Jemima enjoying a lovely late spring afternoon on our 2nd floor balcony (please ignore the dead plant). Just attached acrylic panels to the railings because Mom was afraid of the cat squeezing through. I said "She's too smart for that," but did it anyway.

In keeping with all the experts in various fields being challenged, I hereby demand that Michael Beschloss NOT engage me in a debate because -- ...even though I majored in history in college... ...he would kick my ass.

Jonathan Turley tweeted this gem about Smith's indictment: "If you take a red pen to all of the material presumptively protected by the First Amendment, you can reduce much of the indictment to haiku." I wrote one: Jonathan Turley, Law professor non grata; Always in the wrong.

My granddaughter (age 11, grade 6) was over today with her clarinet. She's in her first week of music lessons. Me: "Do you know how to put it together?" Her: "Yes." Me: "Do you know how to play it?" Her: "Yes." Me: "Do you know how to play Mozart's Clarinet Sonata in E?" Her: 🥺

I just picked up this book from my local library by Janet Horvath (Janet Horvath) [They recently acquired a copy based on my request.] Compelling reading so far, with a story that must have been difficult to write. Highly recommended!

It's about time that unindicted war criminal kicked the bucket -- 50 years too late, IMO.

Really bad joke today from one of our IT guys: Him: "I see Red Hat Linux is holding their annual users' conference here. You know why they decided to set up deep inside the Denver Convention Center?" Me: "Nope. Why?" Him: "No Windows."

Saw "Samson & Delilah last night operacolorado. Mediocre singing of an uninspiring opera. Saint-Saens is an excellent orchestrator but an insipid vocal writer. One each decent aria + duet, nice ballet. No surprise his other 9 operas are NEVER performed. Nice sets and lighting!

Super 70s Sports Honorable mention goes to a bowl full of wicker furniture.

Last night's The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra St. Paul Chamber Orchestra concert with Richard Goode was spectacular! Two Mozart piano concertos, Nos. 18 and 23, played with nuance, and JOY! Three well-deserved curtain calls.

Attended Central City Opera Central City Opera's 7/31 performance of Puccini's "La fanciulla del West." Great matinee crowd, terrific orchestra (as usual). Kara Thompson (Minnie) and Grant Youngblood (Jack Rantz) were decent. Standouts: Christopher Job and Matthew Cossack.

In honor of #InternationalCatDay, here is our five-year-old rescue, Jemima, who celebrated her third Gotcha Day with us in July. Many thanks to @DDFL Denver Dumb Friends League for bringing us together!!!

Mesa County clerk Tina Peters gets NINE YEARS in prison. Suck on it, Tina, you unmitigated piece of barely human excrement! huffpost.com/entry/tina-pet…

I can tell ahead of time when an OF "chick" shows up, because it involves some rando "liking" an obscure tweet I made ages ago. The vast majority depict highly ordinary-looking women (not even remotely exceptional), so what's the appeal? Are they making any money this way?

Celebrating the fourth anniversary of Jemima's Gotcha Day (July 3, 2021). Greetings to cat lovers everywhere from Denver, Colorado.

Here’s Jemima, relaxing on our balcony in anticipation of today — International Cat Day. I said to my wife, “Isn’t that every day?” She replied, “Well, for them — yes.”