Thank you to Pam for passing on my previous message that we are under
way.
At last we have access to RPCA.  I've got a month evaluation period for
NewsHound. Then I'll have to cough up $30 or find something else.  I'm

   I made my rumble very nervous today.  He howled his distress call twice
on they way out the door and kept giving the whining meow chirp of why did
You do this daddy.  He was very nervous today where he had the cold shakes
at the office.  He did not even do his routine where ...

Potjie has been with my father now for about a month, so I thought I'd
give y'all a quick update as to how it's going.  
The short answer: really, really well.
The longer answer: Potjie has utterly charmed my father and is setting

Sunday, March 12, 2006
We stayed at the dock in Port Aransas because of blustery wind and took
advantage of the day to sort through and get rid of some of the stuff we
had brought onboard. Why would a retired couple and two cats living on a

Friday, March 10, 2006
Preparations for the trip are nearing an end.  Jim dismantled the cat
trees and took Rosie's favorite tube to the boat.  He also took the den
part of the second tree.  We want the cats to have a space where they

Our nickname for Barnabus is Crack Kat. DH started calling him that when
he began dismantling the water fountains.  We use the PetMate fountains
that have the blue reservoir on the side with a white cap on top.
Similar to the Drinkwells but slightly different.  We had two - one ...

I got an espresso maker for x-mas from my MIL, and most days I make
myself a capuccino with breakfast. I often take my coffee to the
computer to read my email, where I put the cup next to the mouse on my
right. Today Fez was being his usual self, meowing pitifully to try and

I can't get over the last one doing a lament;  "Oh my dog.  Oh long
johns.  Oh long johnson. Oh Don Pian-O."  That cat should enter a
poetry slam:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/77460/talking_cats/

I promised the Coney One that I'd get his message on the board today and
he's been hovering around to make sure that I do.  Cap'n Pine Cone wants to
get the good ship Mouser in shape for a sailing date of 1 April.  He not
only wants a list of those cats signing up for the trip, ...

TOP TEN THINGS A CAT THINKS ABOUT
10. I could have sworn I heard the can opener.
9. Is there something I'm not getting when humans make noise with their
mouths?

Mimi is such a sweet little (?) butterball - she loves to lay on my desktop
while I'm 'internetting'... she will purr continuously while there, and just
now she did something I've never seen a cat do.  She was showing me her
(expansive) white belly (yes, she got smurgled) and ...

http://tinypic.com/view/?pic=rihnux

I don't know whether to worry about myself or Bert. During the news
tonite Connie yelled (I was next room...online, of course) "Your cat's
gonna die". When, I guess not if, it gets here-USA, what's the cat
danger?  Did I hear they lost a couple of cats in Europe? At 10 or so

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2006/pets/
My friend's girlfriend produced this ... check out the cats tab of the
"CNN.com pets" gallery!

Pica:  The Desire To Eat Things That Are Not Food.
I woke up to the sound of Kumani purring next to me but also a weird
sound....bunt, *snap*, chew chew chew, *purrrrr.*
Kumani was plucking lint balls off my blanket, chewing them, and EATING