Happy October!

Apparently the number one phobia in all the world is arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders.  I will admit that this is definitely one of my biggest phobias.  (Right after the fear of heights and the fear of a worldwide Oreo Cakester famine.)  If you really think about it, though, being afraid of a spider is ridiculous.  We weigh a thousand pounds and crush them with our bare hands, while they weigh less than a nickel and have a brain the size of dust mite.    Besides, I am a woman.  There are much worse things to be afraid of...