I’ve had a lot of cats over the years, with a few very accomplished hunters of mice, which I constantly found beheaded in the back yard.

But as far as I know, they only killed one bird, and the murderer was so excited, that he came and got my wife and I, and led us to the scene of the crime, to brag about it. Clearly not something he did often.

I watched one cat leap into a flock of sparrows on the ground. They all flew off, and she leaped epically, and brought down a single bird, holding it under her paw, clearly not sure what to do at that point.

Suddenly a sparrow dropped to the ground about 6 feet away, and started flopping around, as if injured, and making a LOT of noise. That attracted my cat’s attention, and as she took one step toward the “injured” bird, she lifted her paw off the captured bird, and both birds flew away, leaving her empty-handed, with a VERY confused expression.

I believe the bird-killing allegation is far overblown, and birds have developed their own defensive strategies as well.

There will probably be a lot of recommendations for Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos, etc., and they’re all great.

One that tends to fly under the radar is The Americans, about a family of Soviet spies under deep cover in suburban DC. A top FBI counter-espionage agent moves in across the street, and they become close friends.

Great writing, acting, everything. One of the very best finales I’ve ever seen.

One of my favorites.

Met someone I liked better.

Everybody needs a hobby.

What kind of an ego do you have to have to think you know everything about science, so you write a textbook, and when you get to electricity, you don’t know anything about it, but since you know everything about everything, if you don’t know anything about electricity, that means nobody else does, either?

That’s the problem, they can believe in Jesus, but not electricity.

That’s only about 2.5 eggs per day. Cook a 3 egg omelette for breakfast for 4 days, and you’ve already used up a dozen. Make some egg salad for lunch a few times, and cook a few pans of brownies or cookies, and you’ll burn through them easily.

Hazing is illegal. Sue them.