Cat Video du Jour, 11/27/2025
There’s something very zen about this footage of a New York cat watching a pigeon in the street as pedestrians stroll by. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
Cat Video du Jour, 11/26/2025
Taken at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in New York City. A little slow to pay off, but worth it.
Picture(s) du Jour, 11/18/2025
Yesterday, at a rest stop off 101 between Willits and Laytonville, I saw this dumpster with a few stickers on it:
Let’s zoom in on that one in the middle:
I love that some prankster went to the trouble of making that and putting it there for my amusement. Hopefully there are others in circulation; I’ll keep an eye out.
Picture du Jour, 11/11/2025
I was struck by this arrangement of magazines in CVS yesterday; it really says something about the world we live in today.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Yesterday was a good day to be a Democrat, for the first time in… let’s see… five years? It was a resounding, across-the-board sweep for Our Side, including victories for women (NJ and VA governorships) and people of color (NYC mayor and VA AG), as well as
Ghazala Firdous Hashmi (/ɡəˈzɑːlə ˈhɑːʃmi/ gə-ZAHL-ə HASH-mee; born July 5, 1964)… an American politician, academic administrator, and educator who is the lieutenant governor-elect of Virginia…. Upon taking office, Hashmi will become the first Asian-American and Muslim elected to statewide office in Virginia, along with being the first Muslim woman to win statewide office anywhere in the United States. (Wikipedia) 1
It warms the cockles of my bleeding heart. Not only because we won a few things (including redistricting in my state, an unfortunate necessity), but because — for the time being at least — we can still have actual elections where people’s votes count. This is not a thing to take for granted in the Year of Our Land 2025. If it remains true this time next year, the midterms are going to be a bloodbath in the best possible way.
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