Otis normally ignores the TV, including any sounds from it apart from
whistling (we have to turn the sound down for the Xfiles theme tune -
he goes into attack mode).  My old cat Thomas (don't ask!) used to sit
on top of the set when snooker was on and try to paw the balls.

The books arriver today! Thank you. The next person who wants to read
Murder Most Feline and Mystery Cats, please let me know. It may take a
while for me to read them, and I suspect my sister will insist on
reading them too.

OK, I got a case of happy finger and sent this off incomplete. So just
ignore that first post.
After having to reschedule Sammy's urinalysis recheck a couple times,
we finally got it done today. Unfortunately, by the time I got to the

My first impression was wrong; the older cats *have* noticed baby Beatrice,
and they are not pleased.
No major outward strife, since baby Beatrice stays in her temporary quarters
(a large cat carrier with a blankie, food dish and tiny litterbox) when Baby

I seem to recall a few Colin Firth fans here, so I thought I'd share.
I hope it comes through relatively readable (taken from another group):
Mr Darcy strips for new film
12:49pm 13th May 2005

Dr.Coombs said  Marty Wallace DIED from Poxvirus infection from
eating a dead kangaroo in the outback.

I usually only lurk around this NG, but thought this might be good for
a laugh :)
Four men were bragging about how smart their cats are.
The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the

I'm usually long-winded, but just want to alert any rpca friends to this:
during past week I've received 5 (so far)email messages looking authentic
like either eBay or PayPal. Telling me log-ons from foreign countries have
been going on to my "acount" and threatening to cancel my ...

Check out this neat site for the Rainbow Bridge Poem set to music.
http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html

We have a lovely bay window in our kitchen eating area, which overlooks
the backyard and bird feeder. There is a bracket mounted on the outside
of the window for hanging flower baskets or such things. At the sound of
some rather agitated cheeping this afternoon, I looked up to ...

I have been terribly busy searching for a job, so I apologize for not being
here to give purrs and hugs to all who need them.  To make up for it just a
little I thought I would post something to make you all smile:
http://www.possibleplaces.com/sun_bathing/

I put up a picture of Jazz, in case you're curious as to how this boy looks,
in the alt.binaries.pictures.animals newsgroup. It's just called My Jazz. He
doesn't look too thrilled, but then nowadays he's not too thrilled about
much.

                                ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!
              A Beautiful baby Girl   7.1b 11oz   51 cm
                  And of course very pretty
I tried to get on here last night with the news but my arrow froze and it

by minature furballs led by my arch nemesis, the evil Spot kitty. The
attack began yesterday while Momma LB and I were in the big Out with
the hoomin. The evil Spot waited until I was distracted, then led the
attack with a charge against Momma (who everyones is a big coward,

At a.b.p.a. - I also sent some new shots of Lily and Billy.