I am having a slight problem with one of the seasonal residents* where I live. *By "seasonal" I mean theirs is a vacation home. They don't live here year round, they just visit a couple of times a year. Anyway, the guy who owns the house across the street from mine arrived in January and is...

Cotton likes to get on my lap but after kneading, she sricks her nose in my arm pit for several minutes. Then she settles down to cuddle. I don't use a deoderant so all she smells is me. Go figure.

Spicey's on my lap right now kneading and purring and drooling. I think she's ultra-happy to be back from the vet. Despite what think is a drop in her appetite, tests so far show nothing sinister, except for an elevated white blood cell count. More lab results are pending, though. In fact, the...

Just got a message from Tak - he is taking Spicey to the emergency vet. Purrs for the pretty girl!

on hallmark channel few different show times. kitten bowl II lol

Here is another cat related news. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/zombie-cat-believed-to-be-dead-meows-back-to-life-digs-self-out-of-grave/44548/ Winnie

Miss Emily is a GOOD helper. Today, Little Boy got out when Senyah let Miss Emily outside. This usually means (for me) several walks around the apartment, trying little tricks like sitting down and waiting for Little Boy to climb in my lap and so on. Only I was at work. As Senyah stood there,...

Koala hasn't come up on my lap again, but I still think he likes me. He often sneaks into the well of my desk when I'm at the computer. Sometimes he pats my feet. I have to be careful about that, because I haven't been able to clip his claws yet. He usually comes into the living room when I'm...

This morning I let Miss Emily out. While I was away picking up groceries and such, it started raining. When I got home, I started heading for the door to let Miss Emily back in, but she was on top the bookshelf. Senyah had let her in when Miss Emily came to the door and meowed to be let...

Here is a cute video of a kitty catching a snowball. http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/video-kitty-catches-a-snowball/44402/

Good morning! In trying to work around the DatawNet Nazi's rule about not using it to help me find a job, I sent a very vague email. Subject: Please email me. Message: "I could use some help." I got a phone call at 11:00 last night, are you okay? Are you hurt? Oh dear! Of course I...

Tomorrow is Duffy’s 18th birthday (possibly 17th). This is guesswork, of course, based on the estimate when I adopted him. I adopted him on Jan. 31, 2003, and he would now be 17 or 18 if the estimates of 3 veterinarians at the time were correct. I arbitrarily chose his adoption date as his...

Nominal income data by state "is a poor measure of people's well being". 100 dollars will buy $103.63 worth of goods in Texas. conversely: "The District of Columbia came in last with $100 really being worth $84.60... it was followed by Hawaii ($85.32), New York ($86.66), New Jersey ($87.64),...

In the middle of the night, last night, SOMEKITTY killed my house slippers and left their carcasses in convenient-for-tripping-people locations, instead of where they had been carefully placed. No slippers were destroyed in the process. Hugs and Purrs, Mark

I'm at work now but snow is already falling and NYC is expecting two feet or so. I'm sort of ready for it but the outside cats always worry us. They usually disappear during heavy snows and show up a few days later, but this is the biggest that they have every seen. I gave them lots of food...

Senyah's first exposure to the BCT: She opened the door to let Miss Emily in, then couldn't find ANY of the other three cats. Senyah was worried that they had left to join the circus, or some such. They were just in different places - under the table, behind her chair, lurking in the empty...

Buster is being a naughty polydactyl. He's discovered that he can silently open all the drawers under the bed at night, then wake me up in the morning so that when I step out of bed, I almost trip on the drawers and give myself a concussion.

Buster and Spicey have gotten their vaccinations without incident, but Dot's been off. Yesterday, Dot didn't eat or drink at all that I noticed. I kissed and sat with her, gathered blankets around her on the bed to make a warm nest, and placed treats and water next to her face, she hardly stirred...

Bobby Jindal: "Trying to Scrub Some of the Brown Off His Skin" blah,blah,snip,snip ... the biggest hurdle will be Gov. Bobby Jindal and his promise to veto any idea that hints at increasing taxes... "Trying to Scrub Some of the Brown Off His Skin"???? (again)

When I get bored I sometimes look for cat videos. This one made me laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWyVRECpWE Loved the little tuxie with the seemingly sychronized Siamese kittens. (I'd seen that one before but it's classic.) The cat playing a video game on the tablet was great. I...