There are a few ways to cheat, but the one that's bothering me right now is people spoofing their GPS, so that the game will think they're somewhere they're not. People can do that to bounce all over the world and collect Pokemon that are only available in certain places, or (most annoying right now) take over a gym when they're not actually there. There are several accounts that seem to be working together, that are at levels that are practically impossible unless you've literally been playing 24 hours a day (which you can do, if you've got a computer playing for you), who've taken over all three gyms in my neighborhood. One of them, six different people placed their Pokemon in the gym while I was sitting right there, and I was absolutely the only person on a phone within the area that you can reach the gym from. Several other people from my neighborhood have been complaining about the same thing in all the other gyms around here, in a local Pokemon group on Facebook. And it makes it impossible for the rest of us to play -- these accounts have levels so high that it takes forever for people who are playing for real to battle them out of the gyms.

This is going to be like the new Where's Waldo, isn't it? [link]

Thing I said to coworker today: "Would you please let me finish answering your first question before you ask another? Having another question piled on top of the first creates anxiety for me."

Thing I did not say: "Especially since your second question was the same as the first, and you were not satisfied with the answer that I had not yet finished giving you, and you were not planning on taking my advice anyway."

People who cheat at Pokemon Go are irritating.

Yes. I hope they max out, get bored,and go back to FPSs in their parents' basements soon.

I wonder what they get out of it. It sounds like a lot of effort, like somebody is making money somehow.

I woke up with a headache and an elevated temperature so I am taking a sick day. Tylenol and an orange has helped a bit, considering adding ibuprofen to the mix before I go back to bed.

Timelies all!

Am keeping the little guy home for a few days(he has a followup appointment tomorrow) and he is busy getting into everything.Other than some congestion, he seems to be fine.

UGH. My neighbor, who we are otherwise friendly with, just put a Trump sign up in his yard.

One of the GISHWHES challenges was to write out the US Constitution but in easy to understand language - on asphalt with chalk. A teammate did that in the street in front of my house. Most of my neighbors stopped by and had positive things to say or just thought we were kinda nuts when we explained the hunt.

The son (in his 60's) of a neighbor came over and started to lecture us that we shouldn't be writing political propaganda in the street. Dude, it is the Constitution. Which, ok, political in that it is the guiding document of our country, but it wasn't POLITICS. Thankfully once Amy gave her bit over what it was and why he backed down. If he had taken half a second to read even just the first two lines... Oy.

It is still out there. We were supposed to have a few major rain storms come through, which we figured would wash it away. But no storms. Will see if anyone asks me to hose it down.

Seriously, Suzi? People are so weird.

UGH. My neighbor, who we are otherwise friendly with, just put a Trump sign up in his yard.

My neighbor, OTOH, still has his Bernie sign up. Give it up, dude!

I am home from mini-vacation and should be working from home, but who wants to do that?? I was going to take the day off but had urgent work. So, you know, should do it.

Dog owners, we are dog-sitting for the neighbor, which we've done before. He's a great dog, very mellow, mostly just chills out in his bed. I worry a little bit because he starts panting almost immediately when you take him outside.

Now, it is hotter than hell at the moment. But I also don't think much of his owner, and I don't necessarily trust her to be on top of any problems. For example, he often doesn't eat kibble, but he'll usually eat wet food. She basically just keeps feeding him the relatively cheap kibble. (He's also terrified of noise, and she took him to a gun range. I'm still really angry about that.)

Anyway, for those of you who have dogs and have actually been through a summer with one, is the panting normal? If there's no activity, there's no panting, and he doesn't show any signs of distress.