Sad coconut. #pareidolia

I was hanging out with Gloria last night (seen here), and on a whim I decided to post a picture of a golden retriever friend of mine. I did not expect to get 2,900 likes! I’ve been posting Caturday pics for years and get maybe 6 likes on a good day, but I guess Bluesky really likes the doggos!

I’m a cat person by a wide margin, but I really like the neighbor’s dog, Bailey. Bailey is a good dog.

Cuddles closeup. #Caturday

Whenever I get sufficiently irritated at the news that I consider posting about it on social media, I try to write a song about it instead. And today was one of those days!

Would you like to watch a squirrel eat a snack, waggle its tail, show off its acrobatic skills, slip and almost go bum-over-teakettle onto the ground, but manage to catch itself before gravity fully kicks in? If so, you’re in luck.

Mugsy has been informed that she is absolutely forbidden from napping on the air fryer, yet compliance remains an issue. #Caturday

Friendly-looking inner plate of a new electronic deadbolt. #pareidolia

View from the top of Mill Mountain, Roanoke, Virginia, 2026-04-03.

Cuddles, striking a pose. #Caturday

Hello Mr. Cardinal! I enjoyed the nice “foom” sound he produced when he flew away.

Sometimes I fantasize about writing the perfect pop song, but then I realize that it’s already been done. youtu.be/vn_or9gEB6g?...

Someone forgot to tell Ismo that cats are not allowed on the table. #Caturday

Traumatized plastic seat at the arcade. #pareidolia

Accounting companion. #Caturday

Mugsy says sometimes you just have to stop and sniff the Lego roses. #Caturday

I'm bummed out that the lunar eclipse I'd looked forward to seeing is likely going to be clouded out where I am, but perhaps you can see it wherever you are! It starts at 4:50 am EST and the maximum eclipse occurs at 6:33 am EST. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna...

I still have my copy!

I've been going down a rabbit-hole of microtonal music and alternate tuning schemes and just finished listening to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's trilogy of microtonal albums. "Intrasport" from 2020's K.G. is my newest favorite song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUTc...

Squirrels agree: my fence tastes the best.

I haven’t posted an Ismo picture in a while. #Caturday

Perhaps my favorite part of the story is when Meta is asked about this and they say, essentially, “Just because we patented this doesn’t mean we would actually DO such a thing!” www.businessinsider.com/meta-granted...

Sweet Marsha striking a quizzical pose. If you look carefully you can see the white tip of her tail peeking out next to her paw. #Caturday

I know Cuddles is not *actually* smiling, but she is very happy. #Caturday

Mugsy keeping my chair warm for me. #Caturday

Not much else to say about this one.

I haven’t post a picture of sweet Gloria in a while. #Caturday

This week's new Nuclear Blue song, about my town's local Batman.

If some kid who didn’t know anything about cats said “that cat’s dressed up like a clown!” I would immediately assume they saw a calico. #Caturday

I’m glad I married someone who doesn’t drop laughing emojis on news articles about people dying.

Sometimes I feel there's not much I can do about this country's march into dystopia except document it.

Working my way through the catalog of Garbage’s (relatively) recent output… another new favorite is the title track from their 2021 album.

Mugsy enjoying a little catnap on top of the washing machine. #Caturday

I came across an old check register the other day and thought the cover had such a nice, cheery pre-9/11 vibe to it.

Back in April I wrote this song about the abusive ICE regime and its enablers, and was talking to one of my friends about it. He asked if it would still be relevant a few months down the road and I remember thinking, man, I sure hope not. Oh well! youtu.be/N-UNTRtIpU0

I’m currently reading (well, listening to the audiobook of) 2025’s “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All” by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares.

Here’s Mugsy posing with my grandfather’s typewriter.

Garbage is another band I fell in love with in the 90s and I’m just now getting caught up with their more recent work. 2025’s “Let All That We Imagine Be the Light” has some good stuff on it and “R U Happy Now” is my current favorite.

This week I watched “Dread Zeppelin: A Song of Hope,” a film about an amazing band I fell in love with in the 90s. It’s an odd mix: earnest documentary for most of it, flight of fancy à la “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” nearer the end. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. youtu.be/M-X192fDRLw

I was just minding my business the other day and this friendly Siamese cat came over to inspect my cargo. #Caturday

Given that baby goats featured in key moments of this year’s Severance and Pluribus finales, I’m going to be at least a little disappointed if none appear in the Stranger Things send-off.

Cuddles and Marsha, neatly arranged. #Caturday

Cuddles thinks she’s a present

Ismo says 😮 #Caturday

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek song that examines the shadowy cabal that runs Wikipedia. If the song ever becomes notable (it will not become notable) I’ll have to add it to [[Category:Songs that namecheck Larry Sanger]].

Visit from a cardinal.

Mostly-awake Mugsy. #Caturday

This is the fourth song I’ve put on Bandcamp, but it was the very first one I wrote and demoed after regaining my voice. I wrote this in April after the US government sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a torture camp in El Salvador despite being ordered by the courts not to. The more things change…

Another fox sighting on the security camera. 🦊

I’ve long found em dashes useful punctuation (in moderation) and it annoys me that they now have an AI stink about them. “Within the A.I.’s training data, the em dash is more likely to appear in texts that have been marked as well-formed, high-quality prose.”