Did you know?

* That cockroaches and scorpions and other friendly, clean creatures can and do climb UP drains and into houses?

* That the way to solve that problem is to play fourth grade student and make a volcano in the drain? Baking soda plus vinegar cleans out the drain, and hot water a few minutes later flushes the lovely bugs back where they came from.

* That tarantulas are huge, furry spiders but that they don't usually purposely hurt humans? Go ahead, pick up the next one you run across!

* That, thanks to living in the desert, I can personally attest to these tidbits of information?

And people ask me if I miss Portland...!