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Head's up for US shippers. USPS Ground Advantage is changing its 'expected' delivery times from 2-5 days to 10+ days. It will travel road only, so do not use this for temp-sensitive items. Priority mail to the non-contiguous US will be 2-6 days, but expect the high end.

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Kittens. Vertigo spent the morning knocking things over in his room. Knocked over a mirror and made a loud clash (and also blocked the door from opening). Knocked stuff off shelves. Exploring his space and getting more comfortable. It's actually a good sign. But loud at 4am. :)

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There is a kitty on a cloud... She likes to go there in her sleep. Nobody shout or talk too loud. Not while the kitty's on her cloud.

A tabico kitten asleep in the center of a pile of white blankets.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 01/10/2026

Two minutes of incredibly adorable kitten grooming and stretching for your Friday.

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Look at this pretty girl!

A silver and white tabby stares at the camera.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 01/10/2026

Whole Foods trying to entice me back with a spam email today offering 20% off caviar. Sure, WF. That's totally going to get me back in there...

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 01/10/2026

October has arrived! Absolutely the best time to putter about in the North Georgia mountains. Lots of festivals and fun. Apple houses are open all over. Pumpkin patches and corn mazes. But steer clear of Helen, GA! It's Octoberfest and traffic is AWFUL. It's the best of times and the wurst of times.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 30/09/2026

Our first non-raccoon/non-cat visitor in a few days...

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Okay. Vertigo is done with surgery and in recovery. Will pick up in a couple of hours. Vertigo is a boy. 3.6 lbs (~1.6 kg). Estimates are about 3-4 months old. Negative for FeLV and FIV, so he'll be allowed in gen pop.

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Vertigo is home. Made a beeline for mom (who's in the cubby just beneath him). Meowed like mad when he realised she was there. And has now settled down to chill. She's not sure who he is yet, but he's tiny, so she's adopted a relaxed posture now and is calm.

A fuzzy security cam shot of a small orange kitten lying in a basket in a cat tree. Just beneath him, a tortie sits in a cubby.

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Unhappy little baby dropped off to be fixed.

A small orange tabby kitten sits in a trap in the back of the car

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Okay. Vertigo is in the hands of the clinic now. So I fret. And fret. And fret. And did I mention fretting? I know these things are utterly routine. But there's ALWAYS a risk, even with routine surgery. So I shan't be able to relax until the little kid's back here and safe.

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Trap set for the kitten. We’ll see if he comes back and, if so, if he goes into the trap. And then... well. We'll burn that bridge when we come to it.

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I have literally no idea what this random facebook ad is saying. I'mma assume they're selling ungraduated, white violin bodies. But... I don't actually know. Piano embryos??

A picture of stacks of violins and celli, none with necks attached. The text is from "Wholesale Violins & Bows for repair/restoration (Dealer's Page)" on Facebook. The ad copy says, "Leave the time to the soul of the voice, and leave the hassle to the professional us. Professionally customized refined piano embryos to accurately reserve the acoustic tuning thickness For you. Without heavy blanking and sharpening, you can fully devote yourself to the shaping and carving of t He core tone - even simplify the process, and achieve your unique violin sound."

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Vertigo was SO much easier to catch than his/her mother.

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"I'm really cutting down on sugar," I say to myself, having made waffles with no sugar in the batter. I then lightly dust the tops of the waffles with a quart of maple syrup...

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A moment at Lake Cherful (Cheerful). Went for a walk in one of my favourite demi-cities over the weekend. The tiny city of Mountain Park. A pretty place to visit.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 27/09/2026

All our cats are feral. In general, they almost never vocalise to either me or my wife. Once in a while to each other, but rarely. And they have somewhat understandable behaviours. Our abandoned STRAY on the other hand is equally loud to us both. But we never know what she wants.

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One of Esme's errant kids showed up today...

A tiny orange kitten sits on the edge of an old wooden garden bed.

A small orange kitten wanders next to the tire of a car.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 26/09/2026

The entire bottom shelf in our freezer has been encased in 12" of solid ice for a good while now. We've been resisting the need to defrost the thing for a while because it's, like, work (and we've a lot of frozen stuff). And f that. But today, we chipped it all out with hammers and picks.

A large stainless steel sink full of ice and an Imperial pint of shandy cooling off, so I can celebrate later.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 26/09/2026

My boys...

Three orange cats stare out some open windows. Two in cat baskets, and one stretching up from the floor next to a cat basket. Outside the windows is lush and green, and there's likely a squirrel or chipmunk on the forest floor being eyed murderously by the kitties.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 26/09/2026

We transferred Esme from her recuperation kennel to her new room yesterday. Her new room is Hallow's old room (which was Junior and Niall's old room). Hallow's a bit less than thrilled, but she has the rest of the house, and Esme needs her own space. Esme was... not an easy move. Took over an hour.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 25/09/2026

Things GOT weird? No... they STARTED that way. You built AI clones of your coworkers. That's REALLY fucking weird, Kate. That is absolutely not normal.

A headline for a Wired article that says, "I built AI clones of my coworkers. Things got weird."

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 25/09/2026

Morning walk

A pre dawn sky with the clouds tipped orange and the trees in shadow

Early morning. The clouds are bright and the sky is light blue, but the trees haven’t been touched yet by the sun

The tops of the trees just beginning to be hit by the early morning sunlight

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 25/09/2026

This little dude (my brother) turns 55 today. He's ancient. Happy Birthday, Dylan!

A photo of a young boy in a 'Scotland' shirt, staring at a barnyard animal birthday cake, upon which is written 'Happy Birthday.' There are crisps on plates around the table, and the boy and a couple of visible guests are all wearing hats. The boy's paper hat is a golden crown. The image was taken in the 1970s, and definitely has that 70s feel to it.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 24/09/2026

This little girl... ❤️

A tortie kitten is curled up asleep on some faux fur blankets, looking all cute.

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Neil Ramsay @neil-ramsay.com · 23/09/2026

Made this little gold maple leaf pendant today in honour of the first day of Autumn. Any excuse to saw some metal! The copper leaves at the bottom were made some years ago for hammered copper napkin rings. Someday, I'll make more of those if someone orders them.

A purple Montgomery-Ramsay product box sits against a purple background. Hanging over the edge of the box is a gold maple leaf pendant on a chain. Surrounding the base of the box are some copper maple leaves (Acer saccharum).

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi-- My wife is selling off her dad's collection of cameras and camera accessories. Her dad kept them in excellent to excellent-to-mint condition. These are all for a vintage Nikon S2. If you're interested in buying anything, e-mail me at jjnevins@ix.netcom.com Thanks!

Nikon S2 camera body, serial number: 6158222, plus instruction booklet
Lens Nikkor-S.C 1:1.4 f=5cm Nippon Kogaku Japan No. 367079 with hood and original lens cap
Lens Nikkor-Q.C 1:3.5 f=13.5cm Nippon Kogaku Japan No. 261655 with hood and original leather case
Lens W-Nikkor-C 1:3.5 f=3.5cm Nippon Kogaku Tokyo No. 426869 with original cap and leather case
Lens Nikkor-P.C 1:2 f=8.5cm Nippon Kogaku Japan No. 404330 with hood, original cap, and original leather case
Nippon Kogaku Japan 13.5cm accessory viewfinder for Nikon S-series rangefinder in original leather case
Nippon Kogaku Japan 8.5cm accessory viewfinder for Nikon S-series rangefinder in original leather case
Nippon Kogaku Japan 3.5cm accessory viewfinder for Nikon S-series rangefinder in original leather case
Nikon Flash Unit Model BC-5, with instructions in original box
Bel-View filter set for Nikon: four filters in original leather case
Vivitar red filter 43mm
Three reusable 35mm metal film cassettes/magazines for Nikon rangefinder, two likely brass
Vintage Japanese shoe-mount selenium exposure light meter with hinged photocell cover, exposure calculator, maker/model unknown, with original leather case
Minori mechanical camera self-timer / delayed shutter release, made in Japan, PAT. 23650/DSG.9550 in original leather case
Voightlander VC Meter II, new light meter, probably used with Nikon S2, in original box
Pleasant Auto-Up I Super Nooky for Nikon S2, Nikkor F1.4
Tiffen All Purpose Series #5 Adapter Ring in original box
Beseler Camera bag

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Awesome. The clinic is refusing to honour our TNR coupons, so we get to pay more for Esme's procedure than we'd expected. Fantastic. Glad they told us AFTER the procedure.

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The spicy meatball is home and in her recuperation cage for a couple of days to heal while we figure out what the hell to DO with her now...

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Today is the last day of Summer here (equinox isn't until well after sunset for us). Tomorrow is the first day of Autumn. It will SUDDENLY turn cooler tomorrow according to the forecast. Like clockwork.

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Ahhh... another few hundred in tariffs plus another $50 in fees. UPS' fees for assessing tariffs are ridiculous. There's the brokerage fee. There's the collection fee. There's the line-item charge per item in the shipment. There's the digital payment fee. Basically a lot of fee fees.

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Clouds this morning

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A Cacao Affair (acacaoaffair.com) is up the road from the clinic that does the procedures for a lot of the cats, so I head up there after drop off to reward myself. Today's reward:

A selection of 10 fancy desserts. There's a raspberry, a chocolate monstrosity of some kind, a coconut, a peach, a lemon drop (indigo), a tiramisu, another super chocolatey thing, a hazelnut chocolate thing, a coffee torte thing, and a pistachio.

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Okay. Esme's transferred back from luxury accommodations to the trap for her TNR appt. She is still a serious ball of anger. Some of that may settle in a month or so post-procedure. But she's spicy. Who wants a challenge? I think Esme will settle into being a lovely girl, but it will take TIME.

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Esme is negative for FIV, negative for FeLV. Procedure went well and she is in recovery.

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This tends to be what I see when I see people's flyers on FB these days... a sea of sameness. Everyone over there is letting AI make all their design decisions. The stores that AREN'T actually stand out as creative and unique. Everyone else is just a blur of boring, identical schlock.

A collage of advertisements pulled from Facebook showing a zillion identical-looking adverts, all made by AI.

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They've successfully cut out the cable provider middlemen, and can now make more money than the Disney Channel ever did... We dropped them when they went from $60/year to $120/year in our 2nd year, and, honestly, haven't missed it. I suspect this is the way they'll all go soon.

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My baby (Big Tiger). He doesn't actually know his name IS Big Tiger. He's only responded to 'Baby Boy' since he was a kitten. I could call him from the deck, and he'd come from a couple of houses over in a flash. He sometimes still comes when I call. You know. If he's not busy with cat stuff.

A golden-eyed orange cat lies in a cat basket, staring in the general direction of the camera.

A sleepy orange cat lies curled up in a cat tree basket that is clearly too small for him. Behind him, the sun shines in the garden where he once ran and played. He's listening to the sounds of the outdoors.

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The number of jewellers I see in business that do NOT specify any terms of sale is bizarre to me. Like... I'll constantly see people in industry groups asking what to do in the case of a customer wanting a refund. Or how to handle deposits. Etc. And this is AFTER they've made sales.

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