Help! I have a question about Japanese, and I hope that either of you
(or anyone else who knows the language) can answer this.
I'm fixing a tech manual that was translated from Japanese to English.
I don't speak Japanese at all, but my job is to make sure the English

Took Basho and Issa to TED for their annual checkup this morning. They
cried the whole way there and back. At TED's exam room, Basho spent most
of the time on someone's shoulder, while Issa cowered around. I've never
seen him be so scared at TED.

OK, yes - it's a little... different... to give names to each Bubbels
color, and give them personalities. But I'm feeling just a tad *exposed*
for having shared that idiosyncrasy of mine and hear back absolutely
*nothing*. Was it just too bizarre for comment? Too dumb for words?

We apparently have a cold type virus making the rounds.  You'll remember
that Barnabus had a watery eye and sneezing. I used eye drops that resolved
his issues.  Hobbes was next and I tried the eye drops on him and he got
better.

Your invited to Echo Falls Cabin, located in the Eastern Kentucky
Appalachians. Four secluded acres with a panoramic view of Spirit Lake,
enjoy the sight and sounds of a waterfall from the private balcony.
Echo Falls is tucked away amid the "Red River Gorge", "Natural Bridge

Rusty is sleeping a lot these days. After exercising with seniors, I
decided my senior cat needs
some exercises too. I dug out the old feather toy he got for Christmas
from my old college room-mate. He got interested but took a while to

I was able to pick up my text books for next semester on Friday.  I already
have the math book I need :-( , so I only needed to shell out $466 more for
two literature text books, an Afro-American history book (I hope to transfer
to a school that is pre-dominantly black and as ...

As most of you already know, I volunteer at the Monroe County Humane
Association (a.k.a. MCHA, http://www.monroehumane.org &
http://www.myspace.com/mcha1), mostly doing office work, but occasionally I
help at events, like their booth at the county fair, or their annual Walk

The other morning before dawn I thought I heard Rusty's voice. But that
couldn't be.  He sleeps
in his own room with the door closed. It is one of the few doors he
can't open. His room is at the other end and I shouldn't be able to

Persia climbed along the edge of the shower with me after I went to the
pool... it's another 100 degree day here and I took a dip at at the
apartment pool, then took a cool shower.  It's hotter than Hades here in
west Tennessee so I took a nice cool shower.  Persia hates water but ...

The street where I periodically do some special errands is pleasingly
populated with shop cats, so I get to visit with them.  The first is
Mr. Tea, who lives in the Leaf and Bean coffee shop (not a cafe, but a
store where you buy coffees and teas).  Mr. Tea is a small white

Miranda just yodelled! She has been very talkative the last few days.
Usually she has a very varied repertoire of meaows, mrows, mrooos,
mah-mah-mahs etc. But this was the first time she went into a falsetto
yodel. It was like Meow-meow-meow-YODEL-meow-meow-meow-YODEL! I wish I

i have a story about my cat. i also need advice. i posted it on the
google cat health & behavior forum this morning and only got smarta$%
replies. it seems there's a little more traffic on this forum and
hopefully i will get more constructive advice. please send purrs to my

.........and the cats are not impressed.
It was an attempt to get them, Mayhem in particular, to eat some to act
as a laxative.  Mayhem is prone to hairballs and that last thing i need
is a gastric obstruction.  *sigh*