Pastpossum - Decidedly Ambivalent

Before and after bird spa.

Due to a sad and unfortunate incident two days ago, blue jays now follow the cat around and scream at him. Sometimes they dive at him.

It wasn't even his fault and he didn't do anything. He would have, because he is a cat, but he didn't. He was just there. The real killer was a snake, and he has a witness.

loss

I still hope Mark Zuckerberg gets fleas. And maybe has a small bug crawl into his ear.

I would much rather have my shit back, though.

achievements

I was reading through someone's voluminous therapy records for work yesterday and the therapist had a section about goals/objectives (the software probably required that) and the only goal listed was "become emotionally stable" and that just seems like asking a lot for anyone. Maybe they should include some goals that would be more within reach, like "don't use cocaine this week" " don't bite anyone unless provoked" or "keep your clothes on in public". I can only assume the client does not see and is not told the goals because knowing that you have failed or are failing to achieve your one goal of emotional stability does not strike me as a helpful thing.

Squirrels get thirsty, too. He got some strong toes.

dead ends

Oooh, another idea for a book that I will never ever write.

In the early years of the United States, Thomas Jefferson (or some similar morally dubious but notoriously inquisitive and scientifically/experimentally minded figure) sets up a supernatural system of protections for the new nation, possibly already including plans/provision for a ghost army. Years later, the emergence of the United States military cemetery system has been incorporated into this structure. Many years after leaving the service, a dead soldier is interred in a military cemetery, and finds themself recalled to duty in a spectral military operation.