How do you all feel that cats change as they grow older?
I've only had Betty for about a year and a half, and she came to me as
a grown up young lady, so I haven't observed any big changes.
From listening to Theresa, it seems that kittens start off larval and

A Pine Cone Kissamouse
T’was the night before Kissamouse
And all through the ship,
No one was stirring,

I "borrowed this" and maybe you've seen it.  My apologies if you have.
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table
knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave
immediately.  Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.

My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only.  They suffer from zoomies.
Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no
designation.  They just run like wild.  They did this as kittens and I
thought maybe it would cease with age, but no.  They do it at least twice a

Just got back from TED.  Have left her there overnight as they are going to
run blood (and other) tests in the morning, and probably do some x-rays as
well.  TED said that her kidneys felt small (but she's a small cat), and her
heart sounded loud on both sides (she was scared to ...

Owie.....
I got beat up this weekend.
On Friday morning, I was holding this dog while its nails were being
trimmed.  THe dog suddenly started to struggle and I got a nice scratch

High-rise hawks allowed to return
Hawk advocate arrested on charges of harassment
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Posted: 8:10 AM EST (1310 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two celebrated red-tailed hawks whose eviction from

There are Mynah birds nesting in the magnolia tree near the back door.  
It is a huge tree and their nest is right at the top.  One bird was
sitting on the warm  concrete driveway musing about the meaning of life
when Clyde decided to grab it.   Silly Clyde doesn't know much about

I just saw a brief story on CNN Headline News - There's been an
agreement between 2 groups - Pale Male and family are going to be
allowed to rebuild their nest, and the spikes that supported the
previous one are to be put back!

Persia is very good about letting me sleep.  Really, she is :)  She curls up
next to me and snoozes.  The only evidence I normally have she's been up
during the night is toys scattered from where they were the night before.
But as the sun is just starting to rise, an internal alarm ...

I found a jeweler that buys gold jewelry and gems and it's in a good area of
town.  Now I just have to finish selecting the items I don't want and get my
butt over there :)
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.  Maybe these folks will give me a good

Pam S's recent mention of the Duke of URL made me start thinking about
other posters who we haven't heard from lately. Of course, the nature
of usenet is that sometimes posters drift away, and sometimes we never
hear what happened to them. OTOH, the last I recall hearing from

Richard Marx's new song, "Ready to Fly" is awesome, he has a wonderful
voice, and the music "soars".  It lifts me up when I'm feeling down.  If you
get a chance, get this one!  [This isn't SPAM, I have no connection with Mr.
Marx or his record company and I will not get any gain ...

I visited the kittens today. OMG! The cute little fuzzbutts! One of them
squeaked like crazy when you picked her up, and another girl will
probably be the worst hoolikitten in the litter. She is the largest, and
she was quite happy to lay on my hand (yes, she fit in the palm of ...

Baha's recent post inspired this.  For those of you who don't want to talk
in person (and that is one of the symptoms of depression - we don't have the
energy to make the effort to get help), I'm putting down here some of the
things to watch for as the early signs of depression ...