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First, going out of business is very sad. Even if you’re ready and prepared—you put a lot into starting and growing a business, often everything you have. It’s sad if it fails immediately and it’s sad when it comes to an end later.

Second, you wouldn’t believe all the empty store fronts in my immediate neighborhood. I don’t understand how it’s better for the landlords to charge rents no one can afford and then have the buildings sit empty, often for years. Writing it off is better?

I always hope when a new business finally does rent one of these shops it will be something I can afford or is something useful (a deli or a diner) or something just plain fun (a shop that sells musical instruments). I’m almost always disappointed.

That store below that I indicate was recently something else? As far as I can tell they sell one style glass candle holder, nothing else. Just the one thing in different colors. I must be wrong. I’ll look closer tomorrow.

These places have been empty for at least a decade, I believe.

Buddy is on my lap purring, we might get snow tonight, last night’s Fringe finale was GREAT, and boy do I want those two to get together. Normally I’m okay if two characters never get together, but I want those two to end up together.

A pigeon on my roof. That’s what I get. No woodpeckers, no titmice, no bluebirds. Actually, maybe more interesting birds stop by for all I know.

I took this shot of a bug under the skylight in the roof of my building. I wasn’t using macro, this is just a quick snapshot of a bug maybe 4 or 5 feet above me. It’s not a great photograph or anything, but amazing for just a quick snapshot. Poor bug.

Buddy Update: He ate a complete breakfast of the Fancy Feast Shredded Turkey and Cheese. A solid, complete and total meal’s worth!! So I’ll be buying a few more cans of this today.

The thing is, he liked the Meox Mix dry food last night, but not this morning, so I suspect he may decide he doesn’t like the Fancy Feast Shredded Turkey and Cheese when I try it again. I’m also going to try the probiotics. And maybe something called Gastriplex. And Omega 3 fish oil.

Yesterday I put up a minimized version of my snow fort for the bird feeder and it didn’t snow!

Buddy Update: Diarrhea bad, eating finicky to the extreme.

The oncologist said I need to give the chemotherapy a month. But Buddy only ate a little today and minutes ago he completely diarrhetic. That said, he does seem better to me. He’s out and about more. Here he was earlier today for instance, sitting my lap looking at … YOU!

Chemo Cat is still beautiful.

Tomorrow I’m going to buy Meow Mix as Citizen Reader suggested. Oh, and he ate some of the Friskies that Melissa suggested. He licked the sauce part and left the rest. It’s something.