Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

In my day, never was longer.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

The GOP couldn’t organize an orgy in a whorehouse with a fist full of 50s.

“Squeaker” McCarthy

An almost top 10,000 blog!

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

People are complicated. Love is not.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

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  4. 4.

    JPL

    Just beautiful.   It’s so nice to wake up and discover that the asshole hasn’t nuked anyone.   A little color is just icing on the cake.

  12. 12.

    satby

    @Baud: pantsless  Baud is our favorite Baud.

    @OzarkHillbilly: very pretty pics Ozark. Percy and Woofmeister lookin good too.

    I’ve been up since 4, but my router seems to have given up on connecting to any of my devices. So I’m on my phone and not happy about it.

  14. 14.

    satby

    @Baud: every single one I’ve tried (two tablets and the phone). I reset the router and tried reconnecting, but no go. ATT will want me to replace it, but I think I want to replace ATT instead. I had such a horrible experience with its main competition though that I hesitate to switch.

  15. 15.

    satby

    Today is the day I act as tour guide to my friends trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Going to be a really long day, and though I know I’ll enjoy it I’m so entrenched in my lazy Sunday routine I’m having a hard time getting going.

  18. 18.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @satby: Percy and Woof were not at all happy with me Thursday. A couple stray* beagles showed up and stayed all day so I kept the boys inside. The next morning they were still here. Went over to my neighbor who knew of a no kill shelter in House Springs to get the number and by the time I got back they were gone.

    *I think they actually belong to somebody down in the valley. I’m pretty sure this is not their first visit here but can’t be certain. They’re well fed and their coloring seems right. Either way, I’ve decided the next time they show up I’m taking them to the shelter (if they can take them)  as they both show signs of abuse.

  22. 22.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @raven: We will have had Woof 10 yrs come May or June and he was estimated at 1-2 years then. Percy came to us 17 months ago and was thought to be around 5 then.

  25. 25.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    Good morning, everyone. ?

    Checking if my browser is doing something weird or everyone has disappeared for 20 minutes.

  27. 27.

    charluckles

    Amaryllis is my favorite winter pick-me-up, but I hope everyone knows you can do this with a lot of different bulbs.  And thank you for sharing.  For those of us that find the garden cathartic, this can be a lifesaver in these blah days.

  28. 28.

    Amir Khalid

    An idle question about Jedi masters: if they leave their clothes behind as they die — Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke — how come their post-life selves show up fully dressed?

     

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    They don’t know what they’re missing when they don’t greet the UPS driver.

  29. 29.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Amir Khalid: I think they’ve just decided they don’t need a reason to bark their fool heads off so why interrupt a good nap when it can wait?

  32. 32.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    This year feels like it’s having trouble getting started. I was commiserating with a friend yesterday, and we figured things will reset on Monday, when the first full week starts.

    Anyway, I found this funny in a slightly heartening way: Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh. There are some clips at the bottom of the linked page. Try “Basketball Is Sensitive.”

  34. 34.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    Here’s another odd gap—18 minutes so far. This is not usual for Balloon Juice, especially the garden chat. I wonder if something is going on.

  35. 35.

    MomSense

    Pups and flowers!  My pup is still sound asleep with her tail over her nose.  I swear I don’t  keep my house that cold.

  43. 43.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Steeplejack (phone): It’s a Sunday morning in January. I think people are just starting slow.

    ETA: I just finished reading about Morrison literally playing cricket while his country burns. I wonder if he has a fiddle?

  46. 46.

    Quinerly

    @OzarkHillbilly: great pics, Ozark!

    Just around long enough to say “Good morning” to everyone. Right much on my plate today as I kinda hibernated yesterday. Want to thank everyone for their kind words on yesterday’s AM thread, but don’t want to hijack this thread with Poco stuff. If sab shows up… . I saw your sweet words from yesterday this AM. Thanks so much!

  47. 47.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @satby: 

    I think I want to replace ATT instead. I had such a horrible experience with its main competition though that I hesitate to switch.

    I’m in that position right now. AT&T’s competition here screwed up the cable install so badly that we lost cable any time it rained. Not the service, the cable.

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    @mrmoshpotato:

    Everything’s out of whack because of Christmas/​New Year’s being on Wednesday. That’s the worst.

    Everything will continue to be Trump horrible, but maybe it will feel more like the usual Trump horrible.

  49. 49.

    Immanentize

    @OzarkHillbilly: Nice pics.  Red is a good color for the day(s).  I am glad to see the Woofmeister and Percy are layabout friends.  Someday, we will see that many-named cat of yours too?

  51. 51.

    Immanentize

    @satby: I have ATT and had some horrible experiences with them on the phone.  I called trying to get rid of some devices and phone numbers I don’t use and the guy spent five minutes trying to sell me more.  I hung up on him.  Got my butt off the couch, went to the ATT store and they were helpful and kind.  Just take your router to a store (is there one near you?) and they will replace it without (I hope) hassle.

  53. 53.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Immanentize: She’s pretty camera shy, but I caught her napping behind the woodstove the other day. It’s nice and warm there for some reason or other.

  54. 54.

    JPL

    Isn’t it Paella day at the Ozark’s?   It seems that Paella day is happening more and more.

  58. 58.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @JPL: Indeed it is Paella day, for the 2nd time in less than a week as daughter and SiL get their shot at one. Sucks to be me.

    ETA I am the official broth taster, testing for flavor and salt. The sacrifices I make for my family.

  59. 59.

    What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?

    Is it cold and gray? Here in the DC area it has been gray, but nowhere near cold. Was home in Michigan until mid week for the festivities and it wasn’t even cold and gray there.

    Looking at the 10 day forecast for DC you’d think it was March already, and even Grand Rapids Michigan shows highs above freezing, and on a lot of days well above, for that entire period. My entire winter wardrobe feels aspirational rather than practical.

  61. 61.

    Amir Khalid

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    TV chef Keith Floyd once described paella as a sort of Spanish biriani — which, given the great influence that the Middle East has had on Spain and its culture, makes sense.

  63. 63.

    Immanentize

    @OzarkHillbilly: last week someone inspired me to whip up some sausage gravy and bake some biscuits.  Yum, (plus at least three pounds around the middle.)  Now you are goading me into making paela?! Let’s see, I have shrimp and fish in the freezer…. But then I will need to buy new pants.

  65. 65.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Immanentize: Don’t forget the crab legs, squid, and mussels. Also the beef bone for the broth and some chicken breasts for flavor balance. And most especially the Bomba rice, anything less is sacrilege.

  67. 67.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?: Not cold and gray enough. I’ve been putting up some low fencing around the Zen garden and sidewalk flower beds so I can let the chickens roam and not worry about them digging up my perrenials while dusting themselves. Yesterday I found green shoots coming up thru the loam.

  68. 68.

    debbie

    @satby:

    Fun trip! I used to love taking people to places they hadn’t seen because I got to see it all through their “new” eyes.”

  69. 69.

    mrmoshpotato

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: LOL My thoughts too.  A Brit who lives here in Chicago did a video about winter stuff they don’t have in the UK, and I commented that he was trying to get us hit with a blizzard.

  72. 72.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Immanentize: That’s where my wife gets it. I think today is going to clean us out, so she’ll have to order some more.

    @Amir Khalid: I’m not a foodie so I can’t really say about the cuisine (if it’s good I’ll eat it. if it’s not good I’ll probably eat it anyway) but architecturally speaking, the Muslim influence is all over Majorca.

  80. 80.

    Steeplejack

    I want to thank everyone who helped me out with jacket suggestions a couple of months ago. I ended up ordering one from L.L. Bean. There were other contenders, but there’s a store near me if I needed to return it, and they hit me with a 25% off coupon. It’s still a little bit heavier than I needed, but it’s good quality and I no longer look like a seedy ’70s Bulgarian soccer coach.

    The suggestions here were invaluable. I might still look for a light windbreaker, but I’m set for now.

  85. 85.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Raven: My MiL was an artist. She had the tiniest kitchen and to watch her put a paella together was something to see. Her paella might be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

  89. 89.

    Steeplejack

    @satby:

    If you end up buying a new router, take a look at the TP-Link AC1750 Archer A7, $58. I need a new one; I discovered that my current one is just as old as the 2011 cable modem that I had to replace a few weeks ago. I did some research and settled on this one. Probably ordering it this week, once the new year settles down. ?

  92. 92.

    Steeplejack

    @mrmoshpotato:

    God, the old one was awful—gray and with those accent lines that screamed “retro Adidas.” Probably made entirely from petroleum byproducts.

    I went for “moss khaki”—green—on the new one. It’s pretty neutral. Might go for blue if I had it to do over again.

  93. 93.

    Steeplejack

    @MomSense:

    The jacket isn’t super heavy, but I’m a hot body and almost all jackets get too warm at some point, especially just for going from door to car and back. But it’s a nice jacket.

  94. 94.

    Ultralurker

    I haven’t posted here for many many years, though I check the site daily.  I’ll admit it hasn’t always been the best place to visit (when I’m in a certain mood, or when the comment section gets particularly contentious) but the love for pets here has always been a positive thing.

    I’m posting now because my ten year old mutt just died unexpectedly — he was a twenty pound Maltese/something mix who was loving and smart and uncomplaining, and he was the emotional heart of my family.    You don’t know me, but I really could use your condolences.  Thanks.

  96. 96.

    Aleta

    @Steeplejack: Another good thing about those: when it gets older if the zipper breaks you can take it in.  They replace the zipper  free or can do it for something like $7.  My partner is on his 3rd one (the fleece lined).  Constant wear, many years.  They wash easily and get real clean.

  99. 99.

    satby

    @Steeplejack: well, it’s the att router/ modem thing I was just going to replace. But I probably still need the att modem too right?

    I’ve lost most of the hardware knowledge I used to have now that I don’t work with it daily anymore.

  101. 101.

    donnah

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:

    I know what you mean. My sister, who lives in Fremont, CA, visited us here in SW Ohio over Christmas, and it was warmer here than at her house most every day. Freaky.

  103. 103.

    Steeplejack

    @satby:

    You can replace a router and a cable modem separately. But if you have some sort of combined unit, it’s probably better to get ATT to give you the replacement model.

    I have a separate modem and router. My provider is Cox. I bought my old cable modem from them in 2011, but when I went to the store a few weeks ago to buy a new one I found that they only rent them now. Hmm, $10 a month vs. $78 to buy . . . I bought one on Amazon and installed it myself.

  104. 104.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @JPL: Actually, no. My wife’s tastes every bit as good but my MiL had presentation down pat. My wife would not argue.

  105. 105.

    kindness

    Here in the central valley in N. Cal I have roses beginning to bloom.  This shouldn’t be happening the first week of January.  Usually December is our coldest month.  This year we only had 2 days of freeze.  Normally it’s 2 or 3 weeks.  You know what that means?  A bumper crop of insects the freeze never killed.

  106. 106.

    Marigold

    (First time commenting on the new site.  Fingers crossed.)

    I mentioned in a Garden post months ago that I’d made a leap of faith and bought a Meyer lemon, even though I’m a novice gardener and citrus are finicky.  Best purchase I have made in a long time!  I did have to buy a grow light, but the scent of the blooms has filled the living room since the beginning of December.  I don’t seem to notice the gray dreariness outside after a few minutes of fussing over it and the rosemary each day.

  108. 108.

    bemused

    Has anyone tried reading glasses with lights? I have sleep issues and reading in bed works works the best for me to fall back to sleep again. I don’t want to disrupt my husband’s sleep and other lighting devices, clip on book lights, etc, are just too awkward.

  109. 109.

    Steeplejack

    Here in my corner of NoVA it’s a little colder than it has been. It’s 43° now, not going up much higher today. Gray and gloomy. The past few days it has been warmer, up in the high 50s, but with rain and a raw feeling. Supposed to stay in the mid-40s this week, but with sun. That’s all right.

  120. 120.

    CarolPW

    @Ultralurker: I’m so very sorry – losing a younger dog suddenly is particularly shocking. With older pets you can sort of ease into the idea of their death. It’s always hard, but your family just crashed into one of the worst ways to lose one and you have all of my sympathy.

  123. 123.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    @Ultralurker: Losing my old dog Tyler was one of the hardest things I’ve gone through. I’m so sorry for your loss. Our beloved dogs have very special places in our hearts, and it hurts so bad to say goodbye.

  124. 124.

    Marigold

    @Ultralurker:  From one lurker to another, I’m so sorry. He sounds like a sweet boy, and I can imagine how much his absence is noticed as you go about your day.  I’ll be thinking of you and your family today.

  126. 126.

    JPL

    @Ultralurker: Nona was a seven pound Maltese that died when she was ten years old ,several months ago.   Although she was my son’s dog, I still miss her.   Maltese are special dogs, and I’m so sorry for your loss.   Hugs.

  130. 130.

    laura

    @Ultralurker: please accept my condolences on the sudden loss of your wee boon companion. I’m sure that your love and affection made his life so sweet and that the phrase lucky dog applied to you both.

  131. 131.

    Aleta

    @Ultralurker: I’m so sorry.  ‘Heart of the family,’ that’s it exactly.  No wonder there’s no cure for the loss, only a hard wait until a new one might grow.  Deepest sympathy.

  132. 132.

    bemused

    @RedDirtGirl:

    I would feel a bit claustrophobic even though it’s all clear glass. Washing windows in the spring is a pita in a northern climate. I can’t imagine how grimy that entire enclosure would look in time. I watched the video curious how it looks with winter snow covering top but didn’t see any clips showing that.

  133. 133.

    debbie

    @JPL:
    Over the years, I’ve been “aunt” to a number of dogs. I still miss each of them. In one case, I believe I still miss the dog more than the owner (who now has two dogs) does.

    ETA: To Ultralurker, I’m sorry for your family’s pain and hope it is eased soon with the happy memories of your pet.

  136. 136.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Steeplejack: I say again, not wacky at all. Some of the camps I was in were very small and after being underground for 4 or 5 days everybody’s sleep patterns would all become disjointed. I always brought a book (most wouldn’t want the extra weight) because I always woke up hours before everybody else. Besides, most headlamps have at least 2 brightness settings.

  137. 137.

    Another Scott

    @Steeplejack: I’ve got a lot of TP-Link stuff.  It works well (for me) and is pretty painless to setup.

    We’re using their Deco M5 mesh stuff now.  It works very well all over the house, and it’s great not to have to worry about multiple SSIDs, setting up wireless bridges, and all the rest.  It just works.  There’s probably faster and more powerful versions now.

    Good luck satby!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  138. 138.

    bemused

    @Steeplejack:

    The glasses I have been looking at have a light on each side of the frames. When I get finally get drowsy enough reading, I just take off my reading glasses and drop off. A headlamp would be a little too bright, bother my spouse, I think and more disruptive to my drowsy zone taking it off.

  139. 139.

    Another Scott

    @Ultralurker: Welcome.  I’m sorry that you’re posting under these circumstances.

    It’s always hard.  Remember the good times.  Take care.

    Condolences to you and yours,

    Scott.

  140. 140.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @bemused: I had a pair a while back, which I broke. I break glasses like a toddler breaks… something toddlers break a lot (childless here). I found they worked best to amplify poor light, rather than in the dark. But I don’t remember trying them all on their own. The pair I had were off the cheaters rack at Walgreens, IIRC they cost about $25. I don’t know if your looking at something better.

    (any front pagers lurking? there’s some shit going down– could we get a non-respite thread on this one-time political blog?)

  141. 141.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    I try to respect the non-political threads but: The Iraqi parliament just voted to expel US troops from Iraq,  Marco Rubio is calling for an independent Kurdistan, and Mike Pompeo is saying there may be “a little noise here in the interim” in the wake of the Suleimani killing.

  143. 143.

    StringOnAStick

    @Steeplejack:  Try to find a light source that can be set to remove blue light; all that bright light right before sleep can be very disruptive to sleep patterns, something age does to us anyway with no help. I’ve made a resolution this year to no longer read my kindle in bed, even on the “blue block” setting because reading here and other news is ruining my rest.

  148. 148.

    Amir Khalid

    In the FA Cup third round match between Liverpool and Everton, Jürgen Klopp has named a side of second-stringers and youth players, as he did in the Kerbau Cup. It’s kind of obvious that his priority this season is the League, which Liverpool haven’t won in 30 years.

  149. 149.

    Jeffro

    Breaking news: after years of saying we’d go check out CPAC together – him for the um ‘fellowship’ I guess, me for the zoo-like aspect – RWNJ dad now doesn’t want to go(!)  And in an election year no less!

     

    I guess when Judge Jeannie and Diamond & Silk are the featured attendees, it’s not quite the festival of deep conservative thought he was envisioning. LOLOL

  153. 153.

    Steeplejack

    @Another Scott:

    Thanks for the tip. As I told raven, my place is small and my needs are modest: computer, TV (for streaming), Chromebook, tablet, cell phone, Nook, Kindle. The housecat mostly sticks to butt-typing on the notebook keyboard—not a wi-fi issue usually, although she does seem to like to turn on airplane mode. I think the A7 will be perfect.

    . . . Oops, I did buy an Echo Show 5 around Christmas. Haven’t installed that yet.

  157. 157.

    WaterGirl

    Is it wrong, in a garden thread, to say that may favorite photo is Woof and Percy?

    Amaryllis are awesome but I can’t have them because of kitties. I give them as gifts, though, so I can appreciate them vicariously, through photos.

  158. 158.

    Steeplejack

    @StringOnAStick:

    I’ve made a resolution this year to no longer read my Kindle in bed, even on the “blue block” setting, because reading here and other news is ruining my rest.

    I’m not sure it’s the blue light that’s the problem. ?

    (Joke. I get what you’re saying.)

  163. 163.

    Another Scott

    @StringOnAStick: As usual when dealing with humans, light sensitivity is complicated.

    PNAS:

    To distill our key findings, we discovered that even when two healthy young individuals experience the same tightly controlled evening-light environment, their melatonin-suppression response can differ vastly. This interindividual difference is most pronounced across the range of intermediate light intensities that we are most commonly exposed to in the evening in industrialized societies. For typical indoor light (∼50 lux), we found that some individuals respond as if exposed to bright natural daytime light, whereas other individuals respond in the same way as they do to a very dim light source. Under naturalistic lighting conditions in which humans evolved, large interindividual differences in the response to intermediate light levels would likely have been inconsequential, due to minimal time exposed to this narrow range of light levels. In modern industrialized society, however, exposure to intermediate light levels in the evening is virtually ubiquitous, especially due to the proliferation of hand-held blue-enriched light sources to which the circadian system is particularly sensitive. These interindividual differences in sensitivity to light may therefore be an important and previously unappreciated determinant of the circadian clock’s role in human health and disease.

    UManchester:

    Contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought – according to University of Manchester scientists.

    According to the team, using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial to our health.

    Twilight is both dimmer and bluer than daylight, they say, and the body clock uses both of those features to determine the appropriate times to be asleep and awake.

    Current technologies designed to limit our evening exposure to blue light, for example by changing the screen colour on mobile devices, may therefore send us mixed messages, they argue.

    This is because the small changes in brightness they produce are accompanied by colours that more resemble day.

    The research, which was carried out on mice, used specially designed lighting that allowed the team to adjust colour without changing brightness.

    That showed blue colours produced weaker effects on the mouse body clock than equally bright yellow colours.

    The findings, say the team, have important implications for the design of lighting and visual displays intended to ensure healthy patterns of sleep and alertness.

    The study is published in Current Biology and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

    There’s still an awful lot that isn’t known, and most of the studies to date are very small. Everyone probably needs to experiment to see what works for them.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  164. 164.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @sab: It would certainly be worse if I cleaned it. I have the feeders on that side of the house and they really scatter whenever they get a hint of a hawk.

  170. 170.

    Marigold

    @Steeplejack:

    I do plan to ease it outside once the weather warms up.  Our back yard faces south, and it tends to stay warmer against the house there–maybe that will keep it from stress-dropping too many leaves.

    It’s a shrub right now, honestly: about two feet wide and a foot and a half tall.  I want to take off the lowest branches in the spring to give it more of a trunk, but for now I think the leaves are better feeding the plant.  I’m not even sure that it can support fruit yet, but there’s one the size of a pea that seems to be trying.

  171. 171.

    Steeplejack

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    I don’t have a relationship with Alexa yet.

    I might be hitting you up for advice on smart switches, light bulbs, etc. And I need to get a new shade for my desk lamp, because the harp is not tall enough to allow smart bulbs. (Talk about a First World problem.)

  172. 172.

    Steeplejack

    @WaterGirl:

    I don’t know that there’s anything wrong, but I have noticed the pattern at times over the last week. It’s not “usual.” Maybe it’s just a function of lower site traffic? I hope people would complain report if they’re getting errors.

  174. 174.

    Another Scott

    @Steeplejack: The only problem I’ve had in the last few days was last night when I tried to post an excerpt of an AP story that mentioned Iran’s internet attacks on Adelsons’ sandy place in Las Vegas.  Apparently dungeon words still exist here.

    It looks like Adam (?) was able to free it.

    Otherwise, everything’s been good when I have tried to comment.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  175. 175.

    J R in WV

    @Ultralurker:

    You don’t know me, but I really could use your condolences. Thanks.

    But we do know you. We’ve all been there with a loved one suddenly gone. My last loss was last January, when Happy dog was listless a little too long. I took her in, after a while they told me she was bleeding internally from a tumor. I sat with her for a little while, she wasn’t suffering, just weak. Then they did the deed, and I went home without her for the first time in years.

    What was your mutt’s name? I’m sorry for your loss, recommend a visit to a shelter ASAP. You won’t forget your lost dog, but you’ll have a new one to take care of.

  180. 180.

    J R in WV

    @bemused:

    I have sleep issues and reading in bed works works the best for me to fall back to sleep again.

    Me too, and i use Amazon Kindle books on my Samsung tablet for reading new books. There is some light spill from the tablet, but I keep it pointed away from wife, she never has trouble sleeping with it on at 4 am. And after 30 or 45 minutes, I shut it down and curl back up under the covers. Wish it wasn’t Amazon, but the house is full of books and this way I don’t have to put them away in shelves that are already full.

  182. 182.

    Steeplejack

    @Another Scott:

    I think that one got snagged because there are some alphanumeric strings (such as in the AP News link) that WordPress doesn’t like (or didn’t before). Used to see it mostly in YouTube links.

  184. 184.

    J R in WV

    @bemused:

    Regarding reading late at night in bed:

    A headlamp would be a little too bright, bother my spouse, I think and more disruptive to my drowsy zone taking it off.

    All of our headlights, we have several, have a setting for red light, which is dimmer and less prone to wake up the spouse. I use them for reading physical books and magazines, and to get up for a bathroom break. Wife uses one also, keeps us from stepping on a cat at 4 am, or cat debris. Colors are weird, though, in photos and art work, if that matters.

    They also don’t bother your night vision, so if you want to look at the sky, it’s all there for you when you turn off the headlamp. Great for meteor showers.

  186. 186.

    Amir Khalid

    Liverpool academy player Curtis Jones scores a beauty for the Reds. 1-0. As things stand, Everton’s senior squad are losing to a Liverpool youth team.

  189. 189.

    Ultralurker

    Thanks everyone for the comments.  It helps.  We’ll probably adopt another pet sooner rather than later.

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