The cupboard under the stairs

I was outside yesterday and looked up at the roof of my house and saw in a corner a thread of a spider web. Only the longest thread. How do they do that? Do they always start with the longest and then weave it back and forth from their corner? Or do they work their way out? I found myself concluding that, since Spiderman is able to shoot his web, this must be based upon a truth about his namesake--the arachnids themselves. I could look it up, but I'd rather just ponder.

More importantly, however, I have been on a Harry Potter kick. Another one. Ok ok I will admit that I go through this frequently. This time it's worse, though, because half of the series is back in Utah with my closet Harry Potter fan friend. Anyway, I was recently watching the 6th movie. There is a scene in which Dumbledore is reminiscing about how much Harry has grown. I daresay that the entire world has seen the poor kid grow and will always remember him as the little boy in the cupboard under the stairs, just as Dumbledore. That's gotta be weird. What really gets me, though is that Harry responds, "You still look the same to me, Sir." Perhaps Harry needs new glasses. Dumbledore is literally not even the same man.

I'm not sayin'; I'm just sayin'.