Painting an orange a day keeps the furlough blues away.

Some organizations will pull a dog into foster if it has prospects. Particularly breed-specific orgs.

Just a Girl Moving Dogs is another. Both of these are reachable on Facebook. @catvalente.bsky.social

The amazing vessel-preserving properties of damp caves, amirite? #HATM #Moana

Bike helmets only became commercially available about ten years prior and certainly weren’t common in those days . . . my only concussion to date attests to that. #HATM

1) Going to see The Neverending Story was *an event* for this then seven-year-old
2) Pulled pork nachos made with leftover cochon de lait
#HATM

+ The Doors earlier in the decade. #HATM

Doesn’t strike me as “peculiar” given the ages of the Kids. Where Ebert sees murkiness I see realism. #HATM

This isn’t about weather, it’s about power, loyalty, and punishing truth.

Two top NOAA officials, Jeff Dillen and Stephen Volz, have just been placed on administrative leave. Why? Because they had the audacity to lead an internal investigation into Sharpiegate, when Trump falsely claimed Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama and someone at NOAA dared to correct him.

There are similar sculptures along the MS coast post-Katrina. msgulfcoastheritage.ms.gov/innovative/a...

Ah! Interesting. What river is that?

DWH exploded and sank about 5000 feet to the bottom of the Gulf.

Deepwater Horizon the movie (Mark Wahlberg in another maritime disaster!) came out only six years after 11 men lost their lives on the rig. #HATM

And now we get a Cortez reference! A little FL fishing village that’s a sentimental favorite for me. Check out the book Finest Kind by Ben Green if you can find it. #HATM

2) My movie snack is microwave popcorn mixed with sweet & salty trail mix and Trader Joe’s salted caramel baking chips. A sea salty snack for a sea salty film. #HATM