Insects are little pests in our homes. They don't really belong there and they just annoy us as we have to deal with them either one at a time or, heaven forbid, in swarms! Unnecessary words are the same way in our communication. Ever talk to someone who takes the long way around a conversation? Someone who walks around the block a bit before he finally spits out what he wants to say? Ever in a hurry and need an answer to a question quickly but the person you happened to ask has swallowed a dictionary? Does it BUG you? LOL Sometimes we need a "Just the facts ma'am" moment, but we live in a "let me tell you all...
So I'm sitting in the living room listening to the lilting sounds of my dd playing the keyboard last night when I hear... "MOM! FLIES!" Sure enough I see approximately 4 or 5 flies on the window behind the blinds. How'd they get in here? All the windows are closed cuz the air conditioning is on 24/7 cuz it's 110 degrees in Phoenix cuz it's SUMMER in the DESERT! I run to get the fly swatter and, shhhh... "Be wewy wewy qwiet! I'm hunting Fwies! Eeeee eeee eeee!" As I begin "Fly Massacre at Tabares Mannor", it's like a bug horror movie. Each time I kill a fly, another comes to take its place. The replacements are smarter and more...
