I'm sorry, David. That's a hard sort of limbo state to be in.

Taboo turned out to be one of the best mousers I've ever seen. She was very proud of herself.

As well she should be. My cat occasionally catches mice and voles when we're out on our walks. Considering there's a giant, loud human on the other end of his leash, I think that's a tad impressive. Anyway, we've never had mice in the apartment, either because they're caught and eaten before I notice them or because they smell a mouse killing predator and look for safer spaces.

Oh Rubio is getting dragged in Twitter again for being all pearl clutching over the fuckers remark or "f***kers" as he censored it.

Nicolle Wallace vague-tweeted all the pearl clutching last night. It made my heart grow three sizes.

Are we really talking about the f word in any context other than the f-ing people who stood by Trump as he boasted about “grabbing women in the pussy”, smeared “shit hole countries” called black NFL players “sons of bitches” and assaulted our democracy while ignoring covid?

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David, that is so terrible. I am so sorry.

I do the peanut butter traps with the covered thingie so I don't have to see the dead mousie. Late Miss Bobo was so shocked by mice, she dropped one on me when I was asleep, and little Miss Petunia played with them too much. Now I have a downstairs person in my house, so I don't get mice, because they stop there first.

My condolences to you and your family, sj.

Sorry about your friend, David.

Does anyone ever hear from Rio? I've been following this thing where Biden's incoming Deputy Chief of Staff called GOP lawmakers "fuckers" on account of how they are fuckers, and it makes me think of Rio and FUCKOS.

I follow her on facebook. She's had a bout of the long Covid (though not severe symptoms I gather, just hanging around forever), and was enjoying adventures in neighborhood opossums earlier in the year.

My closest cousin got a positive antibody test indicating she had contracted Covid at some point, but she can only remember a single day in October when she was unusually achy. I'm simultaneously very thankful that she's been even more careful than I have around Mom, and shocked that it was able to get past all the safety measures she's been religiously employing since early spring.

David I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.

Regarding mice, do traps or an exterminator (We had to deal with mice when we first moved into this house and the company we hired did an excellent job, they seal all points of entry to the house and then guarantee their work), but please make sure they are not using poison. It's a very real threat to predators like owls and hawks. We have lots of folks around here still using poison and it's heartbreaking seeing all the birds of prey that are dying from ingesting the rodents.

David, I'm so sorry about your friend.

David, I'm sorry about your friend. He sounds like he's been through so much.

David, I am so sorry. This stuff is awful.

David, I am so sorry. This stuff is awful.

It fucking is.

Thanks, all. I just haven't made a lot of male friends in the 21st century, so it's hard to lose one. I just don't think he's going to survive this.

He's the guy who had me on his radio show twice and we just had so much fun geeking out together over music. My Kenyon friend, Greta, is also close with him.

I first discovered Todd through his film blog. (Curiously, Greta and I - who've known each other since Soph year of college - were crossposting on Todd's blog with internet names, not knowing who the other person was.)

Timelies all!

I'm sorry about your friend, David.