I'm working from home today. Or at least trying to. I seem to be getting
my annual summer influenza breakout. All my body hurts and I have a
fever. I also have a lot of work accumulated since I was out last week
and I'm going to a conference next week. So I'm sitting here working ...

well i havent posted in a while, in fact over the summer i havent been
online much, but always thought of you guys on here,
purrs to all who need them expecially grace and her family.
i hope to be online much much more now that hte dreaded colder months are

Actually he's on A.B.P.A. anyway he's jealous about the attention Emily got
and wants his 15 minutes of fame. He's about 10 years old now, and if you
look at his right ear you'll see that he had an active youth :-) Most of his
fighting was done as part of a tag team with Mojo, ...

I just got a phone call from Grace.  She asked me to post that two year
old Eve was killed this afternoon by someone backing up in their
driveway.  Grace is in shock and having a hard time handling it.  She
said if anyone wishes to send flowers, they can be sent to:

Sorry if this was an inappropriate time to post this - I don't mean to make
light all the grief that people are feeling right now.  I did this *because*
of the grief I was feeling.  Writing helps me take my mind off of sad
things - it let's me escape to another world where bad ...

I don't have to tell you all - cats DO know what you are feeling and they
CAN purposely love and comfort you.
My Bandit just came into my office, jumped on my lap, put her front legs on
either side of my neck, gave me a "nose kiss" and started purring against my

Harvey has decided that his normal food, un-tuna-fied, is ok after all.

Lately it seems like a lot of us have posted important purr requests -
job and financial needs, missing kitties, health issues, etc. In fact,
it seems to me that a whole bunch of us are going through some majorly
troubling times now - more so than in the memorable past.

I heard noises in my bedroom so I decided to see what Spicey was up to. All I
could see was a furry butt sticking out of a giftbag I'd donated to her
tissue/play corner.
Suz

Dear gods in heaven! Some people should be... GGGRR!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3657582.stm
The article is copied below. I've included a "spoiler space" so that you don't
have to read it - it's not pretty.

My brother Dick died this morning.  I'd been planning to post a follow up
today on how well he was doing in recovering from the aneurysm that nearly
killed him in July.  He had finally made it out of the hospital and rehab
and was home.  All that was left was some physical therapy.

Haven't been posting for a while as I've been too busy to do more than
lurk on RPCA, but I have to update you all with the latest Miles news...
quite apart from Robbies adventures in DC whilst my parents came back to
the UK..

Well, it hasn't been the best few days.  My TV is still broken and is
waiting for a part...who knows how long it will take to get back.
My maid is quitting at the end of the year because one of her other
houses has fired her :-(  So now she doesn't have enough work around

http://www.btinternet.com/~crillboy/property_morephotos.cfm.htm
Look out the window in the third photo.  I cannot believe they didn't catch
this!
Jill

Hurricane Ivan appears to be done with Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
The latest forecast issued late Sunday afternoon has it turning north,
tracking across western Cuba, into the Gulf of Mexico, and making
landfall somewhere between New Orleans, Louisiana and Punta Gorda,