Elf, checking in with me while on Deck Patrol, yesterday

Happy bookish birthdays, 5 April, to: Robert Bloch (Psycho), Arthur Hailey (Hotel), Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/h...

"Drummer James Gadson, who played with Bill Withers and Marvin Gaye, dies at 86 - Los Angeles Times" share.google/uSsPrJJo5KtC...

Pro wrestler "Flying" Fred Curry has reportedly died "Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News" share.google/q28WlxDzEvEG...

10 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Errol Flynn! This is the 3rd time it was Errol Flynn: this time, 87 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm00012... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

"Dee Freeman Dies: 'The Young and the Restless' Actress Was 66" share.google/QKzyfxKTVva5...

If Black Panther 3 really does add the Savage Land, all I ask is that we get this in a movie.

Elf, sunning herself yesterday. I've had people comment about sun protection for her, but in this pic, you can really see she chose it: she's in the sunny zone!

Happy bookish birthdays, 4 April, to: Maya Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings), Marguerite Duras (The Lover), Johanna Reiss (The Upstairs Room)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/h...

It's #SaveAsSaturday! Just a friendly reminder to back up your files (ideally to a different location), especially those creative ones that might be impossible to replace #WritingCommunity

9 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Richard Roundtree! This is the 2nd time it was Richard Roundtree: this time, 65 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm07457... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

Pure happiness ❤️

Elf, wanting my attention on Wednesday (don't worry, she got it!)

Happy bookish birthdays, 3 April, to: Washington Irving (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow), Sandra Boynton (Moo, Baa, La La La!), Dorothy Eden (Crow Hollow), Colin Kapp (Patterns of Chaos), Edward Everett Hale (The Man Without a Country)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/h...

"Tony Rivers dead: Iconic musician and friend of Cliff Richard dies aged 85 - Mirror Online" share.google/FiHuAfvPCdtg...

8 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Natalie Portman! This is the 2nd time it was Natalie Portman: this time, 66 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm00002... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

Happy bookish birthdays, 2 April, to: Hans Christian Andersen (Fairy Tales), Joan D. Vinge (Psion), Émile Zola (The Rougon-Macquart Cycle)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/h...

Butterscotch Chaos (Patty-OTRB on the seat back, Elf on the seat) doing what we called "Double Decker Dogs" on 17 November 2021 for #ThrowbackThursday

7 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Talia Shire! 77 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm00017... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

Laurie Webb (Doctor Who...) has reportedly died & will be added to my 2026 Geeky Goodbyes later www.imdb.com/name/nm27455...

Happy bookish birthdays, 1 April, to: Paul Sheldon (Fast Cars), Gilderoy Lockhart (Magical Me), Tobias Funke (The Man Inside Me), Richard Castle (the Derrick Storm series), Jessica Fletcher (The Corpse Danced at Midnight)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/h...

#MultiviewsOfMadness It's the 1st of the month: new to streaming! www.justwatch.com/us/new?provi... Pre-1980 www.justwatch.com/us/new?provi... Catch-up (2025 & 2026 movies) www.justwatch.com/us/movies/ne... Powered by JustWatch (I'm not connected to them except as a user)

Elf in the The Shell dog bed on 25 March

Happy bookish birthdays, 1 April, to: Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern series), Milan Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Samuel R. Delany (Babel-17), Francine Prose (Lovers at the Chameleon Club)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/h...

This Funereal Duskywing (a type of skipper) was in our yard yesterday. I think it's beautiful! They tend to sit with their wings flat like this (many butterflies fold their wings or slowly flap them): made it easier to get the picture!

6 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Lee Grant! This is the 2nd time it was Lee Grant: this time, 113 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm03355... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

Ballet dancer/choreographer Ben Stevenson has reportedly died & will be added to my 2026 Geeky Goodbyes (Dracula) later www.dallasnews.com/arts-enterta...

Happy bday (31 Mar) to #DescJockey George Ford! He has 339 acting credits on IMDb (& no matter how many eps in a TV show, it counts as 1!). He was a "patron" more than 80 times & a "guest" more than 70! He was in Singin' in the Rain & Some Like It Hot! www.imdb.com/name/nm02856...

Elf yesterday, still adjusting to not having a dog door after more than 12 years in this house

Happy bookish birthdays, 31 March, to: John Fowles (The French Lieutenant's Woman), Andrew Lang (The Blue Fairy Book), Nikolai Gogol (Dead Souls)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/h...

5 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow

This #EyedentityGame was Walter Pidgeon! This is the 2nd time it was Walter Pidgeon: this time, 50 got it (the avg is 49). Congrats if you got it & thanks for having fun with it! IMDb Bio www.imdb.com/name/nm06820... JustWatch USA streaming guide www.justwatch.com/us/search?pr...

#Beetlejuice directed by #TimBurton was released in the United States on March 30, 1988. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing $84 million on a $15 million budget.

In a world of spiders from Mars, be a Ziggy Stardust

"Ronnie Bowman bluegrass singer NC native dies after crash" share.google/MTD9EDop6f1N...

Special bday shoutout to John Astin! Forever Gomez, he would be an icon of entertainment even without The Addams Family! #100CreditsClub (159) #50YearCareerClub (1957-2026=69) #100SeriesClub (108) #BoomerShows Are Gomez & Morticia the best TV parents? measuredcircle.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/g...

Elf, yesterday: she's analyzing a big change. We've had a dog door since we got her in 2013, but I realized in her advanced age she hasn't been using it, so I took it out. She was comfortable with the change, but wanted to figure it out

Happy bookish birthdays, 30 March, to: Anne Sewell (Black Beauty), Jean Giono (The Man Who Planted Trees), Tom Sharpe (the Wilt series), Tobias Hill (The Love of Stones)... ilmk.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/h...

4 March's #EyedentityGame (I do this as a daily game). I can't do the kind of robust tracking I normally do for who gets it in 2 places, & this 1 has been answered there, but feel free to guess & discuss! I plan to reveal the answer tomorrow