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1. about 3 hours ago on Ten Cats

   I had what should have been a lovely walk in the park and zoo today. It was a beautiful day. And then I encountered a man with two small children, maybe four or five years old. He saw a bug on the sidewalk and sat loudly to the kids, “Oh, look, there’s a bug. Let’s step on it and pretend it is [a certain politician – I’m leaving out the name because this isn’t about politics].” All I could think was: Great — another jerk teaching hatred and violence to small children (who have no concept of politics), yeah, just what we need more of in this world. Not to mention the bug had a perfect right to be there and live its life.

   Then, walking home, a woman ignored the cement truck and the orange traffic cones across the sidewalk and walked several steps straight into wet concrete, despite the guy kneeling there with a long board smoothing the surface, so obviously it was still wet. Instead of apologizing profusely, she went nuts, ranting at him and then to someone on the phone about how her shoes were ruined and it was all the guy’s fault and what she was going to do about it. Totally nuts.

   A lovely walk ruined by people, for whom I have just about given up hope.

2. about 5 hours ago on Ten Cats

   I saw it in London many, many years ago. It had already been running for several decades at that time. I didn’t know it was back on.

3. about 5 hours ago on Ten Cats

   I can’t wait for fresh strawberries here. They’re still a few weeks away. My plan is for a strawberry pie, with lots of whipped cream.

4. about 11 hours ago on Ten Cats

   A list of my favorite people would include teachers, librarians and nurses at the top.

5. about 11 hours ago on Cathy Classics

   I liked all three. For her. Not for me.

6. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   They should make that “Chocolate Chips Day.” No one can eat just one chocolate chip.

   I just bought a bag of dark chocolate chips so I can make peanut butter cups.

7. 1 day ago on Cathy Classics

   It’s hard, I know. I still miss talks with my Mom, too.

8. 1 day ago on FurBabies

   But the kitten has it down.

9. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

   See my response to JAY REIDER above.

10. 1 day ago on Ten Cats

    They are cute like baby cockroaches and baby rats are cute.

    I hope the same doesn’t happen to you as happened here. About 12 years ago, we had a few. Now we have many, many hundreds, if not a thousand. They are incredibly destructive. They eat the grass down to the roots and kill it, so the lawns are now all weeds. The walkways in the park are covered with goose droppings — each adult produces about a pound of droppings a day. They had to deepen a pond here because the geese droppings were fouling the shallow water so badly, killing or chasing away other wildlife. Massive herds of them block the streets and the sidewalks.

    There are signs everywhere begging people not to feed them, warning them of all of the above, but people think they’re “cute” and ignore the signs.