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28 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
‘Give me a piggly wiggly shirt long enough and a naked mole rat on which to place it, and I shall move the world.’

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16 piggly wiggly shirts here with 4 more in the wash. I need more. Cuz last I checked there weren’t only 20 days in a year…
Come home to see The Extra Orangey has perfected the MeanCat kitchen blockade. He’s an extra history’s greatest monster.
And Big Eyes has claimed more territory in the name of the Orangey Army. The end is soon. Good to be home, that is at least where I’m allowed to be until I sign the armistice.

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29 May
Watering plants and flowers in the morning is one of my favorite things. I tend to the garden while the orangey army conducts maneuvers. We’ve compromised. I fed & arm them & they do what they want always. Nice balance. Anyway. We are about to have a ton of gorgeous sunflowers
We’re gonna make a ton of pesto this weekend. Freeze it in ice cube trays for quick pesto dishes later. Not sure if we have enough basil…
Nice try, Oragney demon guard of the basil. Nice try. I’ll pick some later when you’re eating lunch.
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1 May
Whew. We hadn’t seen drunk uncle Orangey in over 24 hours. He rarely misses any of his daily 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners, & one bedtime snack, let alone all of them. But here he is chilling on his pillows. Actually looks happy & healthy. He’s grifting good somewhere else…
I meant, ugh, he’s back. Meh.
6 years ago MeanCat went missing for three or four days. We put up laminated flyers warning people that he was a very mean cat and please call us if he commits felonies such as home invasion, car jacking, and WiFi theft. He was actually staying with a neighbor who ‘adopted him’
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25 Apr
Since no one piece can touch on even a fraction of the issues with local police work in America...I wrote four. Here’s the first, my thoughts of rejecting the warrior view of policing & embracing a neighbor view. Last June after George Floyd’s murder.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
Here is the second, written during the outrage over law enforcement hiding not just their faces but also their names even as they act in all of our names. There are times for that; but accountability & transparency must be a foundation of our job.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
Here’s the third: after the violent insurrection at the US Capitol, where I worked for the briefest of times in 2001-2002. On the horror of ‘shoot don’t shoot’ in that particular moment.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
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24 Apr
Annoying oak tree thread in bound: great time to unfollow. I warned you I was a truly terrible twitter follow...
So for years I’ve waddled around my neighborhood & taken countless pics of the ginormous live oaks all around me. Soon I’ll use my real camera to take some frame-worthy photos for a collection called ‘The Giant Oaks of East Savannah’. The title means it’s classy & stuff...
But today before it rained I waddled about to look at some oaks in the really interesting light. Here are some:
Not so giant live oak in park behind my house. But has great bones.
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24 Apr
Found out my blathering for the @washingtonpost will actually be in print tomorrow for their Sunday edition. Now that would have made my old man giggle for sure.

washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
I’ll be honest: this is the 3rd piece I’ve written for the Post on police issues & I am surprised by the reaction to this one. I liked the writing of the other two: had some lovey narrative threads & repetitions. This one was just raw: wrote it quickly. Felt kinda meh about it
So it’s a bit different in style I guess but not substance. It says nothing new or revelatory. It says what I and millions stress every day. “Treat your neighbors like they are your neighbors’. And it would be better if they were your literal neighbors but that’s a larger issue.
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10 Apr
We tell drivers to pull into well-lit spots. If they go slow, the cops know what they’re doing and just follow them to the well-lit spot. It’s really obvious when this happens. IT IS NOT A REASON TO PULL YOUR GUN. If your gun is out, then bad things happen really fast. Also...
What is the point in pulling the driver out of the car? The original infraction was ‘no tag’ though it might have had a paper tag but let’s just say no tag). That’s not a reason to pull someone out of the car. Neither is a slow-speed anti-chase to a well-lit area. So I say again:
Compliance is not the goal of a police encounter. COMPLIANCE IS NOT THE GOAL OF A POLICE ENCOUNTER. Determine what the goal of the call is, the purpose of you being there, and work that issue. No tag? Ok. Wow. Maybe ask about it. Without your gun out. We don’t have to be this way
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