If you've ever wondered what your cat looks like in infrared:
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/cat.html
They've got loads of other infrared animals too! The puppy is particularly cute :)
Al.

As I've posted, Ding is getting social again after the trauma of his
mystery disappearance (walkabout? Mothership) and TED visit. In the
night recently, I've occasionally awakened to turn over, and something
was odd.

I'm taking Francis off to TED this morning. Can't put my finger on it, but
Francis is just not himself. He's looking miserable and he's losing weight, so
it's off to TED we go this morning.
Francis is my laid-back, eternally happy cat with an obvious joy to life. Right

I have tracked down the latest smell of cat pee.   One or both of them
are using the waste-master hole in the kitchen sink for their nightly
urine needs.   ARghhhhhhh.   Disinfectant, boiling water aghhhhhhhhh.  
I've had them under hot lights, used paw screws and sleep deprivation

Boyfriend has been playing around with being a hunter.  Some mousies and
voles, some easy birds, like the tiny wren, some bigger collared doves "can
do, can eat eventually" and a larger woodpigeon that he wasn't quite sure
what to do with once he had it in his mouth.  (Had to get ...

I'm on several Yahoo groups, one of them has a lot of cat lovers in it
and they sometimes send cute things like the following to the group.
http://www.dansdata.com/kitten.htm
I'm still reading it, and am still saying AWWWWWW.

This afternoon the volcano at Mount St. Helens blew off a huge plume of
steam and ash. It blew for 20-some minutes.  This small eruption had
been preceded by a few weeks of seismic activity. The earthquakes
started out at levels smaller than 1 on the Richter scale, but grew to

A picture of the naughty doggie at the Battersea Home, who's been
opening the kennel doors:
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/041004/photos_od_afp/04100415110
7_iafxy9y9_photo0&e=7>
He's lovely, isn't he? ;)

After letting my hair grow out for three and a half years, it's become
thick and heavy and hangs down to my butt even after I braid it.
Last night the spirit of Tarzan took possession of Stosh. He took a
running start and grabbed my hair, swinging on it like a vine. All 16

Dennis just got back from Burma last night and we're frantically
packing and will be heading to Bangkok tomorrow afternoon.  Our flight
to Canada leaves at 8 am on Saturday.  We'll be in Calgary from
October 9-15, Vancouver from October 15-18 and Victoria from October

Crackles mom posted a note on the Yahoo! group "catslaves" that Crackles had
to be PTS on Tuesday as his cancer had gotten much worse and he was
suffering.
She was posting from a library since she and her family are still in the

DH makes things go so smoothly for me that it can become too easy for
me to overlook the weight she carries on her shoulders.  She's
executor of the estate of our friend and neighbor who died a few days
ago.  One of the heirs is making it very difficult for her to carry

There is a mother cat and 4 kittens that have been around my neighborhood
all summer. I found out that the don't belong to anyone.The past 2 days I
have seen the mother and one of the kittens around again. I have never tried
to rescue a cat before.

I admit it, I hate spiders. Besides daddy-long-legs (ues, I know they aren't
exaactly spiers but they have 8 legs and look alot like them) which I can
stand as long as they stay up in the corner sof the bathroom eating
mosquitos, spiders tend to cop a rather quick shoe if they dare ...

Some of my "cats & music" stories -- what are yours? What specific
music does your cat like or dislike?
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Years ago my wife & I had a great funny Siamese "Chim-Chim" (RB) who