It's raining steadily outside, and I'm sitting inside with a nice
thick book.  My furry little buddy climbs into my lap, does some
perfunctory prancing around, and settles down with a rumbling purr.
<sigh>

*Smokey gives a speech*
"Hi, I'm Fil's cat Smokey, an' I'm here to talk about my favourite
thing ever...not the couch, that's my other favourite thing ever...I'm
here to talk about food.  My favourite thing to eat is food, and my

This was posted on the rec.humor.funny ng, but for those of you who
don't read it, I'm reposting it here. It's kinda sick, but definitely
on-topic:
 My brother called me the other day and said that he had watched the

Nancy has been doing well at her job for the last year or so, but the
place she works is making some management changes. The guy that stands
to be named as her new boss is someone she knows to be incompetent, is
out to get some of the existing employees, and isn't real fond of ...

Hi, some of you might remember me. I also post as the Major, from
Michigan. I'm owned by Felix, Sabrina, and Talia. I'm mostly a lurker
these days, but I felt moved tonight to talk about a friend's friend.
My friend from Arizona just emailed me to let me know that he had to

My, oh my. One is gone for less than one week and there's around 2400
messages to read! Purrs to all those in need, it will take me a while to
catch up. :)

His friend Larry is taking him for a colonoscopy at 9:30 in the morning.  He
was not allowed to eat for 24 hours.  John suffers from and has been
hospitalized twice for diverticulitus and we hope he doesn't have to have
surgery to cut out part of his intestine.

Friday was an insanely busy day at the office, to the extent that
Tiger didn't get his full ration of scritches, just some perfunctory
pats in passing.  At one point when DH opened the door, Tiger rushed
in, all the way through the lobby and into my office, and hurled

Well, maybe she wasn't drunk (haven't given them fresh catnip in days!)
but Case rolled over in her sleep and fell to the floor with a thump.
Sssh!  She looked at me to see if I noticed but I kept looking at the
monitor so she climbed back on the stool again.  Innkeeper!  Set'em ...

We all get harangued by our cats when they want food or to go outside,
or often when their cat boxes need cleaning.
For example, my super-smart Vanilla (now RB) would come to where I
was, and DEMAND that I get up instantly and take care of whatever she

This afternoon I took Hubert to TED; as long as we were there, he had
his second round of shots, which were due later in the week; we also
re-affirmed his Giant Kitten status - 4.75 pounds!  He's only 9 weeks
old!  TED said he's the biggest kitten he's ever seen - he's bigger

I had my computer into the computer shop to fix my printer and when I
got it home the mouse wouldn't work.  I tried everything,
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.   Took the computer and mouse back to the computer
shop and the youthful guru picked the problem in a flash.  "Look," he

It's about a month to go until Samhain (that's Hallowe'en to you
non-pagans) and that means it's time to break out the decorations!
In years past, I could go all out on decor since Smokey isn't
interested in anything that 1. isn't soft to sleep on and 2. isn't

Some of mine will do this and some of them won't.  I'm talking about
your cats' behavior when company comes.  Smokey is a big moosh for my
two friends from Florida (the ones who had been in the path of
Hurricane Ivan).  Sumo and Lady Jane will come for skritches, but

A couple of years ago, a pretty little orange tabby started showing up
on my doorstep. Because his stripes trailed off into little brownish
spots, I started calling him Spot.
He looks a lot like Little Feet, and is about the same age, so he