It is cooler for now at Chez Shirk, so the cat puddles aren't as obvious,
though there are still zones of ooziness around here.  Currently, Rob and I
are playing on our computers in the dining room, an area that tends to get
hot and stuffy.  Speedy was just let in from the out ...

I have been using news2.motzarella.org to get rec.pets etc. for the last
couple of years but now they have decided to change their name to
news.eternal-september.org.   They will discontinue the old name from July
1st.   I have followed their instructions to shift to eternal ...

Billy Mays, famous infomercial front man, was found dead in his home this
morning:
http://www.tmz.com/
and

Sorry gang.  Real life keeps stabbing me in the foot and causes it usual
chaos.  First of all, I'm in the process of wading through around 900
messages, after the idiots have been weeded out.  So I'm sending kind
thoughts and blanket purrs from our clowder to all out there who ...

The three kitties have a habit of jumping up onto the window whenever
they hear something interesting outside, so they can see what's going
on. They'll sprawl on the back of the couch and watch the world go by
in comfort... and go on high alert if they hear voices or footsteps

http://www.penguinpowered.ca/~vexorg/rec.pets.cats.anecdotes.html
or on an IRC client (I use mIRC)
Server:  irc.penguinpowered.ca
Port 6667

This might be a TW for the ultra sensitive, but I had a sad dream
that involved the death of a completely fictional cat.
Actually, I dreamed I was watching a movie about a guy who had found
this adorable, really affectionate grey cat with faint white stripes.

Maybe I can get some sleep, finally? It's been near 100 F. with high
humidity for the last week+. Saturday was particularly miserable, it was
still near 90 at 10 PM. But a few minutes ago the wind picked up and now
it's starting to rain!

Hi, it's ShirleyB, mom of Rex, maMA and Loki. And foster mom to the
two ferals who didn't get adopted (Lil Girl n Lil Boy). This is from
the second litter that turned up on my porch, Mama being the mom of
the first and Loki her baby (now indoors) I haven't posted in a coon's

A pod of dolphins has been swimming around Long Island Sound, snarfing up
herring.  What delightful visitors!
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-lidolp2912928456jun28,0,7560869.story

Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
What a day.

No one has said yet that they would like the two cat mysteries;
Joy sent them to me, I finished them some time ago, and am ready
to send them on to the next slave who would like to read them.
Email my privately (my address is not munged) to let me know your

So, I participate in Freecycle in my area.  Mostly, it's been a waste
of time and space, but...  Recently, our "Admin" decided to send out
the following message:
//quote//

Had a preliminary interview last week and a working interview today.
its primarily a day practice, but it is open 24/7 for emergencies as
well.
Its also 20 minutes from my house and in the past year I've always had

Yesterday afternoon, I heard what sounded like a full blown catfight going
on in the dining room where the sliding glass door is, and where I feed
Twitter from.  Nobody makes that kind of ruckus when Twitter comes over but
the glass door was wide open , because it was really warm ...