I had dinner guests tonight (missionaries from church), and served a
TexMex-ish casserole that usually goes over well (did this time too).
Problem is that it came out rather bland (even I thought so, and I'm a
spice wimp). Did I just hit a bad can of diced chiles or what?

Nice Site with many Infos for cats
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pls bookmark
rgds Arno

Well, I've had a cough and sore throat since Sunday.  I don't know if the
cough is tearing up my throat badly enough to be sore or if they're two
separate problems.  I stayed home weds and thurs, hoping to be better by
today, but no, I just feel even worse and have transitioned to ...

I'm a wreck, I'm a total wreck!  My hands are shaking so badly that when I
was getting a saucer down to give Bandit some mineral oil in tuna water, as
per doctor's instructions for the constipation, I dropped it - shattered
it - and cut up my finger all to h*ll!

Tomorrow morning I'm going to be interviewed by two kitties who are
looking for a new family to join.
Their person was until recently a postgrad student where I work - she's
leaving Australia soon and has been very worried about finding a place

Please help save two precious cats from needless harm.
My neighbor, Gloria, has two lazy housecats, named Leap-in-the-air and Tubs.
There is a mouse in her house and is Gloria is setting traps for them. The
kind of mousetrap you bait with cheese or peanut butter and when the mouse

Some of you may recall I correspond with Scott McKenzie of the song 'San
Francisco' fame.  Got an email from him yesterday about a show airing all
month on PBS.  I'm going to have to try to find when it's on locally.
He wrote:

Poor Boone (our Lab) had to have surgery yesterday.  He had a mass on
his abdomen.  I do not have a good feeling about this.  It started out
as a nipple that was just very elongated and it stayed like that for a
year and then it suddenly grew huge, ulcerated, and drained. We ...

Here is Bast, from teh "Bitty Baby Bast" thread, all growed up.
http://www.geocities.com/-snowblind-/photos/bast-stare.jpg
A tisket, a tasket, it's Zoe in a basket.
http://www.geocities.com/-snowblind-/photos/zoe-basket.jpg

Yesterday my phone rang and it was a wrong number.  The man on the phone
(lovely accent - Italian?) said, "This is so-and-so shoe store in Las Vegas.
Did I dial XXX-XXX-XXXX?"  No, I'm sorry, you dialed the wrong area code.
He paused, then said cheerfully, "Well, would you like to ...

I'm currently reading "The cat who came in from the cold" by Deric
Longden.  I started it last night as a way to try to wind my brain
down enough to let me sleep.  
It was a mistake, but then I tend to learn best by making mistakes.  

The radio station I listen to has been having a kind of Newlywed Game
on all this week. One partner leaves the room while the DJ asks the
other one questions. Then the other one comes back in the room & has to
try to figure out how the partner would have answered.

For some reason there are tons of blackbirds (not crows, but almost as big)
in the trees around my yard.  They are making a lot of noise and Persia is
sitting on the windowsill, staring up, absolutely fascinated.  I went out to
get the mail and - wow!

Once again I'm posting blanket, multi-purpose purrs (and birdie chirps) for
everyone who needs them, feline, dog, human, et.al.  I try to respond to
individual requests but there are so many of them... please know I send
purrs even if you don't get an individual reply to a request.

New pic of memphis posted on alt binaries pictures animals.