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[erilaz]

^ Old letters like that can be absolutely fascinating. As I've demonstrated on this forum time and time again, I collect postal history related to Esperanto, Volapük, and similar constructed international languages, and some of the stuff that I've accumulated really opens a window to the past. I have a letter from the mid-1950s where a Swedish Esperantist is asking an American Esperantist for a copy of the famous nude Marilyn Monroe pin-up. I have a 1940 Esperanto postcard mailed from the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to Italy and stamped by the Wehrmacht censor. I have a postcard where a Russian Esperantist apologizes for his failure to write, because he ruĝarmeiĝis (became a member of the Red Army). I have a postcard from World War I where a Japanese Esperantist tells an Australian Esperantist how he wishes that Kaiser Wilhelm could be exiled to St. Helena, or better yet, to the South Pole. I have a letter from America's leading Volapükist, Charles E. Sprague, giving instructions to his printers regarding the typesetting of M. W. Wood's Dictionary of Volapük (1889). Then there are several postcards where proponents of one language or another discuss the internal politics of the international language movement. Insights into history on little pieces of paper.

[Amped]

California in heatwave again.

[erilaz]

^ I'm very glad that it's supposed to last only a couple of days. Tomorrow's high in Berkeley is predicted to be 14℉ cooler than it was today.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

The power went out for about 30-40 minutes tonight and I learned my cat will not eat in the dark or via flashlight. Man has to have his lamp on. Probably shouldn't surprise me since he needs an escort down the hallway at night. (Maybe it's just normal cat things, I have no idea.)

[TotallyUncool]

That actually seems a little strange even for a cat! Or maybe he just wants the attention - which is very much within the range of normal cat behavior

[Shoujo Q]

Have you ever had your cat checked for eye problems? Either they have an issue where they can’t see at night or they are just weird. lol But it is something to look into if you think it might be an issue.

[TotallyUncool]

That's a good point - cats generally have good night vision, and are typically more nocturnal than not.

[Nayoko-Kihara]

Oh yeah, we worried about that a little while back, but he can see alright. The thing is he likes to go out and hang around the porch at night in mostly darkness (almost total darkness for the year our street light was out) for 2-3 hours and he prefers doing his business outside (his lifelong enemy is the litter box) so that also mostly gets done after dark, he's just a big spoiled baby about everything in the house.

[TotallyUncool]

Being a spoiled baby is definitely a cat thing!

[esm]

The power went out for about 30-40 minutes tonight and I learned my cat will not eat in the dark or via flashlight. Man has to have his lamp on. Probably shouldn't surprise me since he needs an escort down the hallway at night. (Maybe it's just normal cat things, I have no idea.)

My older cat (13 years old) is a little bit like that. He'd wake me up in the middle of the night, and when I get up I'd give him some treats and just go use the bathroom and he'd follow me to his litter box (which is in front of the bathroom) to use it. It's like he wants me to walk with him to the litter box. I live in a studio and it's not that far though. He can eat in the dark though.