Pain and Penitence

[pshaw_raven]

Registration for the Boston Half Marathon isn't open yet, but they've posted the dates. You'll need to run your virtual race September 17 - 19. Coupled with Fox's hope to do another Disney trip in September, which would be a late birthday trip for me, since going in August isn't fun, I may put aside the Tour De Pain until 2022, as it falls on August 13 - 14. That opens up space, saves me some registration money, and allows me to focus on just half marathon training. Then, if all goes right with the world (and I have no reason to assume it will) we'll have Wine & Dine in October/November and Marathon Weekend in January. So I don't want to overbook myself.

I'm dealing with stupidity between my doctor's office and the insurance, they say the doc denied a refill, so I left a message. Honestly, isn't there some way to cure anxiety disorders? It seems like it would be easier than dealing with this bullshit, and not needing RX refills means I could avoid the doctor more. There's got to be some way to do that.

I have no idea of the interest levels, but I'm considering either taking video or live streaming an attempt to get the "Bronze Medal" achievement in Blasphemous. It requires you to get through the bronze doors of the church within three hours, so I'd need to get through the first four boss battles, while skipping all the side quests. I'd also be doing it with a "penance" in place. Straight up video capture would be less interesting, since it would only be the game's audio files, but a live stream would probably be rated R for strong adult language.

I got to touch a mole the other day. The terra cotta dish I put corn in for the squirrels and rabbits (keeps the squirrels out of the bird feeders) holds water when it rains, so I went outside near nightfall to tip the water out. In doing so, I uncovered a mole who'd burrowed underneath the dish and when it didn't move, I tried stroking its back. I was surprised at how soft and velvety its fur was. When it didn't make any attempt to leave, I picked it up and it let me hold it for a little while before pooping on me, then trying to dig its way out of my hands, which felt really strange. I finally put it back in the hole it had dug under the corn dish, and it dug its way out of sight. I think it's still out there, because there are more mole hills around that dish this morning.

Comments

[the_metabaron]

Moles are fearless.  One came into the house a couple of years ago now, and as I sat at the kitchen table it just noodled around my feet sniffing for crumbs, oblivious of any danger.  I was delighted.

[pshaw_raven]

This one didn't seem particularly scared, just not really thrilled about being picked up by some big monkeys.

[8hyenas]

I have only touched dead moles, but they are 100% the softest thing. Odd sentence...

[pshaw_raven]

I've been seeing their mounds and stuff around the yard for years but never saw the moles themselves. My FIL even gave us this medieval-looking mole "trap" that impales them, but I don't mind them enough to want to kill them.

[8hyenas]

Just clarifying, I didn’t kill the moles. It’s either the cat or the dogs but sometimes one shows up on the porch

[pshaw_raven]

Oops - I didn't mean to imply YOU killed them.
A long time ago, the house I lived in had chipmunks, and my cat would occasionally leave a dead chipmunk for me. Or part of one, anyway.

[8hyenas]

Lol I didn't feel you'd really thought I was a mole killer, but JUST IN CASE

[the_metabaron]

In Ye Olde Days, you could get moleskin cushions for bunions, corns, other foot/shoe problems.  Nowadays it's foam rubber, which works just as well, really…