A rather terrifying incident happened in a town called Nevada City just 26 miles from here. A woman living with her teenage daughter left their patio door open and got an unwanted visitor while they were at it. As in the form of a huge tarantula! They ran and covered it with a glass, then put some books on top of the glass. Yet the thing was able to move the glass! So they called Animal Patrol, but they said they couldn’t be out till the next day. Some good they are, huh? So they called the cops next and they came out, laughed and said, “What do you expect us to do?” The woman said, “Well, shoot it with your gun or do something!” The pig squashed it with the glass and made a huge mess instead.

I thought tarantulas were strictly a desert thing! Tom said he thought I knew they were in wooded areas. No, I didn’t know this. They certainly weren’t in the woods I grew up playing in in New England, so I guess it’s a Western thing. They’re harmless, slow-moving, and not good climbers, but still, I’d totally freak out if one showed up here! I freaked when I saw them down in Arizona, plus those fast-moving tan things I never knew the name of. Maybe vinegaroons or Avondales?

Yeah, it’s getting a little scary here, alright. As it is I’ve been really uneasy cuz no one is safe in California since the ruling went down the way it did. Tom assures me that if they decide to target Jews next, we’d have plenty of warning so we could leave the state in time. It’s hard to say for sure exactly who they’re going to target next, but I do know that it’s not going to stop with the gays.

Conservatism, tarantulas, dogs left outdoors 24/7 - I’m getting kinda sick of the West!