monkey button-pusher instincts and predators

Today I learned that watching old NASA footage gives me a bad case of labsickness. I miss all the expensive metal boxes with buttons and knobs that tell you obscure bits of information about things you can't actually see. You know, the toys.

Also, the neighbors report that we missed seeing a bobcat sitting on our fence, which could have something to do with why the dove nest in the vine on the patio is all knocked off its foundation.