so what's the point?

Today, one of the other MOMs (Mother of a Marine) sent me this neato picture of a camel spider...two of them. Yuck! They run 10 mph?! Right at you if you happen to be providing a bit of shade? OK. I guess they aren't all bad. They eat scorpions. I'm not all that fond of spiders but they do have a purpose here in my little corner of the world besides leaving behind really messy spiderwebs which I can leave and tell everyone that I'm way ahead on decorating for Halloween. It appears that camel spiders have their uses too. Anyway, I tend to leave spiders to their own devices as long as they stay on their side of the room. That's any side of the room where I don't happen to be at any given moment. I'm not sure how well I'd do with a spider the size of a bunny. Though, my GI Joe son-in-law, in a reassuring e-mail tells me that they aren't any bigger than the palm of someone's hand. Who's hand is that big! The Giant's hand in Jack and the Beanstalk? My hand? OK. They're docile? All I can say is, I sure hope none of our troops feel the need to bring home a pet camel spider. What is it about men and creepy crawlies. All I've got to say is, "Check you bedroll before you crawl in it, GI Joe...and shake out those boots!"

Murphyism of the Day

Law of Arbitrary Distinction

Anything may be divided into as many parts as you please.