Ding ding!

Story in today’s NYT science times (photo of the paper): PET THEORY EMILY ANTHES So Your Dog Isn't A Genius? That's OK. Many of us are happily sharing our lives with below-average best friends. THIS YEAR, I WROTE about dogs with an unusual talent. Although many dogs can master basic commands, these animals had amassed enormous vocabularies, learning the names of hundreds of toys. It was, the story noted, a rare skill in the canine kingdom; in years of searching the globe, scientists had identified very few of these "gifted word learners."

they’re good dogs Brent

Walked down the block to the record store, bought a couple CDs (from my junior high gym teacher behind the counter!), then to the taco truck for lunch. Walkable cities are nice.

Big, if true.

Sorry folks, I asked Bluesky why I prefer tea to something from the Nutri-Matic Drinks Dispenser® and it crashed the servers.

The Boston-based busker known as Keytar Bear. A man in a bear mascot suit playing a keytar. He is wearing a red football jersey and gold high top shoes.

Just don't bother with a keytar. They love those.

If you're in America remember to celebrate reefer today. If you're in Europe remember to celebrate Kiefer and his show about everything taking place over the course of one day.

I knew you would be.

Back from up north. It was cold up there too in case you were wondering.

#SportsDadMaxxing

Death by snoo-snoo!

Sure, I could have leftovers. But why do that when I could order food and create MORE leftovers?

Bonus AWOOO!

Hey #Minneapolis, you should get outside today if you can. Feel some sun on your face.

Goddamn right. #Ankylosaurus4Lyfe

This week is moving entirely too slowly. Are we sure time is still going at one second per second? Maybe I'm moving at nearly the speed of light.

Senate will vote today to destroy our public land protections. Please call your senators now!

This is urgent!! The vote will happen this afternoon!!!! Call your senators and every senator NOW!! They need to vote NO on HJR 140 to save the boundary waters and protect our public lands!! Please share and call!!

My checkbook, sitting at the bottom of my desk drawer, gathering years of dust: Well well well, look who's come crawling back!

That was a very silly penalty shootout.

So they just mic some random homer for this #SACvMIN match?

Bongi scores the lone goal in the 67th minute.

This just gives Viktor Orban the time he’ll need to campaign for a FIFA Peace Prize.

Oh right, the weather that's our reward for enduring the other weather.

At least the people of Hungary will say thank you to JD. Without his campaigning Orbán might have won.

It's so Shorts Weather® today I'm going to wear every pair of shorts I own.

Shouldn't we be feeling confident up a goal and up a man in stoppage time?

Whew! That's a relief!

I don't, man, I just... What if we DIDN'T really need this rain???

Sometimes it's nice to do so badly at the audition that you don't have to worry about whether you got the part.

I'm not saying I agree with Ivo Shandor when he said humanity was too sick to survive. I'm just saying I understand.