Saturday observations

• The local Wal-Mart equivalent (preexisting large supermarket chain, in which Wal-Mart bought a controlling interest a year or two ago) is so very much more pleasant on weekdays at 3:00 than it is on Saturdays at noon.
  
  
• The turtle can, in fact, climb up onto her little rock plateau. Apparently, until now, she's simply chosen not to.
  
  
• The bird is much less afraid of Bob than I would have thought. Of course, he controls the almond supply, so that probably doesn't hurt.
  
  
• The existence of a long list of weekend tasks large and small, important and sundry, does not, in fact, have much bearing on the number of tasks that are accomplished.
  
  
• As long as the most pressing ones get done (despite the discovery that prompted Saturday Observation #1), failing to accomplish a significant percentage of a weekend list doesn't actually imply a wasted weekend day.
  
  
• The phone company sent out a text message inviting us (and, presumably, everyone else with a cell phone) to participate in Earth Hour, so the planned evening fare of Men in Black may have to wait till later.