eight-legged freaks

As previously mentioned, I'm somewhat arachnophobic. I used be really bad in the sort of "Dad, there's a spider in my room, shriek shriek" sense, but over the years I've developed enough tolerance to generally disregard a spider in the same room as me as long as it's not advancing on me with sharpened teeth, etc.

So last night I observed a tshirt and hoodie on my floor which really needed to be in the laundry. As I went to pick them up I noticed a

BIG
SPIDER

sitting on top of the hoodie.

So I grabbed the corner of the hoodie furthest away from the spider and gently lifted it up until the spider fell off, onto the carpet. Fair enough, I thought. I then proceeded to untangle the tshirt from the hoodie, at which point

I found

another spider.

EEEP!

I am assuming the feckers were mating. IN MY CLOTHING. This does not make me happy in any way.

in other news

I almost got creamed by a large German tour bus while driving to work this morning.

Hint to tourists, since I've seen it twice in the last month: Irish roundabouts adhere to the "Yield To Traffic On The Roundabout" rule. I don't care what the hell they do in your country.

skype angst

There are 650,000 people currently connected.
None of them are my friends.
Bwah!
FIN

wishlist

I want a pony.

will accept in lieu of pony

Robosapiens

opposition party strikes again

Seen at various times today:

• Government to unveil new Disability Laws
• Government unveils "landmark" Disability Laws
• Disabilities Group praises new laws
• Opposition Party criticises new laws

I wonder, do they feel even the remotest bit stupid when the people they think they're arguing on behalf of disagree with them?

mostly for suzylou

Elvis Costello stirs up a little controversy