About 30 seconds ago, a large, ugly, red centipede came streaming in from the bathoom as I sat on my bed.

The kittens started following it, but I gathered them up, locked them in the bathroom and Mortein'ed the shit out of it.

Mortein is a bug killer. It's a heavy neurotoxin. As soon as you spray it, the bug starts quivering maniacally. It's very satisfying. I guess I'll never make much of Buddhist.

It's amazing how frightening it is to see one of these prehistoric monsters in your living room. It's not that they can kill you--they can give a nasty, incredibly painful bite. They are just fucking awful, slithering forth with all the legs moving and the mandibles waiting to bite anything that gets in its path. Gives me the Heebie-Jeebies.

3 volunteers in my group have been bitten so far. That's 25% in less than 9 months. I aim to keep on the side of the "not yet bitten".