If pets had thumbs … they would rule the world. Today is National If Pets Had Thumbs Day. Consider it. Revel in the possibilities.

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A little update about James – the goof in my apartment building.

This morning I wake up to weird metallic voices in my stairwell. It turns out James is on a walkie talkie communicating with the head maintenance guys for the apartment.

I walk out of my building and someone has chosen an interesting park space. My apartment has, essentially, a u-shaped drive and people parallel park on the street between the entrance and exit drives. Last night someone decided to parallel park in a spot that completely blocked the exit drive. Then some mature person in my building decided to cover the car in salsa and put the cardboard from a case of coke under their windshield wipers.