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“It wasn’t love at first sight, but the home checked most of the young family’s boxes. With four finished stories and four bedrooms, it was spacious enough for their future. The white-shingled house was picturesque, albeit dated. It sat on the top of a hill surrounded by pine trees and Spanish moss. Almost every window had a view of either the old-growth forest or Puget Sound.” Skip the horror movies this Halloween and just read this instead. WaPo (Gift Article): They thought they found their dream home — so did thousands of bats. (I mean hundreds of bats, OK, that’s a fixer upper. But thousands!?)

+ Clear eyes, blocked views, bad seats: Meet the fan who exposes stadium view obstructions.

+ The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2024. (Great… I’ll be failing to live up to my potential even after I’m dead.)