It appears most of the US is on fire right now. So, I think the only thing to do is to put tariffs on Canada. Maybe we should invade Grenada again? I visited there once a long time ago and it was very nice.

Best of luck. Major construction projects aren't cheap or fun. My, not quite nearly as old ~ 1953 house needed a new sewer connection. I also had to build some support ramps so I could get my truck out while waiting for the inspection (next week fortunately) when they can back fill the dirt.

I foregott abaot da fiche an chipps. Dey were grate tu!

How do you pass out and still hold your head up?

They finally went outside at the same time so I could get a picture of them with the new little outdoor camera. Dusty staring down at Eleanor wondering why she's sitting in a soft bed while there is a perfectly good hard wooden step she could be sitting on.

Eleanor wants you to think she didn't just steal my office chair again ... but she did.

I think the first step to getting over your fixation about the undercarriages of birds is to admit that you actually are fixating on the undercarriages of birds (or birbs). I sometimes catch Minnie (the community cat I take care of who never seems to leave my yard anymore) and her shadow too.

Sometimes I even catch a picture of a bird-butt but I think it's likely a finch because baby's got too much back for a hummingbird.

Yep. I'm pretty sure none of them are commuting between San Jose and Vancouver (Canada or Washington State). I caught one commuting in my yard on a time lapse of my ADU being built. Sometimes I also catch shots of bumble bees (third board from the corner close to the top).

Ha. I was on a stage set with said performer back in 1979 for the taping of his '79 Christmas Special. What I wouldn't do for my childhood sweetheart. I'm not going to say which two we are and will leave that up to guessing.

Need more Stephen Colbert? Check out his cable access show from Monroe, Michigan with musical director Jack White and special guests.

He's a great citizen indeed. I got to see him at a Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Tour show right before the disastrous 2024 election (when we still had high hopes). Here he's with Glenn Kirschner, The Politics Girl, Stephanie Miller and my Senator Adam Schiff.

Same room, same time, same sleep, different bed preferences.

Almost 4 hours of time lapse inserts of the different positions my community cat Minnie was mostly sleeping in from 7:45am to 11:38am when she decided to finally get up (bottom right). It might be a headache to match the time stamp with her position but they are in essentially "L" shaped segments.

My view from my office chair, approximately ... all day. Flipping and repositioning are known to occur at random times.

Yu gott a berry nise picshur wit da muun an Joopeter in it. Alsew der iz da starz Polluz an Castor in dere tu. Eye tink da Arizona New Times mey hav hadd tu mush catnip cause anywere frumb Earthe de planutz wer in a line and dey sho da muun upsied doan. Venus is behine doez treez.

Did I see them at H-Mart last night? Yes. Did I need them? No. Was I going to buy them anyway? Heck Yes. Did they actually taste like yakisoba? Pretty close.

It terns aot dey are a bit tu lowe in da skiy frum mie houz but I did gett a picshure frum a sekuritee camera eye havbe whey up in da skiy. Dey r teenie dough.

The moon and Venus last night, the moon between Venus and Jupiter tonight and the moon near Jupiter on the 20th. I forgot about it and after leaving the market I saw them just hanging out so I pulled over and took a quick picture. The 10x lens isn't the sharpest but it came out OK.

I couldn't go to bed without sharing this amazing news. I planted an avocado tree about 30 years ago and it's never had any avocados but I found this one today. I had to use something as a reference so you'd understand just how massive it is. I don't know if I'll be able to finish all the guacamole!

She want's a treat but it's a bit too early but how can I not give a treat to that face? She won and got her midday treat early. She better not bug me for her late night treat early because she got her midday treat early.

It took about 12 hours over 2 days to run 5 Ethernet cables, 5 pairs of speaker wires and 3 12v power extender cables and once the drywall is up (by Wednesday probably, depending on the weather) nobody will ever know. I'm too old for this and I'm going to be achy for days. Ugh.

Darned weather. Eleanor and Dusty got 2 great days of mid to upper 70's to lounge around in the catio even though it is dusty (other kind), full of leaves and old spider webs from being covered for the winter. Now we've got 3 days of rain coming again. Doesn't anyone think of the kitties nap time?

Did it cost you more than a couple of cents?

We got da too planits but I only got a crescent roll down in da South Bey. I hab a sekuritee camera I habent put up yet sew itz juss siting on a werk platform. It can see sum ub da starz. Not tu badd fore an inespensib 4K camera.

I waz inn Japan fore werk in a smol town ways nort of Tokyo bak in 2007 an said yes tu goink if dey let me stayz in Tokyo on da weakendz cuz der waz nutting to do in dat place. I stayd in da Tokyo Domb hotel. Da werk place waz pretty butt borink.

Minnie when I told her she wasn't going to get paid overtime for guarding the ADU construction site, just her regular pay, in kibble and water.

It was a battle of wills with Dusty earlier just to get him to give me my pizza slices back.

Sure, it looks like Eleanor is next to me for a snack but I know she's really here to steal my office chair. I don't think the FBI is trustworthy right now so does anyone have the number for the Federal Bureau of Catburglar Investigation?

My Eleanor has FVR, well controlled but her nasal passages are never completely open and she sounds just like that when she's in a deep sleep.