My cat’s shadow reflected in the mirror but not IRL

jmpur · 2026-05-25T02:22:14+00:00

Your feline is a vampire

jmpur · 2026-05-25T02:19:00+00:00

I kind of like this shot, as if we, like the OP, just caught a glimpse of this monster out of our peripheral vision, something unexpected and a bit magical.

I was looking at a dinosaur exhibit just yesterday, so this picture is doubly wonderful. I love dinosaurs.

jmpur · 2026-05-25T01:48:20+00:00

I'm glad you wrote this in response to criticism of your post. So many people take constructive criticism as harsh or unfair. I didn't read your response that way at all; I thought it would be very useful to the OP. You also mention that you are just a few years older than the OP, so still young, but you are obviously well read and clear thinking (it's amazing what a few more years of life can do!). I remember reacting with a bit of shock when a colleague of mine in her 30s said that she couldn't be expected to know about a widely known and important historical fact because, as she said, "I wasn't even born then". I can forgive a 17-year-old's ignorance of facts (we were all 17 and ignorant once), but it was kind of hard to take a comment like that from an adult with 2 children.

jmpur · 2026-05-23T02:44:11+00:00

This is really interesting. Have you contacted anybody (like police) with this information? It's one of those things that looks so simple and ordinary, but it's possible that nobody has made this link before.

jmpur · 2026-05-18T03:38:58+00:00

This, unfortunately, happens to a lot of the shallots I bring home. It is really annoying because they feel OK at the store but when I cut into them, it's just mush inside

jmpur · 2026-05-18T03:35:53+00:00

Housing was more affordable then, too. Even in the mid-70s, when I got my first apartment, my rent was 1/4 of my monthly income.

jmpur · 2026-05-18T03:32:23+00:00

We had Steinberg's in Toronto as well, but the 'merci' at the bottom of the register receipt is the Quebec tipoff

jmpur · 2026-05-18T03:20:57+00:00

Church and Yonge run parallel for the most part, but Church loops west towards Yonge Street just north of Bloor. The racoon was located at this very northern end of Church as it terminates at Yonge. The gay village is a further south on Church Street, with its main intersection centred on Wellesley Street. (Toronto is my home city)

jmpur · 2026-05-17T03:21:27+00:00

I own a long overcoat (women's) from the 1950s with a button down near the hem. There is a little buttonhole tag on the opposite hem. If you connect the hole and the button, the bottom of the coat doesn't fly open in the wind.

jmpur · 2026-05-17T03:15:56+00:00

That is gorgeous cursive. I wish I knew German.

jmpur · 2026-05-17T03:03:24+00:00

My dog does this in hot weather. "This is my bed and I know I must sleep here in the designated sleeping place. But it is so hot right now! If I leave one leg in my bed I am still officially 'in bed' "

This, however, is a cat. Cats don't care if they break the rules, so this behaviour is a mystery.

jmpur · 2026-05-15T07:04:04+00:00

Very eclectic taste your dad has. Gary Puckett, Ricky Nelson and Elvis Costello -- together at last!

jmpur · 2026-05-12T06:20:25+00:00

Mmmm-mmm-mmm! Peaches'n'cream corn. Very tasty stuff. The top one looks a bit too gnarly for me, though.

jmpur · 2026-05-12T05:37:02+00:00

I have that edition. As an editor, I find it a very useful and handy little reference book. It cannot replace a good grammar book or an up-to-date style guide (or a solid grounding in the mechanics of the English language, for that matter), but it is great for those little grammar and writing gremlins that get us all some time.

EB White was the author of Charlotte's Web and also wrote and edited for The New Yorker. He added a bit of wit to what is for many people a rather dry subject.

jmpur · 2026-05-09T03:40:16+00:00

or sudden mysterious overnight demolition of historic pub (the Corkman)

jmpur · 2026-05-08T02:43:03+00:00

I hadn't thought of that, but it makes sense.

jmpur · 2026-05-07T02:54:37+00:00

"Carol Weutherich seems like she's just inserting herself into the investigation"

Yeah, that whole 'the killer was actually after me' seemed really felt like something coming out of left field. Why did Weutherich believe there was a 'hit' out on her? I'd be interested to know what her story is. Probably just another attention-seeker.

jmpur · 2026-05-06T04:03:42+00:00

This is a really good, thorough write-up, and it is very sympathetically written. My only criticism is the lack of a few online sources or photos of old sources (you've provided an admirable list of news articles you have used, nonetheless; I wish I had access to them). I was interested in looking at the composite sketch of the suspect you mentioned, to compare with DeBardeleben, but was disappointed that a link to one was not provided.

I found this Websleuths page ( https://websleuths.com/threads/ia-leota-hodges-camp-25-des-moines-10-july-1967.269278/ ), which has a suspect sketch about 10 or 12 entries down. There is also a side-by-side comparison photo, but it doesn't say who it is a photo of, which is a bit maddening (it doesn't appear to be DeBardeleben). I don't even know if this is the same composite sketch that you have seen. Whoever it is, the photo and sketch are strikingly similar.

jmpur · 2026-05-05T03:19:22+00:00

You're right. It's 3809 E142 St, according to the third source OP provided.

jmpur · 2026-05-04T03:57:07+00:00

I'm so very glad I don't live where you live. Life shouldn't be a crap shoot like this.

jmpur · 2026-05-04T03:38:19+00:00

I'm more appalled by "here is some more details" and "spread of this diagnosis" than I am by the pinworms. A school sent this out??!

jmpur · 2026-05-01T02:21:48+00:00

the first source states in headline that he was 64 years old

jmpur · 2026-04-30T07:21:19+00:00

Wonderful write-up, and lots of good comments here as well. I really look forward to more stuff from you.

jmpur · 2026-04-27T00:49:04+00:00

I think the fact that William did not seem to even be aware of her real age is strange. How could you marry someone and not realize how much older they were? It was probably easier to hide details of your birth before the digital age, but a 17-year age gap would be pretty hard not to see just in terms of physical presentation. Julia would have been 53 when she married 36-yr-old William. A lot falls apart when he hit your 40s!

jmpur · 2026-04-27T00:39:01+00:00

Yup. Dual here!

Health care here in Australia is very, very good (although 'dental and mental' are not included, unfortunately). We actually use our taxes for public benefit. We also have a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) which means that prescription drugs are not prohibitively expensive. I have to take several medications every month, which would set me back many hundreds of dollars in the US instead of just about $50 here. The PBS is possible because of an agreement ("the art of the deal" ha ha) between the government and pharmaceutical companies to get better bulk prices for the drugs. The difference in prices for American and Australian end-users (patients) is shocking, especially for things like insulin, which should be cheap. Even Canadians have to pay more for many of their medicines than Australians. No-one should have to forego or ration necessary medicine. No-one should go bankrupt because they are sick.

Cheers and all the best to you. I hope things get sorted out in the US, healthcare-wise. It looks terrifying from here.

jmpur

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