BLUE/Scorpions

Thanks for all the input on the BLUE and PINK issue. It turns out that BLUE was the top vote getter but by only 1 vote. And we learned that part of the BLUE scenario was suggested by the PINK side. So had that been known - maybe PINK would have gotten a little boost. Either way it was fun and I think BLUE and PINK are good sports for participating. Hopefully they enjoyed it.

On to the scorpion topic. Yesterday we found 2 - yes 2 - scorpions in the house. One wasn't moving (read DEAD) and the other was moving (read alive and well). Doug took care of both of them. The dead one was pretty easy. The alive one took off pretty fast when he realized the shoe was coming down on him. Lucky for me I got a picture first. In the picture you can see a rectangular white tile. Use that for size reference. The white tile is 2 3/4" long. The scorpion then - by my calculations was at about 2" long. It certainly was a juicy mess when the shoe met the scorpion.

The flurry of scorpion activity necessitated a scorpion hunting party. We didn't find any more in the house. But outside we found about 10 or so. I was holding the black light - Scott held the putty knife and was the executioner. We had about 5 sure kills and 3 misses. So we'll probably head out again tonight to finish the job.