Rod O’Connor
@theblueape
Retired public defender. Cal Golden Bear. Fan of the baseball Giants and avid reader of the works of John Steinbeck. I like cats. I don’t like people who don’t.
When it’s too cloudy to hit the beach but your beach hotel has a nice pool too
Saw this sandcastle sculpture yesterday & decided they were trying for Minas Tirith, maybe?
Sure am glad I attended last nights game in person & am watching this one in a beach bar. On the positive side, sunset 🌅 is a plus
I swear I’m losing my mind I somehow managed to rack up my toe and I have no idea how or when
Instead of deleting this tweet she should’ve put this in her Tinder bio
Did I mention they serve canned margaritas in the stands at Petco?  we used to have a country
Something to be said for spending a lazy Sunday catching up on a week’s worth of newspapers I didn’t have time to read with a Giants game on the teevee whilst I try an exotic new eggplant breadwich recipe
“Pro forma” would be “Condolences to his family” It ain’t “while we disagreed on his hijacking Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing with unhinged bile, tried to interfere in Georgia’s election & generally sold his soul to Trump, I found him to be funny in private.”
I’m gonna take the opposite view here that holds “If you can’t say something bad about an empty husk who sold out everything he claimed to stand for in the service of evil when he dies, then don’t say anything at all”
I swear you make one outdoor cedar lodge for your cats & next thing you know they’re all “nah, I’m good, letchoo know when I’m ready to come in”
Leftover 4th cue with the England 🏴 Mexico 🇲🇽 match on the kitchen telly
Through circumstances beyond my control I’m on my own this July 4th so I just decided to flex
#Caturday July 4th post Gideon & Midnight know what E Pluribus Unum means
Just so we’re clear, this is the country fielding the team that just took the defending Cup champs (& odds-on favorite to repeat) to the mat.
For a bit I was afraid my dentist office would close but nope, they’re *expanding* and their new lobby looks like the entrance to a luxury spa
#Caturday reminder from Gideon & Midnight that they decide when my writing session begins, not me.
Happy Father’s Day to all cat dads out in the world. You are seen, loved & very much appreciated
Plumber came to fix the downstairs sink and discovered a stash of photos of me and Lucy in Hawaii 24 years ago 😭
My favorite part of every summer is when the Peter Pan agapanthus out front reenact the pivotal scene from The Day After