Perhaps I shouldn’t be complaining about squirrels. After all, what if they were all rats instead? I live around the corner from a number of restaurants whose trashcans are reportedly magnets for Rattus norvegicus. Now that many of these places are closed, the vermin are searching for meals elsewhere. The coronavirus has created a perfect storm for residential rat infestations. Just as restaurant trash generation has dropped, people are producing more food waste at home. […]
Read moreMonth: April 2020
Day 40: Demolitions
You may have noticed that I posted later in the day than usual. I usually hit Publish a while after lunch, so that each post represents the first part of that day and the second half of the one before. Molly gently pointed out my flawed logic and wondered if I might consider putting up stuff when the day is closer to done, so each post represents a single day. I’ll give it a go, […]
Read moreDay 39: Coronavirus Art
I’ve been noticing that the sidewalks in front of a number of houses in my neighborhood are decorated with chalk designs: hearts and hopscotch courts, multicolored stars and various other geometric designs. But the one I saw on my twenty-minute walk yesterday afternoon was by far the most original and relevant. Yesterday I showed you my photo of that squirrel on my porch. Now that I’ve cut it out in Photoshop, I should figure out […]
Read moreDay 38: Nemeses
My so-called friend Genevieve, knowing full well how I feel about squirrels, just sent me two packages. In one was the most repulsive, stylized stuffed squirrel I’ve ever seen, and in the other was this elegant and refined sweatshirt, complete with its own matching green collar. I can’t help but wonder who would buy such a thing. I mean, aside from Genevieve. Genevieve is also the one who sent me this a few years ago. […]
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