from the Chicago Tribune (the "Gold Coast" mentioned is an area of
downtown Chicago).  Purrs for these people!
2 hurt rescuing cat from high-rise fire
Tribune staff reports

Today is International Very Good Looking Damn Smart Woman's Day, so
please send this message to someone you think fits this description.
No need to send it back to me as I have already received it from a
Very Good Looking Damn Smart Woman! <g>

The last mystery is solved: when the bubbels move down the screen, they
don't just randomly rearrange themselves, because they are arranged in
hexagonal format and "down" isn't a directiont he hexagons can go neatly to,
what happens is that if the line has a gap at the left, when it ...

I was just reading the group with Basho sitting between myself and the
keyboard of the computer. He had his head an inch or so away from my
face as he usually likes it. Suddenly I smell this horrible thing and I
realize little Basho just yawned right next to my nose... :-O

I have figured out how to run bubbels on my Windows XP machine as a
standalone, so I don't have to be connected to the web to play it.  The
process is somewhat long, but I will post it if enough are interested.

And I think I should be afraid, very afraid.
I've just looked down by my foot...
and there is the head of a mouse next to the little toe of my right foot.
Nothing else of said rodent, just the head.

Mattie, my newest addition, somehow managed to get into my beanie baby
collection.  I'll never figure out how - it is high up and she can't
jump more than about 20 inches.  In any event, I came home to her
killing the stork. And carrying it around like a dead bird.  I swear she

Just wanted to show you the latest Sammy pics (RE: speaking in another post
about how big she is).  Keep in mind that this is a king-sized be and those
are king-sized pillows Sammy and Bandit are laying on.  Bandit is a very
large cat (10 pounds), and Sammy, at 7 months of age and ...

Let's see if I can post this to the right group this time :-)
This is absolute fate. My daughter lives so close to the stadium she can hear
the football game, so last night she decided to just walk down there and check
the score. She said she was walking and heard something she ...

Sometimes I walk into the room when Stinky is half asleep, and he will
just flip over and show his big white belly.  When I skritch him, he
makes a whole variety of noises, except very muted down.  Tiny, barely
audible little prrs, trills and chirps.  It is so adorable.  

Hi everyone!  This is truly the happiest day of my life!
You may remember I posted asking for "get your furry butt home" purrs for
Antonio about a month ago.
There had been no sign of him until two days ago, when my

Last night I was driving Herman and whilst stationary at a junction where I was
waiting for a gap in traffic to turn left on to the main road. Fool in Audi
came up behind. He then drove straight into the rear of my car... Said fool in
Audi said it was my fault that he drove into the ...

You all know how gut-wrenchingly nervous you are when a kitty is sick.
It has been a long week for us here with that feeling.
Sabra started refusing food and vomiting last week.  He's our
15-year-old cat with asthma who has been on Prednisone to control the

Okay, okay... so you've teleported over, but did you have to bring some Finnish
weather with you? Tonight at Chateau Simmons, it's now -4C (24.8F), which is
cold for us wimps over here in Norfolk ;-) I mean, I know you are here, as
Waffles is in a decidedly strange mood. She's ...

wild chases across the bed at 3am, followed by a demand for snuggles
and pets, and apaw (or set of tickly whiskers) shoved in the face
furry little bodies lying sprawled on the bed next to you while you're
trying to read