Due To A Sad And Unfortunate Incident Two Days Ago, Blue Jays Now Follow The Cat Around And Scream At

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.

Today's dramatic grackle.

motivation

People keep chickens and bees and plant gardens and sure, maybe it does end up saving money (not bees, keeping bees is not saving money) and give them a hobby but in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy there is a scene in which "Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying, “Blood…blood…blood…blood…” and I wonder if keeping chickens and growing vegetables is quietly the equivalent of counting to computers, but applied to the current American agribusiness/food system.

time lapse of all the birds yesterday

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.

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.