A dog happened across an abandoned baby near Nairobi-- she carried the
baby back to her home, and added the child to her litter of
two-week-old puppies!  
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8443224

I just got invited to interview with another company for a system
admin/programmer position!
I've been home since Saturday. Was supposed to go back on the road last
night, but I'm fighting off a touch of the flu so didn't do so. I sent a

As I'm still quite new in here, could you let me know what you mean by
RB or the bridge, when a cat has died - is it a religious term, only
I've never heard it said before.  Just wondering - thanks.
Marcia (practising atheist)

Alternative to expensive cat tree.
http://www.abcdistributing.com/store/0505F1/34.cfm?vc=0000000000&

I put down just now, in case the cats might like it, something I hadn't
eaten from a few days ago I had in the fridge as I haven't much appetite at
the moment.
In a Pyrex casserole dish was slices of pork, green beans, carrot, mashed

Saw this in Dear Abby today:
http://www.uexpress.com/dearabby/?uc_full_date=20050507
DEAR ABBY: I am heartsick as I write this. I have just lost the
closest thing in this world to me outside my immediate family. I just

I updated my resume:
 http://home.comcast.net/~Mark-Edwards/files/html/resume.htm
I had almost forgotten to update the version that was on my web site,
but there it is.

I use talkaboutpets.com to post to this group via the web. They have Google
Ads on the left-hand side of the page.
This is the pic that accompanies a Bengal cat site's ad
(bengalmaniacs.com, I believe):

Hello fellow ailurophiles...
Feeling like a turd this morning, although I think I made the right
decision.
The other night, while removing the birdfeeders in preparation for a

My next door neighbours to one side have adopted a stray who turned up on
their doorstep. Said tabby is an intact male, who is now safely permanently
homed and is going to be taken to the vet to be fixed even though he's not
broke (if you see what I mean). It seems that Francis & ...

The stray cat I'd been looking after. I had been keeping him in the
annex but because I have guests coming to stay tomorrow I transfered him
to the summer house, after his last visit to the vet on Friday. I
thought it was too hot in the summer house today, so I opened the window

Okay, the bitties are now two weeks and one day old, and have been
given temporary names.  You kin see 'em at:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/barnabus1993/album?.dir=/b0d5&urlhint=actn,ren%3as
,8%3af,0
Or the shorter link:

Well, my digital camera arrived today and I've been taking pictures of my
handsome boy all day. I do have a question, though, maybe those who have
experience with these things can help out.
The camera is a Vivitar Vivicam 3935, one of their top of the line. I

On Monday my Daughter is booked in for a ceaserian {sp?}
she doesn't want one but she is due and the baby is in breach
and has no more room to turn, could you please spare a few Purrs
for a safe delivery for them both  Thank you in advance as I'm

that his best friend is no more? We had to put our elderly boston terrier,
Jasper to sleep today, and his kitty Bear is looking for him.  We have
cuddled him and told him that Jas wasn't coming home again, but he still
comes over to us and cries.  He got up in my hubby's face and ...