Unfortunately Neo disappeared two days ago. I had been running into him hunting at night, farther and more boldly away from the house. However, both cats religiously arrive on the windowsill each morning for food. Neo missed the last two mornings. He will be missed.

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Tom Ondrey/Post-Gazette
There certainly have been a few voices throughout sports broadcasting that have become synonymous with certain teams and towns, but I challenge anyone to produce a character as original as Myron Cope. Cope went so far as to invent his own language. He was responsible for nicknaming our favourite Steeler players, including ‘The Bus’. [...]

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The cats downed their third hawk sometime this morning.
Number two was witnessed by Gabe and Lisa while gardening. The hawks were playing with a mouse high in the air, dropping it to each other and diving to catch it. This went on for some time before one of the hawks dropped the mouse into the [...]

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Here I was all excited that our venus fly trap was flowering, until I looked it up on the Internet. The plant might not be getting all the sun it needs, but the damp conditions are certainly ideal. We’ll see if these buds prove fatal.

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Gabe found a goat’s skull in the woods beside the house today. We had heard the last family kept goats. (Gabe just corrected me that there were two skulls, but this one was in the best shape.)

I was instantly reminded of the Rolling Stones album Goats Head Soup. I don’t remember much about the album, [...]

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