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Hello kids. I am afraid I must write you of something more serious than spider problems. Although I am still searching for a product that will create the ultimate spider nuclear holocaust ( Read more... )

Ventured next door to discuss spiders with maintenance guy ( Read more... )

Called Landlord today to report spider infestation. They sort of scoffed. Apparently 4 (quarter-size, brown, menacing) spiders (IN THE VICINITY OF MY BED) in the course of 3 weeks does not qualify as "infestation." Off to hardware store to purchase awful violent pesticide to cause spider genocide while still being safe for Hallie.

I wish I worked at the Daily Planet.

I'm back in Spokane. I don't have functional air conditioning yet and we're in the middle of a heat wave. The puppy can't pant and lick me at the same time, and sometimes she gets all flustered and sneezes. I put ice cubes in her water bowl when I go to work, and I leave the fan on for her during the day ( Read more... )

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I know that a time comes in every young person's life when moving means more than throwing his or her belongings into Corona and Smirnoff boxes pilfered from the liquor store. (Or, in my case, coerced from the clerk at RJ's Spirits & Car Wash in Americus ( Read more... )

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Oh, P.S. - No more grad school for now. Moving to Spokane, Washington instead to start career in newspaper biz. Plan to save money, make dent in student loans, spend lots of time riding bike and exploring. Maybe start grad school next fall or in two years. Will re-take GRE and hopefully get into Columbia in NYC ( Read more... )