Melicious Details

He was big and ugly...

and he walked right next to my chair on the patio this afternoon, on his way to migrate straight through the back door and out the front.  I took the photo with my iphone, which I just happened to have in my hand, and waited till he got by the dog's water dish for scale.  I had to stand back though, because any second he was going to leap up, wrap several hairy legs around my ankle and sink his fangs in to me.

Making My Ears Hurt

It's that time of year when people talk about punkins.  I heard someone say it on the radio the other day and realized not only has punkin season begun, but it will soon be followed by Febawary.  Then I heard a woman say she thought Obama might be an A-rab (which made me want to ask her if she ate Eye-talian food).  This got me to thinking about all the college-educated native English speakers who scratch my chalkboard when they say something ridiculous like "Is that siren a fire engine or an amba-lance?" 

Irregardless, alls I want is a whole nother punkin.

How can you be in the mood for swimming after reading this?

Taken at Westin Hotel, Princeville, Kauai.  Photo credit:  Montanya.