Congratulations on getting the cat hair from under the bed. I have underbed storage and some long wood side panels of antique bed frames under the modern beds in my house and any gaps between all of those things are probably caulked full with dog hair.

Pepper is shedding at a rate that seems impossible - how can one dog have that much hair? And it's summer! The Furminator worked on Zeke with his dense and complex Lab coat, but hers is patches of black shorter fine alternating with long merle guard hairs, and each color has a different density. Amazon has various brushes - I've searched for one best suited to her - brushing a wide swath with a bunch of little wires (tipped or no - that's one consideration for her tender skin) to be able to get a lot in the short amount of time she will tolerate my brushing her. Or one that she really likes and doesn't mind if I do it.

I could use a tape lint roller on Cookie if she needed a cleanup.

Two more games dropped off at the public library. They keep them on a shelf at the front desk and anyone can ask to use them - games stay there in the library, making it easier to keep track of parts and the sheet of rules.

I'm working my way through the Taubes Case for Keto and had a moment of philosophical inspiration on the current chapter. I've read enough of his descriptions of how the old thinking is incorrect but doctors and science keeps trying to follow that same path - calories in, calories out; eat less, lose weight - it's like how other things are done in our Western culture. Cities have congested highways so they add more lanes. More lanes won't make a difference, it's the same old thing. A different answer is to change how we get around. You see the correlation? The new lanes aren't working because the real problem is we must move more people with fewer resources. The science of how we process carbs makes a good case for dropping that part of the food pyramid or whatever shape de jour; the science of how to get all people to appreciate rapid transit (not just the segment of the population that can't afford cars). Paradigm shifts in both cases. (That kind of shift is also what is called for to remedy some of the US' political issues now, but I'll stop there.)

This weekend's overcast days are fine - it's cooler, and rain is predicted for the Monday holiday - that would be wonderful!