The Bleedin' Obvious

There is a house up the street from me with a small airconditioning unit in right the front window. There are two problems with this installation. Because this is on a porch, and there's no guard over the fins, those are all mashed flat. Little or no air can go through the waste heat coils.

Secondly, the unit is installed with a distinct inward tilt, so any condensation which manages to form in this strangled condition will fall on the floor/carpet, whatever.

And it's been like that for years.

Masked Catfood Thieves

Had to get up a bit after Midnight to chase off a couple of raccoons. I didn't close the cat door last night and they got in the basement, and were bumping the pan the dry cat food is in while eating. Not nearly as noisy as possums, but still enough to wake me.

If they'd just be quiet I wouldn't mind. Raccoons are smart enough to be careful, and with minor precautions on my part (putting the bag of dry cat food in a trash can hung from a floor joist, for example) cause no damage. And they're cute and non-aggressive. But they had to go...