Going to add one more. Do not beat a dead horse. Or Possibly Do not saddle that sucker up and force the cast to ride it. I have a hard time sticking with a show when someone involved with production or content has a clear pet character or project that simply does not mesh or work with the rest of the cast or plot…

No no no, you are just well rounded

I'll take recluse, widow and tangle-web spiders over MRSA any damn day. We're a permanent foster home for 2 dogs who are deemed un-adoptable due to chronic MRSI/MRSpseudo-I (the dog/cat version of MRSA) and it is a nasty, painful disease that is unrewarding to treat. Thankfully, like most of the human population I'm…

Actually yes

Nah, hot shark-on-shark action like this belongs on Cinemax at about 1:00 AM...

In Sierra Madre, California there is a wisteria vine that weighs 250 tons and covers over an acre. It collapsed the original house in 1931, another was built and the plant is mostly growing on supports away from the house, mostly, but I'm sure it attempts to grow back over it every spring. The town holds an annual…

Rolled over on a spider in my sleep one time and got chomped on (understandably). The bite formed a small, ulcerated, but painless wound that cleared up in a few weeks.

Add San Joaquin Kit Foxes to the list of critters establishing a new home in urban landscapes. In this case the highly endangered little guys seem to be really benefitting. http://esrp.csustan.edu/projects/projd…

Sonoma County in California did this with Snoopy's (Charles Schultz lived there most of his life) and then a few years later they did Woodstocks. Some ended up as permanent displays and it's fun to spot them.

In my top 10 favorite Tv moments.

If any readers here get the chance to see totality in person, do it. You will not be disappointed. Those who have seen a total solar eclipse know what I'm talking about.

In the fantasy world i keep trying to dwell in, I prefer to think of these as "differently inhabited" as opposed to abandoned. :)

It was like trying to ignore the broccoli in someone's teeth, or the tag turned upwards on the back of their shirt. And every time the alien shifted, the light moved it's margins along the table and his plate. Steven finally had had enough.

My God, this is an outrage! I was going to eat that mummy.

Yep, and no services for as far as the eye can see...

Here's US Route 50. The section through Nevada is known as "The Loneliest Road in America"

My son is an avid reader and would love one. I think there are do it yourself stamp making kits? Showing him Einsteins would seal the deal.

Can't imagine any reason not to have Pi party. Will likely practice with several regular pie parties. Or just practice eating pie.

One gravid female brown snake is all that's needed. Reptiles tend to be very resilient when it comes to inbreeding. In fact many lizard species are parthenogenetic. These traits are one of the reasons generalist reptiles (certain gecko species for example) are often early colonists of islands, with one female being…

I'd assume that they probably spend some, or a lot, of their time active at night. That is pretty standard for desert amphibians. Here's the link to their Arkive page with pictures with somewhat more dilated pupils