I front-lined evryone tonight (except the kittens and Miss Emily).
They all took it well.
Except for Little Boy. He managed to get some on his tongue. You know
how bitter that stuff is.

I got an e-mail from her and I wondered if it was from one of Dan's kitties.
Alas not.
Trying to sell me Rx Canadian meds.
What a shame, Boyfie was quite interested..

Francis has forgiven me for taking him to TED. He's been sitting alongside
me, purring and headbutting me. So I've forgiven him for viewing me as a
snack ;-)

I was walking on a popular local trail when I spotted a very
affectionate cat making up to the passers-by. I wasn't sure at first if
it was from one of the nearby houses or lost. When I coaxed it over, I
was sure it wasn't feral, and thought it looked thin and neglected - but

Chester's 12th purrday was almost lost.  His honourary 12th purrday (not
sure what the real day was) was the 19th of July.  Otis was 12.5 that day.
Chester is remains fluffy and cheerful and celebrated by waking us up at
4 AM today and settling in for a good loud leg groom by our ...

Lately Smudge has been showing up at my front door with prey in various
stages of the dying process. I can always tell when she has something,
because she gives a distinctive type of cry. It's actually quieter than
her usual "let me in" cry, probably because her voice is muffled. :)

We had a lovely storm tonight. Booming thunder, torrents of rain,
lightning, and the lights and television were flickering on and off.
And here is the Princess:
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/20159731

When we received Marilyn's babies, China Doll and Randy--who is now known as
Master Philip or Fella for short--we knew we had to acclimate the family to a
new feeding structure, to the chagrin of the other spoiled darlings. The
Fella is a dignified, toothless gent who needs canned ...

OK, I lied. Well, I didn't lie, but I simply couldn't stay away from
SuperCollapse Online. I've been playing since about one day after I
said I was going to give it up. :) And without any RSI effects, either
(at least, that I can feel). So maybe I was just having a bad day or

... to stop the cats sitting in front of the monitor. I was walking past the
vets earlier and took a picture to use as wallpaper, maybe they'll avoid it.
;o)
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2981424560075823146lCaDwN

I just got done reading  Marina's story about Nikki (RIP, precious
girl) talking to walls (thanks to Flippy).  Does anybody know why
(save for the mothership thing) furkids do that?  My little Princess
Meena talks to the kitchen wall on Sundays only (we're usually doing

Amazing pictures...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.x
ml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox

There's a chair in the "TV room" (for lack of a better term) Persia hadn't
paid any attention to.  But last night it was covered with particularly
sneaky greeblings!  Persia sniffed the chair for a few minutes, looking at
it very suspiciously.  Then WHAM!  Up she went, chasing ...

I have dozens of ripe tomatoes.  I've been pruning like mad, but that
is just making the tomatoes bigger.
So its time to make salsa fresca.
I'll chop the tomato and onion in cubes that will fit on the chips.

I'm going on vacation from here for awhile.  I don't want to cause any more
of a fuss than I already have.  But first, I want to say a few things.  Yes,
I am in a lot of pain, from my knees, which feel like they're broken all my
waking hours.