The internet is like a cockroach. . .

 This week's  catchiest  simile  was  used as  the headline  for  tech writer Stacey Higginbotham's    analysis  of  the  ever evolving  Internet  (9/13/12):

 As  Higginbotham  explained  " The internet's growing into  a  complex eccosystem we depend on for  monetary life like our monetary system and our food supply."  She then added  "regulating the web in the U.S. is like trying to solve a cockroach infestation by fogging a single apartment in a mult-tenant building." 
 
The cockroach simile likened   any effort  to  regulate  the web in this  country  to  dealing  with  a  cockroach infestation  of  one  unit in a big building,  reminded  me  of    my reason for launching this  blog as  an   ongoing  postscript  to   my  new  Similes Dictionary..  

The  original dictionary  was  a pretty rich collection --  but examples  of  similes  in daily use,  on  line and  in print   publications,    on stage  and  screen  certainly  made  a  brand-new edition   due.   And,   unsurprisingly,  no  sooner  was  the  new  manuscript submitted,  than  new similes  began to pop  up.    In short,  Ms.  Higginbbotham's  cockroach   applies   to my project.  Any attempt  to  put   an etched in stone finish to a  dictionary  like this. is like  expecting  to  find  an  easy  to  finish off lone  cockroach.