Another nook in the Scotto Grotto

With and without Dog

July 1912 wasn’t going so well for Franz Kafka July 1 Too tired.July 2 Sad.July 3 Today is my birthday.July 4 What are you? I am miserable.July 5 To have to bear and to be the cause of such suffering!July 6 Unhappy night.July 21 Miserable creature that I am! Day 20,986

Lil tiny possum! Listening to two couples discussing what they are naming their kids (Campbell Meridian / Angel Lavender for boy/girl) and was reminded of:Bahby names 2026*Beef Thunder*Blast Hardcheese*Brick Wolfpunch*Rip Steakface*Throckmorton*Biff Ironjaw*Tank Beefslab Bethesda just dropped a massive roadmap: Fallout 5, remasters of Fallout 3 & New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls VI, and more.4…

Some smoke added pics of roanoke today

skinny lil possum, stinkothy the skunk, mosquito bomber july 17 2026#roanokeva #backyardzoo #skunk #possum #opossum Day 20,984 Seed 570515054211

Current Mood: 🍟 hungryCurrent Music: The rhythmic gurgling of my own digestive tract So.Yesterday was the day I crossed another threshold into official, undeniable Middle Age: my very first colonoscopy. Below the cut, the glamorous details of my lower GI tract (more…)

Watching the *Time Bandits* series, based on the movie of the same name. Halfway through it, and so far, it’s not terrible, but doesn’t yet hold a candle to the original. Basic plot scene from the original below: https://clip.cafe/time-bandits-1981/to-be-quite-frank/ You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only…

Chronological seed 570513134151 Today’s animal visitors

The raccoon sounds are so cute!

Off to get a procedure done, first of two this week. Old man stuff. Epidural for my back today, colonoscopy Thursday.  Current listen: You’re Dead Norma Tanega 1966 I am always often frightened of being knocked out, and I guess that is the norm for colonoscopy? I thought it was a local, but i guess they don’t want folks awake for it these days. Chronological seed – 570512014008

July 14 2026 https://youtu.be/UDiBHRuu3bM?is=8FFMhaAJItzHEOhS

https://youtu.be/U9GonfanXmk?is=iLr5WLYw-u_l-AMO

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/10/arlen-parsa/evidence-shows-most-47-men-famous-declaration-inde/

Man, woman, know thyself! 1908. https://archive.org/details/manwomanknowthys00bart/page/40/mode/2up

From The Redwood, 1906. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/redwood/6/