(this happened a few days ago) A spider died today. It wasn't an important day and I'm not really sure if it was an important spider, but today was that spider's last day here on earth. I was walking through the hallway of my parents' home and commented that there was a pretty big spider on the wall. As I went to get something of sufficient length to pick up this 8 legged monster and safely transport it outside, the matriarch of my family unit noticed something was going on and since nothing in this home goes without comment or involvement of others - she came to investigate. This in turn caused the patriarch of my family unit to then come over and immediately squash this spider on the wall. No thought or consideration of any alternate action - just flat against the wall, last day on earth. This spider's last offense? Trespassing, I guess. Now I'm not saying any sort of cosmic correction would have happened had I successfully transported this spider outdoors. It's very likely that once out there it would have died of some other sort of manmade device. But, there's a lot of room out there - he or she would have had a chance. What if some sort of being walked by this afternoon and just decided that I was inconveniently located in some place that he felt was offensive, then just smashed me out of existence? It's not like I even want to be in this exact spot anyway - I just happen to be at this place at this point in time. Maybe this spider was just trying to get to the other end of the house and got caught in the daylight rather than when we were sleeping. Or maybe she was part of an evil conspiracy to raise her family and survive. Hard to say. Obviously there's not a justifiable reason to have written any of this down, but I'm just saying I saw you little spider, trying to live your life when it was tragically ended for no reason. That’s not worth much for you - given that you're gone now. I'm not even sure you were enjoying life, maybe you were looking for a way out and one got handed to you. But the struggle is what makes life, life. I'm sure you weren't burdened with these types of thoughts so maybe this doesn't matter to you. The end is just the end, and it was coming since the beginning. But did it need to be that day? You looked healthy last time I saw you…. I didn't know you that well so this eulogy wasn't all that personal. Farewell, stranger.