Great Wall, Pandas, and Mcdonald's

 I stopped by the store yesterday.  It had been a hot day.  I hear a record heat.  When I went into the store, I felt a drop or two.  Once inside, I heard the rain coming down.  Walking outside, I was greeted with a downpour.  There were a group of people massing at the doors.  Lightning was flashing and thunder was booming.  I had to wait 30 minutes to get to my car without getting thoroughly soaked.  This year is hotter and the storms will be more intense.  

 We have an outside cat.  We feed it.  It was left by a previous neighbor.  We try to feed it.  It does find its own food.  It seems to like squirrels.  Unfortunately, we find the tails and other body parts on the porch.  The chickens poise a problem.  That is for the dog and the cat.  If you feed either in daylight, they will swoop down on the food.  The cat is not aggressive.  It will run away if the chicken goes after the food.  We got a auto feeder.  It worked great.  Then, something found it.  I will say it was probably raccoons.  I have used a brick to weigh it down and even covered with items.  The next morning the feeder was tilted over.  I have to rethink it.  Maybe I can build a strong cover.  One that raccoons can not outsmart.   

 They're back!  I keep finding rats around the chicken and rabbits.  I did use an electronic trap.  It worked great.  The second time I used it was a failure.  The bait even disappeared.  I don't know how that happened.  I can't test the shock plate.  Maybe I can use an voltage tester.  The next area I searched was one of the coop buildings.  I kicked an area where they hide and up the wall one ran.  I had my bb gun ready.  It went toward the roof and walked over me.  I guess they do not know how much of a target they present.  I shot.  It did not move for a second.  They it kept running.   I shot again.  I know I hit it because when it made it to the ground, it's back legs were not working.  I tried to put it out of it's misery, but it managed to escape.  In it's weakened condition, I feel the rats will finish the job if it does not just die.  I want to use poison, but the...

 When they do these super hero movies, they need to limit how powerful their character is.  If nothing can harm then, why bother to see the movie. There are no stakes.  One thing I hated with the Christopher Reeve movies is they kept bringing in Lex Luthor.  At least number 2 had villains that could equal Superman.  These new movies are getting annoying.  Every five seconds, they are pulling out the laser eyes.  This is like watching a JJ Abrams movie where he has an excess use of lens flares.