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Looie and Mila passed their annual physical examination with flying colors today. No need for immunizations this year, just weighing, prodding and Churu treats. Long live the Linen Pumas! And happy Caturday Eve!

Yup, that's me putting off renewing my driver's license until the very last business day before it expires. Which means it's my birthday on Saturday! Nearest place with an available appointment tomorrow morning is Chesterfield Township, so that's where I'll be at 10:30 a.m.

Affirmation: I don't have to reply to provocative social media posts.

And now your moment of Mila: The Jungle Kitteh Edition. It's Caturday every day!

And now your moment of Looie-loo, who is a great traveler.

I love dipping Doritos in ice cream AND I AM NOT ASHAMED

Did I sign up for the Rush Fifty Tour ticket presale? This is on my turntable right now. What do YOU think?

And now your moment of Mila. Um, Mila? I wasn't really done with that, but you seem really committed.

Phase 1 of furnace installation is done. AC is reconnected and I have a new programmable thermostat with "undercarriage lighting" in blue. Asked what I needed to do to get hydraulic lifters and a custom horn in addition to those ground effects. Guess that happens tomorrow when they install the flue.

ACLS statement against White House “compact”: THIS IS SOVIET SHIT

And now your moment of Looie-loo, who is on the alert this Caturday Plus One.

Today, we are ALL T.J. Juckson.Happy Homecoming, Wayne State University Warriors!

I just realized: Rick Nielsen is the Pee Wee Herman of rock guitarists.

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Now isn't the time for Hakeem Jeffries to be asking for donations. Read the room, my guy.

So it started as Fat Bear Week and now it's Fat General Week?

Is it odd that there's no article about Trump's and Hegseth's speeches to military commanders on the freerepublic.com homepage? It's not even among the top 40 stories.

Green chile chicken noodle soup is some of the best medicine for a severe cold.

I have been combatting this post-convention crud with all means at my disposal. Unfortunately, Sy Thai Shores is closed Mondays, so I shall have to resort to other avenues, namely CVS's generic version of NyQuil's Red Near Death Experience Severe Cold and Flu elixir.

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Today's in-flight reading

JUST IN: Wall Street Journal seeks dismissal of Trump libel suit over article disclosing his alleged birthday note to Epstein. WSJ: 'There is nothing defamatory about a man sending a bawdy letter to his friend' & is consistent w/Trump's reputation. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Just heard about the Auburn faculty firings. Can anyone there shed light on the situation? The president's handling of them raises more questions than his statement answered. alabamareflector.com/2025/09/22/w...

Government so small it fits right in your classroom. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

Take a moment and listen to this great response to the comments made this week by the US ambassador for Canada 🇨🇦. Share widely and proudly. youtu.be/88JhCxGbUFg?...

If ABC puts Jimmy Kimmel back on the air, here's what that tells me: Nextar and Sinclair might have invited backlash from the other 61% of ABC affiliate owners who are receiving calls from advertisers who have been threatened with boycotts by viewers.

See also Strummer, J., and Jones, M., "Clampdown," in Strummer et. al, London Calling (London, CBS Records, 1979).

Sideline interviews with New York Times Connections players: "Mark, you solved the yellow instantly but stalled for four hours before getting the blue. The weight of your 12-day errorless streak has to be heavy. Tell America what's going through your mind right now." 🎤

And now your moment of Looie-loo, Esq., gigachonk. Happy Caturday to you, me, and all the ships at sea!

I have now had Rancid's "Time Bomb" in my head for three days. Please give me another earworm.

Time for a Friday roundup of things science has ALSO determined to be Blueskyism. Here's my exhibit!

Now that you've canceled, you can also request that all of your data be deleted using the link here: usprivacy.disney.com

Props to Wayne State University for smart, targeted advertising in El Central.

While you're canceling, don't forget to remove the ABC, Disney+, ESPN, and Hulu apps from your phone and your Roku.

I canceled my Disney+ subscription and am sending that money to public radio and public TV. The app made cancelling easy.

For those keeping score at home, we have just ROCKETED past the thoughtcrime part of our 1984 trajectory.

"Malicious communications"?

Twitter test case: Three hours after the news broke that Espy is resigning as Wayne State University president, there is zero engagement on any of the local news org posts linking to their stories about it.

Trader Joe's cut its sliced baby bella mushrooms from 10 ounces to 8 ounces. Didn't notice if they cut the price, but I have a hunch it didn't go down.

I didn't intend to play Jimi Hendrix right after Robert Johnson when I picked five discs for the carousel during this lesson prep session, but wow it feels right.

And now your moment of Mila. As soon as The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson came on the stereo, Mila urgently leaped up into my lap and started chattering at me.

I just put on John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" to hear while scripting lecture videos, and I was moved to weep after I read what he wrote about it: "I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through his grace.”

And now your moment of Mila: The Vogue Edition.

I woke up this morning with Woody Guthrie's "Do Re Mi" in my head. Pete Seeger covered it, but my favorite version is by Dave Alvin, who I saw perform it with the Guilty Dogs in Westport. What's your internal soundtrack today? youtu.be/NZ8dxoineY0?...

What are Reply Guys really saying when they write "Do you have a link?" If it's sincere, can they, you know, try to search for the thing themselves before asking?

And now your moment of Mila, back from the kill with peaches galore! Happy Caturday to all!

When you're a regular they tend to give you more than you're paying for. I just love Rickert's orchard. Here's the growing season update: Two more weeks of peaches, we're in the heart of apple season, and it's early pear season with freshly picked pears through mid-November in Southeast Michigan.

Probably my favorite Detroit mural. Photographed on my way to Eastern Market.