Most days I love my home office.
But then there is the occasional Monday. By "occasional" I should be clear: It's happened twice in the 17 years we've lived here, and this the first time a black rat snake made its way to my office. How do you react to seeing something that might be trouble? My first reaction was "Maybe it's a cord. Or maybe a toy snake." Then it moved. My next reaction was "%$@#!!!" <--- You can substitute any word you like there - I said all of them. Then I moved to solution mode. I emptied my round trash can and cornered the snake. There is one problem in the prior sentence: round trash can and corner don't work well together. So I got my baseball bat and... (No snakes were harmed, no matter how scared I was. I have a no-kill policy for any creature that is non-venomous. Black rat snakes are non-venomous). (As a side note, my definition of non-venomous conveniently excludes hornets, mosquitoes and centipedes from my amnesty). Where was I? Oh yeah - ...
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