The Cat's Meow. An evolutionary biologist writing about cat behavior. It' good

Watching season 2 of Cruel Summer. It's just a teen show now, all attractive young people relationship drama. Too bad, the first season was clever and twisty.

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Oo, something's up in the verbal household. Now you've got us all in suspense, amigo.

(Talia got a great new job offer.)

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pink

It quit raining! Supposed to have scattered thunderstorms later. I'll try to sneak out for a haircut before it rains.

We have some good news, that I can't quite reveal, but I am taking Talia out to celebrate tonight at our favorite restaurant!

Other than than that, things are chill. Hope everyone is well.

Five wins in a row for the Mets! A coffee and a cupcake-shaped cookie would be excellent.

Iceland sounds cool.

Warm and overcast here. Weird weather all summer. But we are getting much needed moisture, so I am not complaining. Write, walk, eat some chili dogs, watch some baseball.

Talia is back at the office four days a week. Heavy sigh. I miss her. So do the cats, clearly. Regardless, I hope it isn’t too hard a lifestyle change, after mostly working from home for three years.

Four wins in a row for the Metros. We still have a losing record, sadly. But they’re watchable again.

A coffee and a cookie are!

We saw No Hard Feelings with Jennifer Lawrence. Oddly sad (especially Jennifer's character), and only occasionally funny, but I did like it. Maybe wait for streaming, but it's pretty good.

Reading

Writing

Walking

Watching baseball (especially the Mets)

Travel (we JUST discovered Airbnb)

Astronomy

Gardening

Politics

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So what then happens, when a supersoldier built only for war finds themselves isolated from their army with the war largely lost?

I start with character (which is why I'm so bad at plotting), and the idea of a lost lonely robotic soldier, post-war, yearning for a new purpose is really compelling.

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I'm world-building now as well. Near future. There's a new drug on the street called Wax, which gives you a stupid grin when you're on it, like drooping lids on high people. The kids call the look Wax Lips.

I don't have much, yet.

Run

Gnus (as in more than one gnu)

Swimming. Love swimming.

Dancing or dinner?

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So what then happens, when a supersoldier built only for war finds themselves isolated from their army with the war largely lost? Could they have a life that is not about fighting and killing? Could such a being learn to love in any meaningful way, esp. a "normal" being? I mean with sex gone, romance is likely gone, too, but "love" in an agape sense of caring for others more broadly.

Nice premise.

bunt - unit

Train. We're trying to get it together and take a sleeper car to California.

Slow relaxing journey to your destination, or pedal to the metal?

He did seem like a nice guy. Odd story. Perhaps an acquaintance was checking in with his password.

I hung a flag on the 4th! It was cool! I felt good about it. I sometimes get the sense that only the right is thought to be patriotic in the US, and wanted to walk the walk. We had grilled salmon and chili dogs. Low key fireworks watching afterward. It was fun.

After two weeks off, I am back to writing. Gonna trying pantsing a novel - meaning writing by the seat of my pants, with no plotting or outlining. We’ll see if it’s a horrible idea or not.

Mets won three in a row!

Coffee and a firecracker cookie please.

pans - spit

Sailing

Northern Lights or Total Solar Eclipse

Just wander. I was born to wander.

Hard workout at the gym or gentle walking/hiking?

Happy Canada Day!

Gonna start writing again today. Two weeks off is enough. Of course, I haven't written a word yet. But the day is young. Warm and sunny, not a cloud in the sky,

Hey, the Mets haven't lost a single game in July! (Yet.)

And...the Braves hit more home runs in June than any team in any month in the 100+ year history of baseball. Go Braves! They are a juggernaut this year.

A coffee and a Canada-shaped cookie please.

Red, we put a net around our tomatoes and peppers, so that the wind/rain/hail/deer/coyotes don’t get to them. Can’t net every flowering thing, sadly.

We re back home and finally rested, after a CRAZY travel day (days, actually). Nice chill weekend. Chili dogs will be involved.

Enjoy the 4th everyone. A coffee and cookie!

Ugh. Got home from the airport at 4 a.m.. We are safe, if annoyed and tired and irritable.

Any coffee?

Good morning Sharon, and thanks for the setup Ape.

Looking forward to the poem Elyse.

Talia has been in a travel NIGHTMARE. Expected to get into Denver at 8 last night, but the plane was delayed til 9, til 10, til 12, then til today, and SHE’S STILL AT THE AIRPORT! Flying out tonight, and I’ll be picking her up in Denver, an exhausted little kitten.

I hate airlines. I much prefer driving if I can get away with it.

Anyway. Keeping Tailia cyber-company today. I’ll leave to pick her up this afternoon.

Hey Sara, I went to vote for the All Star Ballot and holy crap, the Braves have a good team this year! Astonishing stats, and they all have long term contracts! You guys could turn into the Yankees!

Anyway. Coffee and one of those monster cookies please!

What? Lights are still off?

Costco beans are in the old school 50s art deco percolator. Our NEW tea blends, Tumultuous Tabby and Sleepy Siamese, are steeping (or whatever you do with tea). Cookies are in their lovely tins.

Cleaning today for Talia's return, then driving off to Denver to pick her up. It reminds me of this scene in Friends, specifically at :57 ("Wrong! Now you're single!")

Enjoy the day folks.

That was a great comp! Congrats to everyone who won, and everyone who entered, and anyone who has the courage to put words to paper and let others read them. It’s a creative leap of faith, and deserves celebration.

I’ll have a cup of Summer Beast and a monster cookie.

Great contest, all. It really was a wide range of stories, Beowolf to kaiju/cryptids, and those crazy wind turbines. Happy to be part of it.

Talia is coming back tomorrow. Thus, today I am cleaning! Hot and sunny out, so I should be able to get in a nice walk today. I will return to writing on Wednesday, hopefully, and am juggling ideas.

Enjoy the day!

Everyday folks doing everyday things. I am weary of superheroes.

Lazy Sunday afternoon or productive Sunday afternoon?

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I finally finished up the final season of Succession. I think they did a good job ending it. All the characters are awful, so it was fitting that no one got what they wanted.

I tried to watch The Idol on HBO or Max as it's now called. I could not watch past the second episode.

Succession ended really well, they truly are awful people (though I have some sympathy for Shiv). Wonderful acting.

The Idol is cringey trash. Never got through the first episode.

We’re enjoying Based on a True Story, with the ever-reliable Kaley Cuoco. Fast and funny.

Netflix

Movies or documentaries

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They are still messing around on my road. Pouring rain has hindered their paving endeavors. They still have to patch the mess they made of the manhole cover and surrounding asphalt. The grinder that hit it barely slowed down, and that thing was bent. I assume the county will give them a bill for the sewer work they were called to do immediately. Doesn't install me with confidence in the paving company.

It's been a quiet weekend so far. I love having some rainy days in a row. It's an excellent excuse to be lazy, enjoy a good book, or binge a television show.

I hope everyone else is having a good weekend. Cheers!

This is the grinder that did the damage hanging out at my house for the weekend.

That sounds crazy and annoying. Or maybe just crazily annoying.

I just finished organizing my tools this morning, after having cleaned out the garage of a substantial amount of old foliage and tree limbs yesterday (I let my daughter use my power tools!). My tools are a mix of mine and my Dad's and my Granddad's, it's pretty comforting. I have some tools form my ex-son-in-law too, but we don't need to discuss that.

Sitting down now with a cup of coffee and a cookie to watch the game. Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Motel. I've become lazy, I have done more than my share of camping.

Rainbow or sundog?