Tarantulas, Blinds, and the Inside of the Cup

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

It was a tarantula, the size of my hand, crawling down my bedroom blinds.

I woke up with a start, got out of bed on the side farther from the window, cautiously, and turned on the light. No skittering varmint. I went over to the blinds and with even more caution, rattled them a bit. Still nothing.

I left the light on and got back to sleep fairly quickly. But the ne...