Dragonflies.

I was going to write about the filth known as Ashley Nicole Richards of Houston, TX and her "crush" video work.  It's been a long day, I'm tired, and I want to write about that waste of skin when I'm more capable of giving it the venom and bile it deserves.

As I look out my window I see boxes of books.  I also see dragonflies.  I like dragonflies, not too thrilled with damselflies though.  Dragonflies are great predators.  They eat a lot of the bugs that try to feast on me.  Since I'm on my third round of antibiotics because of some bug bite I would love to have more of them flying around here.

Unfortunately, predator is a dirty word to many people.  You say predator and most people think rapist or child molester.  (What's the difference really?  If someone molests a child aren't they nothing more than a baby raper?  Why should we sugarcoat that?)  Our gut reaction to "predator" is sad.

Without being predators we would not have evolved to become the species that we are.  By eating protein from animals we didn't need to spend 12-16 hours a day foraging for food.  More free time let us devote our energies to other important things for a civilization:  Philosophy, chocolate, and the arts to name a few.

Some may say that we are not predators anymore.  I so disagree, when we are on the pull (looking to score) we still do many of the same things as a hunter only mirrored.  Use our observation skills to see who notices us, our stealth to watch what other "hunters" do, and most importantly our greater brainpower to overcome whatever obstacles our "prey" has before us that the other hunters couldn't get past.  Some may say that women don't get dates by asking someone out, some do and some don't.  I believe that the passive approach that many women have is very similar to many familiar hunters.  Big constrictor snakes climb into a tree and wait for their prey to travel under them and drop on them.  Many spiders put out a net to catch the unwary.  Some fish have "bait" (Angler fish) to lure in prey.  Are any of those any different than a lady laughing and then flipping her hair?  The more subtle crossing legs and letting one heel dangle from a toe?  Or even the more blatant moves such as sucking on a lollipop?

Without our "predator" instinct we wouldn't have made it as far as we did.  Without that instinct we would slowly but surely die out ourselves.  Without us who could watch the graceful and deadly dragonfly?