Wednesday, 15 May 2013

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Tidbits from the boob tube , not to be confused w/ YouTube.

The reference in the title is to the children's books - and the name , of course.

In an ordinary field , OK , even un-ordinary fields , there are 200 spiders per sq m. This is a lot of spiders.

Most spiders don't build webs 

Jumping spiders have the best vision among invertebrates

Spiders make 3 kinds of silk , using combinations of silks to make the different strands that they need

Spider bites generally , do not have harmful effects on people
( which is news to me b/c I always thought that I got spider bites e.g. on my legs - which means some other ugly critter is doing me )

There are spitting spiders that launch their silk to capture prey and the silk these spiders shoot can contract by some 20 %

The richest spider in the world is JJ McSpinner , about the same league as Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg

See, you're getting an education.

Weather ( 5 / 16 ) , Sun burst out and the garden is greener and fuller. Life is burgeoning ( Ha never thought that I'd get to use that word ). Fierce winds , yesterday , and to-day the leaves are more than the rippling.

Ok off to tame the world , good luck , this day

Mommy's shoes. I was told by the PSW s at the Home , your mother's shoes are too big. We figured , the shoes were 7 1/2 s.
I took a pair of M's size 7 1/2 cast-offs - too big , they slip off.
Out to Wally Mart and buy a size 7 slip - on type slipper. TOO SMALL.
Now, I'm going to try a size 7 running shoe , on the basis , that w/ laces, there must be more leeway in the shoe.

Of course, some wise type is going , " Should have taken your Mom to the shoe store ".
Nope . She remembers what her dress shoes were like and thats all she wants. Thankfully, the salesgirl caught on , and started discussing how this shoe in her hand was the latest fashion for wear w/ slacks, Should have tipped her.
Besides , thats a 2 hr trip if I take her.











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