For those of you who already know Ishtar, you probably are already aware of her awesomeness. Well, you can add yet another reason to the list. For about two days now, we’ve had a cricket in our basement. I’ve tried to find it, but was unable to. It was being exceptionally loud tonight when Ishtar decided to quietly slink out of the living room. A few minutes later, she reappeared in the doorway, howled, and I stood up assuming she was about to retch. In the process however, she opened her mouth, dropped a cricket on the floor and proceeded to proudly play with it in front of us. After a few minutes of her torturing the poor thing, I finally put it out of its misery. Thanks to Ishtar, there will be no more cricket noises coming up through the vents while I’m trying to sleep tonight.