Continued an adopted tradition of adding the annual White House Christmas ornament to my tree. This year’s ornament honors former President Jimmy Carter. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone!

Not on Spotify but do subscribe to Apple Music. Here’s my Replay’24 of my Top 5 artists.

My dogs are obsessed with these treats. Unfortunately, if they want more, they’re going to have to get jobs.

My cat, Batman, has been feeling poorly for the last couple of days, and I just saw him drink water on his own. What a relief. Now the wounds I got when he fought my attempts to keep him hydrated can heal. Here's a poorly lit pic of him from a couple of years ago when he was a baby.

Yesterday, I took my typically terrible monthly shots of the full moon. As I was walking away from the evening shot, I heard a voice. It was a man at the house, whom I hadn’t noticed, asking me if I had taken his picture. Uh, no, dude.

My work tonight was interrupted when I noticed Ralphie had a mouse in his mouth. Naturally, I started screaming, which caused him to run to the bedroom and onto my bed, where I gained control of the baby, which I released outside. Ralphie’s still searching for his prey on my bed.