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Old January 15th 04, 02:51 PM
Christine Burel
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Default Nice Update on B5's creator, J.Michael Straczynski & Buddy the cat

Hi everyone,
If you remember the incredible rescue story from last year on how JMS saved
Buddy the cat, here's an update from the B5 moderated newsgroup.
Christine

"Jms at B5" wrote in message
...
For those who've been inquiring about the latest on Buddy....

Well, I've finally answered one of the questions I've had about the whole

of
the Boo clan (named for the first cat adopted out of this group, Boo, the

cat
with one blue eye and one green eye). I suspected that one of the two
progenitors of this group was a siamese, givens ome of the markings, a
suspicion recently confirmed when one came out with all the siamese

recessive
genes....

And now Buddy, the king of the recessive genes, has answered the other

half of
that question. The other progenitor was a Maine coon cat...which is what

he
is, in spades.

Maine coon cats are big, very funny, very predatory (in a cute way) cats

that
can get to be 25 pounds or better. Not only does Buddy have all the

markings,
inclusive of the big sweeping tail that's as long as he is...at 8 months

he is
already 12 pounds without an ounce of fat there anywhere. By the time he
finishes growing -- and Maine coon cats can grow into their third year --

he
will be big enough to have his own zip code.

I have let a furred Godzilla into my home.

They are also known as the clowns of the cat species...as evidenced pretty

much
every day, inclusive of the day he found the bag of plastic peanuts,

rolled
around in same, until static electricity had covered him nose to tail in
phosphorescent green styrofoam peanuts until you couldn't see a trace of
fur...and went parading around the house as proud as if he'd just

discovered
radium (which, given the green color, seemed about right). I scraped them

off,
and they kept flying back onto him drawn by the static, but finally got

them
all off...he ran off...I turned around...and he had done exactly the same

thing
again. This time the pursuit went all over the house, leaving little bits

of
peanut over every square inch.

He doesn't meow, he chirrups and trills, Maine coon traits. So he wanders

the
house, just talking to himself all day. I think he's worried about the
economy, but I'm not sure.

He's also the poster child for attempted suicide. Leaving out how he was
found, every day he does something to elicit a shriek of horror from me.

In a
ten minute span of time, for instance, he went from trying to chew through

a
power cord at the socket (sticking his claws into the open socket below

for
leverage), to wrapping the mouse cord under my desk around his neck like a
noose, and finally, when chased out of my office, I looked out to find him
sticking his paw into the toaster.

It's like that every day with him. Every. Day.

I don't know where he came from, but he does seem in an awful big hurry to

get
back there. Whether he or I survive this process only the universe knows.

If anyone sees a mushroom cloud rising from the Los Angeles area someday,

you
will know that Buddy finally hit the big time....

jms

)
(all message content (c) 2003 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)


Wonderful update regarding Buddy! Sounds like life is not dull around your
house. A cat newsgroup I read was most interested in the original Buddy
story so I hope it's permissible to quote your update there.
Kindest regards,
Christine Burel








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Old January 15th 04, 03:57 PM
Marina
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"Christine Burel" wrote
If you remember the incredible rescue story from last year on how JMS

saved
Buddy the cat, here's an update from the B5 moderated newsgroup.


Thanks for posting this, Christine! What a nice update, indeed. So glad to
hear Buddy is doing so well and keeping his new slave on his toes.

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Old January 15th 04, 07:29 PM
Christine Burel
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And for those of you who didn't hear the story, here's a weblink I just got
from the B5 moderated newsgroup plus photos re Buddy's rescue:

http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~bfrazer1/buddy/

Christine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Burel"
Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:51 AM
Subject: Nice Update on B5's creator, J.Michael Straczynski & Buddy the cat


Hi everyone,
If you remember the incredible rescue story from last year on how JMS

saved
Buddy the cat, here's an update from the B5 moderated newsgroup.
Christine

"Jms at B5" wrote in message
...
For those who've been inquiring about the latest on Buddy....

Well, I've finally answered one of the questions I've had about the

whole
of
the Boo clan (named for the first cat adopted out of this group, Boo,

the
cat
with one blue eye and one green eye). I suspected that one of the two
progenitors of this group was a siamese, givens ome of the markings, a
suspicion recently confirmed when one came out with all the siamese

recessive
genes....

And now Buddy, the king of the recessive genes, has answered the other

half of
that question. The other progenitor was a Maine coon cat...which is

what
he
is, in spades.

Maine coon cats are big, very funny, very predatory (in a cute way) cats

that
can get to be 25 pounds or better. Not only does Buddy have all the

markings,
inclusive of the big sweeping tail that's as long as he is...at 8 months

he is
already 12 pounds without an ounce of fat there anywhere. By the time

he
finishes growing -- and Maine coon cats can grow into their third

year --
he
will be big enough to have his own zip code.

I have let a furred Godzilla into my home.

They are also known as the clowns of the cat species...as evidenced

pretty
much
every day, inclusive of the day he found the bag of plastic peanuts,

rolled
around in same, until static electricity had covered him nose to tail in
phosphorescent green styrofoam peanuts until you couldn't see a trace of
fur...and went parading around the house as proud as if he'd just

discovered
radium (which, given the green color, seemed about right). I scraped

them
off,
and they kept flying back onto him drawn by the static, but finally got

them
all off...he ran off...I turned around...and he had done exactly the

same
thing
again. This time the pursuit went all over the house, leaving little

bits
of
peanut over every square inch.

He doesn't meow, he chirrups and trills, Maine coon traits. So he

wanders
the
house, just talking to himself all day. I think he's worried about the
economy, but I'm not sure.

He's also the poster child for attempted suicide. Leaving out how he

was
found, every day he does something to elicit a shriek of horror from me.

In a
ten minute span of time, for instance, he went from trying to chew

through
a
power cord at the socket (sticking his claws into the open socket below

for
leverage), to wrapping the mouse cord under my desk around his neck like

a
noose, and finally, when chased out of my office, I looked out to find

him
sticking his paw into the toaster.

It's like that every day with him. Every. Day.

I don't know where he came from, but he does seem in an awful big hurry

to
get
back there. Whether he or I survive this process only the universe

knows.

If anyone sees a mushroom cloud rising from the Los Angeles area

someday,
you
will know that Buddy finally hit the big time....

jms

)
(all message content (c) 2003 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
and don't send me story ideas)


Wonderful update regarding Buddy! Sounds like life is not dull around

your
house. A cat newsgroup I read was most interested in the original Buddy
story so I hope it's permissible to quote your update there.
Kindest regards,
Christine Burel



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Old January 15th 04, 11:02 PM
polonca12000
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Thanks, I loved it! It's a keeper.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
If you remember the incredible rescue story from last year on how JMS

saved
Buddy the cat, here's an update from the B5 moderated newsgroup.
Christine

"Jms at B5" wrote in message
...
For those who've been inquiring about the latest on Buddy....

snip


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Old January 18th 04, 12:22 AM
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Christine Burel wrote:

And for those of you who didn't hear the story, here's a weblink I
just got from the B5 moderated newsgroup plus photos re Buddy's rescue:
http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~bfrazer1/buddy/


I love it where JMS writes: "He is 8 months old in the last photo. I am
so doomed." That cat certainly is huge!!

This is such a great unfolding story. To think how close Buddy came to
being history in that sewer pipe, and now look at him!

Thanks for posting!!

Joyce
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Old January 18th 04, 11:17 PM
polonca12000
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Buddy is simply adorable! I love his markings. Thanks for the link,
Christine.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
And for those of you who didn't hear the story, here's a weblink I just

got
from the B5 moderated newsgroup plus photos re Buddy's rescue:

http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~bfrazer1/buddy/

snip


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Old January 19th 04, 02:29 AM
Yowie
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And doesn't he have "mischeif" printed all over his cute adorable fuzzy
little face?

I am very familiar with that look!

Yowie

"polonca12000" wrote in message
...
Buddy is simply adorable! I love his markings. Thanks for the link,
Christine.
Best wishes,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Christine Burel" wrote in message
...
And for those of you who didn't hear the story, here's a weblink I just

got
from the B5 moderated newsgroup plus photos re Buddy's rescue:

http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~bfrazer1/buddy/

snip



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Old January 19th 04, 12:01 PM
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Yowie wrote:

And doesn't he have "mischeif" printed all over his cute adorable
fuzzy little face?


Yep. Maybe someone should teach JMS the word "hoolikitten". I mean,
he already knows what it is, even if he doesn't know the word for it
yet.

Joyce
 




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