First bit of news: we found a hobo spider on our front porch, about the span of a silver dollar. I kept an eye on it whilst my wife ran in to get something to smash it with. She brought out a can of beans. Are you crazy! Go get a shoe or magazine or something! One shoe later and the threat was gone.

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G (my four year old son) is a staunch defender of spiders. He gets quite upset when one is killed. I think this is all right. All the better. Spiders keep the populations of other insects down.

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The last few days I’ve had a pulled tendon or something in my right hand, just along the thumb-line. It’s searing and almost keeps me from typing, the mainstay of my profession. So, I took it light for a day, but ice, heat, pain-relievers… nothing did the trick. Presently, I had a dream that I was winding my hand with a bandage in a certain way. At the end of my rope, I tried binding up my hand that way this morning. A few hours later the pain was almost completely gone!

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It is my speculation/belief that in the celestial world dreams are like text messages sent from one mind to another. Visions, impressions, feelings, insights and dreams… all as normal as a cell phone.

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My wife and I rented a few movies the other night. At the checkstand the clerk pointed out that we could just buy them for less (as they were on sale), so we bought Forever Strong (I think that’s what it’s called) and Vantage Point. This latter move is one of my favorites. I tooootally recommend seeing it. It’s PG-13 for some language, so definitely one for after the kids are in bed.