Meet Bennett Beauregard and William 'Burger Bill' Brown. They call the New Orleans bus station home, but they love to travel the bus line to exotic and far away places like Winnie, TX and Oxnard, CA.

Bennett is a legally blind and very old roach; however, he is not shy about sharing his ruminations regarding life.

Alice Áraneau is an orb-weaver from La Barre, France. She made her way here accidentally in a box containing a very old vintage Sauternes.

I believe she may have a crush on Burger Bill.

She is also overly loquacious and fancies herself somewhat of an art afficianado.

Though she has given up eating other arthropods, she still tries to entrap them in her web.

Nico Napoli; aka, Nico the Nose, Nico the Gnat and occasionally, Vomit Bomb. It's rumored that Nico is connected with the Sicilian Mob.

I make no claims as to the quality of the watery and flavorless carbonated beverages that pass as beer here in the USA.

Alice holds forth and Bennett remains a pessimistic realist ever-ready to point out the negative.

She is, if nothing, a kind-hearted spider.

Alice will risk life and limb to go where the coffee is.

While Lydia is the perky symbol of the arthropod enlightenment, she can be a bit sarcastic.

...and, somewhat of a nihilist.

Bennett owes Bill his life after Bill saved him from being squashed by a hub cap at The Cadillac Grill in New Orleans. He is puzzled by Bill's frequent moments of brilliance.

Poor Nico seems to be caught in the middle.

Alice's years keeping webs at Yeshiva University in New York gave her time to ponder the human (soft-shell biped) condition.

Poor Bennett... I'm certain he won't be getting much cookie.

I don't think anyone else wants to see those particular 'hopes and dreams'.

Should not try to 'bus surf'.

I'm not sure how he's going to get down once he finishes all but one sprinkle of that doughnut.

I guess some would call that the 'NOPE' alarm. They just don't know Alice.

That's what happens when bugs find old stop watches.

Burger Bill has an unparalleled palate.

Yeah... I know. Most bugs don't survive the winter; most bugs aren't authors either.

Burger Bill tries to find that silver lining in even the darkest cloud.