Yeah, I was happy that know that winter was going away, any night work I have to do wouldn't be done in the snow. But what happens last night? No snow, but plenty of damn rain!!

Nice!!!!! The fade lends a delicious air of malice to the eyes and teeth. I may have to steal the idea also. I'll have to cut on the squirrell first, though

   @ Motti, Do have character name #22 Motti Khan? I was wondering because GmOOnii is #19 in AltMeta. Something tells me that we are getting better. It's a honor to look up to such a great warrior and learn from you on the battle field. Good Hunting.

Uhmmm I'll write gibberish instead of what i want to type. I just broke my tool box, a few hundred dollars worth of tools and a pair fo brand new spotlights...oh and i got bit by a spider.

Add all that on top of my usual calm and diplomatic demeanor and you will get close to what i wanted to type.

bit by spider + living in australia = cause for worry

any sections of skin started melting yet?

Australia has the worlds most deadly and venomous spider in the Funnel Web Spider. These things are super aggressive and will chase you. They have fangs over 1 inch long.
We have the Black Widow, though we call it the Red Back. Think of them as cousins. Though the Black Widow/Red Back doesn't hold a candle to the Funnel Web.

Luckily for me it was neither of these. Looks like it was some kind of Mouse spider. Iv'e had the usaual treatments, i'm ok but don't feel very well at all. Can be life threatening for the young elderly or very sick but should pose no problem to me other than making me crook.

What is bothering me more though, is the bite caused me to run over my tool box and brand new spotlights with the car.
Spotlights, smashed. Tool box...smashed.
Cordless drill, smashed. Assorted other tools, wrecked beyond use.

I did not have a very good day. And i feel like shit.

Bummer about the tools and such, Neilo.  Nope, not a good day at all.  Hopefully, today will be better.

I hate spider bites.  I had one that started small and grew to the size of a quarter.  It got fairly deep, too.  It was eating my skin up.  By the time I got to the doc, it had run its course and there wasn't anything he could do to help.  Brown Recluse, we had figured.

I have a round, white scar to remind me.

I've been leery around them ever since, but I still like the Tarantulas and Wolf Spiders. 

Here's hoping yours heals up nicely.

No way, I like spiders....used to keep them for pets when I was a kid.

Sentient species taste better...

the female blue cobalt tarantula:

beautiful, but from what i understand, one hell of a mean streak.

Nice pics, Dys and Neilo. 

damn neilo those are some mean lookin spiders.

i was reading a cracked article the other day... 7 Terrifying Creatures You'll Never See Coming. amusing quotes:

"Ah, Australia. You knew it would turn up on this list. Why? Because it's home to things like the f**king stonefish, that's why."

"We're just going to say it now; between dingoes eating babies and the lack of a suitable crocodile hunter, Australia is overrun with creatures that want you dead. Even the bugs could care less about you."

My latest game.  A "Rush Mumbler" that focuses on speed, with score being a secondary concern.  I did this one in about two weeks with some time off in there to work on some ZYDeths and a day or two away from the game.  A concerted effort could crank one of these out in about a week after work.  A more leisurely pace of 2 weeks is probably going to be the norm.

I've already given pretty much of a play by play as this unfolded, but I'll try to compile the elements of the Rush Mumbler to be posted for discussion.

Oddly, the year 1 score test on this was higher than my record game.  I still think that giving up the extra points for speed is a good compromise though.  I have some ideas to refine the approach, albeit at a lower score target.

Awesome game Motti, congrats!

Sentient species taste better...