VERY strange. Hit 99 degrees here today, previous record was 87. Oddly enough, on Sept. 9th, EXACT same record temp was reached, AND exact same previous record was broken! Strangest thing was that I had a cat AND a dog inside with me today.

Using Catnipped's *FABULOUS* Excel spreadsheet, I have been keeping track of the Enormous Eight on a weekly basis (mainly due to Tennessee weighing in at a whopping 16 pounds a month ago!) Ernie is 13lb 15oz (up 2 oz from last week)(total loss* is 3oz) Lizzie is 8lb 15.5oz (down .5 oz)(total loss*...

I had scanned a couple of covers into my computer and tried to post them on my yahoo pictures account, but of course I failed. :-( So I went into http://amazon.com and found their H. Beam Piper collection and, apparently a bunch of them are being re-printed. YEAH!!! I copied the covers and put...

I hope he doesn't get syphilis on one of his road trips. HORK!

My brother and I went to the local RSPCA animal shelter today to look at ferret friends for Gertie. We were introduced to a very friendly big albino boy with red eyes called Barney, who was a bit put out at being woken up. He was gorgeous. He was built like a brick out house, and about twice the...

Yesterday it was exactly 13 years since I smoked my last cigarrette ever. You may ask how I know it was my last, but I know. I just know. :) -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at...

Nothing terribly out of the ordinary for a Thursday evening. Joel made dinner, we ate it and were sitting around watching TV. "We need need bread for tomorrow" he said. "Ok, I'll go out, I need to get a few more fish anyway," I replied, as the last of my neons was floating upside down in my...

Suddenly, the same recruiter DH had been talking to miraculously found a *different* job than the original night-shift one. This new job's hours were either 6a to 3p, 7a to 4p, or 8a to 5p. How great was that?! He went to the interview with the recruiter Tuesday and came to pick me up acting...

I have to yet another operation. I went to see my shoulder surgeon at the LRI today to get the results of my ultrasound and nerve conduction tests that I had done a while ago. The ultrasound was to see if the ligaments were intact and they are, so good news there. The nerve conduction test showed...

I've been having a bit of a problem with pain in my back when I wake up in the morning, so much so that it hurts enough to make it difficult for me to get out of bed. I wondered if it might be my bed, which is probably due for replacement. I decided to sleep in the other bedroom last night, nice...

It is not even Halloween yet and I saw my first Christmas ad on TV. Even worse got the Christmas catalog in the mail yesterday. Than the straw to break the camels' back I got an email asking what we are doing for Christmas dinner this year. We haven't even over ate our Halloween candy...

We have been seeing a long-haired tortoise shell cruising through the yard on a couple of occasions. She came up to me today when I sat outside with food for her - she was more interested in *me* than the food. I brought her inside (eep - I have PO'd the residents) she is in the bathroom (she...

Hi all, I learned, there are some readers/posters in this NG who sometimes like to play a little, not too time consuming game. Maybe, some of you haven't heard about this one, I'm suggesting. It's called Travian www.travian.com, a browser based game, where you can act as either Roman, Teuton, or...

Hello everyone, I have two 12 week old adorable bundles of chaos, who like most kittens are into everything and anything (regardless of whether they are supposed to be or not. I have had cats before but never ones who will actually seek me out to try to eat my food (and I mean whatever you eat!) ...

Antonio is a semi-feral, probably more on the feral side than semi. Before he went missing, I could only pet him if he was on his blankie on the sofa, or on the bed. He also hardly ever meowed. Now, he's rubbing up against my legs, lets me pet him, he actually rolled over to show me his belly...

Since it seems there is more sad news today, I just wanted to share that two absolutely sweetheart kitties found a new home with a nice young man while I was working with the junior animal humane group in the cat room on Saturday. Their names are Gris (a extremely affectionate gray longhair boycat)...

A friend sent me an email with the subject "no caption necessary". http://www.crazyhorse.com/secret/01-27/image005.jpg I had to add this one because it is just too cute/funny. :) http://www.crazyhorse.com/secret/01-27/image007.jpg -- Cheryl

Greetings fellow cat staff - I'm trying to find some time to visit my parents in NY for Christmas, and the person that usually can watch my fur kids may be unavailable. I was wondering if anyone here from Northern Virginia, USA (around Fairfax) might be able to recommend a cat sitter or service...

Dave sent this yesterday evening: Saw him several times today - he is very very tired but is glad that the worst is over. The ETT is gone and so are some of the other tubes. He had a very light lunch and a light dinner - he remembers the ice cream. :) dave

"Mark Edwards" wrote in message ... I finally found the perfect bumper sticker to put on the pristine bumper of my car: "There are two important things to remember about Surrealism: frogs, power tools, and the Lincoln Memorial....