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The latest issue of The American Wanderer has an advertisement for an amusing product. Namely, the Petometer. This is a pedometer for pets.

What made me laugh is that it is "for cats and dogs." Dogs are not uncommon on Volksmarch events, but I have never seen anybody walk with a cat.

Comment on Sunday puzzle

The Washington Post runs Merl Reagle's Sunday crossword. For a number of reasons, I solve the puzzle on paper, like G-d and nature intended. After something which bugged me, I looked at the on-line version and noticed it was not quite the same as the paper one.

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By the way, it also annoys me that the Post's link for their crosswords takes you to their Sudoku page by default.