Welcome to ArachNoNo!

This is a blog for and about arachnophobia, by fellow sufferers, about the irrational phobic fear of our eight-legged exo-skeletal web-making enemy. Other stuff whited out in the blank space below, because we know that many of you don't like to even read or see the "S" word... So this blog is about spiders, spider phobia, being phobic about spiders, killing spiders, spider capture, humane spider killing, and getting rid of spiders. Arachnophobic as well, repelling spiders, spiders are evil puppets from hell. Etc! You get the idea...
I'm a lifelong arachnophobic, and I'm still shocked at the lack of realistic resources online for serious arachnophobes: instead, we get "helpful" answers informing us that our little buddies kill flies (is it just me: I often wonder at their level of personal hygiene, that the people who exalt the eight-legged ones NEED a rampant fly-assassin, on their daily roster?!)

So, anyway: that's what this is all about.

Oh, and none of the blogging contributors to ArachNoNo have ANY commercial interest in any product or service, we're basically hijacking google blogger's good nature to write a few rants and reviews about arachnophobia resources, and hopefully write an entertaining few posts, and that's yer lot.

It's not going to be daily, and you won't read about the Brangelina three-way with (insert current meeja obsession) here. We don't tweet, either (though I have been known to let out screams only dogs can hear, upon seeing an arachno in my kitchen...)

Arachno is the term we're going to use, to refer to the you-know-whats. This isn't for us: my family share the phobia, and dislike the "S" word, and many other people do too.

You will not see photos of arachnids on the posts in this blog, and you will not see the "S" word in posts either, although we will occasionally use it whited-out so people can find this blog. Be aware of that if you go to copy-paste anything, which will highlight ALL text.

We're not going to click the "monetise" link here, in hopes of keeping ill-advised ads (which may lead to big gross pictures of - exactly the THINGS we hope to not have to see again!) off of this blog, and we have only one rule - no applauding the little furry eight-legged gits!

So if you're an arachnophobe in the northern hemisphere, and dreading September (when they RUN) and looking for a place to check in say hi, read reviews (UK-based) and so on - this is your blog. Abuse of commenting freedom will be punished with quite surprising amounts of supressed rage.

If you're looking for manga about lady-boys being slowly sucked dry by mutant tarantulas - then go to it, and good luck - oh, and please go away!

If you're looking to promote your NLP/EFT/EMDR service - well, make a PROPER reply, not just a "hi and here's my link" or we WILL delete and report you - I've personally tried EFT, NLP, hypnotherapy, ayahuasca, vodou, all sorts - but we're open to hearing.

But NOT to spam - and my sword is swift, and sharp.

So.... September is coming, folks - if you're an arachnophobe, it's also known as Hellmonth here in the Northern Hemisphere - I'm living in an inter-war years house, with open chimneys, that has recently got a moth problem, and now got an arachno-problem (eating all the yummy moths!), my blog-buddies live in various older buildings too, and well be trying several commercial "solutions" in the next few weeks/months - and reviewing them ruthlessly here.

Because a random blog you find can often seem randomly inhuman, our e-mail address is arachno666 at googlemail dot com - we'll answer serious questions, and laugh at anything else...

Erm - 'sall!