It’s Thursday. My girlfriend and a friend mentioned that a particularly large and creepy spider had spun himself a new home right outside our front door. There have been wild tales of his unusually large size and ferocious yellow markings, but since I usually enter and exit our house through the garage door, the spider and I had yet to be formally introduced—until yesterday. I  went to let the dog out and happened to glance down… and there he was! Holy crap, this dude big!

Our new arachnid neighbor has made himself a wicked web along with a tunnel of death that disappears into a crack below. My girlfriend took this photo of him (from a distance, she’s no fool) and asked me to look him up on the net. From what I could find, he appears to belong to the banana spider family. I’ve seen these before but never as large as Chester McBitey. That’s right, I gave him a name.  Unfortunately there’s nothing in the photo to show scale, so you’re just going to have to believe me when I say he’s damn big!

Chester McBitey and I now have an agreement. As long as he stays outside, we’re good. He takes one creepy step inside and I can guarantee a swift death via a large boot.

-keep

It’s Wednesday. We’ve made it to the middle of the work week so I thought some amateur goodness was in order. Enjoy!

-keep

Keep, I know that you don’t like the up-close shots but I hoped that maybe you’ll make an exception for my girlfriend. Love your site here and i’m a longtime reader. -Anonymous

It’s Tuesday. Remember 3D Space Cadet Pinball? If you were a Windows XP user back in the day, chances are you wasted many hours playing this free Windows pinball game. It disappeared when Windows Vista was released but someone took the time to create a version compatible with Windows 7 & 10. Whether you’re new to the game or remember it from twenty years ago, Windows users can learn how to download and install the game with the link below. It’s easy and takes only a few seconds to install.

-keep