A Dutch tabby cat has adopted a red panda cub, which was abandoned by its
mother at a zoo in the Netherlands.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7498895.stm

My highest score so far in "Collapse" is about 129K. Nothing compared
to yours, but I'm catching on. You're right, it's more exciting than
Bubbels, in the same way that a heart attack is more exciting than a
stroll in the park. I can feel a real game addiction coming on!

Thankfully it wasn't harmed.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2924400.html

There is a great anniversary celebrated this week.  No, not that one-- the
anniversary of the day I took my sweet little buddy off the subway tracks
and brought him home.  It was seventeen years ago.
(NB: Stinky's seventeenth purrday was celebrated nat the beginning of the

Best Friends Forevah:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan-Jun08/IMG_0892.jpg

With yesterday's heat the main part of my house  was about 90°F but
the bedroom (in the foundation) was 70°.  When I went to bed, Tiger
came downstairs but Amber stayed upstairs.  Not too bright!!!
                 ---MIKE---

Hey Chester, have you come out yet?  Stop scaring your mommy, like a good
boy.

It's that time of year - actually it's past the time when I usually go
to the island, but I had to postpone my holidays this summer. Mum has
her 80th birthday in August, and I want to be on the island then for the
party. It's rare that all four of her kids are there at the same ...

Wrote Christine asking how she and hers are doing.  She gave me permission
to give you an update, so, rather than try to quote and get it right, I'm
posting the email she sent me.
Pam S.

My big furry 15 yo boy is gone.  I came downstairs to feed the
herd, and he was lying on the landing, not breathing.
The vet says it looks like his heart just gave out.  Given that
his brother went that way years ago, all I can do is hope it was

I know that everyone is nearly purred out, but could you spare a few
for a couple of my boys?  I've been begging the husband for years to
get rid of the mini blinds in the small second bedroom.  He just blew
me off.

I finally managed to get a slightly fuzzy shot of ONE of the post
office kitties today. The other one was spooked by the camera phone,
and this one wasn't entirely sure that I was still friendly. So I
didn't get to pet either of them this time. Oh well.

I saw a short article in a local paper today about American attitudes
about cats. (I think it was limited to the US just because that's
where the writer is from. I would not assume that his conclusions can
be applied directly to other countries.)

Catnip grows wild in several places on my property - descendents of a
feral plant given to me several years ago.  One is growing in an abandoned
flower pot that I mived into the sun from under the patio awning - it
looked beautiful today, so I broke of a piece and put it on the ...

Nanki-Poo is gone. I still can't believe it. He came into my life on
November 10, 2004. I took him to the vet this afternoon. His sores were
healing, and I was hoping I could soon let him go outdoors. I noticed he was
breathing hard when I took him out of the carrier at the vet's ...