Laid out neatly by the cat food bowls are the remains of a bird, mostly
just feathers. I've no idea which of my little monsters was responsible,
but they all have "priors" ;-)

I had to go into the office this week, and found that they had
replaced the two-pot Bunn-o-matic coffee system with a Keurig
single-serving coffee maker. It uses premade "k-cups" of gourmet
coffee, and is pretty cool.

TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already.
Bloomington had about 1,000 people show up to "protest" at our local city
hall (not located in the actual courthouse, but at a place called Showers
Plaza, a long-defunct furniture factory).  It was peaceful, no cops were

I don't go along with the suggestion you simply stay logged into the chat
channel.  When I sign in and see people signed in I expect (hope!) to see
people who are actually there, ready and available to chat with.  If you
want to sign in and stay there with the intention of coming ...

Come on in, the water's fine :)
Via the web:
http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/rec.pets.cats.anecdotes.html
or on an IRC client (I use mIRC)

His name is Jam.   Original name Marmalade; due to his color. He is a orange
and white  tabby  big old white nose. He is about 9 months old  all his
shots and he has been fixed.  According to the rescue center he was taken
from a abusive home.  The owner was trying to stop the ...

Jake spends a great deal of time waiting for the squirrel to come back
down the tree.
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2252664300031164080QExSMB
This is why our screen doesn't keep mosquitoes out.

He didn't want his birthday portrait taken, as you can see:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan-Jun09/IMG_1268.jpg

She is very well, atm.  She does not need to eat only chicken now, she sez,
but eats cat food again like its going out of fashion.
I have no idea why. I'm just happy about it.
It's much better for her and it saves me a lot on electricity cooking her

Miranda enjoying the spring sun in the enclosure the other day:
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan-Jun09/IMG_1262.jpg
I bought some new bookmarks at the gift shop in our national gallery the
other day:

Don't "hit and run". I stay logged in whenever my computer is on, and
scroll back to see what the current topic is about before diving into the
fray. People will often be afk but logged in, either working or playing but
with the chat window pushed to the back.

I went to the video store tonight and one of the movies we rented was
"Marley & Me". It had both of us crying at the end. It reminded me of
when Presto died. I gave all the kitties tight hugs, but they didn't
resist TOO much.

http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/funny-pictures-cats-may-be
-here-to-eat-brains.jpg
My parents had new neighbors in TN back around 1975 who invited them to a
"cocktail party".  Turned out they were soliciting neighbors trying to sign
them up to sell Amway.  ...

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He silently slips around to the other side of a planter as the door

"Off The Mark" has some cute ones.  The words in this one probably won't
be used in any cat lover's home but it is cute :)
http://comics.com/off_the_mark/2009-04-13/
Bigger image at: