A friend of mine has an elderly dog who had to have a blood
transfusion today, after having developed anemia as a side-effect of
an immunization.  The dog is also blind, and has diabetes.  I suspect
that she won't be around much longer.  I sent him this poem by Rudyard

In the middle of the night, leg cramps struck and I had to get up and walk
them out.
Eventually the muscles stopped trying to turn themselves into pretzels, and
after a good fortyfive minutes of hallway pacing, I could finally go back to

I've been reading this morning about the awful weather up there.
Doesn't Baha live pretty much where the worst of it is? Two feet of
snow, freezing temperatures and downed power lines sounds very
dangerous. I hope everyone is okay, and that it really isn't as bad as

Time to open the windows turn the fans on full blast  turn off the ac.  It
is going to be in the low 60's for us tonight.
Time for some snuggle time under a warm blanket ;-D

Stinky has a habit of lying half-on and half-off his chosen surfaces--
for example, he likes to lounge very near the edge of the daybed, half
hanging off, at least one paw dangling down.  Well, right now, I am
gingerly typing this around him.  There is a sunny spot on my computer

Another cute one from cute overload - the camouflaged cat:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/images/cow_pwint.jpg
Hugs and Purrs,
Mark

It shows what *not* to do when your cat is being possessive of his/her toy
mousie:
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/animals/Growling_Baby_Cat/

Well, I finally got it together to connect up my computer and stereo
so that I could make digital recordings of my cassette tapes. This past
week I've been making MP3s from my old favorites on tape, some of which
I haven't listened to in over ten years - fun!

I was in the bathroom getting ready for work this morning and Teddy was on the
counter rubbing up against everthing and purring up a storm. She was checking
out the kleenex box reaching in and pulling out the kleenex (it is the type
with the celophane around the opening). I ...

I discovered, quite by accident, that Little Boy likes the smell of
peppermint. So every now and then, I grab a peppermint from the candy
jar, put it I my mouth, and sit down next to Little Boy.
His eyes get wide, he tries to force his nose into my mouth and

Sorry for the OT gang, but I know Victor hangs out here.
Victor, How much light do you have over your 110 now; still 4*65? I'm
running 2*96 on my 55 and I plan to go to a 90 soon, so I want to upgrade
the lighting. I'm seriously considering Halide/PC combos from Jebo. I was

Yesterday, I received two new clothing items I'd ordered from Land's
End--a corduroy jacket and a pair of pants. I hung up the pants, but
forgot to hang up the jacket right away.  After closing my laptop and
getting ready for bed, I find both my girls curled up on the jacket

Hi everyone.  Yes, when you first hear it, it's a great shock.  But we
are hearing everywhere now that there is no evidence that this was a
terrorist attack of any kind.  
A small private plane flew into a high rise building on the Upper East

I've had the privilege of being owned by a lot of cats in my life, and
they all had and have their own wonderful unique personalities.
But *never* before have I had a cat who hangs out in the front bay
window, and then if a truck pulls up near our house, or a person walks