Matt Weimer

Agreed. I thought it was an excellent read.

Sorry to hear this.

A friend described being in a play in a crappy little basement theater that unexpectedly got a "Leaping Little Man", and looking out to see suddenly-sold-out houses full of elegant people in fur coats, etc. I don't know who reviewed it, but the timeline tracks for Weiner.

Gosh, this kind of calls into question that FIFA Peace Prize.

An airport store whose name is "Books & Drugs".

Seen at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
💙📚 #travel #Japan

Man in a black coat and blue jeans standing in front of a Shinto shine.

Greetings from Naruto, Japan, where I'm visiting family.
#travel #Japan

Several big yellow flower growths coming out of large succulent plants behind a green park bench, with a slight view of cars and buildings in the background.

Seen on my walk today, a bit of sunnyness in the rain.
#bloomscrolling #SanFrancisco

Vintage black-and-white photo of a young man in a plaid shirt on a floral couch, wearing horn-rimmed glasses, holding a big fluffy black cat.

Just a picture from my vintage photo collection to help keep up the internet's quota of cat photos (and to welcome back @catsofyore.bsky.social 🙂 )
#catsky

Tall crane looming into the semi-cloudy sky over some brick apartment buildings.

View from my window:
A giant crane is looming over my apartment.
I'll be fine, right? Right?
#SanFrancisco

I really liked that one.

I'm currently working on reading whole Maigret series (along with other books, of course). I'm enjoying it.

Thanks, Pam! I was glad I got to see them.

Two waist-down mannequins in a store display, one wearing tan pans and one wearing blue jeans. The jeans have fallen to mid-thigh, exposing the mannequin.

Target is getting desperate.

Tree full of pink magnolias.

Tree full of white magnolias.

Short tree with pink magnolias.

Tree with pink magnolias next to a short tree with white magnolias.

Magnolias in bloom today at the Botanical Garden.

#bloomscrolling #SanFrancisco

If publishers are okay with authors presenting AI-written novels, then how long before they cut the authors out of the process?

Yes, I read it and liked it very much.

Beautiful. Funny, but it looks a bit like the opening credits of a James Bond movie. 🙂

My mom gets such interesting visitors in her back yard. 🙂
#wildlife #naturephotography

Thanks, but no, nothing like that this time. Also, thanks for the link. I've filled it out on occasion before.

Yep, felt a couple of them.

Color photo of the cast of SCTV, seated on an outdoor bench in front of a brick wall. Clockwise from top left, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin.

Catherine O'Hara and Macaulay Culkin in "Home Alone", kneeling and affectionately holding hands in front of some stairs.

Catherine O'Hara, possessed, in "Beetlejuice".

Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara, in a living room, holding instruments, looking affectionately at each other, in "A Mighty Wind".

It's been said how startling it is to realize that the cast of "S.C.T.V." only had two women. Catherine O'Hara's versatile talent filled a gallery of characters. She has long been a favorite of mine.
#RIP

When people seem skeptical of my claims that San Francisco has coyotes, I can now show them this clip. By funny coincidence, it's from a report on the capture of a mountain lion a few blocks from my downtown apartment. San Franciscans, of course, adjust.
#SanFrancisco

🙂

Thanks!

Thanks. Will do. 🙂

White plate with about ten small pieces of pecan cake, on a wood table against a white wall.

For today's book group: pecan cake.

#baking 💙📚🍽️

Two deer grazing on a grassy hillside, one looking at the camera.

Seen on my walk today: two of the fourteen deer I saw along the Sawyer Camp Trail in San Mateo County, CA.

#nature #animals

Impressive!

Pennies are still legal tender, they just aren't minting them anymore. You can still use them.

There's an Oscar-nominated short documentary from 1977 called "Kudzu". I think you can watch it online, like on YouTube. I haven't seen it since college, but I remember it being pretty amusing.