ANyone have experience with blacktopping on cats' paws?
It's this stuff, coal tar, that people put on their driveways
to prevent the things from whatever.
Anymore driveways and there won't be a water table,

I posted the following to my travel and opera newsgroups, who probably
can be of more help from a practical standpoint.  However, given the
proven "power of purr", I figured it would do no harm to post it here,
too.  I can certainly use all the help I can get!

A friend of mine has rescued a tiny stray kitten - only 3 or 4 weeks.
She has three concerns:  feeding, worming, and constipation.  If any
of you have any insight, I'd appreciate it!  I'll also call the TED
late tomorrow and see what he says.  We are travelling and out of town

New Zealand has an odd custom (I am told this by overseas visitors).  
Sometimes if we go to a function i.e. a farewell for someone, a
commtttee meeting etc. we are told to 'bring a plate'.  My German
sister-law admitted to complete confusion when asked to do this and took

Ever since little Feet came to stay with us, he has been a confirmed
indoor cat. If I open the door, he stays at the door, sniffing the
air. If I go outside, he sometimes comes out too, but stays close to
me, and follows me back inside.

Dear Victor!
I have tried the recipe you posted on September 7 and it is delicious! It is
impossible to find 99% chocolate in Slovenia, even 70% chocolate is hard to
find and very expensive. But nevertheless the result was magnificent. Thank

http://tinyurl.com/uank
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Marina

  OK, I bought one.  Expensive, aren't they?  Anyway, it's done.
  So I have taken a couple of snaps and put them on my Catpage.  You can
see how Minke and Nanki Poo have aged in the last 18 months since their
last pictures.

I was woken this morning to the distinctly less than pleasant feeling of
Francis using my right thigh as a surface on which to milk tread. Silly cat was
purring his head off and milk treading like mad... but on my bare thigh.
*OWIE!!*

I am pretty amazed at the way my two cats have divided the household
chores.  Maya normally supervises me whenever something new is brought
into the house opened up and put away.  She makes sure that nothing
sneaks into the house in a box or bag and that all is of acceptable

I got all decked out this morning (yes, we got to wear costumes to work) in
a ballgown I'd bought for an American Civil War Re-enactment ball.  It
consisted of a hoop skirt (undergarment), a green velvet overskirt trimmed
in white lace and a matching velvet lace-up bodice with lace ...

We just returned from our annual trip to the Texas Hill Country. I'm
trying to catch up, but it might be a while. So here go purrs to all
those in need.
Victor

It has taken me awhile to feel up to writing this. <tears>
Last Saturday, Emanuel told his mother he had a dream the night
before. He said he had dreamed of Sissy, his twin, who had died at
birth. In the dream Sissy told him Buddy was safe with her and no

A tornado has been spotted on the ground near here.  I am typing from
our interior bathroom right now.  Got oliver in his carrier and I can
hear the wind has picked up.  The sky was the oddest color before I
decided to round up the animals and hide out...

Well, it seems that Otis just can't help wrecking the house, even when he
*is* allowed to go outside.
I didn't let him in fast enough because I was up to my elbows washing
something at the kitchen sink.  He jumped up *6 FEET* to the 1/4 inch wide