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Seven Years Ago Today: Clio and Daisy on daddy's lap

A golden tortie and a longhaired dilute tortie curled up together on the lap of a man in a pale aqua blue bathrobe.

Eight Years Ago Today: Vet Kitten giving me a "You adopted FUVE OTHER kittens and NOT us?" stare

Two grey kittens sharing a wicker picnic basket in a cage in a vet lobby. One of the kittens is staring intently at the camera.

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Eight Years Ago Today: Taking all three Floofkittens (and the Tortie Twins as well) back to the vet for scheduled shots and such

Three floofkittens share the bottom half of a hard-shelled cat carrier which has been disassembled on a vet exam table while Dr. Harford and a vet tech go over some paperwork.

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Seventeen Years Ago Today: Tiny kitten Gemini reading Daily Kos

A small grey and white tabby kitten sits at a laptop computer on which is displayed "Open Thread and Diary Rescue 6" on Daily Kos.

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TWENTY Years Ago Today: Mercury vs The Dangly Blue Dog

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten gathers himself for a MIGHTY leap from a recliner to grab a dangly blue toy dog being waved around enticingly by a blonde woman lying down in the bed next to the recliner.

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten LEAPS from a recliner to grab a dangly blue toy dog being waved around enticingly by a blonde woman lying down in the bed next to the recliner.

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten lands harmlessly on the bed, having WILDLY overestimated his leaping abilty in his attempt to grab a dangly blue toy dog being waved around enticingly by a blonde woman lying down in the bed next to the recliner.

Weezer's stage set, with a shack of some kind and sneakers thrown over electric wires

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The Shins get the audience ar State Farm Arena to do The Wave for them as they kick off into a cover of Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's a Winner"

Two goofballs at the Silversun Pickups / Shins / Weezer concert

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The Silversun Pickups in concert

Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sixteen Years Ago Today: Puff! in the Window

A fuzzy black cat poking his head up behind a recliner, in front of a picture window.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Eighteen Years Ago Today: Angie and her mom really wanted a trip to the mountains, so they rented a cabin and off we went. Too early for the leaves to have changed, though. I miscounted my meds and wound up vomiting repeatedly on the drive back home. Fun times!

An Appalachian mountain vista at dusk featuring no autumn colors at all.

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Two Years Ago Today: Parking lot full of bucket trucks staging north of Atlanta for hurricane Milton's incipient landfall in Florida One exit further up the highway and they could have been staging FROM Milton, rather than Alpharetta

Long shot of a shit-ton of bucket trucks in a parking lot.

Two Years Ago Today: Comet breaking in the Brown Paper Box for the cats to play in

A floofy white cat in a large Amazon box full of brown packing paper.

Seven Years Ago Today: Floofy Luna disappearing into the natural camouflage of the fuzzy white cat bed interior

A superfloofy white cat curled up asleep inside a square cat bed with a white fluffy padded interior.

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Seven Years Ago Today: THAT IS NOT HOW YOU USE A CAT BED, MUFFIN

Dilute tortie cat laying up against the underside of a cat bed which has been flipped over and is on its side up against a pillow on a bed.

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Ten Years Ago Today: Vet kitten, from above

Tiny calico curled up in a cat bed in a freestanding wire cage in a vet lobby, shot from above.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Seventeen Years Ago Today: Clio and baby Gemini

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten curled up inside the tummy of a golden tortie cat on a couch.

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Six Years Ago Today: DAISY IN A BOX

Gorgeous dilute tortie kitty in a cardboard box.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Seventeen Years Ago: Cable Guy Gemini

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten laying on top of a Comcast Motorola Cable box/DVR, which is itself sitting on top of a Sony 5 DVD carousel player.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My lip has finally just about healed from last week's emergency filling replacement so it's time for a previously scheduled Big Dental Thing 😬

Bearded goofball wearing a 3M Aura N95 mask and a grey t-shirt with a cartoon thundercloud and the caption "DOOM AND GLOOM"

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Four Years Ago Today: Testing out some new glasses at Pearle

Bearded goofball wearing a black KN95 mask and a dark grey "CATZILLA" t-shirt of a black cat swatting at circling helicopters. He has a pair of frameless glasses on his face and a slightly dubious expression.

Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Five Years Ago Today: Yuki watching some exciting @nwslsoccer.com action

A Siamese cat sits immediately in front of a large TV showing a match between the Portland Thorns and Houston Dash. It is tied 2–2 in the 69th minute.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sixteen Years Ago Today: Gemini and Thor on the couch

A grey and white cat and a black cat curled up with each other on the couch.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Dot came out of her carrier and immediately tried to get in Tesla's carrier Tesla's small but he isn't THAT small, Dot! Dot then climbed onto the scale and weighed herself before returning to HER carrier

A chonky calico cat on a vet exam table trying to climb into an open soft-sided cat carrier that already has a small black fuzzy cat barely visible inside it.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

At the vet with Dot and Tesla

Bearded goofball wearing a 3M Aura N95 mask and a black t-shirt with "ATTENTION SPAN BUFFERING Please wait..." on it along with the spinning circle of dots commonly used for that on computers.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Four Years Ago Today: He Can Play These Songs With Chords! Death Cab for Cutie in concert at the Roxy in Atlanta

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie plays guitar and sings on stage.

Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Four Years Ago Today: Thao Nguyen in concert at the Roxy in Atlanta

A woman with an electric guitar singing on stage with a drummer behind her.

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Eight Years Ago Today: The Peanut Gallery watches Angie try to make friends with Muffin outside on the front porch

Five cats crowded around a front door, looking out at the front porch through two side windows, as a woman sits on the stoop outside the door.

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Eight Years Ago Today: Angie making progress with then-stray cat Muffin on the front porch

A grey dilute tortie cat being petted by two hands on a front porch, next to a bowl of cat food on a welcome mat.

Fourteen Years Ago Today: Tesla in a box

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Seventeen Years Ago Today: Mercury and tiny brother Gemini

A tiny grey and white tabby kitten curled up by the back of the hip of a large grey and white cat

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One Year Ago Today: Elvis Costello and Pete Thomas

Elvis Costello playing guitar on stage with drummer Pete Thomas visible behind him.

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Four Years Ago Today: Yuki gets some fill flash

A Siamese cat laying in the sun on an empty spot on a shelf of plants.

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Four Years Ago Today: Faraday again

Fuzzy grey tabby laying on a Welcome Mat and meowing.

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Four Years Ago Today: Yuki impersonating a potted plant

A Siamese cat curled up in the sun on an empty spot on a shelf of plants.

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Four Years Ago Today: Faraday on the back porch

A fuzzy tabby cat laying on a woven welcome mat up against a brick ledge by a sliding glass door.

Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MOOD: Dental appointment and then oncologist, too

Bearded idiot wearing a 3M Aura N95 mask and a grey t-shirt with a disgruntled cartoon cat and the caption "I LEFT MY BED FOR THIS?"

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Before the encore, æspa had a series of brief audience dance contests

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

State Farm Arena in ATL for the æspa concert

Wide angle view of the arena and stage as the audience files in.

Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See? No overhanging trees We eschewed direct shade in favor of unclogged gutters and no roof damage by not having any tall trees near our house And those branches are exactly where I drove my car into the garage last night — they would have fucked it up big-time if I drove over them!

The chonky tree debris from the side angle, showing the open garage door that they are in front of.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Went to take the garbage and recycling down to the curb and this is what I saw when I opened the garage door. 1) There aren't any trees above that pile 2) They weren't there at 930 PM last night when I got back from errands 3) There wasn't really any wind 4) No other debris down the driveway

A bunch of really chonky branches and tree debris sitting in a driveway.

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

[my favorite "Far Side" comic ever]

Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon. Cavepeople sleeping in a huddle in a cave under furs, with one of them bolt upright as though from a nightmare. The caveperson next to him says "Go back sleep, Thag... You only dream we live so long then die"