Arachnids: This Spider

This spider was large and mean looking. I believe it was a brown recluse. I met it a couple weeks ago in my mom's garage. I circled around the spider a couple of times, taking pictures. Several times it turned to face me, but it didn't do a very good job tracking my movements. I throw a mat on top of it and stomped it.

Recommend: If you like things that turn your flesh necrotic when they bite you, then yes by all means. In particular to this spider, it jumped about six inches in the air as the mat descended towards it, bouncing off the underside of the mat and landing directly beneath it. As far as final acts go, that one was pretty freaky so I give it a thumbs up since it managed to be creepier than your average spider.

Animals: Chihuahuas

A year and a half ago, I cursed chihuahuas and everything they stood for. I considered them to be yapping obstacles in the walkway of life, the type of blockade that just begs to be punted like footballs with legs into a basket full of sharks beset by bears.

However, after spending a significant amount of time with a chihuahua, I have learned that with proper raising they are little different than cats except that they don't use litter boxes and are willing to play little games of tug o war with you when they aren't curled up on a lap or in a cute little bed - see picture on the upper left.

Recommend: Look at the little face in both these shots. If you don't like what you see, than the chihuahua is not the breed of dogs for you and it is more than likely that you are not a member of the human species. If you are a member of the human species, than yes, I highly recommend.