to be clear: i've never seen a rodent or any sign of a rodent in the apartment itself. i've seen them crawl over a taped-up hole in the bathroom (underneath the upstairs kitchen, which is where they're really living) and i've heard them scratching at night. i also know that they are transiting through the laundry area.

i haven't seen a roach in here, either. if they are eating anything in here at all, they're keeping the roach population down. there's nothing else for them to eat in here.

so i don't really know if the insulation was left by a mouse, and maybe that's unlikely, except that i have a theory.

i think there's a small mouse around here, and rats upstairs. i've been going after the rats, and having some success in blocking them access. the mouse may see me as an ally for that reason. it might want to nest with me for that reason.

i'll also point out that a mouse would love my diet as it's high in cereals, bacon, cheese, yeast, hemp, avocado and spices. 

==============================cycle 6 eaten through, except for four exceptions

- dec 6th: the salsas for the cycle 7 bacon and eggs, together, with cheese and yeast.

- dec 7th: first cycle 7 bacon & eggs. no salsa.

- dec 8th: second cycle 7 bacon & eggs. no salsa.

- dec 9th: first cycle 8 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa (to eat red pepper & broc)

- dec 10th: second cyle 8 quinoa, with lentils subbed for quinoa (to eat red pepper & broc)

- dec 11th/12th: first cycle 7 nachos. 2x juice. plus subway, bmt with bacon.

- dec 13th/14th: second cycle 7 nachos. 2x juice.

- dec 15th: second cycle 7 tomato sandwich, with uncle ben gumbo with dill and garlic, monterrey jack cheese, nutritional yeast, hemp seeds, caesar and frank's.

- dec 16th: first cycle 7 cereal, plus two instant oatmeals with an apple with a touch of chocolate soy.

- dec 17th: second cycle 7 cereal, plus two instant oatmeals and an apple with a touch of chocolate soy.

===================cycle 7 eaten through, except for four exceptions.

- dec 18th: first cycle 8 cereal, plus two instant oatmeals with an apple with a touch of chocolate soy.

- dec 19th: second cycle 8 cereal, plus two instant oatmeals and an apple with a touch of chocolate soy.

- dec 20th: salsa for cycle 8 eggs, together, with cheese and yeast.

- dec 21st: first cycle 8 bacon & eggs. no salsa.

- dec 22nd: second cycle 8 bacon & eggs. no salsa.

- dec 23rd/24th: first cycle 8 nachos. 2x juice.

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if a mouse has been spying on me, it can see and more importantly smell (mice are nearly blind) that i eat well.

how far have mice been to being domesticated over the last several centuries? i mean house mice. if we weren't so busy trying to kill them, we'd keep them as pets. they like us. we don't like them.

what i'll say about the mouse is that if i can't find any droppings, i won't concern myself with it. i'd have to have a reason to go after it.

it's the rat or rats i want out of here and i'm still studying them to figure out how. it's going to be hard to deal with the problem so long as the upstairs tenants keep food out and in the sink.

i lost yesterday due to the leak and today due to catching up on sleep. i'll be awake overnight and trying to see what they're up to.

as an atheist, i actually think that merry christmas and happy holidays both suck. i'm not any more interested in hanukkah or whatever else than i am in christmas. they're both stupid.

i consequently have two better ideas, which are variations of the same idea:

- have a sexy solstice, which would require a little sass along the sexy part to get right or

- have a saucy saturnalia

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadians-merry-christmas-holiday-stress-poll

the united states already has control over greenland.

instead of being paternalistic and imperialist and controlling, why don't the americans try convincing greenland to vote to become a us territory?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-greenland-landry-envoy-9.7025607

to summarize.

- the senate still has the opportunity to intervene.

- the issue should be sent to the supreme court as a reference question

- the governor general should refuse to sign it, if none of that happens

- if it somehow becomes law, it should be challenged as unconstitutional in the courts, and the courts should strike it down

specifically, the formula for amending the role of the governor-general is in s. 41 of the constitution act, and requires unanimous consent:

Amendment by unanimous consent

41 An amendment to the Constitution of Canada in relation to the following matters may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada only where authorized by resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons and of the legislative assembly of each province:

• (a) the office of the Queen, the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governor of a province;

• (b) the right of a province to a number of members in the House of Commons not less than the number of Senators by which the province is entitled to be represented at the time this Part comes into force;

• (c) subject to section 43, the use of the English or the French language;

• (d) the composition of the Supreme Court of Canada; and

• (e) an amendment to this Part.

if the parliament wishes to amend the existing constitution by adding roles and responsibilities to the office of the governor-general, it should follow the rules to amend the constitution, as they exist in the constitution act, 1982.

this should be seen as unnecessary.

rather, the responsibilities in the act should simply be given to the minister of immigration.

the bill itself would likely be declared unconstitutional if brought before the courts. the constitution determines what roles the governor general has and this role is not in the constitution.

the parliament, or the senate, should ask the supreme court if it is constitutional for the parliament to expand the powers of the governor-general, before proceeding.

if this bill does pass the senate, mary simon should refuse to sign it.

this may result in her being replaced with somebody that will sign it, but it will also draw attention to the issue, and it will certainly become a major election issue in the next cycle.

canadians will not accept any discretionary role for the governor general, whatsoever.

the governor-general is an unelected figurehead. she should not have any discretionary power in government at all.

this is the first i've heard of this, but i would urge the senate to block this bill on the grounds that it is creeping monarchism, and uncanadian for that reason.

these powers should be given to an elected minister, in this case the minister of immigration, and not to an unelected figurehead of the monarch.

most canadians would be baffled by this provision if they were aware of it, and nobody would oppose it more than the british parliament would.

mr carney is identifying himself as a monarchist, and that is a position that is uncanadian and not welcome here.

https://www.cicnews.com/2025/12/major-immigration-bill-nears-approval-what-it-means-for-newcomers-1263891.html

there was a leak here yesterday that forced to me to stay up past my bedtime and i slept a little in the morning, from about 3:00-7:00, which is unusual. i woke up this morning to find a small amount of insulation beside me.

nothing bit me. i have not found a single dropping anywhere in the apartment.

rather, it almost seems to be a gift and a sign of kindness. a benevolent mouse would think i should want insulation in my bed. right?

does the mouse want to snuggle?

where did this mouse come from?

i'm doubling down on the conclusion that this rodent has taken a liking to me and i'm trying to figure out if it's maternal instinct gone awry or some kind of evil psyop. mammals really don't have instincts, that's a myth. mammals are taught everything. mice are not born knowing how to be a mouse, mice have to be taught how to be mice.

this has to be very, very weird.

the other possibility i'm contemplating is that this is a baby mouse and it's mother is dead or gone and it's reaching out to me in desperation. i'm at least a mammal, right?

i obviously don't want to kill this thing, but i have to.

an invasion of alberta would create tremendous problems for british columbia, which would be blocked from the rest of canada, except via the yukon. further, it would be inevitable that the united states would seek to connect alberta to alaska.

alberta would eventually take yukon and bc with them as the 52nd and 53rd states, whether they like it or not.

alberta does not have independence as a real option. 

back in 1995, quebec came very close to declaring independence. in response, the parliament passed some laws, and the supreme court made a ruling that's not very well understood but that says that it would be legal for quebec to separate if they can muster the force to do it but that it is otherwise illegal under canadian law. 

that doesn't actually matter very much.

we know today that clinton had been informed of an existing contingency plan written by the pentagon to instantly invade quebec on a declaration of independence. the marines, air force and navy were on guard to invade. quebec came within a few percentage points of becoming the 51st state.

there is a plan to eventually invade montreal in the united states constitution. montreal, it should not be forgotten, was the only major french settlement not taken over in the louisiana purchase, which included major us cities like detroit, chicago, st louis, minneapolis and new orleans. the reason is that the british had already conquered it, at the time.

there is obviously a similar us contingency plan to invade alberta, and it will not take more than six months to trigger.

it follows that alberta may remain in canada or become the 51st state, by force. those are their choices. that is all. there is no alternative.

if alberta wants to get that oil on ships to china, annexation by the united states will not help them do that.