Hefty kitteh “Buddy” is a [ahem] a couch straddler and paw dangler.
The sender-inner’s sister was kind enough to have a local artistCAPTURE the REDONKULOUSNESS by making a miniature version of “Buddy”too. Hee!
Oooooof!
Kate V., somehow I suspect you’re not the ONLY ONE with a couchstraddlerpawdangler. Nice work.
Holy cow, that’s a hefty kitty! Cute, though.
haha, imagine the work it took to get up there… way to go, mr. buddy! he looks comfy and proud.
although i do have to say that is an unhealthy weight, and if you cur-tail (pun?) the food, it will probably increase buddy’s lifespan.
erm, i didn’t mean starve him. just make sure he rolls around a little more, eh?
The furniture must be STEEL-FRAMED ones in order to not collapse from the poody’s weight. Fat moggy has got to lay off the catnip fries!
*Squeeze* paw. *Squeeze* paw. *Squeeze* paw. *Squeeze* paw. Tug tail!
He’s beautiful!
Holy cow, is the little statue a bobble head? I NEEEEEEEED a bobble headed statue that looks like my cat!
Buddy: “Does this couch make my butt look fat?”
YM: “Yes, dear, and all the more adorable”.
GREAT pix, and I lurves the sculpture – watta cool thing.
Peg of Tilling I agree with you. There’s only one thing to do in times & situations like these… Squeeze paw squeeze paw pull tail pull tail… and snorg side of tummy =D
Mmm, I think a chin-skritch is called for too…
Can’t resist… gotta tickle da toes! *tickle, tickle, tickle.* He he.
OMG that kitteh looks just like my baby Steve, only Steve is about 1/4 the size…
Sad how overweight he is….I feel sorry for him.
Kowabunga !!!
That’s a lotta cat …
more to luv, tho
My boyfriend’s cat Spooky is about that size and it’s all due to the food he needs to eat to reduce crystals in his urine.
So there is the chance that he’s on medicine that makes him so lovably Jabba the Hut like.
every cat gets to be a FLOPPYCAT!
why do people think its okay and cute to let their cats get that overweight?
Maybe he’s not fat…maybe he’s just all spread out, or maybe that’s just a very tiny sofa…
So, this could be a new category, no?
Would you call it Sofa-Saddle? Cat-Saddle? Pet Saddle? Pet Straddle? Oh, the possibiliteeeeeessss.
Oh that cat is hilarious! I love it! It’s so cute!!
Another poster suggested a legitimate medical reason, too. Why do people always assume the worst?
I think the cat is flabulous!
The little figurine, though, looks a little too much like a tick for my blood. (My blood…BWAH! I kill myself!)
Kate is definitely not the only one with a couch-straddling cat. I thought all cats did that! haha I guess not.. Mine does it all the time. He also drinks from the sink.
I sincerely hope that Buddy does NOT try to sleep on Kate’s chest at night. But then again… What A Way to Die!!
My male cat is a perfectly normal weight, but I once took a photo of him straddling a kitchen chair…and he looked absolutely huge. I think it has something to do with the camera angle. Okay, maybe not in Buddy’s case, but he’s definitely adorable.
Man, some people take issue with everything. My kitties are the same way, just kinda floomping and smooshing out when they do that. It’s mostly fur.
Anyway, that art thing is just too cute for words!
I wanna give him a little kiss on the forehead.
As someone who has tried and failed to keep one of her kitties from getting fat, let me say his. Buddy’s people may not like his weight, may be trying to slim him down, and may still find him cuter than cute through it all!!
I’d rather snorgle a healthy belly, but even while my kitty’s fat she is snorg-worthy!
Ya know?
Fat cats rule.
I love the one peenk toe…
Our cat Fluffy was enormous, but it was all fur. She got wet once by falling into a water butt and got soaked, when she came running in I didn’t recognise her!
Wow, that’s an awful lot of gloriously relaxed comfy-cat!
Buddy says…”im NOT fat..Im fluffy…LOL!!!!!!!
Heeeeee fattyyyyyy
My one kitty is dependent on cortisone for an auto immune disease, and she gets a good workout every day to keep weight at bay, and she still looks feisty
But I lurve her a lot. My two kitties are like Steve and Laurel 
even from the character.
Proof of floofines:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43126982@N00/431710728/
My kitty dangled like that all the time and, like Ronni’s cat, both my kitties drank from the sink exclusively (yes they had a water bowl). They would sit lined up on the bathroom counter waiting for me to turn on the water! Cats rule!
Is it just me or is he a little… fat? He must be afwully soft thought.
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
Is there some unwritten rule that all fat black & white kitties are named buddy. My sister’s cat buddy lived to be 17. Although she’ll tell you he was just big boned.
He was such a sweety!
That is one gorgeous cat ! i got two of em, Bynx and Bandit. Bynx looks almost exactly the same as buddy, he’s a bit on the podgy side too lol but he lovely, Bandit we call ninja coz he sleek n black, Bynx does the sofa-straddling thing too lol… Bandit licks soap n also loves to sit half in a sink full of water, dont ask lol.
i’ve heard of this species but i had never seen photographic evidence until now.
I ustahava black & white kitty named Oreo. After she was fixed she chubbed out. Her belly hung down like udders. My moo kitty.
Chill on the fat comments people – who cares????? He’s gorgeous and yummy and HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY! I LOVE BUDDY!
My kitty is incredibly fat, and he’s been on a (veterinarian-supervised)diet for years. Doesn’t change his gi-normousness a bit, though.
i agree with Kat. enough with the fat comments. this kitty is healthy and happy, probably looks bigger than he really is because of the position and camera angles. i’ve seen unhealthy obese cats and this isnt one of them.
he’s beautiful. look at the spot on the end of his tail! eeep!
the artists rendition is a riot.
Ugh – I wish this site wouldn’t post pictures of overweight animals. I understand that sometimes there’s a medical reason of whatever, but it’s really not cute. It’s sad. Way to glorify unhealthy cats and bad pet owners.
I too have a big Kitty… We feed her the lite diet food, she gets lots of exercise with her sister and brother and I play with her with a feather duster… But she continues to stay around 17 pounds… BUT she’s healthy, as per her Kitty Vet, so I’m happy…
I used to have a Russian Blue who sat like this big boy does… It was her favorite position and I have many pics of her that way… I love that pose!!!
I’d love that little art work too, wonder where I can get one??
An Antimacatsar! How useful. You could also drape him over a lamp to dim the light, or over the edge of the tub for a bathmat or the front of your car for a bug guard- The possibilities are endless. You could fling him around your shoulders in a jaunty way when it is chilleh…
I wanted to get some help from the folks of Cuteoverload…
My best friend lives in south central North Carolina and her kitty is missing… The kitty’s name is Mia (ironically enough it stands for Missing in Action), she’s a long hair and pure white… I’m asking for folks to send up a small prayer for Mia so that she can find her way home… Her Mommy misses her something awful and is very worried about her…
Thanks folks!!
Fat kitteh is adorable! I get the impression that once he gets settled he will not budge from that couch for love nor money (nor snorgles nor poking).
Is it just me, or were the sculptures inspired by that nude pregnant Britney statue? http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002424.html
I also use too have a black and white cat his name was donnie eugene, he was so wonderful ,and yet such a pain but I loved him so much, he did not live past 7 yrs old rip donnie e.
fat cats, fat cats. It is sad, b/c so unhealthy for them. I had my cat on a new diet w/ that m/d prescription diet food and she lost a whole pound! but I just found out that it was involved in the pet food recall, so we’ve had to shift her feed.
Here’s my two cents, tho’, in re photos of the cute cats: not only have I had my cat on lots of diets, but she’s even doing well and lost significant weight…but a photo of her would still look fat. And I know it’s my fault she got fat in the first place, but it happened while my other cat was seriously ill.
My point is: there can be a long complicated tale behind a fat cat photo!
actually my cat has a new problem: as she loses weight, she’s developing a big flopping belly skin in place of her belly. If she was a Real Housewife of Orang County she’d be heading in for a little surgery to tuck it back in!
Poeples live and let live, quit b****ing about evry thing, these are here for us to enjoy. You don’t like don’t post.
Oops. I missed that last message.
(sends love out to Mia)
And another thing…
I think this cat is super cute. He has awesome markings, all marbley.
I think he looks like vanilla ice cream with fudge sauce melting on top…
he just needs a maraschino cherry…
yeah, i’m crazy!
The mixed pink and black jellybeans are keeeling me!
Two of my three kitties have udder-bellies, even though they are not overweight. I think it must be genetic for many cats.
Buddy is a cutie! I love that they commissioned artwork in his honor- awwww.
Just want to add my two cents- some cats are pre-disposed to be overweight, and it’s very difficult to do anything about it. My two cats are sisters, but one of them is naturally very thin and the other fat. The fat one is on a strict prescription diet, and it doesn’t make much of a difference.
They’re the same age, the same gender, but not the same size-take a look
here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bzms/397849239/in/set-72157594548631318/
Susannah says “Ugh – I wish this site wouldn’t post pictures of overweight animals. I understand that sometimes there’s a medical reason of whatever, but it’s really not cute. It’s sad. Way to glorify unhealthy cats and bad pet owners.”
BAD pet owners? Are you serial? Unhealthy – how do you know? How DARE you, dude. You don’t know this cat or this cat’s owner so WTF is up with the judgement calls, here?
People need to stop putting their own screwed up, twisted and likely AMERICAN BS weight standards onto a CAT that they don’t even know. God this pisses me off. This cat could live to 20 for all anyone knows.
OK. I feel better.
I think this cat is absolutely adorable!
And DKN, just out of curiousity, what does “AMERICAN” have to do with any of this?
Tygress22- I’m just mad and spouting off. But as an American who has lived in other cultures believe me when I say we are among the worst of those in the world when it comes to judging others simply by their weight. And when I see people put these sorts of standards on animals where it probably shouldn’t even apply it makes me mental.
To everyone – I apologize for my generalization.
I’ve gotta’ know who that artist is! I want a bobble-head of my cats! Or even just a replica of Buddy – he’s sooooo cute! So what if he’s big boned!
my cat Spooky (who is also overweight, and we’ve been working on it for years, but it’s difficult with another cat in the house, etc.) used to do this a lot. We called it “humping the couch”.
Buddy rocks. I rescued a black and white cat once, and named him Buddy, cause I would call him that while he was recovering from his various injuries. My cats didn’t get along with him, so I had to take him to a shelter, but i found a good no-kill shelter. While he was there, he made friends with a black-and-white kitten named Archie, and they were adopted together! It still makes me happy to think about.
DKN – That’s cool
I wasn’t offended or anything, like i said, i was just curious what you meant so i thought i would ask 
I hate when people (*cough* Nuffs) automatically think the worst when they see a picture. It is just a split second, frozen in time and they feel the need to fill in the blanks with unfounded assumptions. Oh well, whatcanyado
I guess i am just a glass-half-full kinda girl. I just ignore them and enjoy the cute! And as i’ve said before…cute is in the eye of the beholder! 
(sorry, i guess i just wanted to vent a little too..hehe)
A Cool Cat! Every home needs one. (OK, let’s make it two.)
Tygress22 – I hear ya. I usually ignore them too but for some reason this AM seeing someone accused of being a bad pet owner pushed me over the edge.
Couch slouch.
My cats are overweight (not quite this much, but still) and I put them on a diet….they got fatter!!! It’s hard to keep inside kitties in shape (other than round).
LOL, this kitty sleeps/dangles like my kitty, Peppercorn!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zmustapha/215365351/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zmustapha/215365352/
DKN – I can tell that you’re totally serial! XD
Cute kitters, too.
As far as the extra kitty skin on the belly after a kitty loses weight — cats are supposed to have a fair amount of extra skin and stretch there, it’s what allows them to jump so well and high, and what lets a foot-long cat streeeeeeeeetch to about three feet long, lol. Just think of cats as slinkies!
Those accusing a pet owner of being ‘bad’ because the pet in question is overweight…shut the hell up.
My girl is overweight in that you have to press in on her sides to feel her ribcage. She is also in perfect health. This as per the vet. *I* am *not* a ‘bad pet owner’ or an ‘irresponsible pet owner’. I do not over feed her, do not feed her garbage food. I play with her every day in a manner that gets her running around. You think you can do better? Well come on over and ‘cure’ her then.
So shut the hell up.
And Buddy and his effegy is perfectly adorable!
Cutebabfix: you win for my big laugh of the morning. “An Antimacatsar!” Snort–been ages since I saw one of those.
It’s okay, Buddy, don’t listen to all those people hatin’ on your fat. From one boombalatty to another, I’m saying, being skinny won’t make you a better person, er, cat.
I have part-ownership of a (saved from shelter) ragdoll kitteh, and apparently that breed is prone to fattness. Add in an older kitteh who has hypothyroidism in the same house, and boom! Monster sized kitteh. He’s adorable, though, fluffy and lovey!
That cat *is* a couch! Seriously, one cool kitty who probably makes for a very nice head rest
Good one!
nycat:
Peppercorn looks just like one of my cats, Willie! Their faces are a little differently shaped, but markings look all the same.
Buddy’s a big boy, but he’s got the sweetest face. Positively makes my three look like midgets, even my big tom tabby, who’s about 14 pounds. Some animals, like some people, have a natural proclivity towards “largeness”, whether they eat loads of food or not. However, IMPO, a little less weight would be a healthier option for this boy.
DKN – As I said, I realize that sometimes there’s medical problems or whatever. I didn’t mean that the owner of THIS cat is necessarily a bad pet owner, but in general I think that people who let their pets get obese are bad pet owners, much like I think parents who let their children get obese are bad parents.
And I wish that people would stop thinking obese animals are cute. Think about it – would you be happy if you were obese? Probably not.
ctotheatothet, the Britney statue is EXACTLY what I thought of when I saw the kitteh bobblehead. And while I think that having a statue of your kit is a great idea, bobbleheads totally creep me out (as does the Britney statue).
Susannah! OMG, you’re SO right. What a valuable public service you’re performing. I know now that everyone with an overweight pet was just BLIND to how bad they were being, and only needed your scolding to put them right.
Bless you!!!!!
Susannah, a lot of people are overweight and happy. I am perfectly comfortable with myself. As long as someone is healthy, then who cares if they are larger. The same goes for animals. I do know what you mean about people that disregard the health issue for children/pets though. They depend on us to take care of them so we need to do that to be best of our ability but also, things aren’t always what they seem. That is why people shouldn’t judge, especially without knowing all the facts. (this isn’t accusatory
or anything, just making a statement)
Love the hanging gardens of cat feet. Don’t all cats do this? All mine have. Once had a 16 pound kitteh, not an ounce of fat on him, just really big boned, double pawed cats really are!
by the way, my black and white was named Heinekin, got him from a beer lover, obs.
I can’t believe this cute series of pictures sparked inflammatory comments about bad owners and unhealthy, overweight cats. Jeebus, a lot of people take themselves way too seriously.
I love Buddy’s “What are *you* lookin’ at” expression in the first picture! And love the muzzlepuff!
Buddy is soooooooooo like my kitteh (Louis)! Slightly larger but very same markings. Same slightly bored expression too – what’s with that?
To Leah:
My room mate’s name is Donie Eugene, and he’s a “fat cat” as well. No black and white spots, just a mustache.
BWAH! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
And I’m spent.
lol – stop it – all of you – *stop bickering* – I *hate* bickering!
just go home and *luv* on your aminals… or go adopt another aminal… that should make you all happy
and Buddy rocks! I don’t remember who said it, but my biggest snort came from “couch humper.”
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SnorglePup, I know what you mean about draggy post-fixed kitties. Vets call that condition “spay sway.” It’s not necessarily fat, just flab, sort of like a woman who’s had a C-section and doesn’t gain back the muscle tone (yes, Nuffs, I know that some do, but some don’t, okay?). My Gypsy, since gone to live with my ex-husband, nearly drags the floor, but she’s not overweight. You pick her up and you can feel she’s just floofy and selectively flabby.
Re: Buddy. GORGEOUS kitty, adorable pose, BEYOND adorable little bobblehead statue.
All this debate over fat and NOBODY NOTICED THE TOES? The mixed toes? The pink and black jellybean toes on the back feet? Shame, shame.
That’s not cute, that’s sad. Should be classified as animal abuse, actually. Any pet owner who lets their pet get that way is insane. No animal is naturally born like that. Imagine how much pain and discomfort it must be in, and, if it’s not already, how much more pain it will be in once it becomes diabetic.
I have much respect for cuteoverload, but, c’mon, you put your ads up about the fight against seal-clubbing and that kind of thing, and then you find humor in this? This cat has a disease, people. Would you laugh at a cat who was diseased or crippled in some other way, or dying even?
Poor thing isn’t a circus show, people. He’s an animal.
That’s not cute, that’s sad. It should be in the Cute or Sad? category. Actually, it should be in the animal abuse category. Any pet owner who lets their pet get that way is insane. No animal is naturally born like that. Imagine how much pain and discomfort it must be in, and, if it’s not already, how much more pain it will be in once it becomes diabetic and gets arthritis and other problems.
I have much respect for cuteoverload, but, c’mon, you put your ads up about the fight against seal-clubbing and that kind of thing, and then you find humor in this? This cat has a disease. Would you laugh at a cat who was diseased or crippled in some other way, or dying even?
Poor thing isn’t a circus show, people. He’s an animal. Think.
Noelegy — I noticed! See above.
luckynumbers –
Have you somehow glossed over ALL of the posts ahead of yours? The ones stating Perfectly Reasonable reasons for a cat to be overweight?
I love bit fat kittehs!
Disregard the first comment. Tried to go back and edit but it had already posted.
Anyway, I wanted to add to the above poster who said that they’re comfortable being overweight. That is a lie. Ask anyone who has been overweight and has lost the weight and kept it off – they’ll say something like they would rather lose an arm or an eye than go back to being overweight. You are lying to yourself, and you know it. You’re just using that as a sugarcoated excuse not to do anything about it, or that you’ve tried and not succeeded, or that you haven’t really tried and you’ve chosen to just give up and live with it. You know you would be happier being fit and healthy. And by the way, anyone who is overweight is automatically classified as unhealthy. Being overweight in itself is a symptom of being unhealthy. And people who say that the ones making a fuss over this are taking themselves too seriously… well, how serious is death? Anyone who comes to this site has a sense of humor and a desire to find light and cuteness in animals, but a post like this needs to be taken seriously. My grandmother’s cat recently died from having been overweight for years and finally developing diabetes. What if it were your child? A lot of people think of their pets as their children. So, how serious is it if you’re pet/child is in risk of getting all kinds of diseases and/or dying? Think, people. Anyone who’s calling that too serious, is seriously f*cked in the head.
luckynumbers,
You don’t know this cat. You don’t know this cat’s situation, medical history, vet history, or anything of the like. You have no knowledge of whether or not his vet has given him a clean bill of health. You also know nothing of his homelife, his diet, or his activity level. You have access to approximately 1/356,789,432th of this cat’s life via these photos, and yet have the gall to call this animal abuse? Reserve your (kneejerk) judgment for a situation where you’re clear on the facts, and find a more constructive way to put your obvious passionate love of animals to good use.
AliceTanzer -
That is bullsh*t. There is no Perfectly Reasonable reason for a cat or any animal to be overweight. Stop and think for a second… do you ever see any stray cats or other wild animals overweight? No, because they hunt for their own food and eat it the way that nature intended for them to. They aren’t being fed contaminated pet food by a person. They aren’t being given cow’s milk which is designed for a 2000 lb. animal. They aren’t being given medicines for diseases that they shouldn’t have in the first place – medicines that are only making things worse for them by screwing with their metabolism and thyroid and other parts of their body.
Any of you who are saying that this is reasonable have no reasonable reasons to call yourselves animal rights activists or anything else to do with animal welfare.
llism -
I don’t have to know any of those things. I already have a pretty good idea of them just by looking at this cat, and if this cat’s vet gave him a clean bill of health then he shouldn’t be a vet, should he?
I’ve stated my case, no need to argue any further. I’m just saying, you don’t have to be a genius or veteranarian professional in order to see that this is not normal, and that it’s nonsense to try to “gloss over” it by saying that it is.
Salut.
Hey anonymous underscore-character no-screen-name person above:
Oh and noes.
My calico, Toe, used to drape herself over the top of the tv set this way. She LOVED it there because of the tv’s warmth. So, alot of the time when we would watch tv, there would be Toe’s two legs hanging down in front of the picture. She would slep VERY SOUNDLY there, & eventually — one minute you’re watching tv just kind of ignoring the 2 legs hanging in front of the picture – then SUDDENLY an entire kitty BODY would DROP down past the picture! It always took her by surprise and she’d stand there, disoriented, for a couple of minutes, then lick herself off (like “what? … I MEANT to do that … what’s everybody looking at…”) and then she’d climb back up on top of the tv — soon she’d be dangling & dozin’ again…
&:o)
And also — Buddy looks like a sweetheart! — I’d LOVE to have a beefy kitty like heem to schmurgle! &:o)
Awwwwww, Buddy, you are A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E. (And the bigga the betta. Holy camera angles!)
And that replica of yours is FABULOUS! Awwwwww.
What do you mean by that, Theo?
I swear, right about now if I were face to face with any of these people claiming animal abuse over the weight, they’d have some very painful and bloody noses.
Way to f-ing judge perfect strangers.
And way to make me furious and reduce me to tears at my desk at work because some wanker at the other end of a computer screen is calling *me* a bad pet owner, when I am NOT.
Thanks ever so much you thoughtless little bastards.
Too bad cats can’t talk. Maybe he could give us a perfectly reasonable reason as to why cats can be overweight.
Hurt ‘em, Teho.
luckynumbers (now _),
Agreed. Stray cats and other wild animals aren’t overweight because they have to hunt for their food. However, many stray cats and other wild animals that live in cities are hit by cars. They are also at risk for all kinds of diseases, exposure to toxic chemicals/waste, contaminated food, contaminated water, and the like. Outdoors would certainly be healthier if we all lived in the country, but that just isn’t the case. I personally have indoor cats because I chose to rescue them from animal control rather than letting them be euthanized. So I should let them outside and run around when I live off of a busy road? I think not. So that means I “have no reasonable reason to call [myself an] animal rights activist or anything else to do with animal welfare”? Ridiculous. I would rather have a cat that’s a little pudgy than have one that’s roadkill or dying from kidney failure due to coolant ingestion.
Also, your statement about “anyone who is overweight is automatically classified as unhealthy” is preposterous. Weight is a number on a scale and doesn’t measure bone density, body fat percentage, or frame. My personal trainer would be considered “overweight” if she stepped on a scale, but her body fat percentage is under 10%.
Your sweeping generalizations are most amusing.
He/she who judges yet posts anonymously-
How dare you presume to know what i think but that is all i am going to say about that. I don’t need to defend myself and especially not here.
Also, you said something about not seeing fat wild animals and such? They also don’t generally live to a nice, ripe old age.
Ok… No more feeding the Nuffs.
Teri -
So, you don’t want to be called an abuser, but you’d be willing to give me a very painful and bloody nose?
Look, I didn’t mean to be so harsh. But it is a serious matter. Most people are probably just unaware of the harm they’re really doing in most cases like this, or are just oblivious or lying to themselves for whatever “perfectly reasonable reasons”. Like I said, my grandmother’s cat died from being overweight and diabetic, and I’ve seen other cases similar to that. It’s not enough that it’s become an epidemic among people and children these days, but it’s starting to happen in pets too. It’s just something that I feel very strongly about, and I wish people could understand what they’re doing. If you’re not overweight, then imagine if you had to walk around with 10 – 20 or more lbs. of pressure on your back, weighing down your stomach and legs, all the time? You wouldn’t be happy, would you?
Sorry for upsetting you, but this upset me too.
Genetics for a bloody start you *&^*&^%*%^%
Or would you be happier if I took my cat, who has known nothing but love, affection, security and safety for 11 years, baring the 3 months before she came to me, and take her to the humane society because her size is, to you, a clear indication that I am a horrible, thoughtless, evil human being?
Wow, who let the Nuffs in? Geezum Crow peoples, Buddy is a GORGEOUS puddy tat and not everything in this world has to have 10% body fat.
Nana – LOVE your werkin’-on-the-comp-shoulder-protector. Yitzy likes to drape on my chest, wherein I get nosefuls of Tuxedo floof and can only post with one finger. And ya’ll know which finger I’m usin’ at the ree-diculous masses of Nuffs on here today.
“Ask anyone who has been overweight and has lost the weight and kept it off – they’ll say something like they would rather lose an arm or an eye than go back to being overweight.”
I wonder if the person who posted this would be willing to lose an arm or an eye to stop being a stupid jerk. Such a small price to pay.
An abuser and a person in a fit of fustration and hurt and anger over being accused of something they are not are not the same thing.
You did more than upset me, and your apology is not accepted.
_,
“I don’t have to know any of those things. I already have a pretty good idea of them just by looking at this cat, and if this cat’s vet gave him a clean bill of health then he shouldn’t be a vet, should he?”
So you yourself are a vet? A vet tech? Anyone remotely qualified to make this kind of sweeping assumption based off just looking at a picture?
Or maybe you just work for Miss Cleo?
re: “What do you mean by that, Theo?” (nice, very nice, touché…)
OK, I’ll answer because I don’t think you’re really a troll.
In general, whenever somebody climbs up onto their pet soapbox, especially in the context of a fluff/humor blog like Cute Overload, that somebody just ends up sounding foolish. Not always, but I’d say 99% of the time it’s true. You *can* see that, right? You might as well be getting all shrill about marshmallow rights at a campfire.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m NOT saying “shut up”. By all means, rant all you like; it tends to drive readership here and I’m all for that. But dude. Right now I’m laughing at you, not with you.
Maybe, just MAYBE, the sky ISN’T falling on the big couch kitty, y’know?
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
llism (and any one else who’s battling me against this):
What you’re saying is half-true. We don’t live in an ideal world, and if you live in a city, then it’s fine to have indoor pets. I’m not against having indoor pets. What I am against is the food people feed to their pets. This whole contamination outbreak is bad, but the food was already bad anyway. I’ve researched this kind of thing quite a bit, and, in order to manufacture and distribute typical pet food as cheaply as possible, they use diseased animals and the worst possible quality vegetables and other things, fillers and chemicals, and none of this is good for your pet. Then if people feed their pet scraps from their own food, that makes it even worse. Cats are designed as carnivores who are supposed to kill and eat their food raw. That’s not to say that you have to let your cats out and let them go kill their own food. But there is something called the BARF diet that advocates feeding pets in the way that they were most closely designed to eat. They sell raw pet food now I think that’s already ground up with the right the amount of nutrients and everything. People who have put their pets on this food have seen really miraculous transformations – diseases gone, weight lost, their fur is healthier and shinier, and they don’t smell as bad (that’s always a plus).
The same thing that’s going on with sick and overweight humans is happening with sick and overweight pets. The more processed and chemically altered the food is, the worse.
But I won’t go any further into the whole debate over weight and health, as people have all kinds of different ideas about that. But I would suggest thinking about how it’s naturally supposed to be, and try to get closer to that if you can.
And the other poster – the reason why some strays don’t live to be very long is for the same reason – too much city life and traffic and polution and things caused by humans. If it were an ideal world, animals would be able to thrive, as would humans.
Of course, that’s the real issue, isn’t it? It’s not fat or thin, tall or short, small noses or whatever–we want everything, including people and now pets, to be functionally optimal. Sick animal? You don’t fit the shape we think is healthy right now? Well, what did you do WRONG?? And heaven forfend we should really think that living creatures have a right to exist in all shapes and sizes–if we do that, it’ll just ENCOURAGE them!
Er…cute cat, though! You know, cute…like the website name?
Ok… Luckynumbers… you’re wasting your breath. Having grown up in the country, I have seen more than my share of wild animals, and while I have not seen one that is overweight, I *have* seen many species where some are BIGGER than others. Sometimes, depending on fur and body flexibility, when they lie down, their torsos *squish* until they LOOK wide. Even squirrels straddling branches this way.
And by the way, all points bulletin to nuffs everywhere, but especially to you: when you swear, scold, and taunt people, they never listen. EVER. They defend themselves. If you want people to listen to you, BE KIND.
I had two cats, one that became very very thin as he aged. I was told to give him whatever he would eat. (no not junk food but well made pet food). While keeping his weight up, my other cat, who shared his meals, got kind of pudgy. So what? Should I have put them both on a diet and let my boy starve? I think not.
Such a stupid and thoughtless little troll.
hey peeps
can’t we all just get along, puhhleez?
oh and I almost forgot, love the kitteh, the bobblehead replica and the mixed jelly bean toes. YUM
…’scuse me… but… “BARF diet”!??? Sorry, I seem to be having a sudden attack of the WTFs.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
I’m not a vet, but I’ve researched health for quite some time, and it ain’t that different from animal health.
Genetics is not that relevant, especially to being overweight. People use that as an excuse all the time. My parents and grandparents were mostly all overweight, and I was as a child because I was fed the same things that they were eating, so of course I gained weight. But I became a vegan around the age of 14, and lost a considerable amount of weight. It wasn’t until a little later that I swayed off of the vegan path and had some health problems and was put on medications that screwed with my hormones and thyroid that I gained weight again. I’m losing it again now because I’m not on any medications and because I’m eating right, the way nature intended. And I believe that would be the same case for animals, regardless of “genetics”.
Ah… the nuff is a BARF salesman in disguise.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Okay, I will be kind. And I don’t care if my apology is accepted or not. It’s a situation that I feel very strongly about, and I know that not many people are going to back me up on it. I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.
Anyway. I’m done. My opinions have been stated, and anyone who disagrees can continue to state theirs. But I choose to look to the light instead of the dark, and hopefully someone will eventually see that the things I’ve said might just make sense.
Thanks.
And I still love you, cuteoverload.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nope, not a BARF salesman. Just an advocate. I don’t even have pets of my own, I’ve just witnessed a lot of sad situations.
So yeah, again, I’m done.
Thanks.
Nicely said, Teho.
Howz the kitten snorgling business these days?
And yes, in the fray I also forgot to mention, I loooove the pink and black jellybean toesies, that kills me every time! Adorable cat, Teri. And seriously, thank you for sending in your pictures. Don’t let this discourage you. I really seriously don’t understand where all the commentroversy came from.
lol…one of the erins…that’s not my baby up there and I didn’t send in those pics.
I just took personal offence at the generalization that if a person’s cat is overweight, then that person is automatically a bad pet owner and an animal abuser. And I continue to take personal offence at that. I’m still very upset, angry and hurt over it.
Because my cat is well loved, safe and *gasp* perfectly healthy. And I am not a bad or abusive pet owner, no matter the spewings of that person who thinks their ever so much smarter and better than the rest of us.
Teri-
I am truly sorry, whether you choose to accept it or not. You had a strong reaction to my comments – I had a strong reaction to this post. I don’t think I’m smarter or better than anyone, I just get bothered by things like this. Despite any of it, though, I know that love is the most important thing about having a pet, and if you love your pet, then you’re a good pet owner. So, I am sorry for my hurtful comments.
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm
Unbelievable… it’s for real. Worst acronym EVER.
“Hi, I’m Theo! Would you like to try my new exercise program? I call it Labor And Recreation Daily, or for short…”
My Jester did this all the time. I’ll have to see if I have any pictures.
hehe…you crack me up, Theo
I’m a long time lurker and don’t post much but i really love you guys! *sniffle*
Aren’t we all anonymous,
“I’m pretty sure that even if I was being kind, I would have still gotten attacked and called an idiot and jerk or whatever else I skimmed over up there.”
Not true. If you had stated a well-formed, thoughtful opinion rather than acting dictatorial with your ideas, had actually listened to what other people said, and hadn’t offended everyone by making sweeping generalizations and assuming that you knew everything about everyone else’s situation, you would have found people much more receptive to your point of view. This community is all about constructive discussions; we’re NOT about people breaking their soapboxes over our heads and bullying us just because they’re discussing something they feel strongly about. We’re ALL passionate about animals or else we wouln’t frequent this site.
Argument is an art. If you want someone to come around to your way of thinking, it’s best not to start by giving them the finger.
Plus — in the midst of all the fat stupidity, I (and everyone else…ahem…) forgot to mention that they would think positive thoughts for fuzzy MIA to find her way safely home again. (Stormcat’s earlier comment…)
I hope MIA’s safely home by now.
Usually I just watch the sparks fly, but I have to get in on this one. Anyone who recommends BARF needs their head examined. Plenty of dogs and cats have died from bone shards ripping their insides. Plenty of nasty parasites are passed along through that unreliable food supply you describe (and yes, I know what “animal digest” is in processed pet food, and that so-called natural pet foods don’t contain the remains of shelter animals — just farmed animals. But the farmed animal supply is sufficiently problematic in this country as to render raw meat quite risky. Use your computer skills to Google “BARF diet” and read about people whose dear pets have died from it. Ask your vet why she doesn’t recommend BARF (and no, it’s no just because Hill’s pays American vets a fortune). For someone who clearly wants to be an iconoclast, you’ve readily swallowed propaganda. And you don’t even feed BARF? You’re just relying on others’ tales? Oh, my.
Look, I’m sure you mean well, but any time I see anyone touting BARF as a miracle solution, I get nervous that someone else will unwittingly harm their pooch or kitty.
Theo-
Good point. You’re a funny guy. I probably shouldn’t have used that term. Maybe just stated it as a raw, natural pet food diet, or something. It beats the hell out of contaminated food. And if anyone wants to say anything about raw animal food being contaminated, well, whatever brands were included in the contamination outbreak were processed and heated so high that anything contamination should have been destroyed… but it wasn’t.
llism-
Yes, you’re right. I did it the wrong way out of anger and getting upset. Still, I’ve been in situations before where I’ve stated a well-thought out opinion after having done years of research and been through my own personal battles with weight and illness and witnessed and read about countless other individual situations, all with a pretty common denominator. And even then, it seems to be something that people either don’t want to hear or don’t want to believe, so they either attack me or ridicule what I’m saying or just don’t listen at all. I’m used to it by now. But yes, you’re right.
So, I apologize to everyone for the way in which I presented my opinions, but I will continue to stand by them.
Check out the Oregon Humane Society about “Goliath”, the very large cat that made headlines awhile back. They said that in spite of his size, he was only a little overweight, not obese (in a feline sort of way)!
My daughter has two black cats – brothers- one is slim and trim, the other looks like Buddy, and has the best purr in the world!
Perf-
I’ve read a lot on the diet, and I have yet to see any cases of pet deaths from it. If you can send me some links, I’d appreciate it.
I’m just backing up what has worked for me, and I think what could work for everyone, humans and pets. And that is getting as close as possible to the way we were all naturally designed to eat. We weren’t naturally designed to eat chemicals and all the other shit that’s put in our food and our pets’ food. If a person tries to do that or tries to do that for their pet, and contamination still exists, then it lies in the fault of mankind. Pesticides and growth hormones and antibiotics in farm animals. Purity is a rare thing to find these days.
Well, I wasn’t going to say anything, but as long as Theo brought it up, I think it’s HIGH TIME we all discussed a sorely overlooked topic: marshmallow rights…
(Oh, and my cats seem to be on the BARF diet themselves, but it’s usually the result of them gnawing the houseplants, or licking themselves… blehhhhhhh…)
People seem to be accusing me of not knowing anything about certain situations and just generalizing my opinions and being an ass. Well, to those of you who are doing the same thing in terms of the raw natural diet for pets, and to Perf, here’s some info that you might want to read:
http://www.workingdogs.com/vcbarf.htm
It discusses the pros and cons of it, and Dr. Billinghurst, the creater of the BARF diet, and a veterinary surgeon, by the way, gives a lot of information on it with scientific data to back it up.
I’m sorry, I have to chime in here and say I to have a “fat cat” and she has been that way ever since she was spayed. She eats ONE can (the little palm sized peel top kind) ONE time a day.
Ok so that being said, basiclly my cat has had a hystorectomy… have you ever seen a woman with one? 9 times out of 10 their stomachs protrude. THEY aren’t fat, but they have a pooch. FOR THAT FACT, my cat has had a litter of kittens… have you ever seen a woman who has had more than one child??? Certainly you wouldn’t have the NERVE to say a woman who has had more than one child, whose body is stretched out, and no matter what diet she tries the skin is still stretched, and who has also had her uterus removed, that SHE is fat? HUH?
Point here folks is that you don’t know the whole story as to WHY this cat is bigger than YOU think he should be. You saying that his/her owner MUST be a bad pet owner, is the same as saying all jews are good with money or all mexicans are sleepy. *southpark pun intended* No people shouldn’t over feed their animals, yes they should get exercise but you don’t know that THIS cat gets overfed or under exercised so shut the hell up.
YAAAAAWWWWNNNNN….
These Nuffers are making me tired. I’m going to take a nap. Will somebody let me know when the cookies and pudding are passed? Nite-nite.
z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z
I haven’t read the other comments but it appears there’s another nuff war / commentroversy going on? Over THESE kitty photos? Please people….. gaze again at the floofilicious kitteh stradling the couch. My Pooh does the exact same thing and is about as “full-figured” as Buddy! heh heh
Well, after looking at the photo again, I think Buddy wins in the heavyweight cat-egory. Sorry I ever doubted ya’ Bud!
Heather S.-
I agree, a hysterectomy can make a person (or an animal) gain weight. But I am personally not for hysterectomies in humans or animals unless you have a very particular situation where it is very necessary. When you have a hysterectomy, it completely throws your hormones off-balance and when that happens, especially with women (or female cats), it can make you gain weight. This happened to me when I had to be put on Prednisone – it did a lot of damange to my hormones and thyroid and I put on weight because of it. I never said that weight gain is purely the result of overfeeding your pet. But weight gain in pets is the result of some kind of human interference. Did you really NEED to spay your cat? Did she have a serious problem with her uterus, or did you just not want her to have anymore litters? Couldn’t you have just gotten any male cats neutered? It’s not as much of a dramatic thing with males.
My mom did the BARF diet for our golden for a few months and he loved it. But it petered off…I’m not sure why she stopped it so I won’t comment on that. But anyway, yes, it’s totally legit and is pretty much the only way to guarantee that no artificial anything is getting into your pet’s food. It’s best to use free range meat.
Anyway, I just think that when it comes to looking at a site like this, jumping to a conclusion on an animal’s experience is always a mistake – I think that’s what Theo was getting at earlier.
NUUUUUUUUU! My kitty beats it! He’s a “healthy” 17 pounds, and I still insist he’s not fat. He’s always been a friggin’ huge kitty.
He’s a cuddler too. Nothing beats being woken up at 2 in the morning cause your Fluffmonger Bowling Ball decided to take a nap on your chest. :p
THANK YOU, Heather S., owner of Buddy. As any one with common sense can figure out, pregnancy stretches the abdominal muscles out of their original shape. Add a hysterectomy, which involves cutting through the abdominal muscles, and it’s going to be hard to get that girlish figure back. Anyone who has had a hysterectomy or c-section should know this. Female cats almost always have floppy bellies after spaying. That said, these picture also involve foreshortening, and I think that Buddy is a very beautiful, content-looking cat. So please, no more gloom & doom.
On a side note….LOOK AT THAT LIL’ DIPSTICK WHITE SPOT ON HIS TAIL! ROFFLE! I lurve it! <3
ebee – wait, there’s cookies?? and PUDDING?
S. _ whoever – Yes you NEED to spay/neuter your cat. There is evidence that fixed cats and dogs live longer. Just like cats and dogs with good diets live longer. that being said – AGAIN – the issue here is that we should not assume anything about the situations the animals are in when they are posted on this site. Meg, surely, knows how to use discretion when it comes to submissions. Also – when it comes to humans getting hysterectomies as opposed to cats, you simply cannot compare the two.
No pudding. Just Mochi.
(see how I did that thar?)
Oh, yeah, and Heather S.:
I have known women who have had more than one child and have had that protruding stomach, but I have also known women who have had more than one child and have had a completely flat stomach – some even after a few days following birth. Those women with the flat stomachs ate healthy natural diets, without chemicals and processed foods and milk.
Oh. Deal’s off if there’s no pudding.
I’ve just got to say that I love the way cats are put together. They are like giant pillowcases with four tiny paws at the corners. They can be stretched out like kites (like Buddy here) or curled up into impossibly tiny balls, or stretch up at huge length to peek over a counter.
I love all animals and snuggle every dog I meet, but the cats – oh the CATS! – they are just the most fabulous fluffy sacks of purr on the whole planet.
Wups, forgot the link!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/pillowchii/MochiPants2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/pillowchii/Picture3.jpg
DKN-
I would appreciate it if you would give me a link or some kind of resource to the evidence that fixed cats and dogs live longer. I’m not saying that I don’t believe you – I’d just like to see it backed up.
And yes, I think you can compare the two. No shit that humans and cats are different, but they are both mammals, and if the symptoms of having a hysterectomy are pretty much the same in both humans and cats, then why can’t it be compared? And by the way, don’t just tell me that – tell it to Heather S. who began the comparison in the first place.
Take any illness or condition – the symptoms are usually the same in humans and animals. So, I guess, given what you’re telling me, then it’s safe to say that if more women had hysterectomies and more men got snipped, we would all live longer? LOL.
Aww, Moonie, why would ya need pudding? Ya already got pie!
OH my goodness that is sooo funny. And cute, in his/her own way.
That’s a really big cat… also beautiful! How much does he weight?
S, humans are NOT cats. to compare the two is laughable.
Anyone who argues that cats should not be spayed is just…RAWR! Words can’t even describe!
Oh, by the way you want your proof, here’s your proof:
http://www.kittenrescue.org/spayneuter.htm
It doesn’t say they’re GUARANTEED to live longer, but it DOES reduce the chance of getting ovarian cancer, which has known to be a problem in female kitties, especially pure breeds. So THAR. Yarrr.
Gee, then I guess we’ve been lied too all these years about getting out pets spayed/netured and therefore we are all being evil when we do it.
I have also read a lot about BARF. Most of the pro-BARF things I have seen are individual testimonials…”my cat loved it,” “my dog looks great,” and so on. Now I’m all for that kind of thing. But there are also testimonials about the situations that don’t work out so well. And there are plenty of them, too.
But these are all anecdotes. We can string together anecdotes all day and not find out much that helps us make decisions. I mean, there are plenty of people who could testify that they’ve been using cocaine for years without it interfering with their lives…but that doesn’t make them good predictors of what cocaine addiction does to the average person, right?
I’m a social scientist, and I want evidence, not anecdotes. So I look for controlled studies, and this is what I find:
From the Journal of the American Veterinary Association:
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan05/050115ww.asp
From the University of Guelph (In case you’re not Canadian — it’s a reliable source!) Veterinary School newsletter:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/News6-2/ANwsl6-2.pdf
From the journal Better Nutrition:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_mOFKA/is_6_67/ai_n13788104
Yes, some meat is cleaner than other meat…and you’re right that the worst meat of all (are tumors “meat”?) go into most commercial pet food. But one study I read (sorry, I couldn’t find it online quickly…I’ll keep looking) found that 8 of 10 samples from raw meat diets contained Salmonella. I’ve also seen reports of E. coli, as you’ll see in the links above.
Some people may have success with BARF. Some people also have great success with regular commercial diets. But the risks of BARF are too high for me to trust my beloved kitties with deadly diseases. BARF is contaminated to the same degree as traditional foods, it’s just contaminated with different things. My cats eat meat that may have hideous hormones. BARF kitties eat meat that may have live parasites, and bones that may rip their intestines.
I’ve seen cats live healthily to nearly 20 on high-quality conventional food, and that’s the way I’m betting.
By the way, if you want testimonials about dogs dying from BARF, I’m pretty sure you can find one at
http://www.secondchanceranch.org/training/raw_meat/index.html
but I haven’t checked that link for sure.
I’m a long-time lurker and first-time commenter — just finally couldn’t help myself. I love Buddy — he reminds me so much of Simon, my tuxedo kitty. He weighs 27 pounds and is diabetic and he was that way when came to live with me. I took him off the tuna and he eats weight maintenance dry cat food along with my other four cats. But like a lot of big guys, he has a heart of gold. He’s just big ole Uncle Simon to all the other smaller cats, and he spends lots of time cuddling and licking them. They like to lie around kneading each other and purring. To get him to lose more weight, I’d have to lock him away from all the others. What kind of life would that be? Maybe he won’t live as long as most kitties, but he’s happy. He’s a great cat and we have a happy household. So yes, I’m sad about Simon’s health, but ya know, we’re doing the best we can.
We have a really fat kitty, everything we have tried to unfat her doesn’t work.
Before we got her she was actually found by the humane society, starving to death because her little old lady owner had died. Even now, after years of plumpitude, if the food (yes, diet food) bowl is even half empty she freaks out and sits next to it and stares at it until we put food in. Or, if its actually empty she’ll start barfing up spit, as though she hasn’t eaten in so long that she has stomach acid (even though her last meal might have been 2 hours ago).
I do worry for her health, but food is her life, and I’m not going to make her miserable just so she can lose weight. We have tried food restriction and it just makes her terribly chronically anxious and unhappy.
Every creature is unique, and sometimes you just have to do the best you can to give them a happy life. Things can’t always be perfect. I’m sure anyone who posts or reads this site loves their creatures as much as I do. We all just do our best.
Ironically our other non-fat kitteh is the one with diabetes…
1. So Bob Barker really IS the antichrist… “Spay and neuter your pets! BWA-HA-HAAAaaaaaaaaa!”
2. Show me the rule that says I can’t have pudding AND pie… I want proof! (Totally unintentional pun, thar, with proof being in the pudding, and all.)
3. Dude. It is SO naptime. For everyone.
I’m very happy. ^-^ In CA, there’s a bill in Sacramento that would make it mandatory to spay and neuter all pets before they hit 6 months old, with exceptions to specific screened cat breeders, I think. The law would apply to anyone who owned a cat, if you let it romp around outside unneutered (dunno how on earth the authorities would kep track), you can get fined. I think this is a spectacular idea.
And p.s. — I truly love Cute Overload — you’re exactly the right antidote for the too-serious world these days! Keep it up!
When I said proof, I meant like scientific data. Thanks.
And it’s not laughable to compare the basic body parts and functions of mammals or all animals. There are a lot of things that are different, but when it comes to what I was talking about – hysterectomies – they can be looked at as similar. It’s still a uterus and a reproductive system, human or animal. And by the way, the reproductive system is the very thing that links all mammals – so if you’re going to compare something, that’s the thing to compare. So, THAR.
And, actually, Teri, yes, we probably have been lied to. We’ve been lied to by a lot of things. Take for example, the pet food that was supposedly safe has now had contamination. And the government used to lie to us that tobacco wasn’t harmful, when they knew damned well that it was. We’ve been lied to about medicines and the whole medical industry and charities and foundations really using our money for a good purpose. You’re not evil, but you are naive if you think that you haven’t been lied to.
HI MOM!
S. – http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/why_you_should_spay_or_neuter_your_pet.html
http://www.sniksnak.com/benefits.html
http://www.spotsociety.org/health.htm
http://warrentonkc.tripod.com/spayneut.htm
http://www.hsmo.org/m_vetcare/benefits.php
i could go on…but the server won’t let me.
A couple of those links I posted aren’t working, even though I checked the sites just before posting. Sorry. I’m looking into it now…
And S. – don’t try and tell me that the humane society et al doesn’t have scientific evidence to back themselves up.
Thanks, Perf, I’ll take a look at those.
I don’t deny that it probably didn’t work out so well for some pets. All pets are different, just as all humans are different. I’m guessing that most of the cause of the ones that didn’t work out was due to buying poor quality meats for their pets. I’m all for a raw vegan diet for humans, but of course it’s not all for humans, and it can vary from different percentages. And some people don’t understand that it’s better to get organic stuff than non-organic, or even if they do understand, they still get non-organic and they wonder why they’re still feeling shitty to a certain degree. So I do get it.
Thanks again for the links – glad somebody is actually providing backup to their statements.
***rolls eyes***
Even before i opened this, i could feel the heat of the “overweight/abused cat” nuffs…
Shoooo! Go Way!!!
He’s a beautiful contented puttin’ tat!
(Theo, belated congrats on the bebbies!!!)
Simonsmom: I have to say – and this is NOT a judgment – 27 lbs is danged impressive. He must be impossible to pick up.
And good for you, for taking care of a special needs kitteh.
And “mycatisasphere” is the funniest name I’ve heard in the past few minutes. Just sayin’.
It absolutely sucks to think about the life animals have before they get rescued, what with the starving and abuse and abandonment.
(And to pre-empt the Nuffs, if you’re thinking about commenting on the CRUELLE MIStreatment of animals AHHFter they get rescued, by people who OHHBviously cram food down their pets’ throats using pogo sticks and funnels, just shh. Right there. Shh. Really now.)
Buddy is adorable, he looks quite comfy and floofy!
His peoples have great attention to detail as well, not one bit of stray fluff on that couch, that is admirable!
My kitty Cleo has a bit of pudge during the summer when she slims down for chipmunk season. It’s pretty funny to watch her waddle as she’s going out to her hunting grounds
There’s nothin wrong with a big kitty, except when you hafta pull them out of places they don’t belong, teehee
Thanks too, DKN. Never said the humane society didn’t have scientific evidence. Just that one kittenrescue link didn’t really seem to be too scientific.
Let’s see if this works this time:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FKA/is_6_67/ai_n13788104
newmoonpie-
You’re exaggerating a bit, I already stated that I never said overweight cats are the result of cramming food down your pets’ throats with pogo sticks, etc. Go back up and read before making your silly comments.
And I apparently I’m the only “Nuff” here.
And here’s the right URL for the Guelph newsletter. The relevant article (on weak bones in puppies) is on p. 23.
http://ahl.uoguelph.ca/News6-2/ANwsl6-2.pdf
CuteOverload needs an Ignore function, imo x_x
s: No, I’m exaggerating a LOT. I do that. Attempting a bit of levity. Clearly, it’s working. (Not.)
And I don’t recall reading anything about pogo sticks at all, by you, or anyone. I was just throwing it out there.
You’re the only “nuff” who stuck around to actually discuss anything… there were a few earlier who just nuffed and ran.
Thank you, Perf. Still reading those, but I just wanted to add also that a lot of people using that diet for their pets buy regular raw meat like they would by for themselves to cook. Usually this is just muscle meat with some fat. Carnivorous animals in nature like cats and dogs usually tend to go for the organs first, and don’t really eat much of the muscle tissue or other parts that could be contaminated. People make this honest mistake, which could be where some of the problems come from on the BARF diet.
newmoonpie-
I understand, and it did work. Thanks for your levity.
And thanks for the compliments. I’m not much of a runner.
Crimony!
I had a feeling with the floofy-butt kitty there would be the “oh noes! fat cats bad! fat cats unhealthy!” crew.
But wow.
I’d go grab some popcorn and a beer to read the controversy a little closer, but it sounds like it’s getting a tad hostile. Or at least a little snotty.
Neither of which are cute.
Nothing wrong with debate. A lot of interesting links are coming out of this thread, and there’s nothing saying anybody has to agree with any/all of it. (Is there? Crap. I don’t think I signed anything.)
Uhhh…I don’t get it. When cats (or any animal, for that matter) lay like this, all their stuffings get pushed out to the sides, making them look chubbsier than they are…
I didn’t look at this cat and gasp because he’s an overweight cat, I laughed at the redonkulousness of his posture and how he looks so completely comfterbuls.
I think the cat may have a little extra meat on his bones. But I don’t think he’s unhealthily so, nor do I think people need to be punished for letting their pets eat well.
And that’s my non-vetrinarianly-trained opinion.
I tend to feed my babies a VERY large assortment of foods, one of which is a weekly “treat” of raw meat, but this is more so they can get the pure protein and get a taste for meat, something they were born to do. I also buy them wet food, which already incorporates the organs of an animal (anything that mentins “meal” such as chicken meal, will already have organs in it). They seem to prefer their dry food over it, but they get their wet meals about three to four times a week to keep up their health. Also, on occasion when it’s available I will request a liver or gizzard from the meat section of the supermarket to cook up for the bebbes. Every time I cook up some raw poultry, guess who gets the giblets? :p No wonder I’ve got such rotund kitties. :p Actually the orange one’s fine, but Mochi is…well, he’s aptly named. He’s very round, very squishy, and very very sweet. ^-^
Thanks, Newmoonpie. Yes, Simon is hard to pick up. Once in awhile his little lovin’ heart just overflows and in an excess of affection, he suddenly jumps up on me, pins me down, and, purring madly, washes my face. There’s not much I can do about it (if I would want to). He’s the boss around here. So, here’s to sweet-tempered, big-lovin’ big boy cats everywhere!
I have a kitten named Simon too, simonsmom! He turns one next month.
AWWWW! He sounds like the perfect loving kitty! You’re very blessed to have your Simon. ^-^
(getting back in track) I think Buddy should be nominated for Cat Of The Month on SO!
omigoodnes…i feel kinda bad for the pet owner–I mean, I’d die of joy if my pet got on co, and then to have the comments turn on the evils of my pet abuse and then about how people are fat slobs becuase of eating chemicals and god knows what else!
so I feel the need to say–this was one cute cat. And you can be cute even if you have ‘issues’!
and thanks to everyone’s thoughts on the tummy drag…I’m proud of my kitty losin’ weight, and you are probably right that it’s partly from other stuff that she drags. She had kittens and then was spayed all before I got her, so I guess her bod’s just showing what it went through.
She’s beautiful even if she’s swingin’ low
When Buddy here, lays around the house, … he LAYS AROUND the house. Don’t forget it.
When Buddy purrs…it’s surround sound. Talkin’ Richter scale.
Buddy is twice the cat I’ll ever be. Go, Buddy.
Simonsmom: Snorgle that floofyboy for me! It sounds like he won’t mind.
Pillow: OHHHHH. Duh. Mochi is your KITTEHHHHHH. I am so slow on the uptake. (I’m all like, “wait, no pudding, but I can have a mocha instead? Well, I do like mochas… wait, what…?)
/duh
S,
“Carnivorous animals in nature like cats and dogs usually tend to go for the organs first, and don’t really eat much of the muscle tissue or other parts that could be contaminated.”
Sorry–you’re mistaken. Carinvores eat the whole mess: Meat, cartilage, fur/feathers, skin/hide, fats, marrow, blood, etc. They may eat the “good parts” first, but will usually come back for the other stuff later. Any bone splinters that are eaten, and not digested, become wrapped in the fur/hide of the prey animal and are passed through the digestive system. That’s why the BARF diet is so bad–the bone is ground up, but there isn’t that natural (albeit icky) protective barrier of fur/hide to coat it and protect the animal’s gut from getting perforated. These “packets” are either passed in scat, or, as in the case of owls, regurgiated.
One of the many mysteries about cats is how they can be balanced on a relatively narrow space and yet look so comfortably that it’s like they’ve melted into it.
I want to cuddle Buddy! I want to scratch him between his ears! He looks like such a love.
:p Them’s mah Mochers!
Having had a hysterectomy, (because of cancer, unless you thing that wasn’t a good enough reason), and 3 additional adominal surgeries, I can tell you it has nothing to do with my weight. I eat to much and don’t get enough excersize.
Having said that, it is also because I come from a family of heavy people. Except for 1 of my 4 siblings, we are all overweight. That is why it is hard for me to take and keep the weight off. As far as having kids, I’ve had 4, I have a freind who I haven’t seen in years who had 9 kids the last time I saw her, and she was as skinny as a rail, almost an unhealth skinny. In humans, geines do make a BIG difference.
Now, as to our pets, the same can be true, litter mates raised in the same home one will be plump, and one slim, one will be a lay-about, the other bounce off the walls, age and gender also make a difference. I little extra weight is not going to hurt the average animal. (I was raised on a farm and do know something about which I speak.) We had an old Moma cat called Brownnose, and she was our barn mouser, and cought her own food, she was a BIG cat and would have made Buddy look tiny. She was 18lbs, and not an ounce of it was fat. So, I have to say, know the animal before making harsh statements.
On the other side, it is not good for any creator to be obece. And as animal owners we need to watch our animals health. But I would still rather see a Fat Cat with a good home then a skinny stray.
And as to your comment about fat people not being happy, I am 5’6″ tall and 230lbs, and I am happier in my life now then I ever was at the 135lbs I carried in my youth.
AAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHH! Where are the new posts for today???? Theo!!! Post something!
lol, I’m with Helene…
Theo! Save us!!!!
pleeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzz
S,
Forgot to include some links:
http://www.thepetcenter.com/imtop/wolfexrep.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellet_(ornithology)
Theo, your pick… I’ve been waiting for ever for my big break on The CO.
http://www.ratemykitten.com/pictures/helene23/
Okay, #1: I am a (former) vet tech. Buddy is just fine.
#2: On the fat debate: like humans, cats are individuals, and the effect of fat on their bodies is different with regard to their health. I won’t debate what fat is or isn’t, but I will say this: *lack* of fat is no proof against any particular health problem.
#3: I consider the Nuffy comments to be hate language, and therefore *wildly* inappropriate for this forum.
#4: I think my beloved Inigo beat out Buddy for the big-belly championship, but I’ll let y’all decide for yourselves:
http://members.cox.net/mdase/photos/Melis%20&%20Inigo4.jpg
Somebody pass the puddin’!
M.
Adorable kitteh, who I feel an uncontrollable urge to snorgle!
But man, I hate self-righteous people. Especially self-righteous people who take their personal experiences to be universal.
I agree! We need something else to take everyones minds away from this.
That reminds me of the pictures of the bunnies with something on their heads… saying something like “You’re a tard, now here’s a bunny with a pancake on it’s head”
>>I’ve just got to say that I love the way cats are put together. They are like giant pillowcases with four tiny paws at the corners. They can be stretched out like kites (like Buddy here) or curled up into impossibly tiny balls, or stretch up at huge length to peek over a counter.
>>I love all animals and snuggle every dog I meet, but the cats – oh the CATS! – they are just the most fabulous fluffy sacks of purr on the whole planet.
mleiv — that was just wonderful!
For the folks who talked about having one skinny cat and one fat cat, here’s something that worked in our household. At feeding time, Skinny Cat would go in the bathroom and be shut in to eat in peace without Fat Cat horning in on his dinner. Then Fat Cat’s portion could be controlled separately. After an hour or so, Skinny Cat could come out, and any leftovers could be put away. For cats used to free-feeding, that could spark some riots, but if there’s a concern for Fat Cat’s health, it’s an approach they might be persuaded to accept (just make sure they don’t know how to order pizza online).
I love Buddy and his buddylicious couch poses! My cat Tiger was a big big cat – he weighed in at 16 lbs, stretched himself up on his bag legs and easilyb reached up past my waist. When he splashed himself on the top of the sofa he totally spilled over the sides. All Maine Coon, all gorgeous, all delightfully dim! The vet said he was a big breed and was in perfect health. He did have a wide fluffy belly, but apparently fixed cats have a tendency to sag a bit in the gut-teral area. Anyhoo, Tiggy was a sweet tempered and fun and goofy pal! He passed away a couple of years ago and our family misses him loads.
*beep beep beep* (sound of a truck backing up coming to take Buddy away and make room for one of Helene’s kitties)
I hope I don’t regret putting my 2 cents in here.
One more good reason to spay:
s. :
Have you ever lived with a female cat when she’s in heat???
Try it sometime.
It ain’t pretty…(for the humans OR the cat…)
This perching must be another calico quirk. My fat calico perches on the corner edge of the futon mattress. It looks precarious, but she’ll stay there for ages. Wierdo.
Melissa L,
“But man, I hate self-righteous people. Especially self-righteous people who take their personal experiences to be universal.”
THANK YOU. This is what I’ve been arguing against all day, but it’s akin to trying to have an intelligent discussion about sin with a fundamentalist Christian.
‘Nough of the nuffs. On to Teh Qte!
I have to throw in my 2 cents to the anonymous troll…
Your comparison of women getting hysterectomies and cats being spayed has another fatal flaw – cats are supposed to be spayed before sexual maturity, which means their ovaries etc. haven’t fully developed, making the surgery much less significant and quicker-healing.
Also, I had a sweet fat kitty who died of liver disease before she could get diabetes. So there. She used to sit under the bird-feeder like a giant furry rock until some silly little bird would land on the ground near her and then GLOMPH! Dinner for fatty. Good hunters, them fatties…
I heart Buddy. Stay fat my friend!
So much that was said while I was gone. Well, I’m getting pretty tired of this too, but I will respond to a few final riduculous things that I think need to be responded to.
llism-
Where did you read this stuff about carnivorous animals? To my knowledge, carnivorous animals like cats and dogs go for the organ meats, while most of the other stuff that’s left is what vultures and other scavengers feed on.
DumBunny-
I will re-state that genetics has little to do with weight. Usually the reason why fat people seem to come from fat families is because the parents feed the same fattening things to their children that they eat themselves. It’s more of a food chain reaction than it is genetics. Also, if you were truly happy with your weight, you wouldn’t be putting your energy into commenting about all of this. That shows that you are focused on your weight. I’ve been focused on my weight for some time, and I know what a struggle it is, but I’m finally losing it and getting it back to normal. That doesn’t make me RIGHTEOUS, it just makes me a human being who knows what pain is. And I know that when I see the same problems elsewhere, in humans or animals, it’s nothing to be happy about.
Melis-
Congrats on your “vet tech” status – why weren’t you a real vet? Hell, who cares? Even if you were a real vet, you’d still probably be saying those kinds of ridiculous things. Animal or human, it is fact that excess weight causes all kinds of problems – cardiovascular problems, joint problems, breathing problems, inflammation, risk of heart attack, diabetes, etc., just to name a few. These are all obesity-related diseases, that can occur even in someone who isn’t overweight, but being overweight makes it that much more complicated and can lead to these problems at a more serious and accelerated rate than in someone who would otherwise be fit and healthy.
Again, I’m not a vet or a doctor or certified in any way with anything to do with health, but I have knowledge and resources and have done extensive research, as well as have had firsthand experience. Still, these are just my opinions and I get that no one will be agreeing with them any time soon.
So, thanks, and sorry again for the harshness, everyone.
By the way, llism, that last link you posted is talking about BIRDS, not cats or dogs.
And I try not to trust too much of what’s on wikipedia, as it can be written by anyone.
S-
or whatever name you are using now…you “choose to look to the light instead of the dark”???? I so beg to differ. You looked at these cute pix and chose to pick the darkest, most negative aspect and start RANTING about it.
I’m not perfect either. I have physical shortcomings and potential health problems. Does that mean I’m not allowed to be cute? I think not. Cats with health problems are cute too, and are still squee-worthy. If he’s on his deathbed from his dangerous weight problem, all the more reason to appreciate him while he’s still around…
p.s. Veganism is not the way humans are “naturally” supposed to eat, either.
*skipping all the commentroversy, have WAY more important things to get worked up about*
These pics are fantastic! What a precious pile o’ floof. He looks so comfortable and happy! What a loved kitty.
S,
The pellet factor with predatory birds and the scat factor with larger predatory animals (felines and canines) functions the same way–the bones that are ingested are wrapped in hair so they don’t damage the critter’s digestive tract.
This is an excellent resource for BARF diet issues:
http://www.dogpeople.org/BARF%20Myth.htm
Another link to owl pellets, if you’re interested:
http://www.carolina.com/owls/guide/pellets.asp
oaklandcat-
My name has been s. for quite some time now, thanks.
And yes, you’re right to some extent, it was pretty dark of me to just start ranting angrily. But if you’ll read all of the comments I’ve made up there, I’ve already admitted to my mistakes. I get that it was wrong to do it that way, alright? But I never attacked the CAT for being overweight. I was angry at owners who let their pets get that way. I am all for animals, of any shape or size, healthy or not healthy. I sympathize with ones that aren’t and support anyone who really supports the health of animals.
And don’t even get me started on your bullshit about how veganism is wrong, especially if all you’re going to do is just make that one statement and then not back it up with any reasoning. I’ve heard this already, so much, that it’s just not even worth it to fight back, but, in anticipation of your reasoning, I’ll go ahead and put mine out there:
I believe veganism is the natural way humans are supposed to eat because:
1. Humans do not have carnivorous teeth – not like other carnivorous animals such as cats and dogs. Our couple of teeth that are slightly pointy were, in my opinion, designed to crack nuts and things like that, primordially.
2. I don’t want to get into the whole Darwin thing, but there is only about a 2% difference in our DNA and the DNA of monkeys. Monkeys are vegans.
3. I believe that anything that appears to be unhealthy to the human body is not naturally designed for the human body, i.e. meat – frequent and excessive consumption of meat can cause constipation, cardiovascular problems, high blood pressure, body odor, etc.
4. No other animal in nature continues to drink milk after they are weaned in infancy. No other infant animal in nature drinks the milk of a different species unless it is orphaned and has to in order to survive. Humans who think it’s okay to drink cows’ milk do not realize that the milk of a cow is genetically designed (yes, GENETICALLY designed – all those people who are so conerned with genetics) – for an animal who gets to be about 2000 lbs. It is designed for a calf who grows very fast, at a much faster rate than humans.
So, all of the increasing problems with illness of pretty much every kind can in some way be blamed on diet. When you cut out what isn’t naturally designed for the human body, the human body functions the way it’s supposed to.
I guess our Hunter Gatherer ancestors were right up the creek in trouble with their diet’s MEAT portion.
Humans are omnivores (sp?). This means we obtain nutrients from both animal and vegetable sources and yes, we can, if we make the choice, abstain from meat and animal products without undue effect on our health. This does not mean that Veganism is our natural state. I’ll go with what archeology has told me about the diet of our collective ancestors thanks ever so much.
oaklandcat-
And one important thing I forgot to mention that most anti-vegan/vegetarian people seem to bring up is the issue of protein. Vegans can get a perfectly healthy amount of protein from nuts and grains, and it’s actually healthier to get protein from vegetable sources than animal sources. Protein from animal sources clogs the digestive tract and can cause gout. And as for vitamin B12 or anything else that people mistakenly think only comes from meat – how do you think the cow got B12? Cows are vegan animals. Then anti-vegan people are going to tell me that I have to eat some beef or something to get B12. How do you think the cow got it?
So just don’t even waste your time trying to babble on about your bullshit. I’ve studied nutrition and specifically veganism for almost 10 years. I’ve looked at both sides of the issue. All you have is your side.
To S.:
RE: “Monkeys are vegans.”
If by monkeys you include apes then you are incorrect:
http://www.psgb.org/BookReviews/TheHuntingApes1999.html
Chimpanzees hunt smaller monkeys for meat. And since we’re technically apes as well, that makes at least 2 ape species carnivores.
As an owner of two 15 year old maine coon cats, I’ll take a fat cat over a dead cat any day.
We have had all sorts of medical tribulations. Both started around a very healthy 16 lbs. Both have been treated for congenital heart murmurs typical of coons (one is on atenolol for the rest of his life). The other developed a thyroid tumor, but we can’t remove it per the doctor, so he is on tapazole the rest of his life. He lost lots of weight, down to 11 lbs.
His brother developed serious diarrhea which our vets had a horrible time diagnosing. After nearly 8 months of B-vitamin shots (I hope I never have to give another one), thousands of dollars of tests, and no less than 12 different foods we discovered he was allergic to grains. A couple bouts of cystis later and he is around 10 lbs.
After changing their food to Innova Evo the thyroid kitty has ballooned to over 18lbs and looks like a puffball with all his bloody hair. He is really a chunky little monkey now, but I wish I could put any sort of weight on the other cat.
They are both happy and very active, and they look and act like kittens still… big coon kittens that is! I’m thankful for any additional days I can have with them.
SHAME on those of you who pass judgment on ANY image without knowing the story. I’ve worked up the costs on my two cats – we could have had new matching BMWs instead of healthy geriatric kitties. Those who judge owners or cats by their weight are no better than the same awful people who “recycle” their animals when they are no longer kittens, puppies, or bunnies.
Buddy is a cow-colored cutie! He looks content though unwilling to leave a favorite spot under ANY circumstances… I would not dare!
Teri-
That’s fine. I never said people were wrong or would be condemned if they didn’t switch over to a vegan diet. I’m just saying what works for me, and I am ready to defend myself against people like oaklandcat who want to attack me without providing backup.
Veganism is a political term – you make a choice to be a vegan.
Animals don’t have an agenda. They are herbivores (plant eaters only), carnivores (primarily meat eaters) and omnivores (both plant and meat).
I don’t care what people choose to eat, but at the very least know the terminology you are throwing around.
You made reference to it being the human being’s natural diet. To which I disagree, based on archological findings connected with our early ancestors, who subsisted on a meat and vegetable diet.
One more thing – why the hell do people automatically think that anyone who thinks that overweight animals are unhealthy must automatically be an advocate for skinny shriveled starving or dead animals? WTF? Same thing with people. If you try to lose weight or don’t want to be fat and don’t advocate fat acceptance, then it must automatically mean that you are all pro-anorexia and all that. There is a middleground, people. It’s called health.
AmyH-
It’s more than just a political term for me, and my choice was not at all for political reasons. It was for health reasons. Thanks.
Teri-
By saying that it’s the natural human diet, I did not mean to imply that it had to work for everyone. It works for me, and I am the human being that I watch out for the most. People can live perfectly fine on a balanced diet of healthy lean meat and vegetables. Just stating what works for me.
S-
hmmm…”babble on about my bullshit”…. that would be you, sweetie.
My mistake for feeding the nuff.
Ok, everybody get with me on this… Everybody *stop* talking to her!
Let’s just talk about how cute Buddy is, and Helene’s and Melis’s kittehs…
Cute! Cute! We’re here for Cute!
Get off the flaming s. or GTFO *does the happy happy cuty fluffeh kitteh dance*
Then change the term you used in describing it. You have chosen a Vegan diet, not the natural diet of a human being.
By calling a vegan diet the human’s natural diet, you are implying that eating meat is a relatively new aspect of our diet. This is false. What is relatively new to our diet is preservatives, growth hormone, pesticides and other chemicals put in our food by manufacturers.
Therefore a ‘natural’ diet for a human would be organic meat and vegetables. (being that these foods are minus, for the most part, the aforementioned chemicals)
Veganism is a diet of choice, either for health, religious or personal beliefs.
My father has many cats, all of them strays that he’s taken in and loved with all his heart. They are all fat. But I would *never* presume to say that he is a bad pet owner or that he’s shortened their lifespans.
Wthout his love and care, frankly,l most of those cats probably would’ve been dead long ago, of starvation, predation, or harsh northern Minnesota winters.
These animals were abandoned and unloved. In several cases they were feral cats that nobody else on earth would’ve had his endless patience to tame. Far from judging him for their obesity, I admire him for unconditionally loving creatures that other human beings had discarded like garbage.
Buddy is *adorable*, and obviously a lucky, much loved kitty.
oaklandcat-
You’re just pissed because you have nothing to say to back up your comment.
ceejoe-
Thank you. I would like to stop talking now as well. I’ve put way too much energy into this when I just wanted to make one simple comment – one that I do admit I should have been nicer about. Never meant to attack anyone about anything or bring my personal life into it to get more people riled up. I will stop now. I’ll be cute now.
.
I’ve been checking in every 30 minutes or so, and the post count on this thread keeps rising and rising. This must be how Noah felt when the flood waters kept on rising. I’m torn whether I should keep watching, in morbid fascination, or run for high ground.
I would add my 2¢ to the discussion, but there’s no point beating a dead horse.
I will only request, please, that people refrain from bashing anyone–Americans, Christians, whomever. I’ve met a lot of both (I AM both, as a matter of fact) and we aren’t all anything, any more than all fat cat owners are anything.
*Goes back to look at kitty slouching on the couch.* I hope the kitties I’m sitting for next week haven’t put on a lot of weight, ‘cos they’re both lapcats. Not that a couple of 8# cats matter when the two German Shorthaired Pointers decide they want to climb up, too…
“By saying that it’s the natural human diet, I did not mean to imply that it had to work for everyone.”
By saying that a vegan diet is the natural human diet, which is highly doubtful in and of itself, you are saying that all other diets are not natural, or at least developed un-naturally, however that’s supposed to work. Since you further link good health to having a natural diet, viz “3. I believe that anything that appears to be unhealthy to the human body is not naturally designed for the human body…”, it goes to assume that we shouldn’t be eating a non-vegan diet if we want to stay healthy.
Just saying, that’s what the vox populi would hear in your posts…
In any event, cute kitty!
ceejoe,
Yes–Buddy is cute as hell, and I LOVE his racing stripes.
These are my boys, Monkey and Pickle (who, coincidentally, are a bit smaller since they’ve been switched to weight control food
:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christyc/282933826/
The regal Monkey:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christyc/282924347/
And then there’s Tank:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christyc/282933832/
And Maggie:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christyc/282935606/
I adore my kids!
LAST COMMENT BY ME
Teri-
Okay, you’re right. I don’t even like calling myself a vegan because I know the kind of reaction so many people have to it. So, it won’t be mentioned anymore. And a diet of organic meat and vegetables is a lot better than a diet of preservatives and growth hormones and all of that.
Jaye-
Again, I never judged the cat. I love animals, regardless of their conditions. It’s just that I care as much if not more about how they might feel as how cute they look.
Okay, so, I REALLY AM DONE THIS TIME! My apologies to everyone that I offended or hurt – I am sincerely sorry…
I’m with you, ceejoe!
s. – I do hope that works for you. We all have to take responsibility for our health.
My overlying point was misidentification. Some people might consider it semantics, but it drives me batty to hear people use ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’ when it comes to animals. Those terms are about choices, not about biology. Animals are not vegetarians, they are herbivores (or carnivores or omnivores). That was all. I’m a word nerd and I was raised by a herd of large, milk-producing ruminants.
*backs out of room slowly*
Throw my tux cat Sam into the contest! 20.2 pounds at his last vet visit. The male vet (with large hands) was unable to get his hand around Sam’s skull to open his mouth. He said he’d never seen a cat with such a large head! I’m not sure if that’s a compliment….Anyway, yes, Sam is overweight, but he is a hefty boy to begin with.
Hey ceejoe – didn’t see your post ’till too late.
How about that hockey team? Go Green!
S-
peace and love! Lots of other folks backed me up. I didn’t provide evidence because this is a comment on a blog, for heaven’s sake. Your relentlessly negative comments just got to me after a while. Lighten up! Cute, fat, cat. Great owner.
Go grind your axes somewhere else.
ceejoe…
is this like high school when you mad at someone, everyone had to be mad at them? Pass…i grew up.
Okay, one more comment and then I’m done:
Since when am I a she? I thought I was a he earlier? I mean, I am a she, but when I first started commenting I think somebody referred to me as a he, probably because I seemed to be smart and well-read, right? And now all of a sudden I’m a she, probably because I said that I was a vegan? Come on people, break the molds.
AmyH-
Yes, I get what you’re saying now. I didn’t really see much a difference between the terminology before – I was just trying to state it in terms of diet, not of political choice. But yes, I get it.
AMY’S BACK!!!! *glomp-nuzzlenuzzle*
oaklandcat-
I get that, way too much negative comments from me, way too much energy poured into this. I’m sorry. I am going now. I have no axes to grind.
salut, everyone… for real this time.
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=^.^=
“I think somebody referred to me as a he, probably because I seemed to be smart and well-read, right?”
“And now all of a sudden I’m a she, probably because I said that I was a vegan?”
Where did anyone imply anything of the sort???
Sounds to me like we’re not the ones with molds that need to be broken…
I am FEELING the love! Thanks, Pillow! I haven’t been around these parts lately, but do check in from time to time.
And considering this pile o’ floof looks like my big, fat and happy (and healthy) old Elvis, I thought I’d see what everyone was saying. Hoo wee! What a day people are having.
S,
I am not focused on my weight, but it is clear you are and are progecting you phobias on to other things. If you want to be a vegan, go for it, but don’t expect everyone to agree. I once met a dry alcoholic who claimed that ANYONE who had EVER had even a sip of alcohol was an alaholic, even if they never had another drop in there life. Where I ask her if this ment that ever cathlic who had ever had communion was an alcoholic she said yes. Your thinging is alone the same lines. Everyone who is no at their “ideal” weigh is misserable and obsessed with their weight. Most people are like me, they no they need to loose weight, but they really don’t care enough to do anything about it. I’m fat, and I really don’t care if I am, because I like who I am, and from all the things you have said here, I’m not sure the same can be said about you.
I this it’s time for you to quite trying to force you oppinions on others, and to take a good hard look at yourself.
YOUVE SAID THAT LIKE TEN TIES NOW JUST DROP IT! Yeeesh!
*snorgles her kitty* Yeeesh….the Fuzz Therapy…make all the badness goway….
>.>;; Elvis….omg *dies* Best. Name. Evarrr.
P.S. Sorry about the bad spelling, I was in a hurry, I’m off to the doctors so he can tell me I’m fat also.
P.P.S. He’s a cute cat and has some of the cutes little toes I’ve seen in a long time. the first thing I wanted to do was tickle those toes.
S. –
Advise just letting ‘em get it all out. Having the last word ain’t all that.
254 comments!!! Dang. So, what’s the record on that anyway?
(I was almost afraid to post…)
floppyC – It’s a lot. And the record post is filled with far more vitriol than what you are looking at here.
Babies were involved. People hate babies even more than they hate fat cats.
If another post has surpassed the Post That Dares Not Speak Its Name, then I missed it.
“Humans aren’t supposed to eat chemicals”?
Newsflash; amino acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and water are necessary for life. Guess what? They are in fact CHEMICALS.
Please at least think your wording through.
Excuse my joining in the Nuffyness.
That cat’s cute.
AmyH – That’s a shame.
I LOVE these pictures though. Cats in comfy poses rock…well, any pets or animals in comfy, redonk poses like this one make me cheshire-cat grin.
AmyH — you haven’t missed it.
“Having the last word ain’t all that.”
Yes, it is.
And caffeine is a chemical that is CRITICAL to life. =)
what a tweetie pie Buddy is! “yeah this nice soft couch is as good a place as any to floompf… here goes… ahhhhhh” My cat only spreads out that much when it’s hot out. She’s my 10 lb. baby and she’s got the “spay sway.” But she gets told she’s soooooo preetttyyyy about 10 million times every day so she’s pretty vain. I thought she was looking a bit chubby but she just had a vet appt. a few weeks ago and her doc said she was just fine. A very healthy and happy guurrrllll. Purrs!
No it’s NOT! Nyahh!! (AuntieM)
Wait, no, I don’t mean caffeine. Coffee goooooooood.
Holy crap! I used to enjoy digging into a good commentroversy, but it’s no fun anymore… At least this one seems to have some validity, but c’mon, people, do you honestly think you’re going to change anyone’s opinion by ranting on a blog whose purpose is entertainment, and NOT health or “how to care for pets”? People looking for that go to *serious* boards. This one is for fun.
I like fat kitty, though I, too, would put him on a diet.
I would squish his toes, too. 
I, too, have a large tuxedo kitty. She’s on my lap as I type, in fact. Sometimes my big girl will lie on her back, perfectly splayed out. Not exactly dignified, but darn funny.
AutieM, Theo-
Zomg! I just bought an espresso machine!
Fantastic, I tell you! Fantastic!
Re chemicals, life and reflexive do-gooding:
Enjoy the controversy over dihydrogen monoxide:
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
(snickers to self and tiptoes away….)
Actually, coffee is nasty. Or, at least, *this* coffee is. Bitter. But I keep drinking it.
Espresso is a bit much for me, AliceT. I can’t even take two extra strength excedrins, otherwise I start climbing the walls.
Hey, I just realized it’s TOESday again! Yippee!
Glad I’ve seen that before Pseudo, or I might have been lured onto the bandwagon by that site.
Luckynumbers/_/Aren’t We All Anonymous/S.: Somehow, you claiming to be the expert on pet health here because you’ve done research into animal health and veterinary procedures smacks of Tom Cruise claiming to be an expert on psychiarty and psychology. In terms of medical issues, including those involving animals, unless you’ve been to the proper school for it (not necessarily gotten a degree, but been to school), your knowledge is not the be all, end all on the subject.
Being overweight =/= fat. According to the BMI, I should not weight more than 121lbs, but I weight 149. According to a body fat analysis, my ideal weigth should be around 132-138lbs because of all the muscle I have, and according to all tests, even though I have a slightly higher percentage of body fat that would normally be considered healthy, I am in better shape than 72% of people my age and 0 risk of any obesity related illnesses as long as I continue to stay in shape. And genetics can play a role in things. I do the all natural diet thing and have been all of my life…it’s been 12 years since I’ve eaten any meat other than fish, anything that wasn’t low-fat and low-calorie but also natural, touched any sweet things other than fruit, or drank anything other than my own fruit juice, water, or milk. And guess what? Three years ago I was diagnosed with a GENETIC DISORDER that shut down my metabolism entirely, which is why even eating 1200 calories a day and exercising daily wasn’t stopping me from gaining weight. I started taking the medication, and while it’s still a struggle, I’ve put on muscle. Which is not unhealthy. My fat percentage has dropped but my weight in terms of numbers hasn’t. Homigosh, I’m so unhealthy! My parents must be abusing me!
There ARE reasons for animals to be overweight, too. And it is possible for them, just the same as humans, to be overweight but HEALTHY as well. For all we know, when he isn’t chillin’ oh so cutely on the couch there, Buddy runs around and climbs the furniture and gets just as much exercise as any other cat. Just because he’s big doesn’t mean he’s unhealthy or that his owners are abusing him. But, you know, if you think that letting your pet get a little cushier even if it doesn’t affect their health is a crime on par with starving them or beating them or using a choke chain just to make them be quiet, by all means, take up your concerns with the animal rights associations out there. I’m sure they’ll agree. It’s so obviously the exact same situation, after all.
*Headdesk*
AuntieM –
Did you know that the darker the roast, the less caffeine in the coffee?
And that espresso actually has _less_ caffeine than regular drip coffee? That is, of course, taking into account serving size. If you drank a cup full of espresso like you drink a cup full of coffee, you’d be off the walls.
Oh, Yeah, the excedrin, Each pill has the caffeine content of a shot of espresso
I know I shouldn’t worry about having the last word, but…
DumBunny-
Why are you bothering to tell me to take a good look at myself, if I myself said in my comment to you that I have also been focused on my weight. But I am doing something about it.
And I’m not even going to bother scrolling back up to see who said what, but yeah, I remember something about chemicals. Amino acids, vitamins, all that are necessary for the human body, in their natural amounts. Chemicals like MSG, aspartame (in diet sodas), food colorings, artificial flavorings, etc. etc. are not necessary for the human body. Those are the chemicals I was talking about. So whoever the dumbass was that made that comment… use come common sense.
Sorry about that. Those arguments really built up the annoyance factor for me. I’ll say nothing more on that particular subject.
Incidentally, since no one has said it yet; HOMIGOSHPUDDYTOCKSYAY!!!!!!!!!
Wow- I can’t believe I actually read through all those comments!! I figured I would post one now that I’ve made it here to the bottom of the page.
The drama really spices up my day, but isn’t time for another post so that we can enjoy the QTE and finish the day with a little less trauma??
(Oh please, oh please, oh please?)
I know allot of random food facts. ^^;
And yeah, I know I’m never going to have the last word, but I will have my last word. I won’t bother to read any thing else here, so you’ll be wasting your time responding to me. I’m tired of wasting my energy on this, I’m sorry that I did in the first place, and I would suggest everyone else who keeps throwing things at me to focus your energy elsewhere as well, on good things.
LOL, suda! I thought there was something suspicious about that site. It seemed a little overwrought and hysterical, even for the kind of wackos who usually get worked up over crap like that.
Stop it! Stop it! Stoooop it! All you veteranarians, health experts, dietitions, nutrionists, gym rats, etc… just stop it. We’ve agreed – Buddy’s big. Some cats are big. Some cats are not big. Get the eff over it. We’re done with that…
Now, has everyone seen “the kitty cat dance”???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP_tfVGKxdE
I didn’t know that, Alice. Interesting…
That would also explain why one excedrin on an empty stomach has the same effect. =)
*Cracks up at the kitty dance* Oh wow…that’s almost as good as this kitty’s pinchable tocks…superspecialawesomeyay!
What a big handsome floppy cowtuxie cat! When Buddy lies around the house, he lies around the house! And inspires lovely art. Smoochies on the multicolored toesies.
OK I couldn’t resist.
1) Melis — you should submit that as a Cat and Rack.
2) s.–I’ve been kind of agreeing with you (in a hand-waving sort of way), because I agree with your premise, but you could seriously learn some tact. But “Congrats on your “vet tech” status – why weren’t you a real vet?”–GEEZE, how rude can you be? Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get funding for an advanced degree? It took me a total of six years to get my master’s. But that’s beside the point. Vet techs, like human nurses, human dental technicians, x-ray technicians, and the like, also require extensive training, very little of which serves as prerequisites for vet or med school. It’s not like vet school lite, or The Scrapings Vet School For Vet School Dropouts. It’s a very challenging and worthy program of its own. I know, because I considered going at one point (but changed my mind to remain a physicist instead). I wonder how you have the gall to insult strangers (owner of fat cats, fat humans, vet techs) as you have been.
*inhales*
–AND–
3) “when I first started commenting I think somebody referred to me as a he, probably because I seemed to be smart and well-read”
WAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha! Only boys are smart!
OMG, “kitty cat dance” has totally redeemed my craptastic day. Thank you, anonymous dancing kitty and klawmama!
Arvay –
Re gender mixups:
Many years and pounds ago, I lived in San Francisco and owned a spectacular velvet-and-sequin “Hello Dolly” dress. I wore it to the Castro district one year for Halloween, with huge wig, feather boa, gloves, the whole schmear.
A guy who looked like he was a tourist from Akron came up very close to me, squinted, and said “Oh. You’re real.”
He was truly disappointed. He *so* wanted me to be a drag queen.
suda, that’s sort of like a Victor/Victoria premise then, eh?
Yep. I also did male drag for a while, for which I sometimes wore a very high-quality fake beard. And once again, I disappointed someone who was headed my way with great interest until he got close.
Seems I can’t win. Or at least those around me can’t.
Ya know, looking again at these pics has added a brand new pre-requisit for our new sofas.
Our current ones have pillowbacks, meaning Cujo and The Dude can’t hang out on them like Buddy (although Cujo makes a ‘hammock’ of the pillowback). So therefore, new sofas will allow my babies to sprawl out like this fella. As well as be of soft fabric, comfy filler and a colour that nicely compliments their eyes.
WILL SOMEONE AT CUTE OVERLOAD PUT UP A NEW POST SO THAT THIS LONG OVERDONE B.S. STOPS !!!!
I LOVE THIS SITE BUT TODAY I AM BEGINING TO WONDER IF ITS WORTH GETTING A LITTLE JOY FROM LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLES ANIMAILS IS WORTH THIS.
LIFE IS AN EXPERIANCE THAT WE HAVE BE GIVEN, PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT ALWAYS.
I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT PRAISE THIS SITE AND TELL PEOPLE ABOUT SO THEY CAN GET A LITTLE JOY OR STRESS BREAKER IN THERE DAY.
leah, please don’t shout! And if the comments bother you, don’t read the comments. You can just look at all the cute phots on the main page and click no further!
Not to be the devil’s spawn or anything, but….
I kind of agree with S.
It is really sad when pets are obese. And it’s also really sad when people are obese.
I think we all need to make an effort to do our best to stay helthy for ourselves and for our families, and we need to be extra to take care of those who can’t take care of themselves- like our indoor pets and children. (And our children who sometimes act like indoor pets).
Not that you need to be a vegan, or feed your pets the BARF diet, but I’m sure everyone can try and do just one thing every day to try and make themselves more healthy.
Buddy does look a bit plump, but it might be fluff, or the way he’s laying, or perhaps a medical reason for some other health problem.
But you know what I REALLY have a problem with?? All those huge, pornographic boobie postings in the cats&racks category. I mean, I’m not a prude, but….
(And, yes, that last part was sarcastic, so everyone chuckle. Hehehe.)
Arvay-
They were being equally rude to me. And I don’t care how prestigous you think your career is or how hard it is to get there. I have self-taught myself things that people have to go to business school for 4 years or more to learn, and have learned things that they don’t even bother teaching doctors in medical school. With all of that extensive training, doctors never learn about disease prevention, self-healing, alternative medicine, natural treatments, any of those things. I have had really bad experiences with doctors, dentists. It doesn’t matter how long someone goes to school or what they did to get there – they are still a human being who makes a load of cash and will sometimes, oftentimes, do evil things to make more. I am not saying that every doctor/dentist/vet/etc. is greedy and cold-hearted, but I do not revere these people as a whole just because of the amount of time they spent in school. People spend a lot of time learning things outside of school, and no one ever seems to think that matters.
The whole he/she thing was a little out of line. I just thought it was a little funny how people seemed to see me as a he and then the moment I mention something about veganism, it’s like they associate it with being weak and frail, and, therefore, feminine.
Yeah, adios.
S. Weetie-
Thank you. That was what I meant to say originally. I didn’t mean to be all mean and throw veganism and BARF at everyone. We should all make an effort to be healthy, and, more importantly, make an effort to be friendly… and kind… and just love. That’s what I was missing up there in all of those comments.
I ain’t the devil…
I guess folks should just chuck out the time and effort of obtaining a university education, degree/diploma then. Apparently it’s worthless in the face of research done on one’s own to understand things affecting one’s own life.
Seriously, methinks you’ll be plunking out yet another apology shortly. Cause just there you shortchanged a whole heck of a lot of time, effort, hard work and hard earned money from a LOT of people.
S. Weetie, you are not devil spawn. You made your point politely and rationally, without resorting to cheap insults. S. chose to be rude and spiteful. That’s why nobody is listening to her.
(And S., you said you were leaving about four hours ago. How ’bout you actually DO it this time, huh?)
I had jello today.
My cat’s breath smells like cat food
s, you missed the point of what I was saying. But I won’t re-attempt because you are clearly looking to be insulted and won’t see otherwise.
And yes, you are rude, and tactless. And from your writing style, I took you for a high-school student. That’s why I put off responding to you for so long–I was giving you credit for having your heart in the right place, but forgiving what I took to be your inexperience in matters of human relationships. Clearly I was mistaken.
Arvey,
I will yell if it makes some people stop being a pain, this site I thought was for fun not to grip at everyone else. I am just amazed at how people are acting today.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
S.
I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.
Like, I studied Astro-physics and I know how to create a jet propulsion system to launch a space ship, but I can’t get a job from NASA without some fancy degree from MIT.
I also used to make clay models of people from play-doh, and I would perform surgery on them according to the internet, but no one will hire me as their surgeon!
Also, I studied French on my own, and when I was in Paris and talking French, everyone looked at me like I was crazy and like they didn’t understand what I was saying just because I didn’t go to school for it!!
I totally agree with you.
Teri-
Why are you so all or nothing? I’m just saying that one person shouldn’t be more important than another just based on how much time they spend in school. I’d love to go to school, but I don’t have the money or the time at the moment. I don’t think I’m all hauty-tauty for learning things on my own. I’m just saying that it can be done. And just because I’m saying that it can be done, doesn’t mean I’m saying that it can’t not be done. Geez. Lighten up.
Is there any puddin Being passed around? Shall I make some?
Oo! Yesterday was National Chocolate-Bunnies-for-Half-Price Day! Have you all gotten yours? I got FOUR!
How about you try lightening up first? All I’m doing is pointing out exactly where you are stating things that get people upset with you. Invalidating someone who was a Vet Tech and went to school for it and had a job in that field because you can learn the same things on one’s off time (but I might point out, not get the same job even remotely) is going to piss people off.
Time you figured that out. Like the whole reason I got peeved at you in the first place. Your generalization regarding owners of overweight pets.
“this site I thought was for fun not to grip at everyone else”
leah, I agree! But I lack the self-control to stay away from these commentroversies! They are so train-wreck fascinating! I also find that they help me get over some of my own prejudices, because sometimes I find that the biggest jerks, I actually agree with at heart, and that there are thoughtful, articulate arguments to the contrary.
Drama’s Mama-
Merci! And bravo to you
I’m really not a jerk. Promise. I’m cute.
Drama’s Mama–
“I also have studied a ton of things on my own, and I have learned a ton- but people don’t take me seriously either just because I didn’t go to some fancy-pants school.”
If you’ll do ctrl-f and find s’s first post on this particular topic, (s)he was implying that a vet tech is not as good as someone with a DVM. Now (s)he is all hot and bothered because apparently people only value fancy degrees and not self-learners. Ironic, isn’t it?
Teri-
I didn’t invalidate them because they were a vet tech. I was rude to them because they were to me (even though that’s not really a justified reason). I was mad not that they were a vet tech, but because they were a vet tech saying that it’s okay for animals to be obese.
I’m trying to drop it, Teri – why don’t you?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Drama’s Mama’s post intended to be ironic?
Arvay-
Again, what I told Teri, I didn’t really care whether or not they were a vet tech or a veteranarian. It was because they were supposedly a professional in the field of animal health and they STILL thought that it’s okay for animals to be fat.
DROP IT!
*scrolls up*
Then actually drop it like you’ve been saying repeatedly.
Two wrongs don’t make a right btw.
AuntieMame, I think you’re right. That crossed my mind after I posted my response. She’s very clever, that one.
I love you, Arvay.
*Munchies discount chocolate bunny, settles in to watch commentroversies*
And jello is great. On a related note: When we talk about our vacations, Mom always says, “The food in China was really good, but I never saw any jello.” I really wish she wouldn’t say stuff like that in public.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
Just wanted to clarify that my comments on learning things on my own was sacastic…
I mean- play-doh equivalent to med school? And the reason Frenchies didn’t get my French was because I learned it incorrectly on my own…
It was a little obscure, but I was going for subtly hilarious…
Subtleness is also something I’ve studied on my own.
NOOO Drama’s Mama! Don’t change on my imbecilic account! That was brilliant, brilliant!
Teri-
I’m aware that two wrongs don’t make a right. Did you not read the part about that not being a justified reason?
And by the way, if two wrongs don’t make a right, why are you still arguing with me?
OK – i just want say before i go off to watch American Idol that “Drama’s Mama” just may be the funniest effing screen name i’ve seen on here. Play on playa.
AmyH, back atcha, babe.
What I miss most in China (where I have to go sometimes for work) is CHEESE! OMG on the way home I almost always gorge myself silly on cheese in Hong Kong!
“And by the way, if two wrongs don’t make a right, why are you still arguing with me?”
Because TERI isn’t the one misbehaving…
Repeating yourself endlessly and screaming at everyone to shut up isn’t how you win arguments, s. I suggest that you take your own advice and drop it.
And then leave, like you’ve been threatening to for half the day.
Oh yeah, I’m just now getting Drama’s Mama’s sarcasm, I think. But yeah, when I said that I’ve self-taught myself things that people have to go through 4 years of business school to learn – well, I do have my own business. And I’m no medical professional yet, but I will be. Sorry for the slow lightbulb going off – they probably wouldn’t hire me as an electrician, eh?
AuntiMame-
If I’m the one misbehaving and Teri (and yourself and others) are taking their time to also spend half the day here arguing with me, how is that not wrong? The only difference is I’ve admitted my wrongs, and I’m trying to make light of things now. You know, like my above lightbulb commment.
So yeah.
When we were little, my brother used to pick on me and pick on me and pick on me because I would always respond to it. I would get soo mad, yell and scream.
Then my mom told me, “All he is trying to do is get you to react. If you pay attention to him, he won’t ever stop.”
It sure felt good to have the power to walk away and regain control.
I’m jus’ saying.
Cheese? Love cheese. When I was in China, I missed chocolate. I popped into a grocery store and found some really waxy crap, but it was still chocolate.
As long as I have access to beer, I really don’t miss much of anything else.
Let’s see how many times S. will say it’s his/her last comment.
Beer is all I drink in China. Well, and tea. They tell us not to drink the water. Imagine how sad I am, poor me, having to drink beer!
I recently learned that something like 2/3 of nonwhites are lactose intolerant. When I heard that I was like, WHA? Whuh… GAH! Holy COW, did I EVER dodge a bullet! For my ability to eat cheese alone, I consider myself the luckiest girl alive! (Well, along with the other 1/3 of us!)
Arguing and pointing things out are two VERY different things.
Learn the difference.
You’re still here oakland? Thought you weren’t feeding the “Nuff”? Looks like you’re just feeding off it, huh?
oaklandcat, don’t forget the other part of the format–after “this is my last comment” it’s “And shut UP, all of youse!”
AmyH I just read your last few comments– you’re so right– I need a beer and a chubby kitty to purr at me.
OMGPONIES!1!!!11~!
I get it, s. We’re arguing with you. Therefore, we’re wrong.
Thanks for pointing that out…
My vet had a poster entitled “Fat Cat Capsizing” that was a series of pictures of a fat cat slowly, erm, well, you know. This bundle of love reminded me of that. Cheers!
Avary….I didn’t know that about lactose intolerance!
Someone said up there earlier that I’m rude and evil and all that, and that’s why no one is listening to me. Why the hell is everyone still talking to/about me?
Teri–I know! I know, OMG holy cow holy crap I still get spasmodic about it! Whenever I think about it, I feel like someone’s just pushed me from in front of a speeding train, just in time, all over again!
Boredom? Enjoying sparring on difference of opinion?
Me, I get irked over broad generalizations and backtracking myself.
The more aged the cheese, the less lactose it has. Which could come in handy for people who didn’t know that. As for me, I’ll eat cottage cheese straight from the carton with only crackers or pita bread as my utensils.
Vietnam was the same – drink beer, not water. It was hard, but I sucked it up.
Finally.
At any rate, I’m still sorry for the offensive/rude/hurtful comments and wish everyone a good day… be good to yourselves and each other.. .
“sucked it up”
You talented punster, you!
Avary….lol! I suppose dodging a lactose intolerance condition like that would be like that.
I have beer! but no cat ;_;
Starts stopwatch…
s.
OMG!
Lastword
Ah! I’m not the only one who eats cottage cheese like that! YAY!
Hee – AuntieM
I know a gal who is allergic to garlic. How sad is that?
Alice – Maybe if you drink enough beer and an imaginary kitty will show up.
Cottage cheese with fruit is also really good.
I thank God every day that I’m not lactose intolerant. I think I’d starve if I couldn’t eat cheese.
Cottage Cheese with pears is the absolute best!
AmyH – Sadly, I’m diabetic and that many beers will probably kill me. I could, on the other hand, break into my aunts house and steal her rather large lazy tuxcat.
Who, btw, is in fact fat because he’s sick. And he’s not sick because he’s fat, he’s sick because he got into a fight with a neighborcat and got an infection that hurt his kidneys, and yeah.
I have beer, and cheese, and kitties at home. Yay! Life is good.
If only Buddy knew what commentroversy he’d caused… he would open one eye, smirk at us, and go back to his nap on his comfy perch.
Damn now I’m hungry. Think it’s worth a trip to the supermarket for a cheese fix now, when I’m two hours to the end of my workday?
BTW, this guy whose blog I’ve been reading offers occasional cheese reviews. His rating system is hilarious:
http://www.minortweaks.com/archives/cheeseratings.html
I like that the mediocre rating is described as “Well, it’s cheese.”
That guy is a hoot! Thanks for sharing. Love the cheese rating system. Will post post haste on own blog.
Wow, poor tubby kitty sparked a lot of controversy.
Oh my dood-neth people! Can we just agree to disagree (cause no one’s mind’s gettin’ changed) and focus on the snorgaliciousness? I mean 300+ comments and the poor kitteh’s the subject of all too few of ‘em.
OMG, did S. just quote Jerry Springer? How appropo!
Also, I’m going to steal some of S.’s rationalities–like verbally sucker punching people, apologizing for it and then doing it AGAIN. That works with physical violence, too, doesn’t it? “Oh my gosh, baby, I didn’t mean to hit you. It’ll never happen again. I’ll be cute now . . . until you piss me off again.”
Or blaming other people for my own behavior–that’s goooood!
“But they kept ARGUING with me even after I said I was done! I HAD to respond!”
I wish my cats were fat enough to lay on my couch like this–maybe then they’d stop scratching it to bits!
I just wanted to say that I have a Jack Russell x Maltese who sits on the back of the couch and dangles his paws, too.
Anyone else have a dog that does that?
http://www.tubcat.com = lots of fat cats.
NiteOwl-
You’re exactly right, and if I took a minute to bitch at myself that’s probably exactly what I would have said.
Except for the physical violence part, ’cause I ain’t like that. I really am cute. Meow.
*clicks off stopwatch*
42 minutes, peeps.
At least I wasn’t attacking.
No need for your stopwatch anymore, I’m gone.
s.
have you ever heard of screen-hogs ???
if not, look in the mirror
S. — I’ll believe THAT when I no longer see it.
I’m-a upload some new kitten video over at my Vox soon, if folks are still jonesing…
Sadly looks down at own “spay sway”. Runs to bathroom to start my own barf diet.
Quick, pass me a fat cat and a puddin.
Okay, just one more.
I wish I had a stopwatch for how many of you have been here all day too, refreshing the page and waiting for another response from me, so that you can think of a clever response in return. Come on, I’m not the only pathetic one.
Yeah, I never wanted to be a screen-hog. Is there any way that I can get these comments deleted? Who’s the moderator or whatever? Can you delete all of my shit?
LOL!
S. — that’d be me. And, no.
We always tease our Puddy when he climbs onto the back of the couch, and tell him he thinks he’s a kitty.
Why not? Were they that entertaining?
Awww, I’m almost mad that S. came back and didn’t jump on me for my comment to him/her/them/it. Meh.
I’m going to start taking hypnotic shots everytime S. posts their “last post” on here. Seriously. I’ll be drunk enough to pass out and forget about finals within the hour or less!
Theo’s into RATINGS, s,
that’s why …
he’s sitting back, chillin’ out and laffing his (fat?) ass off
Oh, wow, just while I was writing that comments! *Downs two* Anyone to join in? This bids to be fun!
It’s probably because you had already said things that other people had said and I’d already covered all of that. You were a little late.
Just be careful not to drown in your own barf. Ouch…
WOAH! Looks like I just witnessed my first Commentroversy.
Anyway, this B&W kitty just lolling around is too funny- but the bobblehead model is just too much (in a awesome way)!
I’m in ur living room, straddling ur couch.
(I’m pathetic too. Not because I’ve been refreshing all day. I do that because this is FAR more entertaining than my job. No, I’m pathetic because after the whole day, this is the best I got.)
so – no one else has a dog that does what this pictured cat does?
Mmm, BARF…but you said BARF was healthy!
(To all of you who had valid arguments on here and were nice and rational with them…sorry. I had to use that!)
haha oakland. That’s better than anything I’ve got.
Niteowl,
sorry to tell you fat kitties scratch couches too…even brand new ones….that you’ve only had for like 5 days…;o(
alivicwil-
I’ve been visiting the site for a while, but this is my first comment. I have a Min Pin that likes to curl up on the back of the couch. It’s a pillow-back couch, so she’s able to get pretty comfertuhbuls up there. She’s been doing it for a really long time, and when my mom and step-dad rescued a stray boxer a couple of years ago, she started imitating our Min Pin by jumping up and settling down on the back of the couch. It’s so funny seeing this 55 lb. boxer curled up on the back of one side of the couch and a little 12 lb. Min Pin on the other side. ^_^
Jupiter-
That was my attempt at making light of my arguments and everyone else’s. Other people seemed to be making good jokes out of the barf thing, so I thought I’d take a crack at it.
Amaretto_bunny: I bet! That sounds SO cute! Don’t suppose you have any pictures?
oh no, Tiffany!
We’ve always had dogs.
Now that I’m living in an apartment, I think a kitty might be the way to go – but I’m worried about the scratching.
There’s just more of him to love. =)
And squirt with the water bottle if he starts tearing up the couch.
amaretto:
Seriously? The boxer gets up on the back of the couch? That’s too funny, you need to post a picture.
S.: Exactly. And I joined in.
My ass is NOT fat.
Hrumpf.
aliv:
Actually, check out http://www.softclaws.com or http://www.softpaws.com. I’ve just put some on in the past few days and SO FAR they’re working and the cats don’t mind them a bit (they hated them for the first day, though).
amaretto bunny, what an adorable story! What is a Min Pin? I’ve never heard that term before.
phat kat
oak:
Minpin stands for mini pinscher….they’re tiny little dogs that look like doberman pinschers….they’re cute, but a little yappy.
Amaretto_bunny – our Puddy is about 16 pounds. He started by climbing onto the back of the couch that sits against the wall. Then, he started sitting on the back of the free-standing armchairs. He’s pretty good – hasn’t overbalanced yet (unlike his klutzy owner!).
Our 25 pound Cairn Terrier x Poodle can’t get up to the back of the couch. (Whe he was a pup, many years ago, I had to teach him to jump onto the couch, by running through the kitchen calling him, then jumping onto the couch myself. Took a while with his little legs, but he got it in the end!)
Tiffany – those coloured softclaws are awesome!
(They need to come in football team colours)
it’s sad that even on cuteoverload we can’t have world peace =(
i don’t like fat and fat related diseases, but that’s one happy kitty who doesn’t have to deal with social pressures and will still live longer on that couch than it would on the streets. so leave it alone please, and learn some simple pleasures (like couch straddling) from it. =D
“My ass is NOT fat,” Hrumpfs Theo …
how come ???
everybody else’s is, according to many nuffers
Here’s the real controversy:
Why haven’t there been any new pics posted for today?!?!
Let’s put this fat cat behind us and bring on some more cute, please!!!
Got it, Stella. Thank you.
It may have been explained earlier, but I AM NOT reading all these posts. What’s a Nuff?
My kitty looks just like that kitty. Like I had to do a double take when the picture loaded. She is indeed obese and is on a vet supervised diet but we have 4 other cats so she steals food. hell, she’ll steal dog food if she gets hungry enough.
It’s pretty nasty. He gets all excited when he hears one of the cats heaving.
My dog is on the BARF diet
I don’t think Arvay knows this, but I love her.
This is the first commentroversy I’ve ever read the whole way through! I feel like I passed a test or something.
Having done so, I ijust wanted to say that I really, honestly did laugh out loud when “_” posted this comment, about a quarter of the way down the page: “There is no Perfectly Reasonable reason for a cat or any animal to be overweight.” She then asked for a list of reasons, obviously expecting no one to come up with any.
About 3/4 of the posts above her had been discussing valid medical reasons why a cat might be chubby.
lol!
Anyway, I LOVE it when cats sprawl out on their tummies like that. My cat does that on the recliner, right behind my head, when I’m sitting in it. I guess it’s her way of letting me know I’M living in HER house, y’know?
And Buddy’s toes are mind-numbingly cute.
I wish I had a picture of both of them on the couch at the same time. Oh well, here’s the ones I have.
This is Shyla, our Miniature Pinscher:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/coreyslilbunny/Shyla.jpg
Here’s another of her sleeping:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/coreyslilbunny/So-Sleepy.jpg
And here’s Adrienne, our Boxer:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a39/coreyslilbunny/Sleepy-Sleepy.jpg
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
We’re on the verge of 400 comments- and I think we can all agree that many comments is enough to break the scales!
Our comments need to go on a diet! I would recommend the SPEW diet-
S-queezable
P-rosh
E-dorable (Yes, E-dorable, deal with it)
W-ildlife
very cute, Amaretto_bunny!
Thanks for sharing
Kita-
You sure you read through all my comments? I said a lot more funnier stuff than that.
Good one Drama’s.
Ah yes, the SPEW diet. The healthies and most natural diet out there for humans and snurgly little animals alike! ^_^. (Thanks, Drama’s Mama!)
katherine–awww… Dunno how I earned the love, but thanks. You just made me feel like how I felt when I first met my Milliebun. After years of lagomorphic abuse from Mr. Grumphus Bumfus Bunn B. Doofus, she nuzzled her nose into my neck and I thought, “Reeeeeaaaally? This, for meeeeee?”
Yes, please post a new photo…
Very cute amaretto…that might be the first red minpin I’ve ever seen….LOVE HER!
Really though, what’s a nuff? I understand generally the types of folks it refers to, but where does it come from?
Love the min pin. My chihuahua perches like that, but only when I’m sitting in the chair. Come to think of it, she actually kind sits on my shoulder and leans against the back of the chair. Okay, so my chihuahua is officially a parrot.
Referring to Nutmeg:
Someone’s owned. =)
You can find out what a nuff/nuffingham is in the Official C.O. Glossary:
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm
Duude.
I hope I never see this many comments again on cuteoverload.
He looks so soft. I want to blow all the fuzz sticking out at the bottom of his bellay. Mmmm yummy tummy snorgle.
Who wants PUDDIN?
Tears the top off a puddin cup. Throws it directly in Theo’s EAR. IN THE EAR!!!!!!!!
nutmeg! Are you the nutmeg of the blue-eyed bunbun? If so, I’m glad you haven’t been appalled away from us!
Hope your two bunnies are doing well. 
…”appalled away from us”? Is that an okay grammatical construct? Hmmm *scratches head*
Yeah, I know I am. And my bunnies have more living space than I do in my bedroom and I sleep in the fetal position so all four of my dogs can fit on the bed (one boxer, one shepherd/greyhound, one shih-tzu, and one chihuahua).
All of my pets own me, and that’s the way I like it.
Yes I am the proud owner of Mickey and Audrey, and it would take a lot more than some ill-tempered nuffers to end my allegiance to C.O.
Ewwwwww.
I need 29 Q-Tips plskthxbye.
Nutmeg — each entry in the Glossary has its own URL… click the one you want, then copy THAT link from the address bar. Like this:
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Nuff
I always wondered how people did that….
Tiffany-
I haven’t really seen too many red Min Pins either. I miss her, and my two other doggies so much (Adrienne and our old girl, Ripley(boxer/cocker spaniel mix)…she will be 11 this year)! I live in town with my husband, and my mom and step-dad took my puppies and moved out to the country. They live about an hour away, so it’s not too bad, but they were living in a tiny little trailer that wasn’t convenient for company. They finally built a good-sized house out there, so hopefully I will get to visit more often.
didn’t there used to be a link to the glossary on the main page? I couldn’t find it. Am I *ahem* blind?
Wow, it has been a long day. [stretch, crick, yawn]
Think I’ll sit back and check out the Qte….
[!...?...!!!!...!!?!?!?!; pant, pant..whew!]
Um, I think the kitty is cute. I want to pet it. I like that they toy version seems to be modeled on the pic of the red chair with globe. Wow, that Barf diet sounds like a lot of work and has a gross name. Fat is controversial. I like cheese. And pudding. Maybe too much? S’ok, so did my near and far ancestors. Kitty!!! Miao, purr, purr.
Ok, I’m done.
[briskly claps off the dust from the commentostorm]
On to the next post…
That’s the way my cat Rudy used to sit on the back of my dad’s chair. He was so funny
To _ person, whomever you are. Who are you to decide that everyone & every animal who is overweight is that way because they’re lazy or stupid or abused?
I have very severe rheumatoid arthritis, to the point that now I have to use a walker to get around. And I’m only 50! For YEARS the Dr’s had me on a steroid drug called Prednisone, which was prescribed for pain. One of the KNOWN side effects is weight gain. I can tell you from personal experience that even with dieting I did not begin to really lose weight until I went off of that drug. And then I dropped a LOT really pretty fast. I am NOT advocating anyone quit their medications. I’m just saying that you would have categorized me as big dumb and lazy, but I was fat FROM THE MEDICATION. Get your head out of your ass, please. Don’t make statements that you obviously can’t back up with scientific data. I can’t say that I am happier now being thin and on narcotic pain meds vs fat & on drugs that made me that way.
Same thing with cats. LOTS of reasons they’re fat. I switched my guys to the Senior weight control cat food several months ago and if they’ve lost any weight, you can’t tell by looking.
Easy there MC2 — you may have some catching up to do… (long comment thread)
What the bloody hell…
S. has said ‘this is my last post’ and ‘I’m not reading anymore’ about 20 times now…I’m just wondering when we’ll get to the REAL last post. Self control probs much? Sigh.
This is truly amazing. Over 400 comments. I haven’t seen such commentraversy since Cats’n Racks. Heather S. stated the facts quite well, I just have to say that it always seems to be the people least in touch with reality who take offense at it–the people without pets who want to criticize everyone else’s pets (and their owners); and the people whose racks have long since sagged to their ankles who want to cry and moan that someone else has a visible rack.
Meg and Theo, you guys have a great site. It’s a shame that pure cuteness doesn’t get the attention that cuteness with controversy does. That is an adorable, comfy, happy kitty, whose state of health no one can discern from three such photographs.
Lastly, I wonder why this adorable kitty has somehow led to so much argument, but none for “Sir Puddles”? He was pretty big, he just was in a different position and looked angry instead of comfy.
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/10/i_know_cats_lik.html
Yeah, Snorga! And no one even congratulated me on my first “first post,” which I previously alluded to, but is now gone (for some reason). =(
Thanks, Theo. musichick, if you had read more carefully, you would have seen that I myself was on Prednisone, so I know all about that side effect. And I am very much past this whole debate and this whole day, so let’s all just calm down and sleep sweet.
And Sneezy, my last post was going to be my last post, but I didn’t know there’d be another person still stuck on my ranting. It’s over now. Don’t care ’bout last words anymore.
I like cheese.
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.
Best. Fat. Cat. Ever.
psst, hey guys…there’s a new picture posted.
you can leave now…
I’d quibble with the definition of the second photo of that MinPin as “sleeping.” I’d say that’s more of a a photo of a MinPin saying “Get that camera out of my face or never put on your shoes in security again.”
My GOSH what drama in comments. No need to shout so, people! Let CO be a happy place of peaceful communication, a haven from the weary world we live in.
Besides, stress is bad for your heart.
I haven’t read all the comments, at least up to this one, but I gotta argue this -
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Oh, by the way you want your proof, here’s your proof:
http://www.kittenrescue.org/spayneuter.htm
It doesn’t say they’re GUARANTEED to live longer, but it DOES reduce the chance of getting ovarian cancer, which has known to be a problem in female kitties, especially pure breeds. So THAR. Yarrr.
Posted by: pillow
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I can’t speak for kitties, and I’m sure you’re right pillow, but in male dogs there is growing evidence that neutering actually increases a certain kind of cancer more than it decreases another kind of cancer. I haven’t saved any kind of proof but I’m sure anyone interested can google it. Also, not neutering them allows them to develop physically to their best advantage. This of course only really matters for actual working dogs, sporting dogs, agility dogs, and of course show dogs. Also, if there’s any question of keeping the dog from breeding, um, indiscriminately, by all means neuter. It’s all a matter of weighing the pros and cons.
I have lots more to say about all this stuff. I’m pro feeding raw, and totally anti PETA, which is really the same thing as “animal rights.” (Don’t even get me started about breed-specific legislation!) Any questions about that, just look up some of the quotes from Ingrid Newkirk, head of PETA.
Sorry all, I wouldn’t normally bring all this stuff here, I know it’s really not appropriate for Meg’s blog, but it’s just that kind of comment section. People interested in all these arguments will read them, and those that just want the fun comments will just skip it, I imagine. Either way it’s all good.
)
Holy Bast – 400-and-some comments! Quick, I need some non-controversial, adorable, “look-at-how-cute-I-am!” bunnies and kittens. And maybe a baby moose.
LuckyNumbers, aka S, aka whatever…
So you don’t agree with spaying? That’s completely and utterly REDICULOUS. No spaying = more kittens. More kittens that will have a harder time finding a home, or living on the street starving for what they can catch. More kittens that will be euthanized. More kittens that possibly won’t find anyone to love them. You disgust me. Seriously.
I haven’t read all of the comments, but I’ve read a lot of them. In any event, I think the person who submitted this photo deserves an apology. I think it’s horrible that the submitter was attacked as a bad owner and actually had to come back on and post a comment in her defense. That’s ridiculous! She was only trying to provide us with our daily dose of cuteness and instead she was attacked! I only hope this doesn’t prevent her from submitting any photos in the future. And seriously, next time a nuff pops up, just ignore them because they’re clearly just trying to rain on the parade that is cuteoverload. I just find this whole thing so sad, and that poor kitty didn’t get all the posts he deserves because most of the posts weren’t even about him! Anyway, I think this kitty is adorable and I wish I could snorgle him! So cute, so cute.
He is adorable!… That’s what Cuteoverload is all about.. I want to hug the stuffing out of this sweet kitty…
I love the white tipped tail!
Suda Nim,
Lol! I’m pretty sure she was sleeping just before we took that pic, but she sensed that someone was sneaking up on her and was all, “Hmm?”
Beautiful kitty.
I have such a soft spot for tuxedo cats.
My couch wants one of these.
And, damn, I want to pounce his tail.
But 400 odd (some *very* odd) posts?
Gad!
I’m off to find the puddin.
oh, my cat Mozart is a fat cat and a couch-straddler as well. however, the vet says he’s just fine and doesn’t need a diet because he’s really a LARGE cat (almost Maine coon size). maybe Buddy is just as big. as long as he’s happy, taken to the vet for his health, and taken care of, then i don’t see what the big fuss is about.
STOP TRYING TO MAKE ANOREXIC KITTEHS!
i cant believe this listing has over 400 comments. too bad that so many of them are negative. i hope CO doesnt feel underappreciated, and i hope the kitty’s owner isn’t torn up about it. my kitty made it on CO last week and i would have been so, so sad if a bunch of ’nuffs rained on my parade.
thanks, CO.
buddy is a beautiful kitteh.
LOL @ the BARF diet!!! Seems my kitteh is on it as he left me a lil’ surprise all over my bed yesterday…
As for buddy… looks like someone dipped his tail in white paint!! (sing-song)
Wow, I woke up this morning, did that blog checkin thing- and no one even got my antimacatsar joke because of all the nuffin. (Except for Redzilla, thank you darlink.) What an exciting night you all have been having. So let me get this straight:
Fat=bad
barf=good
puddin=delishous
Theo=hilarious
s=crazy
cat=redonkulous
cheese=depends
CO=teh Qte
There. That should sum it up all the late comin peeps.
cutebaby, where were you yesterday night? This seems to have happened in between my last CO check (perhaps at 4pm ET) and my first CO check at home at around 6.30 pm… It was RUSH HOUR on Teh Qte!!!
Where was I between 4 and 6? Well, let’s see I gots 4 kids, some of em little yet, a dog, two cats, two bunns, and a hardworkin man who have this annoying habit of deciding they are “Starving” between the hours aformentioned. But I guess that would get me in trouble now, cause I gots the chubbiest babies in town. I haven’t bothered to have their teeth analyzed to make sure they aren’t carnivores. As far as I ken tell, the baby naturally loves bacon and hates spinach. Go figure.
cutebaby,
OMG that bun bun pic on your site is too much!!! OMG here’s another one! SQEEEEEE!!
Now geez, you gotta tell those 4 kids and hubby that you’re on CO between 4 and 6!! That’s when all the action is!
Wow, I’m with the owner.I really feel like kicking the asses of the people making fat comments.
I have four cats. Two (a sister and brother) are fat, one is normal sized, one is downright scrawny (you can see his ribs). They all have equal access to the food bowls and they’re all active (spend hours pouncing on each other and running around).
Different animals react differently to food and environment, just like humans, and the reason why is largely genetic (notice the two fat kitties are siblings). It has nothing to do with being a bad owner.
So everyone who has a problem with these pics needs to shut the hell up and keep their eating disorders to themselves.
good LORD, people. I go home, do some sleeping, and come back to THIS?? you could power a small country with the angst in this thread.
and yes. i’d love to see a boxer sleeping on the back of the sofa cushions. my cats do the dangle all the time, but my dog never does.
pudding!
Pudding!???
…Marshmallow Banana!
Cute kitty…my parents have 4 Jack Russell terriers and they do this, too! *schemes to get pictures the next time she visits*
I have been perusing the comments that took place all night and there’s one that really stuck out because it was soooo sad.
AMY H – you really know a girl who’s allergic to garlic? Poor, poor thing. Is there no cure??? Maybe she’s a vampire?
Theo!!!! There you are! Where’s my big CO debut, hmmmm?? (taps foot)
I’m putting this back up because I love it and want to share. I posted it soooooooo many comments ago, but it was kind of lost in the mix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpA2tMrQ4RU
: )
Helene — don’t look at me, I haven’t misplaced it.
First, very sweet cat.
Second, someone mentioned a link between neutering and weight gain in cats. Maybe no one is still interested in this topic, but I found a paper from 2001 that had some info on that. Sorry the abstract is kind of long. (By the way, this is just information that I thought was interesting, not an attempt to take any sides on any issues that may or may not have come up recently).
J Small Anim Pract. 2001 Sep;42(9):433-8.The effects of ovariohysterectomy on bodyweight, composition and condition score were evaluated in 49 cats that were fed ad libitum and 11 cats that had their food allowances controlled with the aim of maintaining a stable bodyweight. In cats fed ad libitum, bodyweight increased by an average of 31 per cent in the 12 months following ovariohysterectomy compared with 3.1 per cent over the 12 months before surgery, and this was largely due to increased body fat content. There was no difference in weight gain between cats fed dry or canned foods, but weight gain was inversely related to age and bodyweight at the time of neutering. Mean bodyweight increased by 7.5 per cent in the controlled feeding group, compared with 3.6 per cent over the 12 months before surgery, and individual bodyweights were maintained to within 10 per cent of pre-neutering values in nine cats. The other two cats experienced substantial weight gain (+20 per cent and +36 per cent), despite being fed only 40 kcal/kg/day. There were no significant changes in body composition of cats with controlled dietary allowances and their condition scores were significantly lower than those of cats fed ad libitum. The results confirm a link between ovariohysterectomy and the development of obesity in cats with free access to food, and indicate that substantial reductions in energy intake are required to prevent weight gain in such cats.
klawmama – I’ve seen her out and about in daylight hours, so no, she’s not a vampire. It is horribly sad. Almost as sad as being allergic to chocolate (the horror!) but perhaps worse because garlic is in so much yummy food.
lol. These pics are funny. That is one fat kitty….
*I* *love* *cheese.*
Commentroversies? [yawns, rolls over and goes back to sleep]
Also, this seems to be a seasonal phenom. About this time last year, AnimalMommy did her thing on another thread.
Like Gilda Radner said, it’s always *something.*
First time poster long time lurker. This could be my cat, she looks almost just like her from behind. My cat started gaining weight in a big way after we got her spade and I’m kinda at a loss what to do about it. I have 2 cats and my 2nd cat is very old (almost 20 years) and underweight so I don’t want to start feeding them diet food. And I hate the idea of forcing her on a diet even though i know that would be in her best interest. I just don’t like the thought of her going hungry. Anyone have any suggestions what to do when you have an overweight cat and an underweight cat in the same house?
Aside from that – very snorgly kitty!
My kids are allergic to garlic, chocolate AND pie. Which is why we have so many animals, because there has to be SOME joy. I keep a secret shoebox full of all the forbidden foods for my self, because otherwise I *would* die…mmmmm puddin.
And I’m not sure but I think one of them may be a vampire, yes.
They’re allergic to pie? All pie? How do they formulate the area of a circle??? (*bad* joke).
Honestly though, allergic to garlic & chocolate? Did you piss off some gypsies a long time ago or something?
Keli,
Here’s what I did when I had a kitten and an adult cat and didn’t want the adult to eat the fattening kitten food. I took a big box, taped it shut and cut opening just big enough for the kitten to get in. The bowl was inside. To refill, I had to use a 1-cup mesuring cup and reach in
It’s fun because you can also cut tiny holes to let the light in, and to play “shredded fingers” with the kitten.
I would make the hole bigger as the kitten grew until it was big enough for both cats. That meant it was time for adult food for both of them!
Keli – I had to separate my cats for a while too and I fed one of them in the bathroom. This obviously doesn’t work for grazers, but when you have a set feeding time it’s perfect!
I LOVED antimicatsir.
It’s just
I only got to this post at the 400+ stage and was too overwhelmed to react.
So put out cereal and milk (think of it as people kibble) at 4:00, and let them fend for themselves — there are such things as priorities!
Sorry about my mistaken sender-inner identity earlier. I guess I need to read better.
Also, I have always said that everyone should have snacktime and naptime as adults, just like in kindergarten (or preschool?)… but let’s add the pet of your choice to snorgle too.
Thanks for the tips! I think separate feeding rooms and different foods are going to be the way to go.
s – I apologize. I guess I didn’t read that closely. Thanks for acknowledging that sometimes overweight is due to outside circumstances.
Semi-related…
Paula Scher has diagrammed the progression of what we call “commentroversy” here on Teh Qte™, and you can practically trace it step by step through this thread:
http://www.nowpublic.com/paula_scher_diagrams_the_blog
Guys, you must admit that a FAT cat is way way way better than a FLAT cat!!! (cuz if it was flat it would b dead…LOL)
That’s a great diagram! I love it when someone puts their creativity behind something so silly and turns it into art : )
GP9 — au contraire.
http://teho.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252668128e1d00d09e60387fbe2b.html
hee-hee…
I heart that picture of Flat Kenya… &:o)
Ah, cats are so good at luxuriating. =)
Klawmama-
Yes, pretty much all pie. I don’t remember any gypsies, but my husband was pretty wild in college- I blame him. He did date a girl named Ingrid- maybe she did it. Ironically, the kid with the most allergies is a genius and is currently memorizing the digits of pi. For fun. She can do double digits. She is the spooky one that is prolly a vampire.
So who is the genius who makes full-sized individualized bobble-headed cat?????
We’re only wondering if this comes under the heading of worshiping of idols.
musicchick- No problem.
this is hil-arious!!and super cute!!!
That blog diagram is a hoot. Wow. It’s so true. I’m glad I started during the lighthearted section at the end.
Wow – 479 comments and still going. I couldn’t read them all but I’m glad I saw the one about the blog diagram. What a hoot!
And Buddy is still tempting me to hit my forehead on the glass with an attempted snorgle.. I will resist.
OMG AmyH and I both said “what a hoot” at the same time!
Hmm not at the same time. I apparently accidentally plagiarized. So sorry! But I do stand by the statement.. what a hoot!:)
I think this is what Domino would look like if she ate Dat Fat Cat.
Cannibowlism izn’t cute, tho.
My cat’s name is Buddy too! Yaaayyyyy!!!!!!
Poor cat.
I’m violently allergic to garlic and onions (and anything else in that family, like scallions, leeks, shallots, chives, etc.). Also tomatoes, all olive products, almost the entire family of cabbage vegetables (including broccoli), mushrooms, vinegar, fish and seafood, and strawberries. This makes dining in restaurants complicated, and eating airline food almost impossible.
That is quite a list acelightning, but you can’t beat me. In fact, I doubt any one could beat me at this game. My kids and Husband are allergic to all gluten which is wheat, rye, oats, and barley, all dairy products, corn, millet, potatoes, pork, tuna, apples, grapes, bananas, cabbages, lettuce, garlic, tomatoes, all nuts, sunflower seeds, chocolate, broccoli, watermelon, soy products, strawberries, and a bunch of different things like colorings and pretty much artificial anything. I probably forgot some stuff, this is just the list off the top of my head. I double dog dare anyone to beat that! For those of you who will now worry about our weight because there is not enough food to eat, don’t worry, we all pretty much look like buddy.
Ok, I’m this cat’s mom. I haven’t read all bajillion posts, but I will say this:
1) The couch straddling makes him look 10lbs heavier – he’s only 13 lbs! NOT obese.
2) I used to be a vet tech. Thats how I got him…from a client whose boyfriend had allergies. He’s been the same size pretty much his whole life (working at a vet, he got special weight-control attention) and is on special, controlled food.
3) This is a positive website. Be nice and enjoy these angels on earth.Thanks to Meg for celebrating them here!
Hmm. I’m guessing with the amount of comments, there’s some kind of Commentroversy going on.
I’m not even going to look at it. I’m just going to say:
I heart Buddy. He is easily the most awesome cat I have seen in a long time. I would like to hug him.
Thank you
(to both “A thinker” and all of the supportive, nice people here!)
I am incredibly amazed at the judgmental people that are posting on this site. You must be so unhappy considering you think it’s necessary to make negative comments about an adorable animal you’ve never seen in person AND the owner who could very well be the kindest person you’ll ever know. Too bad you fill your life and others with such negativity. So sorry for you.
Thanks for sharing Buddy’s adorable shot with all of us! Squeezes to both of you.
Pssst Kate, it’s the camera that adds 10 pounds, not the couch!! ;-D
He’s not fat…he’s husky.
I think the bobblehead kitty is too awesome for words-your sister is so cool to have it made for you.
My Fat Cat only weighs 14lbs, but whenever anyone sees her, they’re all “Dang, that’s the fattest cat I’ve ever seen!”
She bit a vet tech the other day, right after the girl called her fat.
The vet just told her it served her right for insulting the customer…heehee!
She was stomped as a kitten, and her insides were really messed up, so her stomach bulges. With her super thick coat, she looks like a furry beach ball on little stick legs.
They didn’t think she’d make it past kittenhood, but she just turned twelve.
Kate, sorry you had to read all this garbage. Buddy is lucky to have such a loving mommy.
I wonder what is the record for commentroversy on this site? Even the puffer fish didn’t get that many posts…
HOLY CRAP!! 0: that cat has some serious obisity issuses.
I think the record is about a thousand with the baby biting the kitty’s tail. Buddy probably made the top 5, though. He’s the shiznit.
You’re right, it was the baby-biter! I didn’t read much of it, but enough to see one comment where the lady said to discipline the child to show him to respect animals. Discipline a tiny baby that won’t understand why you do it? LOL! Amazing!
498.
I have a shoulderstraddler/ head-in-towelstraddler (aka Handsome Stranger).
I wonder who will get Comment #500?…
(no, I’m not going to cheap out & go for it)
500th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(that THAT ‘firsters’! HA!)
[schnickerment]
So- according to the chart that Theo posted, what happens to a blog thread that goes through all the phases, but keeps going? Does it just start over, or does it evolve, turning into something totally new? We could find out….(C’mon peeps it’s a challenge)
Maybe it is like at a party where if it goes too late, everybody gets to that slap happy stage where everything is funny. That would be cool.
Holy shlamoly. Go away, come back. 503 comments. Methinks, Hmmmmmm, fat kitty, lotsa nuffers.
I was right!! Mr. Theo, do I get a prize, pleeze? And willya look at that teensy tiny scrollbar over there——->>
Is s still here? The reason the cow can get great stuff like protein and B12 from grass is that she has a rumen. Do you have a rumen?
Jaypo — umm… prize?
I suppose I’ve got plenty of bleen here…?
OMG that is a FAT but CUTE cat!
This thread is (Bee Gees Voices)Ehn Ehn Ehn Ehn Stayin Alive!
MY cat Handsome, a black & white we nicknamed Bubsy, was chubby from the time we neutered him until he developed cancer. All these people yelling about cat abuse would probably have been enraged with me if I hadn’t neutered him. Being neutered is not natural either, but many many cats gain a substantial amount of weight after that. Chill out. Unless you want all cats to be feral, there’s going to be chubby cats.
RIP Handsome, we miss you.
This is my very first visit to this site and I looooooove the cutie kitty pics!! but at the risk of stirring up the pot again (and i really don’t mean to, but i just can’t leave this alone!) “s” said : “I didn’t mean to be all mean and throw veganism and BARF at everyone.”
I am soooooo glad I wasn’t here when “BARF was being thrown at people!! ewwwwww!=-)
I seem to remember someone threw puddin in Theos ear. Puddin is way better than BARF.
Congrats, Teri, on the 500th comment! Is there a blog term for such an accomplishment?
Amen, CBF.
I’ve no idea if there is a special term for it. I’ve never managed such a milestone before.
So, let’s make up a term! Make it fitting for the CO Glossary too. Make it something we can all aspire to!
Shnikes. I’ll brainstorm…Theo would be better at this.
I dunno about the 500 comments thang but I have decided to aspire to be the last poster on this thread. Some people are all “woot” when they are the first poster, but I am gonna be last. Dead last. And I have some OCD people, so don’t even think you can outlast me. I’m tenacious:)
Best o’luck, there, CBF.
And as far as a word for scoring Comment #500… how about “500th”? And then there’s the exceedingly rare “1,000th” of course…
*I* shall have the last word here.
*sticks out tongue at Helene*
Nah nah nah nah nah you can’t outpost me cause I’m reeeeally obnoxious.
Oh yeah? Well… THERE!
Just so y’all know.
It’s Meg & me what has access to the “close comments” button for these CO posts here.
Carry on.
Then it’s a race!!!
LAST!
Oh no you don’t!
It is *I* who am last in this commentroversy!
Hahahahahahahahahhaaaaa!
*whew*
Nope.
HA! You thought you all beat me, but you didn’t. It was just a clever ruse to make you all overconfident. I’m last. I know I will be cause all the kids always picked me last for everything…
You wish.
LEAST!!!
[snicker]
*raspberries*
*strawberry fields forever*
*sour grapes*
*crème brûlée*
(you know, as a nice canvas for all this fresh seasonal fruit)
blueberries!!!
mmm creme brulee. I am totally on a diet tho. I ken only eat meat now, because I am hoping ketosis will set in before I have to wear a swimsuit.
Sorry animals:(
last
Aww, dang, I just realized this might bait the troll. I didn’t even think about that until I hit post. fwiw, I tried being a vegetarian. It made me get really fat, and gave me migraines. So there.
Yeah yeah bla bla bla. You’re only rambling on to post something, but I’m still here posting away!!
;-D
Pot, meet kettle…
Theo, you use a kettle for that?
Yay, I get to be kettle! Which is all witchy and mysterious, but pot is just y’know, illegal and for Losers. And at least I’m makin an effort here,trying to post *something*
So here’s my stump speech for Theo and Meg:
I believe that you should choose me to be the last poster here, on Buddy’s thread because I feel the time has come for all Americans who have red blood flowing in their veins to embrace the principles of Cuteness, Pie , and Pudding. If chosen, I promise to fight Nuffinghams with what ever force is necessary, nothing is off the table. Like our Forefathers, I believe in Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of bunnies who are hopping away from you. Fellow Cuteologists, I know these days seem bleak, but if we band together in the spirit of Buddy, we will all be much more comfortabuhls, and less likely to say Ehn. Amen.
Prickly pear.
Your lips are moving but all I hear is bla bla bla.
As a real French speaking Canadian, I believe onlee *I* can trewly combine zee Outrrageoous Frawnsh Occents and ze cute.
Eau, rillay? Zen, vy deed yeau not zay, “bleu berets!”? Hmmm, non?
Uh..
Fraunch Dressing…
Fraunch fries…
Fraunch Toast….
and PERU!
(First person to get the reference is tewtelly awesome…)
Yeah, I don’t get the reference. But my mom thinks I’m tewtelly awesome. haha
Empire Berries!
(yummy jam…good for eating AND throwing at http://berriesinajar.com/ )
I cheated by looking it up, Monique, I mean, cutebabyfix. There, I didn’t give it away.
~Bleenberry.~
no need for me to look it up…BETTER OFF DEAD!
Pyrit — sounds yummy! On a posser roll?
Pyrit, eets becauze eets not “blue berets” but “bleuets”! Or “myrtilles”…
It’s got raisins- you like raisins…
(chuckleberry)
You Peeps are peachy.
I gave my buns some banana and I think I heard them go squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
last.
Your mahder was a hamster and your fader smeltte ov elle-there-bear-izes.
You got me there. Yer Dead on.
But that’s why I love CO so much- Hamster Genes. I was wondering when my huge buckteeth would give it away.
Can you name the reference?
MP & Holy Grail of course…
What is this the Spanish Inquisition? If you are relying on fear and surprise to get last post your going to have to work a little harder than that.
…and a fanatical devotion to Teh Qte. (THREE!)
Three? Three what? Three posts left? Ok.
I am
last
Une…
Deux…
Trois!!!
Last
ded last
last
last
Je suis la dernière!!!
Wow you are an awesome opponent Helene. I unfortunately have a life, so I have to go for now.
*I’ll be back* (said in my best Guhvuhnuh of Caleefohneea voice)
Are you saying I don’t have a life?
CBF — the THREE! thing was just part of the MP “Spanish Inquisition” sketch. I got it slightly wrong, though… the “fanatical devotion” bit would’ve made it FOUR! whereas THREE! came after Fear, Surprise, and Ruthless Efficiency. Ah well.
http://people.csail.mit.edu/paulfitz/spanish/script.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO68fUMWx3g
Tootie fruity, Oh Cutie.
I’m still here, lurking in the shadows…
Doesn’t “lurking” mean “reading but not commenting”?
Y’know, just to be technical.
Song, sung, blue,
Weepin’ like a willow…
It means I’m working a bit, then check if there are new comments…
Dum dum dum… Another bites the dust!
I tried to sneak one in there when the new (rainbow) post went up.
Desperado,
why don’t you come to your senses?
For the record, my lyrical snippet wasn’t a non sequitur. Check the meter against Helene’s comment, immediately preceding. [tsk]
I don’t get it.
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/cowboy_junkies/i_dont_get_it.html
Theee-Oh is, such a funny singer!
Theee-Oh is, not much of a swinger!
But when he can
He’s the man
Who will sing the blue-ue-ues
Then he sings a little more,
After drinkin’ some brews…
heh, Pyrit… the “brew” today was from here:
http://www.cariboucoffee.com/menu/coffee.asp
Helene’s still here,
Lurking in the shadows.
Helene’s still a dear,
Even when she’s bad-oh.
She’s got style
She perserveres
Despite all that has passed,
Yet I feel she’ll post again
‘Cause she wants to be last!
No- I’m saying I don’t have a life- the autistic teenager is home from school, and autism waits for no man. Or blog…
+1 to Pyrit for the obscure hidden track. (Can you do one for “Fall At Your Feet”?)
Oh and Theo, I knew that, about “three” It was all a lame move on my part to get you to call this race so I don’t have to concede this battle to Helene who obviously has the fanatical devotion and ruthless efficiency down pat.
I however, am merely a humble servant of the cute, who ekes out my spare minutes for the greater good of lastness.
And you have to admit this is pretty hilarious. I have 8, no make that 9, million things to do today, and all I can do is hit refresh. The internets are a taxing master.
LOL.
I have no intention of calling this “race”. And yes, teh funnys has us.
Oh I get it – It’s a conspiracy, and Theo has decided he wants all the glory for himself. *shifty eyes, wrings hands* I must be last… must…*Mutters incoherently*
Theo – Sure I can! Whoops!
Splat.
LOL! Again!
Pyrit silly.
Dayum you guys, close to 20 posts just during the time it took me to commute home!
What does the v stand 4 in kate.v cause i was just looking through abd it was kinda freaky when i saw kate.v cause my name is kate .v
It is a beautiful morning everyone. And we do well to honor the vastness that is Buddy by posting continuously on his thread. Biting babies will be as naught to the thread that is Buddy. The sun is shining, the grass is green, I am privileged to live in the home of the brave and the land of the Free, and Buddy is snorgling his sofa. It doesn’t get any better than this.
Nice try, cutebabyfix.
‘scuse me, my turn.
And the first shall be last and the last shall be first, and I shall be the first to be last.
Just keep sayin’ it ’til you believe it. If that helps.
I do believe in posts,
I do believe in posts,
I do, I do, I do believe in posts.
posting- it’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Hey guys, missed me?
I think that the quality of the post should have some bearing on who posts last, don’t you? Just posting “Last” does not seem worthy of Buddy. Although quantity is and attribute that Buddy embodies, I also feel he is a quality cat, and deserves the best we have to offer.
In the spirit of quality, I offer The first in a series of “famous cats”.
For your enjoyment: The first scene of MacBeth, by the Bard himself.
SCENE I. A desert place.
Thunder and lightning. Enter three Witches
First Witch
When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch
When the hurlyburly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Third Witch
That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch
Where the place?
Second Witch
Upon the heath.
Third Witch
There to meet with Macbeth.
First Witch
I come, Graymalkin!
Second Witch
Paddock calls.
Third Witch
Anon.
ALL
Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
Exeunt
*beep!*
I don’t really think you could beep Graymalkin and live.
Did you know that before he was known as “The King,” they called Elvis Presley “The Hillbilly Cat”?
mee yow.
That settles it then, Helene, cutebabyfix and I *are* the 3 witches of Macbeth?
Full of potions, and rhymed speech. Slightly ridiculous. Supernatural. Casting omens?
“Double, double, toil and trouble.
Fire burn and cauldron bubble”
Kewl. Only I get to be Granny Weatherwax.
I want to be Witch Hazel!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Hazel_%28Looney_Tunes%29
Like my hair?
“I’m not a witch, I’m your wife!”
Source?
Helene — don’t think you’re going to stump anybody with Princess Bride, ’round here.
The book of the Princess Bride is much better than the movie, but nobody has ever read it. Except me. I think I must be very odd, because no one ever gets my references.
By the way, In the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, Tom was not Tom. They called him Jasper. Just so you know.
CBF — both the Goldman book AND the Reiner movie, in this household.
yay Theo! I am always saying things like, in the history of posting, this post takes them all…
did you ever send in to the author for the secret bottom of the ravine bits? I liked the movie Wesley, but he was just slightly smarmier than the book one, who is the perfect man. I’m sure guys every where love hearing how women are holding them to this totally fictional standard.
And all of the history of Fezzik and Inigo- how can the movie even compare? The end where the 6 fingered man gets it is kind of creepy in the movie, but in the book I always cry because I’m sappy like that.
But the best part of the whole book is how you find out about his cold wife and fat kid and how life is not fair. When I was in 5th grade that was very comforting to find out- because I always thought only my life sucked- it turns out everyone’s does!
In the first episode of the Brady Bunch, the girls had a cat named Fluffy, who was never seen again in any other episode. I’m assuming their evil new step dad made them get rid of it. Dang, I loved that show.
Greg was so hot.
Marsha Marsha Marsha!
*walks into thread, hears her footsteps echo* Am I alone in here? Could that mean I’m Last?
It’s my birthday today, so as a gift to me, I shall be last here!!! Happy birthday to ME!!! 33!
CBF — (re: private ravine scene) no, never did. But we can fill in the blanks.
You’re right about book vs. movie with the character development, but there’s been bigger gaps with other stories, notably “Dune”.
Gee Theo, thanks for the birthday wishes! :-p
OK then, Helene — happy birthday!
[...then quickly closes the comments]
[snicker!]
[jus' kiddingks]
Don’t you DARE!!!
And thank you.
[Oh, I'd dare. I WOULD DARE. - Ed.]
OMG you didn’t!!!! That’s it. You owe me a kitty. I’ll take the one with the striped tail. No the gray one. No the black one. Can I have the mommy too?
Yes, very much the same with Dune, but the book is very serious, whilst the movie is so unintentionally hilarious, and of course there is Sting in all of his youthful glory. It was weird, I went to a Sting concert last year, and he looked like my grandpa.
Your new site is very awesome Theo, my husband has been drooling over all the wordpressy goodness.
Happy Birthday, Helene- but I am two years older so if age goes before beauty, I am Last.
CBF — my new site? Eh wot??
If you’re talking about ICanHasCheezburger (are you?) that’s not mine… I’m just a fan (and occasional content submitter). More “info” here:
http://icanhascheezburger.wordpress.com/about/
Ha! I thought it was yers!
Pfffft to you CBF. I’m the age of the Christ, doesn’t that count for something? Act your age, not your shoe size. So since I’m the youngster here, I’m allowed to be a big baby and keep posting, but YOU should be more mature and beyond that sort of childish pursuits. Tsk tsk.
Theo, I still want that kitty. Ignoring me won’t make me go away.
Not my kitties, y’know. We’re just the foster family.
Actually Helene, that is a lot funnier than you know. I was a real serious kid, and people would tease me that I have been 40 since the day I was born. Now that I am skidding towards 40, my husband swears I am aging backwards. Like Mork from Ork. Go figure;)
last. ppplllbbbt.
Theo, you mean the mommy isn’t yours?
CBF, pppplllllbbbbttttttt (drool splashing everywhere)
Morning, Peeps. Here’s a cat factiod for this ayem:
Pepper was a gray alley cat who became the 1st cat movie star when she wandered onto a set; disappeared soon after the death of her fave costar, a great Dane named Teddy. She appeared in many Charlie Chaplain films, which is awesome, because Charlie Chaplain was a genius. I showed my kids some clips from his old movies and they were cracking up. It is hard to phase the jaded kids of today, but Charlie’s still got it.
coo coo cachoo.
“The book of the Princess Bride is much better than the movie, but nobody has ever read it. Except me.”
Heh. CBF, I read it long before there was a movie. All the author’s supposed travails in tracking down a copy of the rare book…only to find out his kid thinks it’s BORING.
I never read that book. But I’m French so it doesn’t count.
FYI – sometimes people com back to old threads just to join back in on all the fun. I want to be a part of your little game. : )
*last*
The pot’s still simmering. All these cooks keep stopping by, lifting the lid, and adding another ingredient…..
Yes, but we must focus people, we’re here for Buddy, that’s all that matters.
(last)
I’m not here for buddy, I’m here to crush your spirits.
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
(quickly hides the rum, fake smile at Helene)
I don’t care, I’m still winning.
…but winning *what*?
ABSOLUTE AND TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All your asses belong to me. Wait. Never mind.
(nudges Theo, shush!);-)
Yes, yes, Helene, you are winning, oh you are in the lead, oh my, how will we ever compete against Helene? I might as well give up I guess. SIGH.
Thank you for your cooperation and swift recognition of my superiority. You obviously know what’s good for you. Bow to ze Frawnch Canadian!
…………sniff……….belch.
How DARE you question my infinite superiority!! Bow I say!
“Parleley, parlelellylelooo, par le nee, partner, par… snip, parsley…
Parley?”
Parley vous français?
“Parley? Damn to the depths whatever man what thought of “Parley”.”
Captain Jack Sparrow: “That would be the French.”
Don’t blame me, it was my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-grandparents!
Well still, I am not bowing.
Have you got a flag?
My flag boy and your flag boy
Sitting by the fire
My flag boy said to your flag boy
Gonna set your flag on fire
(talkin bout)
Hey now (hey now)
Hey now (hey now)
Aiko aiko annee (whoa-oh-oh)
Ja ca mo fee na a na ne
Ja ca mo fee na ne
My Grandma and your Grandma sitting by the fire,
My Grandma says to your Grandma,
I can set your flag on fiyah,
Talkin’ ’bout Hey now, (boomboomboom) Hey now, (boomboomboom) Iko Iko wane, chakamo feena, ah nah nay, chakamo feena nay.(sic – sp.? phonetical.)
Phonetical, hypothetical, and completely THEOretical, boyee!
Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, Iko, Anay
I betcha five dollars he’ll kill you dead
Ja ca mo fee na ne
Talkin’ ’bout Hey now, Hey now
Hey now, Hey now
Iko Iko Anay
Jacamo feeno ana ne
Jacamo fee na ne
http://www.agoravox.fr/IMG/drapeau_du_quebec.jpg
Look at that guy all dressed in green,
Iko Iko kowanne, He’s not a man, he’s a lovin’ machine,
Chakamo fee nah nay,
Chakamo fee nah nay,
Chakamo fee nah nay,
Chakamo fee nah nay.
Years ago I searched all over for the meaning of those words. Try asking your local librarian and see what reaction you get. Oh well.
And what a nice flag it is yes, yes, very nice. Ooh, not one but four fleur des lis. Nice.
Still, …not bowing.
really? I’m a bit Fraunch on my grandmudders side, but mostly I’m of Scottish and British decent. Line of Stewart. Royalty actually. But I don’t care about any of that because I’m an American and dang proud. The last shall be first and the first shall be LAST.
[segue to:]
GIT UP! (get on up)
GIT UP! (get on up)
Stay on the scene…
[or:]
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan lemme rock you
Lemme rock you Chaka Khan…
LOL! I Loff Chaka Kahn! No lie- my first trip to the record store when I was 11, I got Chaka, Madonna’s like a virgin, and Thompson Twins, hold me now 45s. I heart the 80s! I am listening to mike and the mechanics right now!
Say it loud, say it clear…
OMGorgonzola Theo, that was the song- are you psychotic or something?!?
But now the itunes are cranking out the New Order goodness. And Alas I must depart and feed the starving hordes that infest my humble abode. Adieu Helene, until next time.
CBF — psycho, maybe; psychic, no. That was the only M+M song that really got airplay.
Well, now we are easing into the Crowded House mix as all the babehs finally head to bed. And it is very apropriate:
Hey now hey now
don’t dream it’s over…
This is the thread that will not die. Evah.
…it just goes on and on, my friends
Some people started commenting, not knowing what it was…
Theo, starting a round of the song that never ends at our house is a hangin offense. It is right up there with the gem my son brought home from the school bus:
I know a song that gets on everbody’s nerves…
…take one down, pass it around…
Oh I’m not allowed to sing that one- I’m a Mormon, and we are very sober. My mom would go ballistic when we sang it as kids.
But how about “the cat came back, the very next day, oh the cat came back, we thought he was a gonner but the cat came back, just couldn’t stay awaaay, oh no, no no no noes…”
(not the same tune as 100 b
bottles of beer, more of a strollin’-along-the-lane kinda-do-do-do tune.)
100 green bottles, hanging on the wall
100 green bottles, hanging on the wall,
If one green bottle, should happen to fall,
There’ll be 99 green bottles, hanging on the wall….. (grin)
We made up our own versions:
-or-
100 little babies, just learning to crawl,
-or-
100 big daddies, kicking a soccer ball,
-or-
100 happy mommies, shopping at the mall,
(ehrm)
oopses, should be:
100 little babies, learning how to crawl. The “just” don’t cut it.
100 pound Buddy, up there on the couch,
100 pound Buddy, Up there
Try to take him down, fall on the ground,
100 pound Buddy up there on the couch1!
Heck, CBF, this is the internet. You can PRETEND to be whatever/whomever you like. For instance, sometimes I *pretend* to be this worldly tried-everything sort of person, re: booze & dope & whatnot… when the truth is I pretty much only like the music that lifestyle tends to be associated with; I have maybe one beer & one glass of wine a month, total. I could even pretend to be LDS, as long as you never ask me about my mission work.
(I’ve been to Utah, though. For real.)
PS — I’ve added a QUICK LINK to this thread. Let’s see who can find it first. [snicker]
Ya, well I was BORNED in Utah, and my ancestors drug themselves across the plains in covered wagons to git there. It’s kinda in my bones. I LOVE being LDS. (really!) But I pretend on the internets all right. I’m usually vewy sewious. For Reals:)
LOL- I found your link- now everyone is going to want to be last! Thwarted!
We seem to have no Helene tonite. I hope she’s ok, cause I gotta go. I’m having a very Harry Potter type of day:
“it’s not everyday your young man turns 11.” I can still remember when he was a new baby! But kids will grow up, I suppose…
I had 2 comments lined up next, depending upon relevancy of course.
1. How do you guys get to this thread? Click April? Sizzearch “couch”? Other?
Theo – yoo r da man. I vill find zay qvik linka – tanka.
2. ‘Round and ’round and ’round she goes, where she stops no BUDDY knows!
(I keel mesself!)
erm. No pretending by me here. I is.
CBF – thx. for singing along.
I been to Utah via Amtrak cross-country train trip years ago. My family physician is LDS.
Paws Up for OCOOTDOAUE !
[to the tune of "O Tannenbaum"]
OCOOTDOAUE, OCOOTDOAUE
Let’s all pretend we’re Mormon now
OCOOTDOAUE, OCOOTDOAUE
Or maybe not, ’cause I don’t know how
Some of my best friends are trains…
This is the song that never ends;
It just goes on and on my friends;
Some people started singing it,
Not knowing what it was;
And they’ll keep on a-singing it,
Forever just because…
(btw, I’ve read the WHOLE commentroversy)
OMG CBF, “I know a song that gets on everbody’s nerves…”?? I didn’t know there was an english version of this!!!
Moi je connais une chanson
Pour écoeurer le monde!
(repeat ad nauseam or until someone smashes your face off)
Theo, you posted what where?
“It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small world after all.
It’s a small, bleen world.”
Wow. Just…wow.
All I can say is that Buddy totally deserves to be associated with such a long thread. I loff him. And he’s on my lap right now. (No, he’s not cutting off my circulation…he’s not actually that fat)
Last?
We should let Kate, Buddy’s mom be last.
oh noes this would make me last!
No way, I’m crushing Kate’s spirits too!!
And seriously, why end this thread now? Didn’t we say we wanted to beat the kitten-eater baby? We got 300-or-so posts to go peeps!
Woops, it’s 1215 posts, not 1015. So we got 530 posts to go. So let’s go, no slacking!
*cracks whip*
owww.
crybabyfix ;-P
OK peeps, it’s Friday!
[tosses some ice cubes into a shaker]
[adds a sprig of catnip]
[pours in a jigger of chicken broth]
[shooka shooka shooka]
…who’s up for an early start?
Pina Colada here… with a side of Cairo kitten.
Sorry, we don’t have fosters on tap. Maybe you’d like one of these?
http://teho.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252668128e1d00d4142248436a47.html
Ewwwwww, it’s been pre-licked! No thanks.
If we wanna keep this thread going for another 500 or so posts, I could restart the commentroversy…from an omnivore’s point of view. Think anonymous/_/luckynumber/s. is still hanging around in the wings?
btw, I luuuurrve pudgy animals.
Theo, strawberry margarita, w/patron, no salt, bebeh kittehs on the side (they might get cold if we actually put them in the drink).
Brinn — coming right up! [urrp]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6569657.stm
Thanks, Theo! That just gave me reinforcement for my Wednesday nights @ the Chili’s bar. I’m not getting tipsy, I’m preventing cancer here.
Thanks, Theo! That just gave me reinforcement for my Wednesday nights @ the Chili’s bar. I’m not getting tipsy, I’m preventing cancer here.
Oops, I’ve got a Friday double up there.
You must’ve got a double shot, Brinnann.
Twofer twofer!
Hey no fair, *I* didn’t get my kitteh!
Double posting = cheating. Let’s stay true and honest to reach our goal.
511 to go…
Aha, I found the quicklink. One still needs to scroll way, way down, though.
Helene — it ain’t science. The comment count has always been wonky. For instance, I’ve seen it “add” a new comment after I edit something (bleen out a swear, fix somebody’s URL, add something I forgot, etc.)
Anyway, how is a whole comment of “511 to go” any less of a cheat, hmmmm?
Theo, I was simply informing the population of the task at hand. I’m all about the people.
Laurie, where? where?
I’m not even sure what a “quicklink” is, how different is it from a simple link? A double link? A double link dipped in chocolate with a cherry on top?
Don’t overthink The Link.
But whère ees eet??
Oooooooooohhhh I found eet!
Oh! I’m so proud! I found eet too!
cuff link, chain link, golf link, satellite link, …
Don’t forget sausage.
NEVER FORGET THE SAUSAGE.
My sentiments ‘xactly in my comment under Mr. Wrinkles McSmooshersons, Esquire the Third.
beep beep
Helene – Zo, awhat do you zink of zee veray Frawnsh accentsah on C.O.? Eh, theenk eet ovair, take yoair tiyem, naw rush eef you plez. Que sera, sera. Bon nuit.
…and don’t forget Poland, either.
Polish sausage link?
Dang- I leave this place for one day cuz it is my boy’s birthday, and all the peeps start finding the link! We went and saw Meet the Robinsons- and teho, I think we should NEVER underestimate the power of teh sausage for sheer physical bodily harm.
As for drinkies, I Like milk. Preferably whole, and not homogenized. And the kittehs dig it too.
cutebabyfix – Belated Happy 11th Birthday to your little man.
I adore ze frawnch accènt!
HAI YOU GUYZ
http://www.w3bdevil.com/forums/Thread-Love_so_much.jpg
Theo – bleensicle…is that a catnip margarita for reals???
Kate — did you check out the “source image” link?
Ahhh…I see. If anyone’s actually made a chicken broth and catnip-sicle, I’d love to hear about it…
Honestly, I *have* been considering it. Plenty o’cats around our place to try.
HALLO YOU MARISER
ewww- for the bleenscicle you could use the totally gross water from the tuna can. My cats would go crazy.
Yeah, Bud would TOTALLY prefer tuna water. He dances around everytime I bring the can opener out.
This calls for an experiment…
Kitteh Popsicle Surprise
1 cup gross tuna water
1 cup dead chicken juice
1 tblsp. catnip
1 tblsp. cream
1 cup day old fish heads
Puree in blender on high for one minute. Try not to gag. Freeze in dixie cups with a popsicle stick stuck in. Hold out to your cat with one hand whilst trying to take a picture of your kitteh with the other hand so you can get posted on CO. Cat looks at you with disapproval and stalks away tail in the air. Cat hates the popsicle. (This is the surprise.)
oh-and Kate, honey? I think we *need* to see some video of Buddy dancin around for the tuna water, ‘kay?
I love the can opener dance! Tails up everybody! And! Ready! Paw over paw, meow-meow, rub head on stuff, and turn, now paw over paw, meow-meow, rub head on stuff, and turn and, UP, stretch up high, meow-meow, and down again, don’t forget that tail!, paw over paw, meow-meow. “Fosse, Fosse, Fosse! You do Martha Graham, Martha Graham, Martha Graham! Or Twyla, Twyla, Twyla! Or Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd! Or Madonna, Madonna, Madonna!…”
CBF, I hate your popsicle too! (spits out fish bone)
CBF with the perfect punchline! Yeee HAW! (Haw ha ha ha haaawwww…)
And Pyrit — good flick. Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, and Moe (from Moe’s Tavern)
“Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads.
Fish heads, fish heads,
eat them up, yumm.”
I’m so glad to see everyone’s here after the weekend.
Pyrit: Fish heads sounds familiar. What’s it from?
IT’S FROM FISH!
huh? I’m missin’ something here.
Probably only a head, give or take. Nothing important.
Fish Heads is a song, erm, of sorts. Old Saturday Night Live material. There’s a You Tube vid of it, or you can read about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Heads
Earworm warning!
Fish Heads was from SNL?? I thought it was only Dr. Demento.
Yeah, you’re probably right. I must have seen it on SNL.
beep beep
Helene, who you beepin’ at?
First!
(sits back and waits)
[lets Pyrit *keep* waiting]
Second!
(what are we waiting for?)
FISH!!!
Sorry, Theo. I musta hit enter right after you did.
Are we making fishsicles? Aw, man, not again tonight.
No problem. I was answering *you* anyways.
GAH! Out of order again!
Fickle!
fickle-sicle? huh? whu?
Ish!
One fish;
Two fish;
Red fish;
Blue fish.
This one has a little star
This one can has a little car
What a lotta fish there are
Thanks for the earworms. No really! I just hadda sit through my boy’s 2nd grade concert where they were singing Home Home on the Range. It was very cute but I couldn’t get it outta mah hey-ed. I’d much rather be thinking:
You never see them drinking cappachino in italian restaurants with oriental women…Yeah!
And all this talk of fish made me think:
You get absolutely nothing!
You’re so stupid Weavah!
cbf – Yes. Yes, we need video of the tuna dance STAT.
But in the meantime, pyrit’s rendition was divine. Only Buddy adds the “flop and roll” which consists of falling on his side and using all his strength to roll on his back from side to side. Much like my old pup used to rub her back in goose poo in the backyard.
Ever done our favorite trick, the “belly buffet”??? When you flip your cat so he’s belly-up and you hold him up to your face and, essentially, have a snorgle fest?
Btw, happy 3-week thread-iversary everyone! Seems like only yesterday that…(I’ll leave this one open)
*takes deep breath* Ahhh…the good ole days.
Wow!
To think I missed all the fun just by skipping past a post I found uninteresting. Fat kitty – neh; seen dozens of ‘em. Quasi-sexual bobblehead cat decoration – bleh; one is too many seen!
So all that time ago I moved on to the next cuteness and never got to enjoy the commentroversy OR the later stream of semi-sequiters — my two favorite forms of (word-related) communication!
People, please! If you’re gonna be all weird or arguey, is it too much to ask to shoot me an email and get me in on it? =)
Join on in BrianMPLS! As far as I ken tell, this party is just getting started- no threadjacking necessary. Although we seem to be mostly weird, less arguey. This thread has turned into almost the secret thread where all the cool kids hang out. wow. I don’t think I’ve EVER been cool before.
SUPER secret, CBF. Shhh! Don’t tell the Chinese or Karl Rove or Billy Ray Cyrus or even MEG!
ohemgee! Meg doesn’t know?!?!
oks I will just put the plans into this little r2 unit and run away to fix mah hair donuts…
first AND last!!! (pliiiiiiiiz, Theo)
agd, you can’t be last; we’ve only got 772 comments.
CBF, what are ‘hair donuts’?
Nvmd, I got it. I always thought they looked like honey-buns.
CINNAMON ROLLS, people. Leia had CINNABON hair.
I go beep beep when I got nothing but still want to contribute to the insanity.
Ahhh, it makes so much more sense now that you’ve cleared that up, Helene….
“Baby you can drive my car
“And baby I love you
“BEEP BEEP, BEEP BEEP, YEAH!”
Beep beep;
Who’s got the keys to the jeep.
Vroom.
I love you too Theo.
Hey, I want some luv!
[ahem] No offense, but that was John and Paul talking, Helene.
I love you Brinnann.
Awwww, thanks Helene. I feel all warm and fuzzy, almost as if I was snorgling flooffy Buddy’s belleh up there.
JOHN AND PAUL
LOVE YOU ALL!
Love is all you need.
Actually, I could really use Buddy about now. It’s always cold in my office, and a nice, toasty kitteh on my lap would help out greatly.
“You’d think that people had enough of silly love songs, but I look around and I see it isn’t so,
woah no.”
wow. Teho you are spooky. We did this babeh at 4 am this morning. No lie.
http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/05/01/baby-you-can-drive-my-car/
spooky.
Huh. Well, maybe I *am* psychic. Cool.
(PS — fixed your link.)
thx- I am not so good at the computery stuff I usually leave it all to the geek in charge here. My whole fambly are geeks, but I am the least geeky of them all, and it makes me ashamed:)
And Helene, if you go beep beep, I think that makes you r2d2- you’re our only hope!
Brinnann, kittehs are also nice under bare feet, the soft fur between the toesies… Toasty… toasty toesies…
beep beep
By the way, CBF, that’s a really cute-but-mindbendery kid, there. Wooo wooo….
Yes, a very weird submishe-
check this babeh-so prosh and also mind bendery:
http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/03/28/the-birthday-girl/
I am C3BF, Human cyborg…
Resistance is futile
Resistance to cuteness? Resistance to Buddy?
I think resistance to Buddy would go like this: Buddy comes over, you resist him. By looking away. He does the tuna dance. You peek outta the corner of yer eye. You hold in the laughinks by biting your cheek. He comes over to the computer and WHOMP. Lays down on yer hands on the keyboard, crushing it all mercilessly. You give up and flomp yer hay-ed into his fur and snorgle obediently. Game over.
It is your destiny.
More like my density!
Wow, cbf…it’s like you live with us. Nice portrayal.
Nah, my cats do this alla time. There will be no reading in our house because her royal highness Nairobi has deemed it absolutely necessary. All books will be sat upon with out mercy.
Awesome. Nairobi needs a thread. (both blog and cotton versions)
One Bleen to rule them all,
One Bleen to find them,
One Bleen to bring them all,
and in the darkness bind them.
Bleen.
[sigh] …people get that wrong ALL THE TIME. Once more, that third line is:
“One Bleen to bring the war”
…Tolbleen doesn’t just repeat himself, ya bleening frist possers.
This Nairobi, her tortiness, giving you the old wax on, wax off.
http://cutebabyfix.com/images/ninjacat.jpg
She can has some sweet threads already Kate.
Cutebabyfix. I really like your webpage? site? blog? (ehn I get so confused now.. too many options)those mindbendy baby pictures are awesome.
Ninja cat is hilarious! Nice Japanglish? Is that what its called?
“Engrish”
Thx Annie- we do what we can to educate people that babies are cute. Really.
As for Engrish, has you ever seen this?
http://www.engrish.com/
They have a sweet hammie background too.
Yes! I actually went to that site about a month ago and allllllmost bought a “no staring at monkey” t-shirt. Hysterical.
This one takes Engrish a step further:
LOL-Kitteh as a Second Language (LKSL-101) in Five Easy Steps
Oops, that didn’t link. I’ll try again:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/04/24/lol-kitteh-as-a-second-language-lksl-101-in-five-easy-steps/
[contemplates ICHC from an acquisitions-and-mergers perspective]
OK, yes I’m kitting.
OMG wau!! Dat beesings a kiti vary ful ov tewtul kutenis!! Bees wif da lukingz!! Omg him gotz da bowwagez on himz hed lyk WTF?!? OMG I tewtul wuntz to grabz dat kiti and fuzziez himz awl ovar … him sooooooo mooshy an fullz ov win!! Don werry lil kiti, I no eetz u! I luvz kitiz! I can has bunchiz ov dem! Mah kitiz luvz bowwagez too! YETH!! GIMME!! Kthxbai!
Theo, I don theenk ur kitting.
Theo… ICHC??? Like wat teh fuk?
Helene, I hope you didn’t hurt yourself.
ICHC: I Can Has Cheezburger?
TCMAM!*
.
.
.
*(“They Call Me… Acronym Man”)
Brie, nah, I copy-pasted the example. But it did hurt my brains to read that with likezz.
Forgive my ignolence (ignorance/insolence), but… are you a boy or a girl? (omits comment about how one would check a kitten’s sex)
Are you sure that’s what they’re really calling you?
It’s okay, I’ve heard Brinn used for both. I’m a girl.
Ooh — brie? Who has brie?? En croute?? I’ll get some pears! Anyone got a nice white zin?
Oooh, I luuurve me some white wine!
*takes out the bleu, the port and dark chocolate*
bleu & dark chocolate?
oooh the chocolate…I am on a diet, I *need* to lose about 2 million pounds:( So nothing but mung beans and celery for me I’m afraid.
“Diet” is a dirty word in my house.
But ya know dark chocolate is an excellent anti-oxidant, right? Good enough excuse for me.
CBF, you can allow yourself one bite of dark chocolate, it’s good for you! Antioxydants and all!
Brie, sure, especially if it’s a Stilton. Amazing. The bitterness of the chocolate and of that of the cheese… the creaminess…
dark chocolate is mah favorite. No nuts, no flavorings, no sugar really, no cheese, just dark dark chocolate. It should be unadulterated. It is kind of a problem, hence the diet…
Whats everyone else’s poison?
Usually tonight would be margarita night (preferably strawberry margaritas), but I’ve got no money so it’ll be sammiches for me tonight. I guess tequila would be the only thing I could call ‘poison’ since I don’t have a favorite junkfood – almost anything will do.
anything with chocolate and sugar. Must be dark chocolate. Oh and Margaritas. I love margaritas.
Sometimes chocolate, sometimes fruity, sometimes salty, sometimes tangy – though sweet usually needs to be balanced out with something salty.
Coo Coo Cachoo.
gesundheit
My non-alcoholic poison is italian sodas.
But if we’re going alcoholic, then gin-n-tonics or a Guinness.
OOOh when I was a little girl growing up in New Yawk, we would eat italian ice. Nostalgia…
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
I’ll drink to that.
Oh I see – the link. I though there was a bit of “The Emperor’s New clothes” going on here.
Fred: oh we’re dressed alright, in real fancy clothes. You can see em right? *wink,wink*
clothes?
[blinking]
[rubbing eyes]
i gots pjs…
[YAWWWWWWN]
Wooeee, not me I’m all dressed up. Ditched the stay at home mom clothes and gots a suit on. Big IEP meetings at school today. I’m skeered, but Buddy is giving me some ballast to hold on to.
Good morning from me and Bud. (looking behind me, I see this: http://kataboots.typepad.com/morningbud.jpg )
Someone loves his basket.
[gotta leave a little whitespace at the end of your URLs here... - Ed.]
Did Buddy shrink???
All kittehs can shrink to any size when it comes to the matter of fitting where they want to.
I told you guys he wasn’t that fat
Thanks for fixing the link – I actually realized that right after I posted…but that whole late for work thing, ya know…haha
Oh Kate he is even more snorgable from the front. What a handsome Kitty. I have a big white tom and he also looks fatter in some posses. Stupid Nuffs.
*poke poke*
My poison is poking people in the face when they least expect it. Very very bad for my health.
And digging my toes in cat belly fur… Mmmmm soft and warm…
I don’t think Sister would go for me digging my toes in her belly fur, though she is quite soft. She’s basically a short-hair mix, but her fur feels more like rabbit fur.
My Matou is veree veree pa-she-ant!! I put my foot in, wiggle the toes, he starts waving his tail, I wiggle some more, he gives me a dirty look, I wiggle some more, he takes a blood sample.
Thanks for the Buddy Pic!! I just had a very long unpleasant day, and I come here, and there is good old Buddy, saying it’s ok Babeh, come on in mah basket and get cozy. He has amazing eyes. Very eloquent. Is he a talker?
Thanks! It’s nice to know others think your bebeh is handsome, too.
I’m pretty much sold on that (deformed claws and all).
And, yes, oh my…he is a talker. Pretty much the Kathy Griffin of domestic short hairs. But I loff his jabberings cuz he tells me allll about his day when i get home from work.
You got a talker, too?
Helene – love the toe-wiggling and blood sampling! Might have to try that one.
Yes, I gots a talker. Miss Nairobi Ninja cat. Well, her full name is Obi Wan Nairobi. We went to the shelter, and she stuck her paw out of the bars and laid it on my shoulder and asked me to take her home so sweetly that it was love at first sight. I actually cried, and I am not soppy about animals, much more pragmatic. The boy who was picking a cat for his birfday was told unceremoniously that the supercilious tomcat he was looking at would not do, and we were taking Nairobi. It is something about the eyes, you can see the intelligence there in some animals. In others you look in their eyes and there is nuffin. Like our other cat, The Stupid Bup. She doesn’t have a single brain. Not one.
CBF – you don’t know how pleased I am that you cried when you got your cat! My husband and I are picking up our FIRST PUP EVER tonight!!!!! I’ve been crying for days. So embarrassing!!!
Oh my…I looooove stories about how a pet chose their owner!! They’re always so sweet! Thanks CBF! My friend, Heather, is perfectly matched with her shelter dog…with all the other wiggling, cute puppies, her dog just walked up to her, leaned against her leg and looked up. Stick a fork in her. She was done.
“Fred”: congratulations!!!! Breed? Name? Pics??
She’s a 6 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback named Kazi. She has an overbite so she kind of looks like someone strapped a pit bull nose on her. SO CUTE. Her previous owner returned her to the breeder underweight and without her second and third vaccinations – and who knows what worming ETC. I’m glad I never met them or I may have been forced to whack them over the head with my George Forman Grill!!!!!!
I will be taking hundreds of pics over the weekend, then I plan on diving into Blogsville – then I will link, link, link!!!!
I’m VERY over excited at the mo. 1 MORE HOUR TO GO!!!
ps. no, we aren’t going to pick up our pup at 11 at night – I’m in Oz. It’s 3:40 Friday afternoon
Sooo, we are all dyin in here- how is Kazi from Oz?
Wow, I wish it was already 3:40 Friday afternoon for me.
I have a talker too! He’s a tuxedo as well, but he looks more like this cat :
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/04/this_just_in_th.html
He has the exact same face. And he’s super intelligent too! And veree verre patient!!
I am concocting an eevil plan to breed a batch of hyperintelligent talking cats, no “I can has” anything, brainy ones who would rule this planet in peace.
hee hee… best thread ever.
it’s gettin kinda quiet in here…
Today is one of those days where it would have been better just to stay home & have the kittens use me for tooth & claw practice. The end result would be the same, but it would’ve been a lot more fun getting there.
Poor Teho…. I hope your day gets better. Just remember there are kittens at home to snorgle at the end of the day
Teho, bad day @ the office? I’m sorry. I’m just having a sleepy day at the office.
Hey, I’m gonna adopt a kitteh soon from our local Humane Society, and I’ve got a question:
Would it be a good idea to bring Sister with me to be sure they get along? I haven’t contacted them yet to see if it’s allowed, but I’ve been giving it a lot of thought.
Poor Theo…
A few questions. Does Meg know about this thread and Teh Leenk©?
And… why does everyone spell your name Teho, is there an inside joke or nickname I should know about?
Brie, bad idea. She’ll be overwhelmed and stressed. You can be almost sure she’ll react badly. Best that they meet when she is in her environment. My opinion anyway.
Snorgles and licks to Teho. Via Buddy. Not me.
brinnann, Best not to put them face to face for a couple of days after you bring the newest home either.
Helene, you partially answered your own question. You know how people tend to misspell “the” as “teh” on the internet? I’m pretty sure that’s where “Teho” came from.
If I don’t pick one I know she’ll get along with, how will I know which one to pick? I’ve pretty much settled on an adult cat, not just because they’re pretty much already self-sufficient (don’t think I’d have the time to raise a kitteh), but more so because I know it’s harder for shelters to adopt them out. Most people want a cutsie little baby to take home, so the older ones get left behind.
Brie, I don’t know why, but I never mispell “the” But I always mispell “client” (cleint) at work!
Oh, and check out myu comment on here, because I’m soooooo clever!!! (or foul-mouthed)
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/05/lets_check_in_o.html
Brie, does your cat tend to be dominant? Scaredy-cat? Maybe your best bet is a cat that’s on the submissive side? I never had that problem, so I guess I’m lucky. I tend to think that unless you put 2 dominants or 2 males together, most cats will get along in due time. Or is that wishful thinking?
FYI… “Teho” was a common (intentional) misspelling of my name, which stuck, and I used it when I started up my Vox page.
What’s her name, Virginia Plain.
Sister is dominant when it comes to Honey, but that’s because Honey’s the scaredy-cat…um, dog. She adapted very quickly to Honey, though, when Sister first came to live with us. I guess if she can stand Honey, she’ll put up with about anything.
I love you Helene!
Thanks Teho!
Funny. Somebody thinks they’re me.
They’re not.
(Cut it out, Helene.)
Who? Where?
Alright
I see that even in the basket, Buddy is still a paw-dangler!
brinnann, Here is my experience. I just brought my Mom’s two cats home to live with my current two darlings.
One of the new cats is a siamese(bossy, curious and thinks she should be top cat as she was at my Moms), the other is shy and quiet) Of my two darlings the male Darin is social and a lovable lug. The other one is a Female, her name is Magneto(YEs from the x-men She fits her name)Is the boss at our house. It has taken them one month to find an uneasy peace. They are all still jumpy. I do not go up and pet a sleeping cat. THey have to be awake when I pet them or I might have no hand left. This morning I had Darin, MAgneto and Little One (the Shy kitty all on my bed for about 15 minutes. There is still a lot of friction with the siamese(her name is Lilac) I think because she tries to push everyone else around.
Is it best that I get another female? Not sure why, but that’s my first inclination.
Yes, you don’t want 2 males, even if they’re fixed.
But 2 females, both fixed, is okay?
Yeah, because females are less territorial. Plus males would fight for the females, even when fixed, no? Anyway, that’s what my vet told me and I trust him because he teaches at the vet dept at Université de Montréal. And he’s on TV. And he writes a column in the newspaper. And he’s from France. And he has a mustache. And he allays says “Allez, courage!” to everyone after they leave his office (even if your pet is in good health, LOL).
http://extranet.assemblee-afe.fr/IMG/gif/lubrina_f.gif
Oh my god, I wish I had your vet.
Buddy has a new one (we recently relocated to California) and he doesn’t like her. In fact, during the one and only appt. we’ve had so far out here, he escaped the clutches of 2 beefy male vet assistants, flew through the heavy double doors as someone was walking through, and made it all the way to the waiting room to me. He was promptly snatched up by the aformentioned assistants and brought back to the room for his tests…legs stretched out, face all “harumpf” and whining just a little. Funny but so sad.
LOL, come over, it’s only 3000 miles away. Hee az ehn outrrageoous Frawnsh occent.
Thanks for the help everyone; and thanks for the vet description, Helene! That one had me grinning from ear to ear.
Kate, since he’s only been to this vet once, have you considered trying another one near you? Thankfully, I love my vet. My aunt has used him for years to treat her larger animals (horses, goats, etc) and recommended him to me. When I first brought Honey to see him, he was almost 30 minutes out of the way, but I’d only had her home for a few days when she decided to get sick and the local vet was on vacation. Now that I’ve moved, he’s only 10 minutes away, so it looks like I made a good choice in keeping him after that.
Yeah, I’m actually moving closer to my job so I will be finding a different vet for him.
We’ll find someone good!
wilford brimleycat ponders the diabeetus
I theenk I detects an excapee from dee Cheezburger circuses!
brinnann, I hope you find an awesome new kitty, Cause kittys are the best.
/me shakes her head at Annie…. nah uh! bunnies.
Yuh huh they ARE!
http://teho.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252668128e1d00d4142f0423685e.html
Hahh I agree with Theo. The bebeh kitteys are getting so big and they are half siamese.( I am believing this is a plus since Lilac has come to live with me…. well except for all the stuff she knocks off onto the floor on purpose) Cute very cute. Thanks Theo.
Off course I do like bunnehs too.
Here’s looking at you, Buddy! Cheers!
You deserve at least 1 000 comments.
but but.. teh bunnehs….
http://parsleyseasonings.blogspot.com/2007/03/cuteoverload-eat-your-heart-out.html
Norty, You crazey but the bunneh is verrrr cute! Congrats on your new rabbit and the cage may seem big now but bigger is always better. Who is Walter and what have you done with him?
hee hee… Walter was the winningest name chosen for the bunneh.. but when he came home, he was very much a Phennius Fynn Findley… hanging on to the name for now… who knows what will happen/ who will follow me home
still snickering about the Wilford Brimleycat….♥
yeah he is awesome did you see his other basket picture up there. He isn’t that fat actually. It’s up above where Theo askes Kate if Buddy shrunk.
Tee Hee he is adorable.
and hopefully Walter/Phennius doesn’t turn into a Penelope/Wanda. OR maybe that would be a good thing. I love his cutsy brown spots. Be sure you give him an occasional apple. Ours used to love those. Oh and nasturtiums apparently are particularly tasty. Have you been to the house rabit website too they are I think the best I saw when we had our Bunnys.
Thanks for keepin’ it real, Annie. Bud appreciates it! haha
And thanks to echo for his/her support
Norty – um, SO ca-yute! Looks like Fynn’s been sniffing around a fireplace! Love him.
…IKO!!
(sorry, what were we saying?)
Theo, your mind must be going. Glad I don’t have that problem, knock on wood.
Oh, that must be the door, I’ll get it.
Dunno, but what is “IKO”?
I’m Knocked Out?
I Know One?
In Kansas OverTheRainbow?
It’s from here:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/04/look_whispers_a.html#comment-67595012
Yep, that part made no sense to me whatsoever.
Go to Wikipedia and search “Iko Iko”. It’s a song; a catchy, jaunty, edgy li’l song.
beep beep!
I really have nothing to say.
Roadrunner, the coyote’s after you.
Roadrunner, if he catches you you’re through…
Helene, Beep Beep indeed! I saw you were one of the people who posted on that little ditty up above.
“Iko Iko” (annee)
“Beep Beep” (roadrunner)
“Naughty Naughty” (stupid 80s song)
“Shoop Shoop Shoop” (it’s in his kiss, that’s where it is)
…
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them doggies rollin’
Rawhide!!!
Awww, Kate! Was that really necessary?!? Aaagh, worst earworm ev-ar!
“Exxxxcellent”
(touching fingertips together)
Chewin’ a wheat stalk, pulls brim down a bit, plants boots firmly in the dust, spits, shrugs, squints hard, uncoils and swings lasso ’round ‘n ’round overhead, takes aim and ropes Kate in. “Little lady, I’m afraid this here town aint big enough for you and the Blues Brothers.”
Pyrit, ever actually swung a lasso? Just bein’ curious. I grew up around that sort of thing (Dad used to calf rope and taught me how – but I only practiced on the dummy), so the comment just jumped out at me. It’s been a while, though.
Ahh the smell of the dust devils. sage brush, and them doggies… Reminds me of….
Rolling Rolling Rolling,
Keep those doggies rolling
Rawhide…
Damn the earworm got me.
oh crap oh crap I forgot…
“Manuh Manuh” (doot doo, doo doo doot)
‘scuse me Theo, (pulls strip of duct tape), brinnann, nope, never rode the range or lassoed nuthin’. (tears duct tape) Only ropes I know are sailing ropes, or sheets, as they’re called on a boat. (plops duct tape on Theo’s mouf.)
[can still type]
[inward snicker]
And I’m the opposite: I’ve never been sailing, but I bet I’d love it. The closest I’ve ever been is riding the ferry to Galveston Island (Southeast Texas, Gulf of Mexico, ya know, brown water).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK9eADIfgTE
I don’t know if this works but Bwahahahaha
Opps Maybe I don’t wnat to do that if my mouth is gonna get duct taped.
Runs and Hides from Pyrit
Oh, look! It’s 4:30 here. Time to go home to the Honey and the Sister.
Hey, I can sail too! [starts humming a little Christopher Cross]
For anyone interested, I mentions about getting my FIRST PUP EVER on Friday (or Thursday for all you non Aussies) Well, I JUST HAD THE BEST LONG WEEKEND END IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I’d like to say I didn’t cry like a big baby when I left for work this morning – but – I’m too honest. The Shame.
Manuh Manuh??? Just. Saw. For the First Time. And I will never forgive you, Teho and Annie.
J/k, I friggin’ luv it.
It appears I’ve been lasso’ed and sitting here on Pyrit’s front porch for, oh, seven hours now. :::Promptly wiggles out, readjusts petticoats:::
I demand a mint julep and a proper escort home. No funny business.
Buddy’s Limrick
There once was a
couch stradling Cat
Who some people thought
dangerously fat.
But the fat was a fact
of his lying quite flat
and dangling his feet
off the couch back.
congrats on your new puppy Fred. They get really big. A friend of mine has one and it is the cutest big old dog. a pussycat(opps did I say that). Don’t forget to post pictures. How is She doing after the weekend home with you? has she been on her first walk with you yet.
a new puppy????????????
squeeeeee!
thud.
a new puppy????????????
squeeeeee!
thud.
yes… two times … to the floor.
Good one, Annie.
Fred, I suggest pictures pronto before the puddin’ starts to fly.
Nice limerick! did you know Asimov was a famous dirty limerick writer?
http://www.dickstodghill.com/isaacasimovslimerick.htm
wow. I have had a busy and not so happy week end, (the compy asploded a bit) and I come back to the thread that does not end and find it vibrant and full of peeps. What wonders I have wrought by simply aspiring to be…
last.
Helen, That Asimov limerick is amazing. It took me like part of yesterday to think about doing Buddy’s and then a good half hour to get it to rhyme and work out. The last line was the hardest. And here is Mr Isaak popping one out half drunk no less. On a napkin. I never realized what a prolific writer he was and on every subject. What a treasure. I am going to have to see if I can find some of his stuff to read The more obscure. After I read that link I searched for a list of his books and writings there must be thousands.
Opps sorry that kind of went on and on did’nt it.
On a lighter note Someone still needs to make Kate a mint Julep and escort her home now that she escaped from being tied up on the front porch.
I imagine Kate whistling, and Buddy comes gallumphing up. She jumps on his back, and they ride off inta the sunset. Then she makes her own mint julep, and a bleensicle for the Budster.
ok, so I clicked on the link for the limerick, and read the profile of the guy who posted it- turns out he is an 81 year old guy who fought in the battle of Normandy, a sports writer, sounds very tough. Under his interests? Hamsters. The man likes hamsters. Cute reigns.
CBF.. That is too Prosh. I love it. I am going to go back and check that out.
Kate on the back of Buddy too funny.
Helen if you still are looking for some Commentroversy you may want to hit the Deer Picture today(no Pun intended) it is Vegitarian and Hunter land over there.
Let the Puding fight begin.
I didn’t wanna start a pudding fight there. I just wanted to point out the other side. Though I must admit I do realize (belatedly) that simply pointing something out is how commentroversies get started. I’ve just never been in the middle of one before and didn’t think it’d go there. So far, it’s not been too bad.
Annie, you’ve no idea.
I read his biography, and one of my favorite stories in it was when Arthur C. Clarke sent a newpaper clipping about a man saying how his plane had almost crashed and he kept calm by reading a Arthur C Clarke novel. Arthur included a note saying “If he had been reading one of your novels, he would’ve fell asleep!” To which Asimov replied “Of course he was reading one of yours, so that if the plane had crashed, it would’ve come as a blessed relief!”
I like puddin, chocolate puddin.
Oooh, I have chocolate puddin mix at home. Gotsta make it tonight.
Well, if we wants commentroversy, what we really need to talk about is tapioca, the kind wif the leetle balls. I have found it angers people.
Leetle balls of what?
**looks around slightly frightened of flying balls**
Brinnann Not to worry I added my two cents in it too. I figured it was headed that way anyway and what difference if I also pointed out that most hunters are hunting for food. Not sport.
Then I ran away. I figured the fur would start to fly no matter what.
I’ll have to go over and Look a little later today.
Helen, sounds like there was some competetion going on between those two. They should teach more of this kind of stuff in school. It is way more interesting.
Tapioka?? anger people???? WOw, who Knew. I must remember that in my next pudin fight!
It must be the little balls. Heheheh
(runs past in quite a hurry and is not sure but thinks a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy is lapping tapioca pudding whilst 2 famous science fiction writers sip mint juleps during Annie’s limerick debut, applause!, as Kate and Theo ponder the uses of duct tape and rope. Pats Buddy and the fawn on their fuzzy heads, pat-pat, tosses a new computer to cutebabyfix, keeps running, manuh-manuh.)
Heheheh.
I’m oh-so-glad my boss wasn’t standing nearby when I read your last comment, Pyrit.
I make yummy appitoca with the beeg round blobs. Almost as good as chocolate puddin.
Would someone pu-lease tell me what the blobs are? I don’t think I’ve ever had tapioca.
Kewl. Thanks for the new lappy. In my mind’s eye it is all tricked out wif so much bits and bytes- and it runs on tapioca. Also, the case is candy apple red. It only has two channels, CO, and cutebabyfix.com. No more work. Just cute.
Weel, the blobs are these tiny leetle globular white balls that feel not entirely unlike fish eyes in your mouth, but taste of teh pudding. I loff them, but others find the texture disturbing.
Brinnann the balls or blobs as CBF said are the Tapioca itself they float in vanilla pudding goodness. Tapioca is seeds from a plant like rice only round and translucent. I Am like CBF I lurv it.
Mmmm mm Tapioca.
Tapioca does NOT cause conniptions, unless delivered in bulk via trebuchet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet
Just trust me on this one.
Appitoca = fish eggs & glue.
But delish vanilla custard fish eggs & glue!
Annie, the limrick is AWESOME! I have to print it and hang it somewhere in the apartment…with your permission
I don’t know abut tapioca, but that Ridgeback pup was eating our lunch this morning. “Oops did we leave that on the bench?” She attempted to look sorry whist wagging her tail.
We took her to the park on the weekend, she is very good despite having no training. She just has an unfortunate habit of stopping right infront of you with no warning.
She escaped while I was at work yesterday. Luckily, she went to visit our neighbour across the road and sat under his pergola all day. So, some re-inforcing and a carton of beer for our neighbour later – and hopefully there will be no breakouts today!! I can’t post pics here at work but I hope to steal the computer from my husband tonight and do some.
Sorry to waffle on! (Tapioca and waffles maybe??? Caramel sauce?)
PS, she’s already 27 kilos (60ish pounds I think?) at 6 months – and underweight – you can see all her ribs poor baby.
Kate, please do! I was hoping you and Buddy would like it.
Fred, She will fatten up in no time. Puppies do you know within the month I bet.
And Annie, your limerick reminds me of Roald Dahl (My most favorite author in the cosmos) Bravo!
Thanks you guys!
Theo-fetchez la vache!
Cause we already GOT one…
Hey Fred-
my kids do that thing where they stop right in front of you with no warning, and then you trip on them, and accidentally kick them in the teeth, and then they cry and blame you and say things like I don’t love you anymore Mom. If you figure out how to get puppy to stop doing this, could you let me know?
CBF, cats also do that of course! Except they actually run to get into or legs, or to drop on the floor and roll on their back right where you were just about to step. “MEEEOOOOOOOOOWW! That was my tail!”
Theo you could deliver my Tapioca pudding via Trebucket, any time. Tapioka in Mass Quantity is really a great Idea.
My favorite (Not) Cat kid and dog thing they do is when you are cooking in the kitchen and they lay down or stand right behind you, so when you step back to do anything you trip and then it is all Mrewwwww or Arrr-Arr-arrr or Mooooommmmmm! Sometimes they are all behind underfoot at the same time.
For anyone like me who has to go look everything up because they have an enquiring mind here is a link for the Fetchez La Vache!…
http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=792420
I havent watched this movie in years and had forgotten the scene.
I think I am renting it for the weekend IT was the funniest movie ever
Thanks, Annie. I was wondering about the Frawnsch, but was too lazy to look it up myself. I just feel lazy today in general: Honey & Sister both got baths last night so I’m a bit tired.
PS: Buddy’s up to 972 comments.
Annie, thanks for the link! I also checked out “The strange fixation on cows by the French” and it was hilarious. (http://www.everything2.org/index.pl?node_id=1325857 ) I already knew most of it’s uses, but I didn’t know it could mean “cool”. It’s not as much in use here(http://www.bonjourquebec.com/ ) as in France. We mostly use it as an insult.
There also an hilarious little thing about “freedom fries” aka the stupidest example of susceptibility I have ever seen. Like the French care. We don’t call them “frites françaises”, but just “frites”! So the “Français moyen” probably didn’t even know about freedom fries. (like the war in Iraq had more to do with freedom than oil anyway)
I wonder if this will start a commentroversy? Nah, all the Nuffs are gone, it’s just us cool kids.
Wow Brie, that’s exercise! Chapeau! (hat’s off to you)
973 Now. Two baths in one night! I am impressed. I forget. Dogs or cats. We all know it aint bunnies because you should never bath a bunny “Snicker”.
That http://www.stuffonmycat.com/
web site is funny. Because we all know it is irresistable to pile stuff on the little darlings when they are sleeping.
I was laughing when you said you were lazy today cause I have a real bad case of fuzz brain today.
Nothing computes!!!
I love SOMC. Q the cat is my hero! (he’s the white cat with the wipped cream and a cherry on top! — try the search to find him)
Hi Helene, That Freedom fries was the stupidest thing ever. I LMAO when I first heard it. Like the french even care what we do.
Opps… Gets down off soap box with sheepish grin on face
HI! *new kid big smile*
Thought I’d do my part to break the 1000 comment barrier. Plus work just isn’t doing it for me today…
So, over the weekend I went on a first date with someone and I was pretty lukewarm UNTIL I found out he has a kitteh who’s going to give birth any second now! (He found her when she was already knocked up). So, I figure I should stick around for at least, say, 8 weeks or so
Some people date men for their money. I date men for their kittens. Is this wrong?
Sister is the cat, who behaved quite well (not a single scratch from her). Honey is the 60 lb dog who ran around the house like a nut when she realized what was about to happen. Once I get her in the water she calms down, but I have to bodily lift her and heft her over the edge of the tub.
oaklandcat, if you can stand him for the next 8 weeks, he’s probably a keeper anyway. The kittehs just provide more incentive.
Oakland, that’s HILARIOUS! All’s fair in love and kittehs.
Hey I found him his title is 12/10: Q the cat delivers the goods once again. Very Cute.
I love how the cats are all “oh God my stupid human is doing it again. You would think the human would evolve beyond this like we cats. Lower intellegence is soooo entertained by small things.”
Since I’m already babbling, I have at least one daily visit to Stuff on My Cat. Today I found a new site: http://www.amazingcatcollection.com/
good point, brinnan!
He already scored major points in my book by taking in a pregnant foundling.
OAklandcat I see nothing wrong in dating for the Kittehs. I would. But I am hopelessly in love with Kittehs.
Brinnann. I can just see the dog runnig around just out of reach of you. Like in those cartoons. Too funny. Did she go roll on the carpet afterwards.
I know whatcha mean. There’s a profile on myspace for a kitten named Don Juan. This guy found him on the road, only a few days old, and nursed him to health and has been raising him since. There’s pics of the guy, and he’s kind of attractive, but he unfortunately lives in England. That’s a long drive and an even longer boat ride from here, otherwise I’d have hit on him.
Don Juan- cute! I’m sure he’s a chick magnet, all right…
Might as well post the direct link for Q : http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=608
There are other posts of him, you can find them by searching “Q”. I love how he doesn’t seem to mind at all. My cat Poupoune is frightned by the sound a plastic or garbage bag makes when you shake it open. Go figure. I can just picture the panic the sound of a can of whipped cream would cause. Like an instant little tornado of claws à la Tasmanian Devil. Then hiding for hours under the bed, eyes wide open with sheer terror. Wimp.
LOL I checked the link on Q- Only no one has mentioned the two tone yeems that he has going. He weel have his sweet revenge, and it will include deadly little gadgets that are quite hidden in this ordinary wristwatch. (Cue Bond theme)
And Oaklandcat, if a man is sweet on animals, I generally find he also likes children, and is good to his mother. Yes, you may keep him.
Here is a gratuitous song as an ode to the Budster, who is a big boy, and deserves 2,000 comments:
Let’s do it for the Budster,
The red, white, and the blue,
Let’s do it for the Budster,
Oaklandcat, your mother will approve.
He’ll be a CO hero,
And sit the couch the whole nite through,
Let’s do it for the Budster,
And the Red, White, and THE BLUE.
Posting for Buddy is very Patriotic.
CBF I so love it. We should all sing it throughout the day.
Well except Maybe Helene who might object as she is from Canada.
My mother doesn’t actually like animals much– can you believe it???
All of these limericks are making me feel inadequate and thoroughly uncreative at the moment. And for some reason, as I read the first line of CBF’s I heard “Let’s Hear it for the Boys” from Footloose, then line two made me think of red, white, & blue-clad cheerleaders with poofy little pompoms.
Oaklandcat, then I guess it’s a good thing we do, as we already approve of Mr. Kitteh-Lover.
Well, Helene can add a bit about big maple leaves or something. LOL my husband is always going on and on (jokingly) about how Canada is our biggest threat and we should nuke em. He is suspicious of Mounties. He thinks they are in on a conspiracy.
Yes I object, but I will post anyway. Yay for Canada! Boo to the USA!!! Canadians rule!!!
(hides and watches the commentroversy start)
CBF, your hubby has no idea. BWAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAH!
Aww, sheesh, Helene. That is so cute. Patriotism swells in the hearts of all who love teh cute. And you guys’ve got that health care system which is nice. I heart Canada, but I find it disturbing how when you are driving and the lane just ends with out warning, and you nearly crash every five minutes. Did you guys just run outta asphalt or something?
I love all you peeps! Oh, and the cute animals too.
Oh, it’s a good thing I’ve never been to Canada (though I’d love to have that health care system as well). I’m sure I’d be #1 on the wrecked-car list. Besides, I have a hard enough time dealing with winter down here (anything below 65 is too cold).
Wanna hear something hilarious? The peeps on the cute puppy page out front are all like yay! 115 COMMENTS, GO PUPPY PUPPY GO! They gots nothing on Buddy. I can hear buddy breakin it down:
Can’t touch this (gettin his MC Hammer pants on…)
Puppy tocks ain’t got a chance against the couch-straddler/paw-dangler/basket-squisher-inner Buddy!
Just a kwestion, how is it that you are checkin how many comments there are? When I try to look it says there are 96?
I go to April archives, scroll waaaaaaaaaaaaaay down (I think this one is from the 10th or the 11th).
Huh- I did that, it says 96. I guess my compy will asplode if it tries to count the Buddy comments.
CBF, I have no idea what you mean by lanes ending without warning. Perhaps you haven’t heard of that nifty thing we like to call road signs, hehehe ;-D
As for crashing every five minutes, well, I can’t speak for the ROC (rest of Canada), but in Quebec, we drive like maniacs, latin blood oblige.
Or go to the kittens category and scroll down. 1009 comments this one included.
Last time we were in Toronto, there were no road signs. Maybe you got some by now? Prolly they are all in Frawnch, and I am limited to “Ou est la salle de bain silver plate?”
Where the heck are you looking, CBF? I see 1005 (and this one will bump it up to 1006).
Bear in mind, that count isn’t definitive. It gets confused by edits, just for example.
Montreal rules, Toronto drools. That’s prolly why.
La salle de bain est au fond du corridor.
Whoa, OK, lots of new comments between the time I started mine, and clicked Post!
Hey! Did anyone notice that this is Buddy-post’s one month anniversary today?
Perfect day to break 1000 comments!!
So Teho- Who gets the prize for 1000? they should get something, doncha think? An unlimited supply of digital hampsters?
Ou est la salle de bain silver plate?
La salle de bain est au fond du corridor.
Translate, por favor. I took Espanol in high school.
I think oaklandcat was 1000, ‘cuz I posted that there were 972, which made mine 973:
“I love all you peeps! Oh, and the cute animals too.
Posted by: oaklandcat | May 09, 2007 at 12:53 PM”
And anyone checked the “Recent Comments” lately? All but one is from our thread.
no WAY! This is the best day of my life!!!!
(uh, not really)
Teho, if I do get a prize, I want an unlimited supply of digital kittens, something I think you could provide…
I Theenk I said where the heck is the bathroom, and she said it’s down the hall you idiot.
There’s no way to know who REALLY got Comment #1000 here, without actually COUNTING (and re-counting to make sure). Ugh. But, sure, digital hampsters we got. http://www.hampsterdance.com/
(misspelling intentional)
How much is 1000kg of Chinese soup?
Won ton.
Hey- I said kittenz!!!
That cant be where is teh bathroom
In spanish that is Que esta La Bano
Or something like that
Unless you were asking where is the bathroom that is silver Plated
Hahaha
bathroom is “salle de bain” en francais. Literally, room of bath.
The silver plate bit is a bastardization of s’il vous plait.
Tu comprends?
Anyone feel like a possible puddin-inducing discussion? I was just visiting a thread titled “Texas groups want Mexican borders closed,” and someone pasted in an article that states a new bill, soon to be law, in Mexico City that makes certain amounts of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy legal. And we all know how many teenagers spend spring and summer breaks in Cancun, etc.
Holy hip hopity Hampsters Theo. Too Funny. Songs and merchandise
YOu see I told you my Brain was fuzzy today!
Are you sure it isn’t already legal there. My daughter went on a cruise to Mexico a few years ago and she said as soon as you got off the boat and started walking they would be trying to sell you all kinds of drugs, sex you name it.
I guess if it was then everyone would go there for Spring Break
We went on a cruise to Jamaica once and it was the same thing- the minute you got off the boat people assume you are wicked rich Americans. I am going to keep my very conservative opinions on border control wif Mexico to myself, because I would prolly go up in flames, and watching my bones burn would really harsh the cute, y’know?
I know, I have to be careful when I talk to My Little Brother he is all lock em out and I am not so harsh. but still we need to do something. I am a see both sides of the picture person.
Best earworm songs evar:
The Pirate Who Don’t Do Anything
and
Endangered Love
both from Silly Songs with Larry, By the Veggie Tales
Barbara Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
You are the one for me (one for me, one for me)
Sent from up above (up above, up above)
You are the one I love (I love, I love, I love)
Please don’t cry Bar-ba-ra,
You’re a nice Manatee,
You’ve been so good to me
But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all
And you can’t come because you don’t speak Frrrench.
Au revoir
But if you leave Bill
Who will take me to the ball?
Whose going take me to the ball, Bill?
I have a new dress and shoes
A new manatee lipstick
Who will take me to the ball?
Please don’t go
I must
Don’t go!
I must!
Don’t!!
Must!!
Don’t don’t!!!!
Must must!!!!
Barbara Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
You are the one for me (one for me, one for me)
Sent from up above (a manatee from heaven)
You are the one i love
Barbara Manatee (Manatee, Manatee)
I’ll be your mon amie (mon amie, mon amie)
I’ll take you to the ball(to the ball, to the ball)
I hope your not to tall (they might have trouble dancing)
Bill, I’ve learned French
You have?
Mais, oui. Je suis Manatee. See?
Oui, oui mon amie
I always knew you could
I really hoped you would
Now can we go into the world and do noble things for the good of all?
Yes, but first, will you take me to the ball?
Oh, Bill, will you take me to the ball?
…I cant dance
You cant!?
No
I must go
Please don’t go
I must
Don’t go!
I must!
Don’t!!
Must!!
Don’t don’t!!!!
Must must!!!!
Oh my….one-month anniversary AND breaking the 1000 comment barrier??
You guys are the best. Buddy thanks you all with tuna dances and floof-covered couches.
I had, not one, but two cars that went over 100,000 miles, on January 1st. Two different January 1rsts. No set up, no driving more, or less. It happened. Both cars were VWs. A Bus and a Scirocco.
CBF, I didn’t say you idiot, you i…uh… informal translator.
Theo, OMG that site is so annoying!
Oakland, I didn’t get that silver plate was svp (s’il vous plait) I thought it was just some I has cheeseburger or something.
Nice try Greenighs, I didn’t even read those. And I have a feeling I’m not the only one.
Guess you got a dozen roses just because?
Pyrite I missed your won ton joke before… Verrrr Funnie.
you must be lucky to get them to flip on January first Plus Me I woulda tried to make it flip on the 1st Cause basically I’m crazy like that!
Helene I am glad I am not the only one with a fuzzy brain,
YAY FUZZY BRAINS UNITE!
I’m all LOL about you not knowing silver plate! Is English your second language Helene? I ask because I am wondering how you even translate all the I can has cheezburger stuff. I was born in Utah, and I still have to get my 13 year old daughter to translate the Leet for me sometimes.
French is my first language, but I’m fluent in English as well. Most people in the internet can’t even tell English is my 2nd language. I figured I can has cheeseburger is supposed to be funny bad English, but what it exactly means, I don’t know. Wikipedia and urbandictionary.com are my best friends.
And of course, there are no peoplez IN the internet, most of them are ON it. Stupid keyboard with the i next to the o.
I think its time for more pics. Bud got to celebrate his 1-month thread-iversary by spending alllll day napping in the sun on the back porch…see pics from this morning before work.
http://kataboots.typepad.com/brightsun.jpg
http://kataboots.typepad.com/brightsun2.jpg
And then I get home from work to see this. Biiiiig surprise.
http://kataboots.typepad.com/morestraddlin.jpg
Do we not have pics of Fred’s new puppy yet?
Love the straddler picture!
Miss Kate, your Buddy is so lofly. I’m glad we get to see more and more pix of him as this thread goes on (and on),
that wasn’t supposed to be a comma at the end because I have nothing more to add!
Nothing. I swear.
Buddy is the bomb. I love how he is all regally sitting in the sun on his personal pillow. and of course he is straddling the couch. what a cute cat.
No pictures of Freds new puppy yet. she is probobly taking her for a walk right now.
Ask and you shall receive! I started me blog dooby. I put a link in the URL bit in the comments and will also try here. I expect to fail, and will no doubt need assistance. Thank you in advance . .
http://cyanide.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d414345ace6a4700d09e6a8a35be2b.html
Wow, Fred. That’s not bad photography, there. Kazi’s a sweetie.
More of a writeup, maybe? When you have time.
That would mean hog-tying my hubby so I can get the computer . . . Yeah, I can do that
Fred. She is lovely. And don’t worry just keep feeding her regular size meals she will fatten up in no time.
Love the comfy cozy dog bed! congrats you new dog mommy.
HAha we used to have to do that too. We finally went wifi and got a second computer, When my youngest went to college.
Brian (my shmoop) would come by the office every five minutes to ask if you were done with the computer yet.
HE is on the computer all day at work but it doesnt matter.
Helene: I just posted it because it’s my favorite catchy/silly song, wasn’t trying to put one over on anyone. Sorry to have wasted your precious time.
Folks used to be nicer here.
Helene, Annie, OaklandCat (and everyone else here): Thanks for your continued support of my “angel in a kitty suit” as I like to call him.
Kazi is a cutie! I’ll bet that is one. sweet. pup. Tewtelly worth the TLC.
Ok OK… so THIS is where all the cool kids have been hanging out!! *hands on hips*
Theo, thanks for the edit! Lost control of myself.
Thanks for all the comments! It’s just what a proud new pup owner needs! Hey Kate! Thanks for not minding me hyjacking Buddy’s thread temporarily! And I meant to say earlier, that lovely cat of yours looks like he knows the secrets of the universe. The second pic of him on the pillow – yep – I bow to Buddy’s superior intellect.
Helene – Greenighs posted lyrics. It’s cool. Lots of Peeps post lyrics on CO. Greenighs also happens to be the Peep on CO who gave me the biggest laugh of all since I started visiting CO. See Jan. 11, “Pass the remote”.
Welcome to the Buddy thread greenighs!
Kate, just how many couches do you own? We’ve seen Buddy a-la-straddle on several now.
greenighs and pyrit,
People used to have a sense of humor here. sorry to have wasted you7r precious time.
Theo, when I post from work, I always get the “captcha check”. Do you have any control over it? Like if I give you my IP address? Thank you beaucoup.
Helene, I caught the sarcasm, if it makes you feel any better. It was like, “Ha ha, didn’t catch yer ear-wurm!”
Fred – hey, we’re here for Teh Qte and that doesn’t mean All Buddy. We love teh puppehs!
Brinnann – ha! Just the one blue couch at the moment…you also saw my old red couch. The funny part is, I printed my own calendar from Kodak Gallery and the month of April had this hilarious picture which I had completely forgotten about…some hotel in Santa Fe, NM…He’s an equal opportunity straddler.
http://kataboots.typepad.com/santafestraddle.jpg
Alas, my couch is not made for straddlin’, so I shall never have pics of Sister doing so.
Helene — nope, that Captcha check is a TypePad thing, not a Cute Overload thing. I get it all the time myself. Especially when I post links.
MC2 — this is where all the kids who tell themselves they’re the cool ones hang out.
(myself included, natch)
Hi MC2!! You found the secret clubhouse! Come in dahlink!
Greenighs- please stay, don’t mind Helene, she has evil plans for world domination and she can hardly help it, right, Helene dear?
And Kate, Buddy on his Wicker throne is awesome. He totally pwns yer furniture.
Theo coolness is totally a state of mind, it has nothing to do with anything else.
I think I’m cool, therefore I am.
Oh and Buddy on leatha has made my day. Nothing can bug me now.
Thanks Brie, you got it exactly. When someone post an earworm, I put my fingers in my ears and go “la-la-la-can’t-hear-you-la-la-la”.
Kate OMG. You should bring him to a furniture store and have him try all the couches!
CBF, you got that right, bwahahahahahha! Bow to Teh Helene!!
*sigh* I really need to proof-read myself before I post.
“When someone postS an earworm”
“Bow to Teh Helene!!”
(cue obligatory Princess Bride dream sequence)
hmmm, Princess Helene… Sounds good to me.
Yes, the kitty is a little overweight, but as long as Buddy is healthy, I also think he is flabulous. By the way that is such a great word. I love it! Oh and, I have said a small prayer for Mia, it must be really hard for you and your friend, I cant imagine losing my cat. My thoughts go out to you, I hope you find her.
Umm Helene, have you seen the princess bride?
(Theo runs and hides in the cat cave to escape the fiery Gallic rage of Helene when she rents it tonight…)
Oh my Fia, you’re late in the game, I hope you didn’t read ALL the comments!
I have, but it’s been a while so I don’t remember the scene. I’d rather ignore Theo’s sarcasm and pretend it’s a good scene and that I AM a princess.
HRH: Her Royal Highness?
Brie, it goes without saying.
[schmirk!]
HRH: I believe the scene involves an old lady with cat-butt-lips saying “Booooo to the queen of slime! The queen of filth! The queen of puuuuuutrescence” or something like that.
haha I’m sure you’re none of those things! Esp. if you like Bud.
Teho, you can thank me later for spelling out the insult and thus possibly incurring wrath.
Anyone up for a trip to the furniture store with their cats to “try on” the couches?
oh you guys I was in serious need of the comments this morning.
Theo I have a weird question for you .
I know you guys are in different time zones from me, except Oakland Cat. How come when I see teh times on teh posts it has my time on them. Like right now it is 9:30 here in foggy California but I know like where you are it is 11:30 in minnesoda but on the screen it will show everything in relation to my time zone as I am sure on yours it shows your time zone.
IS it some secret computer code that translates it.
Sorry I couldn’t just get to the point.
Bother, I need to preview My messages before I send them. I am such a bad typist. I spelled everything wrong no offense to Minnesota
Ohhh and the princess bride movie, I have watched it like 20 times if it is on I watch it.
Annie — CO is “headquartered” in San Francisco… hence the Pacific date/time stamps.
(slaps Theo with a glove)Annie, I’m on Eastern time (kicks Theo on the shin), so my morning posts always show an hour when I’m not even up yet. (trips Theo)
Thanks Theo. You are the best.
Kate that would be hilarious- can you just see the look on the furniture snobby salesguys face?
Kate: I’m looking for something sturdy.
Lilo: Like a lobster!
Kate:no lilo, a couch, were getting a couch!
Buddy:This wicker one will do nicely. (Flomp)
Salesguy faints.
Here is one of life’s mysteries concerning cats and sofas: why is it that the black cat will only sleep on the white sofa, same spot every day,until there is a yellow spot from what can only be described as cat oils, whilst the white cat will only sleep on my dark quilt,leaving huge floofs of fur everywhere as she lolls around like Marilyn?
A yellow spot?! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, I’m never getting a white couch!
I think the posted time is about 2 hours earlier than my time zone (Central).
I don’t think Sister would enjoy couch shopping too much. Usually, if she’s sleeping on furniture, it’s a table or my bed.
Helene commented:
“greenighs and pyrit,
People used to have a sense of humor here. sorry to have wasted you7r precious time.”
Oh. Noes. I’ve lost my sense of humor! And greenighs too! At least I’m with good company. But how gut wrenching! Holy smokes. What ever shall we do? We better split up. greenighs, you go that way and I’ll go this way, for a better chance of finding it.
My capacity for audacity. My funny bone. My giggle gut. Gone. All gone.
(goes and stands beside Borat)
(Standing with COnfused look on face) Lost your sense of humor??? IS it under the couch? I will help you find it.
Maybe it ran off with the remote for the tv.
Wait maybe Buddy is sleeping on it in his basket.
Here to Meg the California Girl Just like me!!!!
For some strange reason I’m hooked on that thread about the Mexican border, and the things I’m reading are making ME want to immigrate to Europe. For our European peeps on the site, can I come? I think I’ll get over having to microchip Honey & Sister. Is it difficult for American immigrants to find jobs there?
Brinnann don’t believe everything you read it is slanted to make their point what ever their point is. Even their facts and figures.
Well, it’s both sides of the arguements. Of course, they often stray off topic, but it’s these tangents that have got me worried. It really seems as if the govt won’t be able to fix the mess of an overwhelming takeover by illegal immigrants. I agree with the arguements about illegals costing us millions, possibly billions of dollars in free services provided with our tax dollars. If they were trying to become legal, the story would be different. But now they’re discussing how it looks as if the countries will eventually mesh. Mexico’s govt is so out of control that they’re unlikely to cooperate in any regulating of the problem, or will actually make it worse. Some people believe as Texas belonged to Mexico to begin with that it should and could be returned to them. Hello, I live in Texas. Northern states aren’t necessarily much better. There are still millions of illegal immigrants, just most of those in the north are from countries other than Mexico. Aagh, it’s just a HUGE mess.
Quit picking on Buddy. Hes adorable. Yet fat. I like him.
And his little big, big belly. As long as the cats healthy, then thats ok! He probably loves all these comments and pics of him. Hes probably
like ” Oh my god! Like look at me! IM FAMOUS! I’M ON CUTEOVERLOAD! Wowza!” Bless him! But sheesh kebab, dude, go staedy on the catnip cookies, Buddy, buddy! P.S Hope you find Mia, my thoughts go out to you.
Hey, someone said something about being vegetarian or something. I am vegetarian. I love it. If your reading this, next time your having a ‘nice’ sausage or something , think this: PIGS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD. Also think that I have told you this and if you are a true animal lover, you would care that it has suffered to get on your plate. By the way I hope you don’t think I’m being mean. Its totally your choice to eat meat or not. But I think its better not to. But thats my opinion and I’m just saying what I believe. So please don’t think anything abd about me. Just think about it next time you have food with a face. Eww.
I’m so confused.
Maria, it was probably me. I admire you for being able to not eat meat; I just don’t have the will power to give it up. I have friends who raised pigs for FFA in high school, so I saw them from the time they got them as piglets to the time they showed them at 200 lbs, yet I’m somehow still able to accept them as food. Same thing with cows; I even raised a couple from a few days old whose mothers had died (though I didn’t eat them personally). I know this may seem horrible to you, but I’ve become very good at fooling myself about what I’m eating.
Well, Kate, Teho has dubbed it the “Official C.O. Off-Topic Discussion of Absolutely Unrelated Everything!” It’s just branching out a little further now. Don’t worry, we won’t forget about Buddy anytime soon, especially if you keep posting such KEWT pictures of him!
[singin']
OCOOTDOAUE, OCOOTDOAUE
time for commen-troversy now…
Oh. Well, thats fine about Bud! I was just confused about a) where the topics came from and b) why his weight was brought up again.
Okey dokey! Here’s my two cents:
Bud’s not really fat.
And I’m not a vegetarian. For the record. I’m still a pretty decent person.
And I don’t know how I feel about the immigration thing yet. But I certainly don’t trust this administration to handle it properly.
And….I’m done.
Well, I must admit my topic was pretty left-field. I was on one website, being thoroughly unsettled about the illegal immigration and lack of border security, then jumped over here and brought it with me. I was hoping to get opinions from normal people (aka, the Peeps) to balance out those I’d gotten from the fanatics on that site.
btw… I thought there were going to be lot of submishes of couch straddler paw danglers. Where are all those pictures?
Aww vegetarians are so cute, doncha think? So *earnest.* I am making meatballs right now, and I just gave my cat one (watch out, it’s BARF.) and I am crackin up watchin her eating a cow. Can’t you just see little kittehs plotting on how to take down a cow so they ken eat it?
About the immigration thing? I don’t know if moving to Europe is the answer, Brin. I much prefer the type of illegals most common here to the type they get in say, London.
But my strategy is to sneak to cancun for a vacation, and then sneak back over the border, declare myself illegal, and never pay taxes again.
“I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien…”
Stheriously, metaskins! There HAVE to be more!
Brinnann – Oh! Ok! Opinions from the normals. I see.
I read a lot about all this stuff and consider myself well-versed, but can’t say I feel 100% on anything (aside from disgust at our current leadership which I’ve maintained from day one).
Immigration? I’d like to see everyone welcomed and given the opportunity to become a citizen and follow our laws as such. How that is going to happen without huge repercussions on our economy, I have no idea. But in terms of border security? I don’t even know where to begin to analyze it.
But see, that’s the problem: Most are not trying to become citizens and don’t want to follow our laws. I’ll gladly welcome anyone who truly wants to be an American citizen, but illegals just using us hurts the chances for them to do so.
“Most are not trying to become citizens and don’t want to follow our laws.”
This is where the assumptions start, y’know, with the unproveable.
Brinnann, I don’t even pretend to think I have a handle on the whole immigration thing but here is my take on it.
1 You cannot compare the US to Europe. European countruies have stable economies so no need to escape the poverty of one coutry for the other.
2 this is a long standing problem not easily fixed.
3 most of the people I know who are here legally or other either are citizens or are trying to become citizens.
They are not trying to take over The United States
Most of them would like to be more a part of where they are but are so busy working They don’t have time to learn teh language or become legal. etc.
or Ect I never gett that right.
4 or 5 I lost count. One of the best Ideas I heard about is how health care is handled in Germant where there is a tiered system of health care and the amount of coverage you get is directly related to your legal status.
and lastly no the US would Not let go of texas and give it to Mexico it would take a fight.
Just think of it logically Texas is a valuable resource for America.
OKay everyone please do not fillete me.
THese are just my opinions.
Dusts off hands and gets off soap Box
Well, if they were trying to become citizens, they’d be registered aliens rather than illegal immigrants with no (legal) paperwork.
Annie, you make quite a few good points. I’d love to discuss them further, but I don’t have teh intrawebs at home and it’s time to leave work.
Illegals may be “using” us, but we’re “using” them right back in many ways. There are great points on either side of the table. We just plain don’t have the answer yet which would give us an appropriate balance.
I’m looking to see what our “leaders” come up with cuz I certainly don’t have the information. I’m not entirely sure we have enough information to say that most illegals are not trying and don’t want to follow our laws, either.
Kate I agree with you. I started writting a big old long thread and had to back up and stop. Lets just say there are more issues involved in this than meets the eye and you can’t make assumptions about anyone.
Including Vegitarians, Meat Eaters and fat haters.
You like how i just flowed into that last bit
Harharhar
Enough of the serious stuff lets get back to the cute
Hey kate,
I am having trouble uploading my kitty pictures to VOX. I kept getting error messages. any tricks you know to make it work better I tried just one picture at a time last night but couldn’t get it to work.
I am trying to get a page set up.
I’ll get right on that one….too bad I don’t have a camera on Bud at home while I’m at work…
Ooo…that would be interesting. Or maybe it would just be like watching paint dry.
Oh, whoops…my comment was supposed to be posted before your last one…
I upload to my typepad and don’t know how vox works. On typepad there is a place called “files” in which you can browse/upload any files you want and it’s really user friendly. Dunno if Vox has anything like that.
Thanks I guess Theo would be the one to Ask since he is a vox Guy.
I have to say I am glad I started the Vox one. I have a myspace one and I hate it.
I am not a prude but everyone has a lot of swearing and vulgarity so when they become your friend you just know everyone is thinking you are like that.
Okay so Maybe I am a prude
HAhaha
I am hoping to have the kitty pictures upoaded to night and I will do the link thing so you guys can see it.
You know what really cheeses me off? Migratory birds. I mean here they are, now that is warm, just sashayin all over the place like they own the place. Who gave them permishe to come up here from Mexico, anyway? I mean, there are hard workin cardinals in my yard that were here all winter, and now all these uneducated geese come honking through, and eat all the good food. It’s a disgrace. And yesterday, I saw a heron! The cheek. Honestly, there goes the neighborhood. I guess I’m gonna have to move to Canada and move in wif Helene.
And just today we saw some owls hanging out in the palm trees next to our work building. Lousy, good fer nuthin…
Wait…they’re not migratory. Are they?
Whatev. They still ain’t doin squat.
CBF,HEhehehehehehehehehehe
OMGPONN1ES!!!!!1!!!!!
Those Rotten Migratory Birds how dare they invade your yard.
Taking good jobs way from the cardinals who are just poor working slobs like all of us. Trying to clean up the birdseed.
hey Theo what gives with the stupid code thing. now I have to plug a code in two times or more to post a comment today
[sigh]
…again, it’s not me doing that. It’s how TypePad keeps out 90% of all spam.
I probably type in 20 Captcha codes a day, so you’ll find no sympathy here.
It’s all them dang migratory birds, I tell ya. Honest folks like us wouldn’t have to fill out stupid captchas all day if all those stupid crows in the back yard would get off the computer.
Okay I will quit being a nuff about the captcha’s but I wish I only had to do one per comment it is those two per comment that tweak my undies.
CBF you are so funny!!
Thanks Annie! IRL I am very straightlaced, I get near Buddy, and it’s like magic.
You would think it’s better here in Canada with the free health care and our (in Quebec) European ways? We got geese too, they’re invading our north, no wonder the gov is investing in defense to protect our artic border. The geese have been flying over our heads for a month now, I saw some yesterday. Hmmmm, geese pot pie… I think they have some at Costco.
Maybe they could institute some kind of Round up the goose day up there. Round em up put them in a semi truck and drive them back down south. Wait where is that hamster tow truck guy when you need him! He could haul them back to the south pole
And after you get em all back to the south pole, put a big wall around it to keep them there. Yeah. That’ll work.
You guys are so great! I loved reading about your immigration things. It’s so different to here. Our ‘border patrol’ are in boats. On the news we hear about them turning away boat loads of Indonesians mostly, with the occasional controversy over the refugee camps/detention centres.
Sashaying birds – the connotations!!!! Hilarious!!
AND – Kazi had her desexing op this morning. It went well, I have to ring for another update in 5 minutes.
KAZI UPDATE: She has recovered excellently! (is that even a word?) We can pick her up this afternoon. I am SO relieved!! PHEW!
Fred Congrats on responsible pet ownership.
She will be a little uncomfortable when you bring her home. We always put them in the quietest room in the house for a day so they can rest up from their ordeal.
Hey, thanks for the advice Annie! I have no idea about this type of thing as I’ve never had a dog before. Does it take long for them to get back to normal?
NAh usually a day or two. she will just want to be in a quiet room when you bring her home by tomorrow she will be more or less back to normal. althoug as you are adopting her and she is new to you and your home she may take an extra day or two. IT seems to take animals a good month before they actually feel at home with you. She is a lovely dog. IS she a very calm natured dog?
Hey! I just found this podcast of Meg.
http://audio.cbsnews.com/2007/05/04/audio2760044.mp3
That was fun. Thanks Oakland cat.
I gotta hit the hay I am due to be awake again in five and a half hours. Talk to you all tomorrow
OaklandCat — dub tee eff!??
That had BETTER turn into a post.
Fred – I suspect your Rhodie will be bouncing back pretty quick. Shouldn’t be allowed to run up and down stairs too soon though. And keep the incision dry. Are you in Australia? I know someone in Tuross Head, originally from Wagga. And a few coworkers in Brisbane.
How, exactly, does one ork a cow?
(I’ve always wanted to ask that)
(ever since a minute ago)
I don’t think I’ve ever heard the term “ork.”
ork? Ork? ORKA!
http://es.geocities.com/tellrot/librofamilia/montajes/012orka.jpg
You take a cow into a boat and sail out to sea. When you’re far enough and you start seeing orkas around, you throw the cow into the sea. She’s been orkaed.
Then again, Seaworld could also do the trick.
Na-no! Na-no! Ask Mork from Ork.
Wasn’t there something about an ork in a Dr. Seuss book?
Helene — you’re thinking of Orcas. Somebody on Geocities can’t spell (my gosh!!)
Eye kant espell two!
Some cows give us white milk. Very special cows give us white milk too, or cacao. (pronouced ork a cow)
To Ork a cow you must pull on her tail and then she will go Mooo-Ork …
And then she wil gore you with her horns because you pulled her tail. Cows don’t like to be orked
Theo, did you mean “work a cow?” ‘Cuz that I can explain.
Hey, don’t look at me. Pyrit’s the one who brought up Australian Coworkers.
What th…? Holy phrase origins Batman!
Theo – I know hunh? Why was I not informed of the anerable podcast earlier?? It’s a week old, now.
[ahem] …just to recap:
http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/15692/2004425948125459882_rs.jpg
Fred started it!
Nice webshot thingy there Mr. Theo. I’m all, “oooh”.
It’s just AllYouCanUpload. Good free service, tho.
http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/
Wow Theo, that was really inspired… Cow-orkers… Such poetry!
*sheds a tear*
thpppppp
[swigs from bleen stein]
Don’t you mean Hol Stein
you get beer at work??? can I come work with you Theo?
This is udderly redonkulous. Someone call Da-Iry. We need the wonder tonic in a hol-stein pronto.
Alas, Annie, no. Not beer.
[blows bubbleens]
*takes a swig of Pepsi and kicks off her shoes*
Doesn’t kick off shoes but takes swig of water out of water bottle. Alas por cow ork no beer and no hol stein.
are you sure it’s cow-orker and not C.O.worker?
Good point Oakland. Ah! What do you make of THAT, Mr Smarty Pants Durbin?
Hadn’t thought of that, OC… and Helene? [Crush C. Turtle voice] Mr. Durbin is my father.
Perhaps we should call you Smarty Pants Jr. then.
Smarty Pants Jr! I love it!
I don’t get the “Crush C. Turle” reference.
Helene…
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0266543/Ss/0266543/crush.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0266543
Oh, him. He sounded like a hippie on dope, right? Riiiight. Ooo-kay! Starting the weekend early there, Theo?
only in my mind…
Cow orker, Hol-stein, bleen stein, beer stein, root beer, root beer float, brown cow. Full circle.
Trippy, Pyrit.
http://www.squidgrid.com/images/misc/lifeisahighway.swf
Theo I think you owe Oakland cat like twenty Catz in digital form for finding the Meg Podcast, doncha Know!
And That image is sooooooo tripy Man! IT is just goin with the flow
Annie — heh. Turns out, Meg would’ve posted it sooner, but originally the podcaster had gotten her name wrong (“Foster” rather than “Frost”). Fixed now, of course.
Oh I was laughing as I commented cause after hearing the podcast I figured meg already had it set to go last night before OC put it up for us to see.
Besides you gave Oc hampsters instead of Catz you still owe her
Muhuhuahahahaahaaaaa.
http://www.mycathatesyou.com/cats/latest
*le sigh*
today was a rough day…
I missed you guys!
still lol over the cow orkers
Hi Norty. HAppy casual friday.
WEll there are the cats for OC but that leather cat has to be the ugliest cat I ever saw. He looks like commando cat. Look out Theo he is comin after you!
Is he. [yawwn]
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/bigcat.htm
s’okay, i have the keys to the cat cave.
Speaking of the CatCave and keys — when I checked in on the little buggers this morning, one of them had knocked my keyboard off the desk, and managed to pull the “L” key off. And it’s one of these compact glowy laptop-style keyboards, too, with TINY parts… finding the little silicone “spring” on the evil CatCaveCarpet was like looking for a freakin’ contact lens. But I did finally find it, and it’s a good thing too or I’d need a new glowy compact laptop-style keyboard. (Was able to get it back together with the aid of a pair of tweezers.)
They’re ENERGETIC lately, are Kenya’s kitters.
Urk…(smothering Laughter, trying to not fall off chair)fails miserably. Snicker Snicker…
Sigh..
That big cat thing is awesome. Jaye is the big cat right???
why the L did they do that??
sorry, sorry. It had to be done.
What?? No, Annie — Big Cat is *me*. Have you ever clicked my namelink?
(OC — L if I know)
Hmmm. I thought all big Cats could read sarcasm!
Bwahahahaha
Ahhh it is good to be home to my own cat cave.
And yes Theo I have clicked your name link. way back at the beginnig of comming to CO. I love seeing the tabby cat with the evil looking claws coming at ya.
and OC who the L knows why kittens do any of the stuff they do
Ahhh it is good to be home to my own cat cave.
And yes Theo I have clicked your name link. way back at the beginnig of comming to CO. I love seeing the tabby cat with the evil looking claws coming at ya.
and OC who the L knows why kittens do any of the stuff they do
Sorry good grief I just wrote the same thing as Theo.
Obviously my brain is on end of work day fuzz.
Where is my bleen stein with beer when I need it for a good excuse.
It has been a very long tedious day, and just reading all the cow orking has given me the strength to keep going since it is nearly midnight and I’m not done with everything I have to do today. That is real bad, since it is almost tomorrow.
The Mork from ork thing cracks me up, pyrit, cause like I may have mentioned my life is a little on the difficult side, and I tend to be a serious person. My Cutebabydaddy has joked often that I have been 40 since the day I’ve been born. The irony here, is what happens when I turn 40? Will I asplode? Can I has a pifnee? I have always maintained that I will start aging backwards like Mork from Ork.
What do you guys think? What is my fate?
Dang, I just reread that. I should not post late at night. I am such a lame drama queen.
Bleh.
CBF, You will not splode” but you may be prone to some or all of the following symptoms upon turning forty.
1.talking to yourself (outloud at inapropriate moments)
2.singing under your breath, some ditty from your childhood.
3. Wanting to buy a sports car just because. (Unfortunately this one never hits both sposes at the same time so when you want the sports car he wants a suv or when he wants it you want a station wagon… I think God did this on purpose so you wouldn’t get impractical cars)
3. Sittng or standing for long moments remembering some long past event in your life when you are supposed to be weeding, vacuuming, or someother mundane chore.
4. Eating your favorite ice cream, cake or pie even though you are on a diet, because you think… I’m old, I could die at any time and I would hate to die before I had that piece of pie.
5. Really enjoying Sunsets, sunrises, your pets, kids and pretty much everything you do.
6. Oh and this is the most interesting thing about the years after forty, you want to play games and horse around and you don’t want to go into work a lot of times. You would rather go skiing or to the beach or just read a book.
It is at this crucial juncture in your life walk that you realize how wonderful things are…. THEN YOUR HEAD E’SPLODES.
Bwahahahahahahahaha
“It is at this crucial juncture in your life walk that you realize how wonderful things are…. THEN YOUR HEAD E’SPLODES.” LOL Annie!!!
You’re over 40? I pictured you in your 20s or 30s because in Quebec, Annie is a name that was in fashion during the 70 and 80 and they are lots of Annies in my generation. I have a cousin named Annie.
And by the way, Helene was not fashionable in the 70s, so that all the Helenes I work with are in their late 40s and 50s. Needless to say I was always the only Helene at school. But I heard it’s making a comeback!
Helene,
I totally love your name. Actually I am 47. and My real name is Anne. But when I was growing up everyone was watching those old movies so everyone called me Annie Oakley, which my Mom hated but I loved. It made me feel special. I was very shy growing up and didn’t blossom until I was in my early 20′s when I realized everyone was afraid to say hello or meet new people. After that things got a lot easier.
I still go by Annie because I just am not very prim and proper. and much to my husbands dismay, and my surprise I am one of those jump in with both feet and then look for aligators people.
Good thing there are no aligators where I live.
Oh and here I don’t think you ever hear Helene as a name. There are a lot of helens now from that show in the 80′s oh my gosh I can’t think of the name. Man woman raising a baby.
Anyway I was laughing when I first got here and saw an Aubrey. WE were in the delivery room about to deliver my youngest and realized we again only had boy names picked out when my husband said lets name it Aubrey if it is a girl and well she came out and was beautiful and that is her name. There were never many Aubrey girls and now I hear her name quite frequently. (She is 21 now by the way). She of course used to complain about having a unique name but now she likes it. At least she says she does. But when do kids ever tell their parents the truth?
Oh Noes! At 35 I do Number 4 almost every day! Does that mean my head will asplode early?
And Helene, if I had had another girl instead of three boys in a row, I would have named her Helena.
I really like unusual names too. My kids are Mallory, Noah, Jonah, and Micah.
Bud’s mama has had a few glasses of wine, but she loves you all and also feels as if she’s been 40 her whole life. Not such a bad thing!
I may be a traitor to my generation, but GEEEEEEZ, check out the lyrics before you booty-dance and, as a result, support the degradation of your gender.
Here’s to the fantabulous CO crowd and their own infinite cuteness.
Hey you guys Happy Mothers Day… Kate funniest damn post. What were you dancing to? You crazy woman! And give Buddy snorgles from me!
1209 comments! Woohoo!! Buddy, you rock!!!
Heehee…
Annie: God knows what I was listening to.
I’m generally ashamed of “popular” music and the large portion of my generation who still heartily endorse it through their hard-earned money and/or their groove thangs. I probably saw a clip of the Real World or something and got pissy. Oh yeah, and Bud appreciates the snorgles. 
He told me to tell you that he wants to rub his nose on your pants. Don’t ask me, I’m just the messenger.
Happy Mother’s Day to all!
And here’s a sprinkling of belly floof to get you through your day…Bud won’t miss it.
Oh my! I have had a horse rub his nose on my pants and shirt but never a cat. This is new. And even with Four cats I could always use more belly floof.
Hey do you guys remember if the hamsters on the page background had pants before?
I know… a stupid question, but I just noticed them when I got the message about proving I wasn’t a robot to post! They are really cute flying around like that.
I think only the boy hamsters have pants.
Hello! Actually Pyrit, I AM cow-orking in Brisbane! I actually work for an American company Who Shall Not Be Named.
We have been having dramas with my Kazi Girl. Her stitches started bleeding yesterday so we had to take her to the emergency vet who equiped us with a snazzy collar thingy (now my dad calls her Bucket Head) But this morning she was bleeding A LOT – despite wearing the collar and being supervised 24/7 – so back to the vet this morning – no worries, we just have to watch her even closer – we even have to walk her on the lead when she has to go outside. And she has to go to the vet every 2 days. Luckily, she already loves and trusts us a great deal and is tolerating all this very well (as long as she gets lots of cuddles) We are very lucky she has the sweetest nature (to answer Annie(?) above) She sulked last night when we put her to bed with her collar on (she turned her back on us and wouldn’t look at us – it was very hard not to laugh actually)Other than that – she’s an angel. My darling parents have moved in for the week so hubby and I can go to work knowing she is being monitored. Considering my folks are NOT dog people – this says alot about how great Kazi is.
blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda – sorry to waffle on so – it’s been stressful
Wow Fred,
sounds Like Kazi is a very awesome dog. You really are very lucky to have her.
And what great Parents.
I hope Kazi is feeling tip top soon.
Oh and I love how she did the ignoring thing. When we had our Tuffy Cat every time we went Camping or away for a day or two he would totally give us the cold shoulder when we got home.
I rang for an update from my Mum just now. Kazi fell asleep while they were at the dinner table having a cup of tea so Mum wouldn’t let Dad move until Kazi woke up so he wouldn’t disturb her! I can just see them sitting there, absolutely nothing around to pass the time, maybe a clock ticking somewhere in the background, just waiting for the dog to wake up!
. . .I think maybe I owe them about 500 bottles of wine.
heheheh. The way you describe it I can see them sitting there. I think you owe them a bit of wine too.
Fred, good wishes to your Kazi for a speedy recovery and removal of the humiliating collar!
UPDATE
For the peeps who read my potential-bf-with-pregnant-kitty story, earlier in this thread… SHE HAD HER KITTENS! And I got to be there! I had to go home before she was finished, because I have a 9am meeting tomorrow
But she had two adorable squeaky tabbies. She refused her cozy nest and insisted on having them on the dining room floor, right in front of us! I am ecstatic as this is the first time I’ve ever gotten to witness a birth.
I will update with final kitten count and of course, photos
Oakland cat way to go. Birth of any species is spectacular.
“Well any species except maybe invading aliens intent on taking over earth”
Bwahahahaha!
I hate to harsh the cute at all, but who cares about the kittens? I’m dying to hear about the guy! What did he do? Was he sweet? Did he cry? Oakland, you must dish for us!
WE CARE ABOUT KITTENS.
a-HEM.
carry on
We want Kitten Pictures!!! We want kitten pictures!!!… And a little dish about the BF would be good too.
Have any of you ever read any of those flame thrower definitions Theo Posted the Big Cat one Here.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/bigcat.htm
If you have time Like 15 or 20 Minutes They are Hilarious. And very Insightful. I read them over the weekend. you can do the drop down list a pick one or just keep hitting the next button.
Hehe. I linked some of those from the Glossary too.
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#Troll
Whoa, don’t know what got into me, of course we care about the kittens! This weekend, I met the most charming corgi puppy ever. He was jumping all around, and my 6 year old corgi was just sitting there being long suffering, when all of a sudden the hugest siberian husky wolf dog came tearing around the corner like a bat out of hell, and went pounce on the both of them. He’s all like PLAY? (from over the hedge)They both went belly up from terror. I guess you had to be there.
I just heard there are four perfect, squeaky little tabbies!
CBF & Annie, he didn’t cry but he was awfully cute.. her water broke in his lap! She didn’t have the kittens for several more hours. We were trying to keep her in the nest but she really didn’t want to be alone, so she ended up having most of her labor in his lap.
After she had the first kitten she did very well with the cleaning except for the umbilical cord. She stood up and the poor baby was still attached! Mama cat began to get very agitated and turn around in circles, looking for mewing baby. Potential-bf soothed her and got her to lie down again– just in time for kitten #2. Then he sat with her for hours, talking her through the rest of the birthing. All in all I’d say he receives 5 stars for bedside manner.
p.s. I’m having a crazy day at work and I’m so tired but all I can think about are…kittenses
OC: definite 5-star rating!
Wow. Oaklandcat, that is AWESOME. Except for the fact that we NEED PICS.
I’ll bet the evening was chock full of potential CO postings.
OC How totally awesome. and it sounds like the potential BF has well lots of potential. (Sorry, I just had to say it)
Kate here is a picture of my couch straddler.
http://kittyadventures.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e696c1cbe2b00d414307faa685e.html
Sorry it is not a good picture. Lilac is a take the picture fast before she moves kind of cat. Here is a better picture but again I had to take it super fast.
http://kittyadventures.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e696c1cbe2b00d09e6ace4fbe2b.html
I figure OC will either be at the PNBF house with The Babehs tonight or completely sacked out in exhaustion. Any way hope buddy is snozzing away in one of his baskets. I too am exhausted and going off to bed.
Hey Fred don’t forget to update us on Kazi too I hope her Cone of Silence colar comes off soon.
Annie- love Lilac’s guilty look in the first pic! She’s all, “you caught muh. I’s straddlin..”
OC – Any pics of the new babies yet?
Annie – I love how lilac almost looks lilac! SO beautiful!
Kazi is getting very bored and keeps “doing the bolt” on my folks – which starts her bleeding again. They are very long suffering today. We’ve bought Kazi a bone to hopefully keep her from running about like a mad thing – for a while at least. I’ve put 2 new pics on my blog, none with the “Cone of Silence” (Love that) yet – they are still in my camera. I’ll try get them tonight.
http://cyanide.vox.com/
If this link don’t work, I’ve put it in my name bit again
Dayum, I can’t see the pics because my employer blocks them! Like looking at kitty pictures isn’t part of my job!
Fred, I may get reprimanded for this, but if you’re willing to try it, this may settle Kazi down ’til her stitches heal. We had a dog that would have SERIOUS anxiety attacks every time a storm came (which is not an uncommon occurrence around here). Mom would give her half of a Tylenol PM inside a peanut butter sandwich to calm her down. #1. Kazi could use some calming. #2. It would be helpful with the pain I’m sure her surgery is giving her.
We didn’t just jump into this blind, either. My aunt has a book on medicines, both human and pet, that can be given to animals. For instance, you can give a dog Tylenol, but you can only give a cat baby Asprin.
Buffered aspirin!
Buffered!
Or their tums be sad full of holes.
Check the dosage!
Check the dosage!
Vet may not tell you. Liability (sing-song).
Try the internets.
Yea Annie…I still want to see more couchstraddlers, I never had one. I had a recliner hugger but she never straddled…too little..
Fred, Check if your vet can give you some doggy valium or something!
Lilac! Yooo just a widdle cutie pie yes you aaare!!!! LOVE the straddling! She’s totally hugging the stuffing out of that thing. Need more straddler pics, people!
And when I read that Bud should be snozzing away in his basket, I looked behind me again and there he was. In his basket. I think if he could marry it, he would. We’ll have to petition Ah-nuld to allow animal-inanimate object unions.
hmmm marrying inanimate objects Interesting…… Let me think about that…….. Yes Yes I like that Idea! Hehehe.
Fred You may want to try taking her for short walks that will help with her boredom.. Most dogs need to walk at least 45 minutes a day. Now I am not talking dragging you down the road. If you Position the collar all the way up at the top of her neck, under her ears. you will able to keep her in control and at a slow gentle walk so she doesn’t pull stitches. I don’t know why this works but it does and you don’t get the strangled dog, owner with sore arm effect going on. Any way it may help along with the Tylenol thing
Helene, Doesn’t he know kitty pictures make it worth going to work.
Fred oops never mind the walk i just got a chance to go look at your new pictures and read your blog. Duh you would think I would Know by now not to post before looking
I agree with the animals/inanimate objects marriage bill. *signs petition*
My cat would probably marry his “tomato”. It’s a stuffed toy that looks like a tomato. He always brings it in our bed as a “gift”. Yesterday, he was playing with it in the bed while I was attempting to sleep, and if I would throw the toy away, he would fetch it and bring it back!
Are Kazi’s stitches the kind that have to be taken out, or the kind that dissolve? My friend’s cousin had a dog spayed, and she was allergic to the dissolving stitches or something, and they dissolved within like a day. They had to take her to the emergency vet and have regular stitches put in.
Are Kazi’s stitches the kind that have to be taken out, or the kind that dissolve? My friend’s cousin had a dog spayed, and she was allergic to the dissolving stitches or something, and they dissolved within like a day. They had to take her to the emergency vet and have regular stitches put in.
Oops, double. The Captcha made me prove I’m human 3 times for this comment.
Brinnann I am glad I am not the only one the Captcha thinks is a robot.
Some days for me every post is two or three times even when I signed up for the typepad thingy. of course I have to remember to sign in still.
And Helen. snigger snorf. The cat toy thing hilarious.
Lilac doesn’t bring things in our bed but she does carry stuff all over the house. aparently bottle caps have a special attraction
Ok so if the animals are marrying what they love best, my cat, The Stupid Bup, would have to marry everything rubbery. She will eat anything plasticky, like plastic bags, rubber bands, balloons, livestrong bracelets, flip flops, etc. It is going to kill her one day, but she won’t stop. Yes, she’s been to the vet. She is just one fry short of a happy meal.
The Dog would have to marry feet.
Obi Wan Nairobi (cat #2) would have to marry me:) But I am taken so she is going to have to live with being a spinster. This is why she has become a super ninja, because it takes her mind off of things.
The rabbits Nanny Ogg and Roxburry Jack have each other, but they seem to spend all of their time biting each other on the butt, so maybe their love is dooooomed.
The fish in the tank eat each other. It’s gross, but 8 year old boys think it is awesome.
Honey would definitely marry her duck, which is okay with me since it quacks instead of squeeks like everything else. Sister would marry the plastic Wal-Mart bags. She just loves those things for some reason.
my cat would have to marry the can opener…
I forgot that my cat is a talker so whenever he brings us the tomato, he speaks while it’s in his mouth, so when we hear muffled meows, we know what’s coming!
I should take a picture of the tomato!
By the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you Kitteh and Tomato. You may pounce the Tomato.
Ok, hearing what your pet would marry is cracking me up!
Bud would, indeed, marry his basket, but he might cheat on it with the couch. He seems to like cuddling with the basket, but when he wants to rest his “bits” on something, the couch is his go-to object. Men.
Kate: I Can Has Cheezburger refers to them as “harbls.”
Okay so Lilac would be marrying those little bottle caps she carries around all the time no one in particular she may need to start a bottle cap haram and Magneto would be like a woman batchelor cat The great hunter. Remember that picture Theo added with the Pith Helmet and High heels. She is to busy hunting to be attached to anyone or anything.
Darin the big white one eared wonder would be married to my bed. “the foot of it his favorite place or a shoe. He loves shoes.” And Little One I don’t know yet as she is still too afraid to have latched on to anything yet. At my moms house it would have been the back of the recliner chair.
Helene. I am at work and I keep trying not to fall off my chair laughing. That last comment about the Meow through the tomato almost did me in
CBF – awesome multi-pet categorization…the Stupid Bup sounds a little like my sister-in-law’s old cat (sweetheart that she was), cuz I think she liked rubber. But what stood out about Misty was that she would chew on air. She’d lay there and pretend she had something pinned between her paws and would hover her little face over it and pretend to nahm nahm nahm.
May she rest in peace, little Misty.
Helene – those tomato stories COULD bring world peace
Mrrreooof? Mreeeoowmmmrh? Mrrrooomfff?
Brinn – ewwwwww…harbls….sounds like hairy you-knows
Kate: That’s basically the concept. I Can Has Cheezburger has a strange sense of humor (coupled with cute animal pics). You mentioned Buddy resting his “bits” and, well, that’s what I figured you were talking about.
oh my! Bits” Hrbls on the couch back EWWW Brinnann.
HRbls are particullarly Disgusting at our house.
Maggie being a hunter and all.
Read that again and tell me that’s not what it sounds like. Especially since she makes the “Men” comment at the end.
“Bud would, indeed, marry his basket, but he might cheat on it with the couch. He seems to like cuddling with the basket, but when he wants to rest his “bits” on something, the couch is his go-to object. Men.
Posted by: Kate | May 15, 2007 at 11:38 AM “
HRbls??
Brie, don’t all men rest their bits on the couch? It’s anatomically obvious!
Bits as in Body parts versus bits as in well bits of stuff And Hrbls is Hairballs(bits of disgusting stuff)
Yes, I did mean hairy you-knows….:) You were right.
helene – now THAT put an immediate visual in my head. Thanks.
The direction this thread is currently taking is making me struggle not to giggle at my desk. I’m kinda out in the open here, and I think they’d look at me funny.
I know I keep doing that here too. SOmetimes things are just too funny and I am smirking and gaging on laughs
me three
I even decided to move my desk….just in case…They won’t suspect a thing! bwhahaaha
(I share an office with 5 other people, but my monitor faces the main hallway where the entire organization can see)
Kate, have you told them all Buddy’s a celebrity now?
gosh… at work today I had to keep flipping the screen to something else.. I’d laughsnort and the boss would walk by… couldn’t post… was laughing too much…
FynnFynn the bun would marry his carrot toy… that thing get flung around the cage like no one’s business… dance partner?
my old bun (Norty) would have married a ball of wool (he liked to swing them around his head) or my tiger pillow…
yeeeeahhh… that got thrown out pretty quick.
Tiger Pillow. Hmm sounds intrigueing Norty.
Wait NEver Mind I got that
I. I am a little slow today, lIke my computer
Since I haven’t posted pics of Bud in a few days (I think), I’ll add his “column” from my blog. It’s a series of Bud-inspired bits of wisdom.
http://kataboots.typepad.com/kates_knit_blog/budfucious_say/index.html
Budfuscious is Bodacious.
HAHAHAHAHA
Muchas gracias, Annie!
Kate! I love Buddy’s saying about cuteness and wisdom – it needs to be on a tee-shirt, a mug and one of those daily calenders with sayings from famous people.
Kazi had her vet check up this morning. She is doing well (despite everything!) Except she has realised she can get to her stitches with her feet! So now we have to bandage her at night. And another check up on Saturday.
Thanks for all the tips! I think we should manage without meds – although we thought she might need a sedative on Monday night. I think we’ve managed to educate ourselves on how to control her better. We got a bone which is working wonders keeping her still and occupied and my AWESOME Dad takes her for gentle walks on the lead around and around the house. I’m going to tell him about positioning the collar high – that sounds like a very handy trick!!
Oh, and Kazi’s stitches are not the dissolving type – which I am now greatful for after hearing your story Brinnann.
And as for pets marrying objects, Kazi would marry my husband’s socks, My Cockatiel would remain a bachelor because he hates everything except my Hubby and my love bird would marry all snow peas.
Hi Fred.
I am glad Kazi is doing better. She is such a sweet girl. and sounds like with all the energy she is settlng in nicely. You may also want to try (and here I risk wrath from the pig people) A pig ear. Dogs love those too and they last a bit unless you have a rottweiler. Rotties can eat them in 2 minutes flat.
I actually looked at the pigs ears at the vets this morning! I may have to pop in there and grab one.
you better grab like 5. We used to get a big bag of them at the discount store. Cosco here, don’t know what they woiuld call them there.
of course that was when we had Max hewas half Rottie and could consume them in a few minutes.
Fred, that reminded me of a parrot we used to have when I was a kid. He would’ve married my mom’s shoulder when she was cooking, and mashed potatoes. Yep, you heard right, mashed po-ta-toes!!! He would eat them while holding the bit of potatoes in one of his claws, and the funniest thing was when we would pretend to want to take it away from him. He would squeeze the mashed potatoes harder and they oozed between his fingers!
Be careful with the pig ears. Honey is fine with them, and loves them, but my parents’ neighbors’ dog (who thinks she lives with my parents) seems to be allergic to them. Her muzzlepuff swells up and her eyes get all gooey when she eats them.
Peeps,
We officially blasted the record for comments. This is comment (approx) 1283!!
WooHoo! Happy Hamster Dance!
No, wait, forget the Hamster Dance. Let’s all do the Can-Opener Dance!
Also known in some cases as the Measuring-Cup-Dance.
For my bebehs, it’s the Look, She’s Opening the Bottom Cabinet Dance.
Bud’s doing the flop & roll in celebration. You guys are awesome!
or someone just went into the laundry room dance. (Food bowls and Cat food is here!)
For the foster kitties, it’s the OMG OMG MEEP SOMEONE JUST OPENED THE DOOR OMG *****CHAAAAAAAAAAAARGE!!!*****
…dance.
Theo, when I was a kid, our cocker spaniel had a litter. 11 puppies, 4 died because she gave birth at night, outside, during a spring thunderstorm. Whenever I came home from school, I would go directly to the backyard and say “pitous!!!” (doggies), and 7 tiny yippers and the mommy would charge at me. Then I would try to find my favorite and move toward the house without stepping on any paws. It was a slow walk surrounded by 6 very excited puppies!
the “I hear you cutting me some apples and bananas” dance!
Helene – As someone who grew up with a cocker spaniel, I’m super jealous of your cocker puppy experience.
Ooh! Ooh! ICHC just did a bit ON THIS VERY TOPIC!
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/05/16/did-i-heard-can-openrrrr/
LOL, Theo I just left there and thought that was a pretty funny coincidence.
Hey, why do the boy hammy-faes have leiderhosen and the girl hammy-faes are wearin’ their birfday suits? HAMMY PORN!
Brinn — perhaps you are spending just a wee too much time thinking about hampants.
– Concerned in MN
Did any of you see William Shatner’s interview on Conan Monday night?
Well, it’s just that everytime I refresh my page it shows the hammies. I just noticed the little girlie in the front has a leaf in her hair, but I think that’s it. I guess maybe it’s because the boys hafta have their harbls covered, dunno. It’s been a REALLY slow day at work; I’m goin’ loony.
Is it just me, or do peeps seem to be slow on teh intrawebs today too?
– Bored in TX
Oh you guys meant THOSE harbls. I thought you meant the kind my cat leaves on the bed.
Yeah they are slow, nobody commented on my parrot story.
Internet peeps? SLOW? Why my lands, I nevah! [fans self]
Helene, you mean the parrot with the mushy po-ta-toe toes? Sorry, after I made my pig ear comment I got caught up in the happy dance over Buddy’s comments. It was funny, tho; I got a good mental image from it.
Theo, THAT mental image, however, was not good. I’m seeing Gone With the Wind outfits here, and they don’t suit you.
Helene – Drat! I tried to stay up for Conan the past couple nights but didn’t make it. Any highlights? (I should prob. just check You Tube, huh?)
I can’t believe what this thread has become, it is so much fun. I love coming here to read all the random kookiness after a long day wrangling my autistic daughter.
I am belatedly doing the “she’s going shakee shakee wif the catnip container” dance.
Helene your parrot sounds hilarious.
I have a question for all the kitteh people. We are considering buying the cat genie automatic magical self cleaning litter box. It looks too good to be true, so we are afraid it is. Anyone have it? Love it? hate it? Did kitteh accept it? We are having litter box drama every day wif The Stupid Bup, who just doesn’t seem to get the idea that peeing off the side of the box is NOT HAPPY.
Picturing Theo with the puffy Shirt were you Brinnann. Oh and sorry I didn’t say any thing about the Parrot Helen I got to read it but I have been unable to post most of today.
Any way Hi you guys where ever you are.
CBF. WE went and got one of those ones with teh lid. It solved my kitty off the side pee problems. WE also use Fresh step litter. It keeps the smell dow. I read abunch of commnets about the litter box thing after it was posted here and It got mixed reviews from people some people loved it some didn’t but it definately is not a fix for dealing with the box it just means dealing with differnt issues I think. For $300 I would be reluctant to buy it but IF i found one on say ebay for less than $100 I might consider it. Must replace pellets like every 6 mo and also the freshener soap and clean out the hair too every so often and sounded like the pellets are pricey. I think I want to check into it more myself.
CBF — yes, get a fully-enclosed catbox with kitty door.
Annie — this stuff right here is THE most effective anti-odor cat litter, bar none:
http://www.everclean.com/products_everfresh.html
Choose carefully. It’s the one with the smaller “Ever Fresh” (note the exact wording!) design on the front. Once again, that’s EverClean BRAND, EverFresh VARIETY.
Thanks Theo I will have to see if I can find it . I live in a small town so sometimes I can’t get stuff Till I go to the Big city. We have used pretty much every Regular brand out there and I found the Fresh step to be the best for odor reduction. I will try The ever fresh Ever Clean brand.
HaH apparently I am a robot today… I am doing the multi Captchas. Heheheh.
Ooo, thanks Theo – I need to get a better litter.
And I fully agree with the fully enclosed litter box. After several incidents, Bud uses that exclusively now.
Hi Helene, What type of parrot was he? He sounds so funny. He reminds me of a Sulfer Crested Cockatoo I knew once who would swing around and around by his feet on the washing line, but if you said “Don’t fall!” he would freak and want to hop down. He was afraid of heights!
My cats don’t like the lid. We have bought every kind of litter box there is, and they both will only do their business if the box is sparkling clean. (Hence off the side.) Which is why were considering the cat genie toilet thing. They are really picky though, so I don’t know. Here’s the irony- my cutebabydaddy is not a cat person, he is a dog person. It’s your typical opposites attract kind of thing. Well, I kept telling him what great pets cats were, how he was going to just love love love having cats, cats had never given me any problems at all, etc. So we got two, and they are both the most neurotic animals I have ever had. They have litter box issues, they are scared of everything, they climb under the spa tub and get stuck in the wall, The Stupid Bup got her tail slammed into a door and skinned it, and she had to have it surgically removed, it goes on and on. Not to even mention the whole eating of flip flops thing. He keeps saying, remind me why I’m supposed to love cats? He’s just not feeling the love. So I’m thinking, we get this self cleaning cat box, and maybe it will take the edge off, but prolly not. What’s a girl to do?
Fred, I’m not sure, he was kinda like a small Amazon, he looked a lot like this one : http://hoglezoo.org/animal.photos/red-lored.amazon.parrot1.jpg
you guys are cracking me up. Birds afraid of heights and CBF the Cats are just tooo funny.
Have you tried a box of their own for each? My little brother swears by this. Another suggestion you may want to try and it may just do the trick is to ditch the regular store bought litter box and get a tall sided container,(those storage things by rubbermaid ect.) a little bigger than a litter box but make sure the sides are taller than your cats. You will have to cut the door by your self. Then the little B*** opps Kitten Fluffy boos, cant back their butts over the edge and pee.
you can try a oversized roasting pan too. No door to cut as it is just a little taller for them to hop into.
CBF here is a link to some reviews. Skip the first one it is a NUFF but the third one down is objective, informative and she gives tips on how they got it to work for her kitties and there are some other good reviews after hers too.
http://www1.epinions.com/LitterFree_Self_Washing_Cat_Box/display_~reviews
Conan highlights? You should do like me and Tivo it. Alright.
First, they did the “in the year 2000″ thing.
After, they showed a clip of Shatner in a celebrity race :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WFidDhoSE_k
The audience was going Wooooooooo, wooooo, wooooo for the whole interview.
Shatner also decided to play hairdresser to Conan :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zc26MRYYX3s
Finally, they talked about Shatner love of horses. I can’t find a clip, but it was the best part. He explained how he breeds horses, and how he had semen frozen of his stallions, and how this is done. First, you take a stallion to a female in heat. When he’s erect and ready to go, you direct him to a dummy. You put on gloves and use a big condom. And then… Shatner said nothing for several seconds, looking at Conan, who was waiting for it, and then, he made a masturbating gesture. It was hilarious! Conan jumped out of his seat! He went “Couldn’t you use a word? I can bleep out a word, but I can’t do anything about this!!”. I was just rolling on the floor. It was fantastic. I hope it ends up on Youtube.
Those clips are funny. Our tv Went out a couple of days ago and I am wihtout for a bit. TOo bad! I missed what looks like one of the best ever Conan’s
Yea baby! I am totally going to try the rubbermaid container trick! I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before? The Bup is so stupid she will still get that smug look on her face and think she has sprayed all over town, she won’t even realize. You have no idea- you guys have made my day.
Kate – I lurve Buddy, he is my all time favorite post and I can look at updated pictures of him anytime.
CBF: You may want to line the box with a trash bag or something. It’ll make cleaning much easier since your kittehs like to aim high.
CBF – I love your cats’ names. “The Bup” Cracks me up every time I read it.
Kazi update: She finally went a whole day without bleeding. She has her last checkup tomorrow and then stitches out Monday. The poor girl is getting so frustrated. She chucks what my Dad had dubbed “Doggy Fits” (instead of hissy fits) Last night she got mad at not being able to chew her toy with her Cone of Silence on so she kicked it away in a huff and put herself to bed and sulked. I thought for a minute a toddler had somehow taken her place. And she chucked the biggest Doggy Fit on my Dad yesterday and pulled her head out of her collar and ran around and around and would not come when called. Her stitches held thankfully. I try not to think what that did to her insides.
Yay For Kazi. I am glad she is doing a lot better. She will be so happy to get her stitches out and burn off all that energy. Poor thing. No one wants to be cooped up all day and not get to run and play.
Thanks, metsakins
Yay for Kazi!
TGIF TGIF TGIF!
hi peeps…I’ve had a week from h-e-hockey sticks and haven’t even been able to visit the new kittens much less post pix of them.. but we’re almost home free! Must…look.. busy.. for another 6 hours…
OC, I know just how you feel right now. Thankfully, I’ve only got 4 1/2 hrs to go.
yup. I think I like this thread better than the chat room.
HI you guys. I didn’t make it into the chat room yet but I figure we have the same thing out here.
altho there’s no annoying captcha over there
i’m gonna play with the chat room today just to see how it goes
I will have to wait till I am at home to play in the chat room. I am in and out of CO all day depending on what is going on.
I am getting used to proving I am not a robot.
Okay and the rest of this you can ignore. I am getting it off my chest from the scottish fold kitty post but if I post it there it will just keep the nuffs going.
If you stopped breeding every animal that was prone to joint problems there would be no German Sheppards, Golden Retrievers, black labs oh and no white cats because of skin cancer, and no orange kitties, same problem and no Maltese because of Deafness issues. DO puggles get hip displaysia?? I think any animal can have a problem, just like people.
(Steps down off soap box.)
There I feel better now!
Feel free to vent, Annie– you’re safe in the nuff-less haven!
I like nuff-less heaven! Oops. Haven. Well, heaven also works I guess.
Yup I think of it as Nuffless heaven too. and there are lots of nuffs out there today they were on the pug post too.
well I for one am OFFENDED for some reason
LOL
uh oh. Theo’s got his schnozzle all in a roll.
Okay, so I tried out the chat. It was okay. It went fairly fast, almost too fast. I’d stop to do some work, come back, and be completely lost. Here I know I can come back and you guys will still be here. Awww, group hug!
Brinnann I am like you at work so back and forth . This works better for me i think. Haven’t been in the Chat rooms yet.
Group Hugs from me too
::huuuuuuuuuugs:: from Kate
::ruuuuuuubbing nose on your face:: from Buddy
Brinn — yeah, chat’s like that. Chaos! Yeeee!
Okay I got to go in the chatroom just for a short bit tonight. wow it goes so fast. at least everyone is having kind of the same conversation. I usually don’t like chat becuase there are ten or more conversations going on all at the same time all mixed together. this was more like 15 people having the sameconversation all at the same time and talking over one another.
it’s the weekend….
NUFF SAID!
tee hee
Hey Kate Buddy made the Chat page too. He is now ultra famous.
Who needs the chat room? All the cool kids are hangin with Buddy the couchinator. I like this thread, there is not so much pressure to be clever or first. We can be our selves and strive to be last. Much more relaxing. And this is sort of like heaven, nice peeps, fluffy angel hammies, and dreamy cats.
I think it was Fred who said something about The Bup having a funny name? It’s even funnier when you find out how she got it. We got Nairobi first, and my son was a toddler. When we brought home The Bup, he thought “Nairobi” was how you said “cat” and every time The Bup would streak by, he would scream BUUUUUUUUP, which was baby for “Nairobi.” “The Stupid” was added later for obvious reasons. Her real name is Odette, after the swan princess, since she is white and fluffy. When we take her to the vet, they ask what is her name? And I always stammer, because her records say Odette, and I always go to say The Stupid Bup and I start stuttering like an idiot. I can’t tell the actual vet we named our cat The Stupid Bup! I bet there is no one else out there whose animals have different aliases depending on the sitch. We are insane.
HI CBF,
That is funny how the Bup got her name. I love it and that her real name is Odette. When we had Tuffy he got his name because he was well Tuff. HE would routinly go to the vet and scare them.(even as a tiny kitten) Oddly his growl sounded exactly like a Bob cats. I kid you not. Even I his Mom would get startled by it. Never before or since Have I had a cat that had so loud a growl. Of course Magneto I call maggie because I did not choose that name and I hated it at first but it fits her. she is irrascible. and she also gets called Miss Pants because her fur forms perfect pants. Darin is just Darin. or occasionally Lover Boy or Lovey boy depending on how I feel. unless he is waking me up then it is you D*** Cat. and other delectables depending on my level of exhaustion. I don’t really have nicknames for the two newest yet. At least not permanent except Lilac may get Nosey Nellie because as a Siamese she is just that, or Miss Trouble. and Little one I keep calling Princess but again not enough time for any to stick.
Man! I missed it! I hope they were being nice.
Thanks for letting me know that Bud’s fame has increased, Annie!
The secret is, anybody can post any link into Meebo chat. (I posted the URL to Buddy’s pic here; somebody else had just posted a couchstraddlin kittin.)
Hi Kate it didn’t look like anyone was being mean but I am incredibly slow at chat.
This is more my speed. (I can Hear Theo Snickering in MN all the way here in CA.
Anyway I think everyone flamed out here on Buddies post because they are all trying to be very civil now even when a Nuff trys to start a fight. IT will probably be a while until there is another heated fat commentroversy or even on some other topic.
kitten video! I complained that the music drowns out their little mews, but PNBF (potential new boyfriend) fancies himself a filmmaker or somethin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYU2u4zpLtc
p.s. Cutebabyfix, I lie to the vet about my cat’s name too! I thought *I* was the only one!
oaklandcat:They are adorable and so tiny and yeah quieter music more mews. HEhehe PNBF sounds like a sandwich Peanut Butter and Floof.
oaklandcat love the babies but also would rather here the mews
i mean hear the mews
I wonder what that would have said if I didn’t proof it first…
The mews are our muse!
eeeekkkk!!!! I was wrong Two commentroversys in one day. And interesting coments from the peeps. LOLCats on CO and these cute but I guess according to those who have seen them kinda creepy but very cute realistic looking cats and Dogs.
Whew, good thing I looked here or I would have not realized about the LOLcat commentroversy. Had to go over to that one and say no.
I just have to ask: Is 2 Commentroversies in less than 1 day a new record? First the one about the LOLcats and then the one about the fake animals?
ccat and on a weekend too.
No… commentroversy follows us wherever we go. If you want to record-check, try on a day that there are an unusual number of posts (oh, let’s say five or so).
Hi folks! No going to chat rooms at work for me either. I think this is more my speed also. All this technomological stuff is too shmancy for me.
Kazi got her stitches out this morning!! YAY!! Apart from some very obvious attention-seeking behaviour, she was very good.
CBF – How does Nairobi translate to Bup in baby speak?? That is Hilarious. Kazi’s name went through some major metamorphosis’s too. Se is registered with the Canine Control Council as Devil Doll (What the??) Her microchip is registered as Kanzi (no idea where that came from) and at some point the ‘N’ was dropped, which I prefer, so that’s fine with me. So I need to remember who I’m talking to when saying her name.
Fred – glad to hear your “baby” is doin well. Although I hadn’t commented on it I was following her progress.
MY cat “handsome”, who’s gone now, was also bubsy. Started when he was chunky and the kids started calling him bubba and then they said he was bubbish and then it was bubsy. He answered to all and and also to the other cats names in the house in case someone was getting fed or petted and it wasn’t him.
btw, I must have been a HORRIBLE cat mommy to let him get chunky. I’m amazed animal control didn’t remove him from my cruelty!! LOL
Hi Fred! I’m glad Kazi is better-
Bup is baby for Nairobi, because little kids sometimes take the last sound they hear and say it first, it’s pretty common, that’s where you get those babehs who sound like they’re speaking japanese, and their mom goes oh, you would like another cookie? Well, say please, and baby says peez.
I was checkin out the commentroversy after a long weekend, and man, it is pretty funny. People are so serious about this site- it is a humor site? Right? I mean, shoot, if I want to be all serious and stuff I will find a nice political flamewar site and start opinionating with the best of them. I think half the charm of CO is there is no opinion wars going on. It is really quite amazing what Meg has wrought, intentionally or not, because cute is so universal that everyone can put their strong opinions aside for a minute and find some harmony with others. I’m betting a lot of the peeps on here are PETA Left winger types, and a lot are hardcore conservative pave the earth types, but if they don’t say, you never know, and can make friends with freedom and uncertainty. It’s a beautiful thing. Here’s a poll: How many people would feel less warm toward some of the people who hang out at the Buddy Thread if they found out their politics? How many people would be afraid to answer this question truthfully?
So here is what my weekend was like. I notice that The Stupid Bup looks even stupider. I did not think this was possible, so I’m examining her more closely, and I realize one of the kids has decided to play hairdressers. After a round of the Spanish Inquisitions, (fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, etc.) I figure out whodunnit, and her excuse? “Well, I cut some of her hair *accidentally* and it looked bad, so I decided I better even it out. A lot.”
Ooo, good question CBF. Please, if I offend someone somewhere, I’m sorry. I, personally, have a really hard time with right wingers. Simply because I think politics have a lot to do with what kind of a person they are deep down and most righties I’ve met have, to me, some “interesting” character/priority/value issues. Knowing someone’s affiliation is like seeing more of a person’s cards than they would intentionally show you. I do try and take each one as they come as a blank slate and reserve judgement, though.
Regardless, if they’re on this thread, they can’t be all bad.
I have to start off with this:
YAY! I finally got a chance to go down to the Humane Society and adopt my new kitteh this Caturday. They’ll be spaying her Wednesday and then I can take her home. They’ve named her Sheba, and I think I’ll keep that, I kinda like it.
Politics next: I dunno what I’d be classified as, my views vary so widely. On one issue I’ll feel conservatively, on the next I may fell liberal.
^ *feel* oops
YAY! Congrats, B! You know the next step, right? Lots and lots of pics for us…
Pictures Pictures
I’ll be more than happy to discuss politics when I’m not at work. I’m pretty liberal, but not a left winger, a little more to the center.
Yay Kazi is doing much better.
And Brinnann Excellent For you. And the new little kitten. I agree lots of pictures. Post Post Post!
You may be right about the politics thing but I have lots of friends from different political views I guess we just don’t discuss them when we are together as we don’t like to argue with each other.
Me I am a combination of Conservative and Liberal depending on the issue,but really more middle of the road than one way or the other.
I wish I had a really good camera. All I’ve been using on Honey and Sister is my cell phone. But I’ll try to get some good ones of Sheba once I get her home. It’s a shame I can’t do like OaklandCat and get some videos of my children. I know I’d have some great ones of them acting like fools, which they do quite often.
Brinnann. Cell phones actually take pretty goo d photos. Anyway post em when you can
CBF.. I don’t know how old your kids are, but at least one of them will probably cut their own hair if they’re young enough. mine did at around age 3
Brinnan that’s so great! Congrats on your new baby. I hope everyone gets along well.
I got to visit the baby tabbies this weekend. OMG breathtaking! They pretty much stay in a pile when Mom’s away. KItten Pile! Kitten Pile! Say it with me, it feels good
When they wake up, they immediately begin suckling the air, looking for Mama. That hen-on-kittens post really made me laugh because I know one kitty who would LOVE a babysitter like that!
As far as politics go, I’m, uh, pretty much left of the left. I try to be tolerant but the current political climate has made that increasingly difficult.
I find it so healing to come to CO and drink in the Qte with other peeps. I know there are other people on this thread that I would never get a chance to meet or talk to IRL and I love that. All of a sudden the political disagreements don’t seem quite as important….
you’ll have to excuse miss oaklandcat: she has the am off and has had a little too much *wine*
I’m back! And I’m bringing sexy back!
Lemme catch up here…
I too have several names for my cats. Matou’s official name is Velcro, the he was Ti-chat (Quebec slang for small cat), but as he got older and bigger (17 pounds of muscle), and we got another cat, the name wasn’t fitting anymore. So we call him Matou.
The second one official name is Naomie, but she’s also know as Chérie, Poupoune, ma chouette and la Chatte. Don’t look for translations, they all pretty much mean dear or honey or lovey, etc.
I’m going to have to check out the commentroversies and jump right in. I haven’t read the entries, but as for the fake cat and dog, I know they are made of real cat and dog fur. Sad but true. As for the LOLCAT pic, I bet nuffs are saying it’s cruel to stuff a cat in there? I stuffed my cats in cereal boxes and empty cat food bags. Oh the humanity! My cats should be taken away from me.
I’m a left-winger.
I want pics too.
Wow what a variety of political ideals who knew.
And Helene how can you be a stuffer and a far lefter at the same time. Hahahah! you are cracking me up! have fun in the fray over on the toy blog.
And for my two cents it looks like synthetic to me but without actually holding one in my hand I wouldn’t be certain one way or the other.
As a lefter, I believe that everyone should be free to stuff or be stuffed whenever they want. Stuffing is love!
Oh, stuff it, you guys. (Hehe, sorry, I’m not that good at puns.)
(patting Brie’s back) Don’t worry, it’s for the best, really.
Annie – btw… wearing a kitty shirt to work would be unprofessional and I have to pretend to be professional (and they would definitely call the men) LOL
metsakins,Hehehe . I know I couldn’t get away with the kitty shirt at work either either. How did you manage to get away with the purse, and umbrella. LOL
Bri hehehe I like your pun.
metsakins: There’s always casual Friday.
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/brinnann/?action=view¤t=latesha.jpg
I wonder if anyone got the innuendo…
Oh, you mean “Stuffing is love”? I didn’t at first, but now I’m LOLing.
Helene, Ah to stuff or be stuffed that is the perverbial love question!
As far as stuffing pets into containers goes, I confess “Hangs head in shame” to being a stuffer and I Laughed at the kitten in the pringle can and your comment on said picture.
Brinann, Re your casual Friday Photo. NOW THAT IS STUFFED!!! ROFLMAO
The kitty purse is a Laurel Burch tapestry bag that doesn’t scream out cat at you. its all browns and blacks.
the earrings I don’t do 2 often and I don’t use an umbrella 2 ofter either.
I insist, however, on having my page-a-day cat calendar on my desk. I pay for it myself and its small. You should see today’s kitty. OMG
I have 3 small cat figurines on my desk. Two are blue buddha cats, the other one is a “quarry critter” (http://www.funcollections.com/ProductImages/quarrycritters/46382.jpg )
Teehee. Just visited “Teetering on the Edge of Insanity.” Intrawebs HIGH FIVE, Helene!
Well its time for us east coasters to leave work
Brinann, casual friday will never have the same meaning to me again funny stuff ! We actually had this girl at another place I worked that would wear stuff like leather skirts and halters on Friday.
TTYL
Helene you are too funny. Well you certainly stirred things up didn’t you!
I have lots of kittehs, puppehs, and all kinds of cute animals on my screensaver. It’s set to rotate pictures saved in a folder, so if I see something cute, like the stuff on CO, I right click, save, and watch it like a slideshow. And they’ve all heard me talk about my bebehs here at work. It’s a small co. where everyone’s very friendly. It’s Heaven after my last job!
I work at a small CO too and like you I really am fortunate. I had two bad jobs in a row before so I am enjoying this alot.
“I work at a small CO too”
…a small Cute Overload?
Brinnann, Ohh I forgot, I have the hamster driving the truck for my desk top picture. He is so Cute. I crack up everytime I see him.
Ohhh Yay! Another Techie girl.
There aren’t many around that are my age. I love computers. I am not a total geek but I try hard.
Theo I wish it was a small Cute Overload office but alas it is a real estate office. Still I do Have alot of fun here.
*bows to everyone who’s enjoying the fray over at the edge of insanity*
Metaskins-She’s cut her hair alright. At school. The teacher was horrified and I was just crackin up. I don’t know why, but this one made me mad- like, it’s ok to cut your own hair, and make yourself look like an idiot, but to inflict it on someone else, especially an animal? She was totally busted.
Since I asked the question, I will have to be brave and post my politics: This will be the true test of coolness, people- can you still like me if I admit to being very conservative? I’m registered as an independent, (don’t much like republicans lately) but what happens if I say out loud that I like W, and think he’s swell? If I say with pride that we could use a man like Ronald Reagan in the White House? Kate said she finds something morally wrong with right wingers on principle! (that cut me deep, man, so deep;)) I found that very interesting, that is exactly what I’m talking about. I like you Kate, even though you are liberal:) I think we have lost something by not being able to accept people with opposing points of view. There seems to be so much anger on the interwebs and I think peeps like CO because it is mostly an anger free zone. *sits back and waits resignedly for the lynch mob.*
CBF, Although I dislike W intensely, I have no problem with you liking him. My husband (of 25 years) likes him, which is cause for some interesting dinner conversation, particularly if we watch the news during dinner.
I participate in several different groupS where we do needlework together (sometimes for charity, sometimes not.) There are certain topics I just don’t bring up or do not comment on and I love these people. We disagree on many things but we get together and do charity work and make things for the less fortunate. Big topics to avoid there are homosexualty and abortion. Once we thought 2 women were going to kill each other and scripture was being quoted and yelling…etc. These 2 women are still friends. I can agree to disagree with all you guys.
Kitteh lovers of the world unite! (AND PUPPEH LOVERS 2!)
and now, being I’m off today I must begin to convince a marmalade kitty that we shall go to the vet. (of course I won’t tell him that, he got away on Saturday, he just seems to know)
Wow the Edge of insanity just keeps getting insaner.
CBF, I don’t understand it, but alright. We don’t have a political party that’s close to the Republicans in Canada. Even our Conservative party leans a bit more to the center. In Eastern Canada, people lean more to the left, and in Western and Central, to the right. So where I’m from (Quebec is the most liberal province), it’s really hard to imagine that W can be liked, but I guess it exists since he was “elected”.
Mets, when it’s vet time, I corner the cats by closing all the doors to every room, or I close the door to the room he’s in.
As for the stuffing part, I find it’s easier if the carrier is vertical and I hold the cat by it’s front legs in one hand and back legs in the other. Easier insertion!
(I love inuendos)
*must vent* God I cannot believe of effing dumb some people are! It’s taking me all my patience not to blatently insult that Sarah chick and that dumbass Matt!
I’m thinking of using my vox account to post my own kitteh pics. Now I need a title.
How about “Stuffed cats”? So wrong… and yet so perfect! But there won’t be only cats there. Hmmmmm…
“Kate said she finds something morally wrong with right wingers on principle!”
When did I say that they were morally wrong on principle? Since when do people who claim to like you paraphrase your words like that?
And since when am I “liberal?”
My experience: most (and I said most) right wingers I’ve met (and I said that I’ve MET them) have, indeed, exhibited some really questionable traits. Not everyone. Not “wrong” because I hate that word. And I believe I clarified that I don’t judge everyone I meet like that.
And you can’t tell me that knowing a person’s affiliation doesn’t tell you something about them.
I thought by your asking that in this thread, I would be somewhat safe from being attacked, but geez. How swiftly I’m labeled and negatively paraphrased.
Oh Helene, you need to come to other posts to bash people? Naughty, naughty!
Whoa, Kate! I don’t think CBF meant any offense (there are even smileys at the ends of her comments). There may have been some misinterpretation of your statement (I myself need to re-read it, I don’t remember exactly what was said). I think an assumption was made that you were liberal because of the “right wingers” comment. I know I assumed (though I should have learned my lesson about that by now).
While I’m right wing here, and left wing there, I’ve generally considered myself to be Republican. I like W, but I’m now having to re-evaluate after the whole amnesty thing. Another Ronald Reagan would be good for our country (of course, that’s IMHO).
I try not to consider someone’s political position when I get to know them. It’s just a point of discussion, not something that changes my view of them.
Annie, this dude is my desktop background:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/03/my_deliciousnes.html
Sarah, this is our happy place, we are between friends and sometimes, we need to vent. You’re welcome to chat with us but not to bother me about that stupid figurine issue. So shut up about it or go away, this is not a flame thread.
Kate, I don’t think CBF meant it like that. Don’t take offense. I too tend to dislike radical right-wingers, but it doesn’t mean I hate all of them and can’t like some of them. One of my friends is pro-death sentence, which in Canada is a VERY rare thing. I still like him though.
Brie, I love that pic too!
My current background pic is this :
http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=276
And these are past pics that I saved :
http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=3003
http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=608
http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/nightmare.jpg
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/01/barely_a_kitteh.html
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/03/must_play_ball.html
Plus some of my own cat pics.
Brinnann & Helene: Ya know, I understand if people think it wasn’t “meant” to be like that, but, to me, the language far outweighed the occasional smiley to me. For example, someone who is very close to me puts on his biggest smiles when he’s laying out the biggest insults…just so nobody can argue with him because he always has that “I’m just kidding” thing to fall back on. That’s how I interpreted the typed smileys and “I like you even though” comment.
Politics are personal and sensitive. I put out an opinion openly and honestly and to have it paraphrased into more divisive language and then followed up with statements about why people can’t just accept others…it made me feel like she was setting me up to be a crazy lefty who stands in the way of peace and I don’t appreciate it. Regardless of what the consensus decides about her intention.
With that, I’m finished with this particular line of conversation (but not in the way that “S” was “finished” about a bajillion times). CBF – feel free to respond however you please and I’m fine with you from here on out. I just felt the need to defend myself.
“but not in the way that “S” was “finished” about a bajillion times”
Who’s S?
What Kate said was that she “personally..has a really hard time with right-wingers.” That is quite different than saying she finds them morally wrong on principle.
But let’s be clear– there’s republicans, and then there’s W. A whole different can of worms. At this point, I for one, a left-winger, would welcome another Reagan with open arms because it would be quite different than what we have now.
I’ll be honest, I have a real real hard time with W and I am seriously biting my tongue here, people, in imminent danger of starting a commentroversy and then coming back to fan the flames. Can we please put W on the banned topic list? This country is so deeply divided right now… I come to CO to get away from it.
s was the person who fanned the flames during Bud’s commentroversy, saying that he/she was leaving, then always coming back
I think we all need to take a moment and look at this:
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/brinnann/?action=view¤t=in-case-of-emergency-break-glass.jpg
(btw, “Must…Play…Ball…” – right click, save)
thank you, oakland…and I agree with your feelings on republicans.
I second the motion to ban W as a topic of conversation.
Kate- I was wondering if it was one and the same ‘s’.
Brinnan– thank you! *snorgles deeply*
I’m not the one who brought the issue over here. You did. I’m just saying, let’s keep it in the ring. It’s extremely impolite to talk about people behind their back.
And I’ve been reading and commenting on this site for two years, so don’t talk like I’m some kind of outsider.
Damn, it’s blocked from here. I guess I’ll have to look at it tonight.
Hehe, you saved the pup pic too?
I will agree to no further mentioning of W, but I refuse to pull the “w” button off all the computers in the office. I wonder if they really did that…
Sarah, I don’t care how long you’ve been here. Yes I brought the issue here because that’s what we do between friends, we vent. If you can’t be friendly, go away to another thread, but not here, you’re ruining it for everyone.
Brie,
*o*, *hat a *onderful idea!
People pulled the “w” off??? WTF? Or, rather, TF?
heehee onder hat theo ill come up ith…
I’m so glad everyone’s at lunch! I’m seriously LOLing right now!
LOL *oohooooooo!!
Hey, it’s the invisible *oman! Or man?
brinnan– hehe.
Speaking of deep snorgles, does anyone ever get cat hair stuck up their nose. I’ve got two longhairs, and man! When you get a stray hair, it itches like nobody’s business and is very difficult to locate! Oh, the hazards of snorgling.
And yes, I am trying to change the subject.
That’s odd…Cool, I’m invisible! Heehee, made me think of Emperor’s New Clothes.
OC, I try not to inhale too hard when snorgling. I find it eliminates the kitteh-hair-up-nose problem.
Oh, and guess what! I get to pick up my new cat today. The Humane Society is having her spayed right now.
Up my nose, I don’t know, but in my eye, yes (they’re invisible and feel like you have an eyelash in there)
In my mouth too (spits out hairball)
I had shorthairs 17 years ago, I can’t remember about the nose thing. But I remember our Persian tortie would walk across my lap over and over with her tail straight up. It tickled my nose.
brinnann- don’t they want to keep her overnight?
I hope you realize that you must post pix ASAP!!!
Change the subject from the missing letters? But this could be, like, our secret clubhouse code!
Oh *ell.
But I find snorgling is hazardous to my skin, not my nose. Not many cat hairs hang out up the nose, but my skin will break out unless I wash it within a couple hours. Same with making out. Darn sensitive skin making it obvious if I’m snorgling a cat OR a guy.
Brie, you better post pics as soon as possible or else. I know where you live (not).
The best inuendo is in-u-end-o.
CBF, I’m not entirely sure I get it, being French and all, but I think I do! Niiiiice!
I’ve never had a vet keep a pet overnight after spaying. Honey came home with me that afternoon, and all the pets my parents had spayed were the same.
Kate, I can’t imagine having that problem. I’d go nuts.
kate- by the time I posted the change-of-subject request, it had already been changed!
This thread is so long now it takes my computer some time to reload it!
*adds one more post for oklandcat’s puter*
Me thinks we should all have nicknames that end in “ee”.
Brie
Okie
Katey
Laney (that would be me)
Theo-ey? Hmmm, that needs work.
Hi everyone, Sarah no throwing pudding in the sandbox.
Wow go to the Dr’s office one morning instead of work and you miss all the fun.
Can we really take all the W’s off our keyboards. It would make conversations interesting…
We could just call him Thee. Too Biblical?
My vet always keeps them overnight. I guess he’s just overly cautious (overly expensive)?
Okie! I like mine!
How do I love Thee? Let me count the ways…
How about we call him Thee-hee?
we would have to change Theo to Teho-ee
How much did it cost? When I had Honey done, laser surgery, pain mgmt, the whole nine yards, it was like $150. For Sheba, since she was on the urgent list and is being spayed by the Humane Society’s vet, it was only $45. Sister would’ve been about $150 as well, but apparently she’d already been spayed before she was strayed. Phone call from vet:
“Mam, you said your cat was a stray, right?”
“Yes.”
“Well, it looks as if someone’s already had her spayed.”
“Oh.”
They didn’t even charge me for having to use the anasthesia.
Tee Hee works too. Wait does he have a say in this or are we just renaming him.
I kinda like Thee-hee.
Dang, I hit send on the innuendo joke, ran out the door,did the shopping, came home, it was captchaed, so hit send again, read the posts and wow, I’m sorry. Kate, I’m sorry my choice of words offended you. I didn’t intend to. I thought left-winger and liberal meant the same thing? My bad. I do like you, even though our opinions are probably very different and incompatable, which is all I was trying to say, and apparently quite badly. Anyway, I agree with a change of topic. I am really allergic to my dog. Once my ear was itching inside, driving me crazy, so I cleaned it out, and I had a puff of dog hair in it. Too much snorgling I guess. Very gross.
my girls came home after spaying.
Helene – problem with cat is he goes out. but I got him. I laid in bed and pretended I wanted to hug and then my husband ran and got the carrier. that is one mad kitty
We could vote. Majority rules? Hey, he’d only count as one vote anyway.
Wow I get off cheap here. Boys are $90 girls are $120
I have had to do it a lot. Oh and boy sheep are $45 for two. They squesh those puppies(the Sheep Testicles)if I was a guy I would be crossing my legs watching it.
Ouch!
…wait, what?
What have I been missing here?
[scrolls]
Brie, I hope they didn’t have to open her to find that out!
Annie, he gets no say. We’re bullies like that. He should thank us that we’re not calling Cuddly-Wuggly-Theo or something.
Fine, so I don’t get a get a nickname Helene? I am totally offended, and am never coming back.
In the country, if you don’t feel like you need the vet, I’ve heard of wrapping a rubber band around a pig’s, um, puppies, until they sort of die, then cut them off. Backwoods folks are weird.
OMG Sneaky-Metsie!!
CBF, Fine!
Ok, ok. Ummm, Fixies? LOL! Cee-Bee?
CBF: CeeBee? You’re kinda already CuteBabee.
As far a Sister’s unneccesary trip to the vet, no, they had just shaved her belleh and found the scar.
Ooh, I like Fixies. Sounds like Pixies.
CuteBabyFee™
…and if you think “Thee” is too “biblical” a nickname, try looking up what “Theo” means.
Speaking of the hair up the nose thing, since I got Lilac those Siamese hairs are murder for getting in your nose, mouth, ears and just on your skin and they tickle like mad. And she loves snorgles. I have to be careful. I haven’t got one in my eye yet but I did once with Tuffy (Long Haired)
Nicknames? I’m used to being “Katie” from when I was a kid. So thats fine, Laney
haha
Theo, short for Theodore I assume, could be Teddy???
CBF – its all good. Thanks for clearing it up.
Fixies! LOL, considering the topic of rubber bands and pig puppies, that seems appropriate.
Brie,
When my cat got fixed, I took a pic of her shaved belly and posted it on my old livejournal account behind a link that said “Check out my shaved pussy”.
We have a totally fluffular Corgi, and I have preternaturally long spider leg length eyelashes. I am always pulling tiny fluff dog hairs out of my eyelashes with tweezers. It makes me crazy.
Fixies! Oh my god! I’m absolutly getting no work done today! I’m just slapping my hand over my mouth to cover the giggles.
Helene LOL you are too Funny.
Work? You mean we have to get work done at work? whose Idea was that?
Alright peeps, let’s brainstorm. I need a good name for my new blog. I’ll post my kitty pics and other cute photos. It’ll be funny and irreverent, just like me. Stuffed cats, what do you think?
I know, I keep forgetting about the work thing.
But you said it’d be more than cats…Animal Stuffing? Stuff It?
HRH Stuffs-A-Lot?
Clawsmopolitan?
Good one, Katie.
Stuffing and nonsense
But since I’m crazy about cats, there will be a lot of cats. Darn, stuff on my cat is taken
Cat in my stuff? LOL, I don’t want to be a copy cat either!
In U End O. Definitely.
Take this cat and stuff it.
*o*, those are great!
HRH Stuffs-A-Lot
Clawsmopolitan
Stuffing and nonsense
I think Clawsmopolitan is my favorite so far.
Clawsatude if Kate doesn’t mind me going off her post
Clawsmopolitan is very Sex and the Kitty. Kitty Bradclaws anyone?
Kate — right on, but tighten it up: “Clawsmo”
Annie — simplify… “Stuffin’Nonsense”
CBF — N. U. N. D’oh!
Brinn — I can’t improve that.
“shaved and stuffed pussies” ? you’d probably get a looooot of hits on that.
so sorries…
…yeah, and comments from a lot of folks you don’t want, too
Clawsitude,nice. And take this cat and stuff it.
To many choices, I’m going to asplode!
Okie, OMG, that would really be asking for it.
Plus, it would dissapoint a whole lot of perverts looking for porn. And we don’t want to do that to Theo.
Hi Theo.
*Stands beside Annie with an innocent smile*
Hi Theo.
What a fun group. Nice expansion of the brand, Laney, with Kitty Bradclaws.
Take this cat and stuff it? I feel a giggle in my throat…too…many…coworkers….around me…
stuff it down, Kate! stuff it down.
OMG OKie I read your comment just as I answered the pone it took me a minute to compose myself to say the name of the company I am still trying to get in control.
Helene — I believe you have the second line of the blog name…
“Dissapointing perverts since [date]“
OMG LOL LOL THank God I could close my door.
(except, maybe spell “Disappointing” correctly)
Whew I think I am in control if I don’t reread the thread.
THeo that would stop the perverts from visiting. Maybe!
I’m giggling so hard I’m red in the face.
Stuff it down Helene, stuff it down!
Okay so we’ve got Shaved and stuffed pussies disapointing perverts since ( ) For a blog name?
once again, this thread is in danger getting me fired. Must…tear myself…away… and work…
-Okie, not from Muskogee
Annie,
Shaved and stuffed pussies is the blog’s name.
Dissapointing perverts since (date) is the subtitle.
seriously though, we should do that one as a group effort. One single account with a few people that know the password, and we post kitties stuffed into things. And kitties with a shaved belly. And we check out the search terms that got us hits. Bwahahahha!
Poor Bud has taken to obsessively licking his belly since I started working full time and has a small bare patch…would that count as a “shaved” belly? You can still see pink! (Pink being another word that can be cleverly misconstrued)
Hmmmm Interesting Idea.
See what gets us hits?? as if the title alone would not swamp us in perverted Trollers. Trawlers? (Don’t know the right term)
(again, maybe spell “Disappointing” correctly!)
(fer pleeeease?)
Poor Buddy, Is he used to lots of attention?
Kate, my tux also compulsivelly licks his belly! If it gets worse, make sure you switch him to hairball helping food. I feed my cats with Royal Canin Extreme Hairball.
At one point, he was licking himself so much his whole belly, legs, and sides were bare. We would call him “Le Chaniche” which is a mix of “chat” (cat) and “caniche” (poodle). LOL.
Teho,
Deed eye miss-pel eet? So ree, me Frenchie.
But Thoe we could have more fun with it misspelled.
That whole Dissin’ thang and all, ya know!
Sorry Theo I didn’t mean to misspellyour name.
Our old cat used to keep her belleh pink. And Honey’s hair simply never grew where she’d been shaved for her surgery. Sister, on the other hand, is full o’ fur again after about 3 months.
Buddy should definitely have a prominent place on the blog of double entendres.
“Here’s Buddy straddling.”
“Here’s Buddy lickin himself pink.”
Wow,I had the opposite problem. I had to take Darin off the hairball mix as he was apparently allergic to it, and it made him excessivly lick and pull out his hair. He is a white kitty and has sensitive skin. Flea drops irritate his skin too.
Yeah, Bud is a “mommy is allll miiiiiine!” kinda kitty.
Thanks for the tip, Helene! I guess he’s not the only…dare I say…pu$$y licker out there. Ew, I grossed myself out with that one.
Ooo! Lunchtime! See ya suckas!!!
HA! That’d be great: A whole section dedicated to “Pu$$y Licking” would definitely draw the perv crowd.
Oh my god, I go out for my coffe break and I come back to this talk of pu$$y licking! You guys are OOC!
hey you started it Helene
*o*, Ho* quiet is gets *hen Kate is out to lunch!
Hardy har, Helene.
Oh, heylerhe…
Now I have meetings the rest of the day…it’s the universe’s way of making me get off the computer. Have fun!
Hey Kate I don’t know if I told you, But I love that Pic of Bud on your blog where he is doing the budfucious sayings it looks like he is talking in it.
So Helene you have a Vox account but no Blog yet?
I have a blog account with 2 entries which I’m going to delete. I also have a live journal, 2-3 blogspots and a phlog.net.
Wow! I ended up with Two blog pages. one on My space and one on Vox and I am putting together a family blog page on Vox.
I feel better, I was thinking I was a little crazy but NAhh!! I am not the only one who does these things obviously.
Hehe, I think it’s the impossible search for the perfect blog. Maybe we’re just compulsive blog account signer-uppers?
I also keep buying magasines I never read and which I keep because-I-heven’t-read-it-yet and I still buy them because the titles on the cover make me think “Maybe this article will inspire me to lose weight / start knitting / make me zen / find the perfect wall color for the dining room / make me a green thumb / turn me into a fashionista / teach me how to apply my makeup like a pro in under 3 minutes each morning / show me how to raise perfect kids even if I don’t have any kids!”
Yeah I do that too. Haha the perfect Blog! I gave up and just made one for each thing. Kitties and pets on one, Gardening on the other and the family one is one I was trying to do for a while but finally got to. I am a notorious procrastinator.
I just looked at what site seemed to be used the most here by the commenters and used that for blogging – does that make me a bad person?
I put some pics of my cockateil up, if ou fell like having a gander (I hope that’s not just an Australianism – never mind, I’ll use it anyway)
http:/www.cyanide.vox.com
Geez Fred, learn to insert links properly!
http://www.cyanide.vox.com
And learn to spell!
I before E
I before E
And stop talking to yourself so much in these threads, you sound like a crazy person
Hi Fred,
You are not Alone! Hehe I always wanted to say that. We use the Take a gander phrase here too.
HEhe good thing Theo tells everyone to insert spaces for their links, it helped me solve a linkage problem on my my space page. I kept having problems and Then I heard Theo (say) typing to others here on CO you need to leave a space..(of course I have no Idea what his voice sounds like but that is beside the point) so I put in my spaces and Voi’la magic, my links worked.
you can hear Theo’s voice on the catcave videos.
Where does the space go? I;ve never had a problem inserting links but I’m just curious
Wow, your bird is beautiful. love the one where he is looking out of the cage like a convict
your bird is beautiful and…he’s afraid of vegetables?? LOL!
I know I thought of that as I posted this(Theo’s voice) but I’m at work and posting serreptitiously.
The space is between your writing and the address of the web site. In HTML you have to put a or it runs everything together. But I usually just copy and past my links here and insert so I got no clue how she did that without it linking or maybe my computer auto puts the link in when I type it in here at CO.
Hey where did the symbol for break go It swallowed ti
thxannie!
Yes! He is afraid of vegies. If we put the tiniest piece of broccoli or carrot in his cage he cowers in the corner. Then he’ll slowly creep up to the offending item (careful, it might eat you!!) and toss it out on the floor, then all is well again. He’s on a pellet diet, so at least he is getting his nutrients!
ps, my link didn’t work the first time because I missed a “/” in it. The space bit I just fluked!
OaklandCat do you have a long Commute to get home?
That is so funny that he throws Vegies out of the cage.
I´m late to the game here, but may I suggest an interspecies page for your site? Cat pix with dogs–or, as it must be called, Bitches with Pussies.
Dale, Only if the dogs are girl dogs
Of course. Although you could have a separate page for Sons of Bitches With Pussies.
Kate -poor Buddy. My black and white ripped his fur out from time to time. He had a lot of allergies and skin flaking. But this does sound more like an obsessive thing. Maybe you could get him a kitten to keep him company or quit your job? LOL
What on EARTH is going on with this thread?!
My heavens.
Oh my god, are you Roger Moore? Coz I’m like, such a big fan of yours! You were great in Star Wars!!
Holy Molly, were almost up to 1550 comments!
I vote for getting Buddy a kitten or Puppy. He would probably like that. I know people think of cats as solitary but really they like to have other kitty cats around.
Hey R. Moore what is your first name?? Cause I am like Helene and every time I read your comments which are usually funny I wonder who is “R. Moore Man of Mystery” and shoot you could be a woman for all I know.
You know how it is on CO Enquiring minds want to Know!
Helene Theo said that is not acurate unless you count and recount by hand as the counter also counts when some one goes in to edit, as a comment. At least we know we are over the baby with the kitty tail.
Annie, that’s why I said it was “almost up to 1550″…
Man of Mystery? Was Roger in Austin Powers too?
annie- not a long commute, no. ‘Bout 20 minutes.
I just re-read today’s comments and laughed myself silly. HAHAHAHAHA!
Heh heh, I’m not Roger Moore, but that WOULD be cool!
R stands for “Russia,” actually.
Helene you are too funny.
R.Moore, well; Now when I read your comments I can think ah Russia Moore a woman of Mystery.
OC Eeeexcellent . We wouldn’t want you melting away in your car for long spells of time driving home from work. Now me, my commute (if it can be called that anymore) is 6 minutes. I love this about my job. If I ever lose it and have to go back to work in the city I will cry.
Just so you know, my commute used to be 35 minutes on a good day which was rare, usually it was more like 65 minutes and on the occasional bad day it would stretch to 90 minutes. (I Looooove it here)
Added to the mystery… Why on earth would someone be called Russia Moore? It sounds mysterious, doesn’t it?
I would make a terrible spy though. I cannot tell a lie. Not well, at least.
Yes it does add to the mystery. I hope you get that A on your essay tomorrow. I bet it wasn’t on guinea pigs!
My commute is a 40 minute train ride. The station is a 5 minutes walk rom home, and the train arrives undergrood in the building next to where I work. So it’s pretty much near bliss. I can read, sleep, look out the window…
Whenever I have to take the car, it’s always a minimum of 60 minutes. The train is way faster.
I can’t imagine letting someone else be responsible for my ride to work, whether it be a train or taxi or whatever. I’m far too used to driving myself everywhere. That may also have something to do with growing up in the country where such things weren’t an option.
I have new pics of the kids. I brought Sheba home yesterday afternoon. Guess what they told me at the shelter when I picked her up. “Oh, she was already spayed.” That makes two in a row for me. They also told me she had a tattoo on her stomach, but I thought they were kidding and just talking about the coloration of her skin from her stripes. Nope, I got her home and there it was. I took a couple of pictures of it. Anyone got a possible explanation for this?
http://s89.photobucket.com/albums/k207/brinnann/The%20Kids/?start=all
Brie, I can’t see the pic from work. Normally, tatoos are in the ears for ID, no? What does it look like? A big heart with the word “Mom”? Maybe the last owner was a tatoo artist and was practicing? Or maybe she escaped or was rescued from a testing facility?
I think it’s the symbol for female. My mother’s theory was that a breeder might do something like that when the kittens are born to distinguish between them more easily, but that seems a little strange to me. Come to think of it, any explantion is probably going to seem strange. It’s a cat with a tattoo for crying out loud! But her having it just made me like her even more (I have a thing for tattoos, though I’ve only got one myself).
I’m thinking testing facility.
That one kinda makes sense.
Next prob – she’s barely used her litter yet. I’m talking like itsy bitsy spot of wet. I can tell she hasn’t gone anywhere else (hello, can’t miss that smell). Is it just stress? Mom thought it might be ‘cuz they don’t feed them all day before they’re spayed, but she ate dinner and still hadn’t done anything by the time I left this morning.
Peeps, Oh-Em-Gee alert!
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/05/what_is_this.html#comment-70546494
Brie, I’d give her 24 hours… You could call the vet to ask how much time it can take, that way you won’t worry about it.
It might be stress. Just make sure she’s drinking.
Helene, had to go put my 2 cents in on that one.
Got another idea. Maybe the tattoo is a symbol that means she’s been spayed? Where do you live? Is she an illegal Mexico immigrant? hehe
I started my Clawsmopolitan page. If everyone is up to it, I could open an account for our “Shaved and Stuffed Pussies : Disappointing perverts since 2007″.
I think that’s what the vet thought, though I doubt any vet around here would do that. Someone could’ve very likely brought her from out of town. And it’s entirely possible she’s an illegal Mexican immigrant seeing as how I live in South East Texas, but her meows sound like they’re in English.
Meowla!
Hehe, I tried to bleen your blog.
btw, i didn’t realize the ‘versy about LOL was still goin’ on.
Putting a slice of cheese on my Huggums might cause her to go insane with joy and the vibrations of her purring might take down the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gooooooood mornin’ all….
Thanks for the Budfucious kudos, Annie!
Luurrve the belly tattoo, brie!
Oooo…Laney! Clawsmopolitan is cooool!
Metsies, cheese is very dangerous. Handle with caution.
Brie, what does bleen mean? (hangs head in shame)
Kate, check out this Farm-style Bud lookalike!
http://foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com/search?q=farm+boss+patchy+cat
Seriously, Helene? I thought you’d know by now. It’s generally reserved for someone making the first comment on a post. Teho HATES it when someone says “First!” in a comment. I think he invented bleen.
boy I like patchy cat, but I’m sure he’s not a couch straddler, I’ll reserve my comments on paw dangling at the moment
I didn’t know… (blushes and hides)
I guess that serves to show Theo-Bear (Teddy bear) that his definition of bleen in the CO Glossary isn’t very helpful. So there. It’s not really my fault!
There is no bleen.
[takes out the elevator cable with a well-aimed shot]
[zzzwoosshhhhh!]
Hi All, That tatoo on the kitty is the symbol for female and no lab would use that for Id They would use a number in her ear not under the fur. Thank God she got away from that owner. It is one thing to get a tatoo for yourself a complete other to do it to your cat and on her belly no less. I was looking at the photos and I have to say i was shocked a little because of the thought of someone doing that.
OMG (quickly looks around to see if anyone hears me sounding like a PETA person)
Seriously Brinn I am glad you got her and can protect her and give her a safe warm home.
Also give her a good two days to settle in. Some cats won’t pee until they feel secure. NEw home, and Owner, Got shaved etc.
Sorry Guys I didn’t mean to go all serious on you.
*is even more confused*
*fixes herself a clawsmopolitan and watches Theo’s elevator plummet to its total annhiliation*
If I’m not mistaken, that definition has been tampered with recently.
*waves hello to PETAnnie ;-D
Annie, what do you think about Laney’s theory of a lab marking their animals? Although I can imagine they’d probably use codes, too. It’s just so unimaginable that her owners would do this.
Brie, are you sure it’s not just dirt? *eyes Brie suspiciously*
NO a lab would use numbers in her ear easy to see and like you said in color that looks like a home done jail tatoo. Like the ones they put on themselves in Prison and it looks like a novice did it. Besides under fur can’t be seen and the sign for female. no some one did that to her and I am betting who ever had her before. How could they be so cruel.
You are her rescue angel now.
Hey Helene can you fix me a clawsmopolitan too. Dowe have a receipe for that yet???
And Did Theo’s elevator hit bottom yet?
He’s still plumetting. But I bet if we mispell dissapointing, he will come out of hiding.
The Clawsmopolitan is a verrrrry simple recipe.
4 parts Vodkat
2 parts Clawtreau
2 parts Catnip Juice
A sprig of fresh catnip to garnish
Puuurrrrrr
When his elevator hits the bottom I hope it falls on those crazy peeps over @ the bunneh & kitteh video. Kitteh’s doing no harm! He’s cleaning, just like all cats do!
A fresh new commentroversy??? *polishes claws*
Can’t see the video from here. It’s a good thing I can still see the pics on this site and post. Even cuteoverload.com is blocked. I get in through http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload .
Laney, here’s basically what’s going on. Pudgy kitteh (waiting for someone to complain about that part) is sitting on couch, lady puts 3 little buns on top of it, kitteh proceeds to clean. Kitteh does the “hold still so I can clean you” bite, peeps freak out.
Holy cow, I am just catching up on the comments and I am appalled, no shocked! Shocked I say, at the unbelievable loss of “tone” you have all indulged in while I was off wrangling my four innocent childrens. It’s about time I got here to post something decent!
Umm, so… I did yardwork today. Planted impatients. Lots and lots of impatients. So sorry about yer elevator Theo, was it new?
Yes Brinnann, I don’t think my black and white peed for quite sometime when we bought him home. He was a feral kitty rescued by the vet with his sister and now he was all alone in this strange house… I remember calling the vet and saying “He’s been under the bed for 36 hours now..” and he said don’t worry. I’m glad you have her safe from any creep that would tatto a cat’s belly.
Fixie-Pixie, kiddos out of school for the summer?
Oh, and you can retract your claws until you get home, Laney. I’m being obnoxious enough for 3 peeps right now, but I’ll need you to take over when I go home.
I won’t be able to watch video until I get home from work. I just hope there’s no cheese involved……
No, but someone made a reference to Cadbury bunnies.
Oh man, I’m still laughing at yesterday’s “Fixies” joke when CBF said how appropriate a nickname it was considering the subject of conversation. And I love that were using the nicknames, it’s so hilarious!
Oh my god Brie, when I saw this : “Wow, this is as inhumane as a slice of cheese on the face or a kitteh sittin’ in a pringles can.”, I had to slap my hand over my mouth so I wouldn’t birst into giggles.
Still reading the rest of it.
Fixie, I felt a got a little carried away yesterday and was frankly surprised I didn’t get Theo’d. But all in good fun, eh?
I just sauntered over to cats n’ buns and unsheathed my claws for a minute ;0
“To get Theo’d”, another classic! LOL, that should be on the Glossary.
I almost got Theo’d yesterday on the faux/real fur commentroversy. He didn’t tap me on the fingers, but he did close comments right after mine.
LOL, oh boo I am having to work a lot today and missing all the fun. I love the nick Names and I tried to read all the commentroversie on the kitty bunneh thing. Good Lo” People are dorky. That cat could have killed those Buns ten times to next week if he wanted.
Helene I am all over that Clawsmopolitan, Delicious.
Brinn you are doing well in the fray over there.
Theo watchout when the elevator hits bottom. I know you are busy moitoring the Flame war so when you get over here Hi. Oh and love all the Kitten Videos on your Blog Page. Tuni the Tortie Rocks.
Helene- I didn’t know he’d closed the comments on that one!
YOu should be honored.
LOL Okie, and just as we were making peace too! But of course, I had insulted the guy (Matt?) a few posts above. But he totally deserved it. Didja see it? Let me know what you think.
Oh, and by the way, it’s 86 degrees right now in Montreal. You would hope that would wilt the dandelions, but I bet they’re doing just fine and are waiting for me with a vengeance.
Is that unusually high for Montreal?
Can you wilt Dandelions? I thought they liked it extra Hot.
Are there a lot? We can make dandy-lion wine for our blog page. HEHEHE
Speaking of hot the Bun cat post is heating up I got to skim it a little.
Wait, Laney. If they wilt and dry out they become those fuzzy white thingies. That’s got to be worse than regular dandelions.
Helene I hate to tell you this..unless its a drought dandies love 86 degrees
Laney, I have to admit I was a tad confused by that commentroversy, having never gone to law school
But I did think it extremely rude of Sarah to follow you over here, and then accuse YOU of bad behavior!
Well I’m off to go home and garden….
I just heard that the-president-who-shall-not-be-named was making a speech and a bird pooped on him!
HAHAHAHAHA
OMG, THE WMDs HAVE BEEN FOUND!
Whew, they are not quite home for the summer, we are doing their last two excruciating weeks when no one wants to go even more than usual, and all of the teachers freak out and assign all the crap they should have had done two months ago. What 5th grader should have two hours of homework when his sweet treehouse is calling? Also cutebabydaddy works at the school district, and his life is hell and he takes it out on everyone ( I can’t blame him.) And then he has to come home and mow the lawn, the poor man. We have been trying to decide what to do for memorial day- you guys have to help me think of something because my horrible in laws come home from florida every year a week before memorial day, and of course it is our job to entertain them non stop when they are in town. I *need* to be able to say I have plans…and no, I can’t lie.
Metsakins::( wish I was going gardening too! Not slaving away at work.
Helene yeah that was not cool of her to follow you to fight on another thread.
It was nice that she went back over there when you asked her to tho.
Wow and Theo shut you guys down. I think tho because it turned into a 3 way fight with no one really giving ground.
I like the bunny Kitty video.
Of course I have no taste and stuff pets into pringle Cans AND put Cheese on their heads.
I obviously should not have pets.
Fixie-Pixie, where are you from? We need that bit of info I think to help you with plans.
Brie, it’s not unusually high for Montreal, unless you think like 99% of the rest of teh wurld who sometimes believe that all of Canada is covered in snow 9 months a year, with highs in the 60s during the “summer”.
I think NOT. 86 right now but at least it’s not too humid. Just you wait, July is just around the corner.
Oh, and thanks you guys for your support in the Sarah situation. What did you think, was I venting or talking behind her back?
It’s funny, because by the time Theo shut us down, I figured we had pretty much finished having our fun.
Oh, and feel free to vent – I do it all the time. It’s just more polite to do it in private, where the person is not likely to overhear.
Sarah – was it really that fun?
Laney – you can say whatever you want here…this is our happy place.
Yeah, a good argument’s always good to keep the mind limber – as long as you keep from getting emotional about it.
Mmm. Right. I’m stopping here. *happy place*
Um You guys are gone probably but I just got a free moment.
It sounds like you Helene and You Sarah enjoyed the argument.
Me not so much, I usually wait for the “fur to stop flying” and then come back. SO I was glad when you and Helene went back to flame on the other thread. Of course I just go where there is no Commentroversy as I am not big on it.
I laugh when folks complain about it cause there are always other threads to go.
Okie Did a bird really poop Release a WMD on (W)?
How did I miss that? OMG need to get home to Surf the web
well , now that I’m home done gardening etc… I have to say that the bunny and kitty vid is adorable and at no time did I fear for anyone’s safety. I wish I could lie down and have babeh bunnehs dropped on me…
OMG as funny as the footage of unmentionable is
can you imagine what Jon Stewart is going to do with that??? He’ll never be able to do it w/o cracking up….
okay well I will be watching John Stewart tonight. Becaus eyou are right he will never be able to do it with a straight face.
-uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,,..;;;;;;;
(…says Rikki)
Annie: he’s taped during the day this probably won’t make it on til Monday…
theo i’m slow whatdoes your comment mean?
No I was not enjoying the argument at all because that a$$hole Matt was insulting me, and Sarah kept twisting what I was saying. But if she simply was not getting my meaning, I guess it’s … *sigh* … fine now.
*happy place*
Vox account is set for our Stuffed and Shaved Pussies : Disappointing perverts since 2007.
Go to my Vox page (Clawsmopolitan) and email me and I’ll give you the information. We also have an email account!
Hi Rikki PURR MEOW! Glad you are learning your kitty on teh keyboard skills
theo nevermind thanx annie
annie r u in CA?
yep! A little town called Hollister south east of San Jose or 40 miles due East of Monterey
R U in CA?
Hey Helene I like it.
http://stuffedandshaved.vox.com/ !!!
no NY I was IMing my daughter in Sunnyvale and she realized that she didn’t know when the daily show was on there…
Ohh She is right around the corner. I am not sure when it is on up in Sunnyvale. I get it on satellite. WE are surrounded by Mountains and only get two TV stations so I am not sure when it is on up there. I watch it around Nine I believe on Comedy Central.
oops I really should edit before I post
Helene I see you cruelly and viciously placed a cat in a bleen “clearly” the cat is suffering……don’t let that incredibly content look fool you…….
[OK, there. Better? - Ed.]
Peeps, I sent a message to everyone who commented on my Clawsmopolitan account with instructions on how to access the SASP (stuffed and shaved pussies) account. Check your Vox accounts.
Metsies, she probably closed her eyes because of the flash. But how could she not like it? She was bathing in the smell of cat food, her favorite thing in the whole world!
Oh, and Peeps, I won’t be able to send any Vox messages or access the account during the day, so if you didn’t receive a message tonight, it”ll have to wait till tomorrow night 6 pm ET.
I was joking…..
I know Mets, it was pretty good too
OMG Helene That is totally fantastic. Bedaine will be realing them in.
LOL! Bedaine is not her name. It’s French for “tummy”. I kept the original pic names.
11 PM ET, good night everyone!
good night 11pm here too, I’m off to watch the Daily show
Laney, how do you get your kitties to stay still. Mine are always trying to see what the camera is. I get lots of blurry nose shots because digital is slow
Goodnight
Annie, dunno, maybe you need to cut down on their coffee intake? I set up, make sure the focus is fine, then get their attention by snapping my fingers just over my head so they’ll look up just as I take the pic.
Alright, this time it’s true, I’m going to bed. ‘night!
good morning! the evil pet owner abusing her cat and buns still going on….
I had to comment….
good thing no one knows where I live…
If animal control didn’t take away my bubsie for my ineffectiveness at keeping him from overeating, or for my vicious cheese use in getting Huggums to take her meds surely my endorsement of the cruelty going on it that video is going to have them at the door.
must escape and go to work, my husband won’t give up my location…
Where’s every-Buddy?
Hiya! (waves) I’ve been kinda busy today. My boss is leaving for two weeks. I’ve only been here for a month and a half and I’m scared I’ll screw something up while he’s gone.
Oh, and Sheba peed yesterday when I got home. I think I was more relieved than she was.
we’re busy here 2.
Glad about sheba
Shebe peeeeeeeeed!!!!!
*big confettis fall from the ceiling*
*balloons everywhere*
*pops open the campagne*
http://www.squidgrid.com/images/misc/yay_pic.jpg
Yay for Sheba! Does the kitty Tuna dance. Cha Cha Cha.
If this gets thru, Hi everyone! Happy FRIDAY!!!
Does The happy Friday Dance of Joy!
Ohhh and A three day weekend!!! Does the three day weekend Dance of Joy!
Looks Back. Ohh there is dancing and singing all over my little office cube today.
I posted Sheba’s shaved pics on Stuffed and Shaved.
it took me FOREVER to catch up… man, I’m never stepping away from the computer again…
Bri- relieved!!! lmao!!! beautiful pun.
Says in Tatoo Voice (From Fantasy Island)De Post, De Post, got thru!
LOL you guys, I’m glad everyone chipping in on our lil blog there.
Vox is weird here at work. It’s not entirely blocked, but I can’t see any pics and I can’t log in. But I see all the text, so I see the comments and the text in the entires.
So, sounds like I’m not the only one having problems posting today? That would explain why there’s so little comments today.
*snicker* Teho closed the comments on the cat snorgling the buns. I think he didn’t want the number of comments to compete with us.
Helene – I opened a ticket with TypePad this morning; I think they’re still working on it.
Theo/Teddy is wearing a flowered shirt!
http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/AGhawaiianbear.gif
http://www.spiritbearsinthecity.com/images/th_BearBQ.jpg
http://www.abcstores.com/prodimg/BEANIEBABY.JPG
more like this, actually:
http://teho.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252668128e1d00d4142de8eb6a47.html
I can’t see it, it’s blocked
Do you have a grass skirt as well?
Crap, it looks like I’m going to need to get a crappy cubicle desk job so I can keep up with this thread! How on earth do you guys get anything done? I do the stay at home raisin the babies thing, which doesn’t give me much time to sit at the compy. (but it’s cool, I heart it.)I can only play when His Highness the Four Year Old is watching cartoons for an hour! We live in OHIO which is French for BORING. I am contemplating just telling the in laws the truth- we don’t want to spend every weekend and holiday listening to you complain about how we are crappy parents,okthxbai! Oh and I’m glad the sheebs peed for ya. Isn’t is hilariuos how our pets dominate everything we do? Like right now, we have litter box issues where The Stupid Bup just won’t go in the box if there is anything in it, so our whole lives are revolving around Keeping the Box Spotless. Oh, and The Dog has decided to eat all the rabbit droppings that fall out of the cage. Bleh. But staying home with the kids/animals is all about teeth shoes, and poop anyway:
http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=2092829&BlogId=3886836960
(from one of my blogs, yeah, I have a few too.)
I doubt that this will be blocked… but it’s just the pic, no captions or comments:
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/14699/2004963300861452043_rs.jpg
CBF — got a way to share pix that doesn’t require a Bebo login?
OMG Theo, is that Tuni? I want to put her whole head in my mouth and inhale!!!
Fixies, you could say “sorry, I need to cut the lawn with scissors”. Or “sorry I need to paint the garage with my eyeshadow brush” Or “sorry, I need to clean the kitty litter with tweazers”. Yeah, that would work.
hi kids
yay it’s working again! I was forced to do, like, real work for a while
Helene — yep, and she’s bigger now, but not hugely.
You really should catch up on my Vox when you have the time (and appropriate firewall rules).
CBF you could claim the baby was real sick and didn’t want to infect everyone. Works everytime.
Not that I ever Used That One(looks away all shifty eyed)
YES! Something really nasty, like a stomach flu or something. And make sure to give very graphic details and way too much information when you speak to them on the phone. But careful, you have to sound casual, like you’re simply chatting and giving them family news!
“Oh, Fixies Jr is doing well at school, but Fixies Beta is kinda sick right now. Yeah, stomach flu, kept me awake all night, hurling like they’re no tomorrow. She totally redecorated her room, and the bathroom. You wouldn’t believe how much can come out of such a small beign you know? and the smell, oh boy, let’s not even go there!” etc.
Correction : “hurling like *there’s* no tomorrow”
Helene that’s too funny
CBF I don’t know how to help you. My relatives all lived near enought that they came for the day, but far enough that they didn’t want to leave too late.
Fixies, maybe this will help: http://consumer.discoverohio.com/whattodo/101.aspx
If you don’t want to do any of this yourself, book you in-laws for stuff and insist they’ll love it.
Brinn — there’s probably one option that’s not on that list of 101 things to do in Ohio:
#0. Move your @$$ to some other state. Like Minnesota. I hear that’s a good one.
(it’s what I did, anyway)
Holy C**p I didn’t know there was 101 things to do in Ohio and I’ve been there.
Fixie if you book them for something be sure it is something your ML is sure to despise like visiting caves if she hates dark small places or repelling if she is afraid of heights.
Make sure they decline this always works good.
Theo not everyone is crazy like you! MN is BRRRRRR in the winter!
Yep, I hafta stay down south. I can’t handle cold weather, but I can deal with hot, humid summers.
Yep! I hope I never have to move out of CA. I have lived in MI, CO, MT and ID.
Shoveled way too much snow and froze one too many times. Give me an earth quake or two any DAY.
Love my CA.
Personally, I could do without the cold winters and hot-sweltering-humid summers of Montreal. I could use our Spring weather all year. Temperatures between 10 and 25 (50 to 75), sunny with a few clouds, that would be pure bliss.
yay CA! the land of perfect weather. It’ll cost ya, though
btw Meg’s posts have been off-the-charts cute the past couple days, don’t ya think?
50 to 75? Are you nuts? Okay, 75 is fine, but 50 is FREEZING to me! Give me 70 to 85, please.
Okie, Definately off the charts. Hey you guys have fun this weekend. I need to go Stuff some Cats and take pictures. I got no shaved ones. Hmmm and then there are those chickens! LOL
My Huggums stuffs herself. The smaller the box the better. Will put head in lunch bag if necessary. Like to sleep in shoe box about 3inches too small all around so fluffness spills over the edge.
metsakins, you must take pictures for the new stuffed blog
I’ll try. The funniest thing is when you have a long flat carton, like FedEx or Priorty Mail and she tries to get in. Eventually she gives up and sleeps on top of it. (At work, they laugh at me b/c I eye all the cartons that stuff comes in. Oh this is a good one, hmm wrong size, etc. Then I sometimes offer one to my co worker, who is a cat person, and I’ll say “this one is perfect cat size” and she looks at me with the same “shes talking to the plants again” look.
Hee hee…50, freezing? Better not take Theo’s “move to Minnesota” advice, then; we’ll getcha all the way down to -30 in a bad winter.
It’s perhaps no surprise that my firstborn wants to go to college in California.
Thanks for the advice Annie. We’re not getting Solomon a kitten though. My husband says “no more cats! Thats it! I didn’t want these guys in the first place and now I’m SO attached to them!” Its like he’s angry at me for how much he loves them.
He sobbed like a baby when I insisted on putting Handsome down. Handsome was in kidney failure, wouldn’t eat, groom himself, or do very much. He didn’t want the other guys around and they knew he was dying and stayed away. My husband even tried to talk the vet out of it. The vet finaaly said “Marc, the only way this cat will stay alive is if we keep him here on an IV and get him dialysis. Do you think he’d like that. This is the right thing to do.”
sorry guys about all that . I needed to vent. I know thisis a HAPPY PLACE HAPPY PLACE. I won’t be abummer anymore.
Jaye I’m in NY. MY youngest went to college in Florida and now is living in CA.
Metsakins: Thanks for the story! I used to assist in a lot of PTS (put to sleep) appointments when I worked for a vet and it seems the men always had the most difficult time with death. My brother refuses to get another dog because he had to drive our family dog to the vet for her PTS appt. It was too much for him to love something like that and have to see it go.
I’ve wondered why the men have it so rough and the women seem so much more equipped to cope. Is it the idea that women are socially allowed to show their love, sadness and grief and have an enhanced ability to work through it? Maybe women see death as a transition instead of something final? I don’t know. Or maybe women are just more used to thinking about the needs of others (ie. the cat) and find solace in their peace? I don’t mean to say that men are selfish or anything, but we’re genetically hardwired to take care of others before ourselves so maybe it’s easier for us to allow someone to pass. Or maybe I’m talking out of my butt. Any thoughts?
Kate – Well there’d more to the Handsome story than that. (Btw, he was my tuxedo cat and I take solace in looking at Buddy’s picture. I tried to show it to my husband and he said it hurt him too much to even look at a black and white cat.)
Anyway Handsome (or Bubsy) was 16 and I would say he was not well for the last 2 years of his life. Don’t get me wrong, not suffering, just not his “bubbish” self. He had started to lose weight (he was hefty) and we could not figure out what was wrong with him. Tested him for diabetes and other stuff, couldn’t find anything. Vet said “Just getting older, they lose interest in food” but I didn’t think that was it. When he was 15 I found a lump and it was cancer. 2 surgeries later his prognosis was excellent but somewhere along that time period I had made peace with the fact that I wasn’t going to have him much longer. I knew he had a great life with us and was happy for almost all of it. He loved us, we loved him and when the time came I was ready. I don’t think my husband ever dealt with the realty of the situation. We’re men , we can fix whatever’s wrong attitude? I didn’t think about it before, but I do know other stories of men being the reluctant one in the equation.
Wow Good Subject. Last year I went to help my Mom so she could stay in her home longer and while I was there she collapsed and I ended up staying an extra week. Well our two female Sheep were set to deliver that week, and Sweetie pie had triplets. one was a runt. My Husband and youngest daughter brought him in and nursed him for the two days till I got home. He was already dying when I got home, and my poor husband had gotten completely attached. The little boy lamb was almost dead teh next day (Day 3) when Brian came outside and asked me to please take over he couldn’t watch the little guy die and adamently told me we could not have anymore baby lambs ever. Mind you we have lost baby lambs before but I was the one who delt with them. I think it was his first encounter. I am always the one that deals with the sick and dying animals. To me it is part of all life. Maybe that is just something God gives to women as we are usually the care takers. Maybe it is because we carry babies and birth them and sometimes we lose them, maybe it is because men aren’t allowed to show their feelings out in the open.
I hadn’t really thought much about it, but maybe it is because they are hardwired like you say Metsakins to fix things. You can’t fix dying.
Jaye, My oldest is at San Francisco State University. She really did well there. It is close to Bus, train and shuttle lines. A lot of the kids are from the city, and are very careful who they let in their dorm rooms and the campus security is pretty good too. Kristina wanted to have a car but we told her she would have to foot that bill herself, when she figured in parking, insurance etc suddenly the bus and train looked a lot better to her. She is about to Graduate and has really enjoyed her time there. My nephew went to one in San Diego and did well there too, lots warmer and surfing is availabel..
I like your blog and do you have any published work yet? So we can read???
I hope Annie the Pie Baker gets published some time. Some of my favorite reading is Diane Mott Davidson. Be sure to include receipes!!!
wow so thats 3 guys who don’t want another pet b/c it might die. I thought Marc was the only one.
Now I know another couple where its the wife who refuses to get another pet. Interesting.
Thanks for the tip, Annie–eldest daughter and I will be taking a trip to CA next summer to visit some schools.
Yes, I do have some published work; if you click the profile link on my blog you’ll get a bibliography. The Minnesota Monthly story mentioned is available on their web site, the only one of my stories that’s online.
Jaye, Wow. I just finished Aim… what a great short story.
Hi guys.
Annie and Kate -thanks for sharing. It really helps me to have a group of animal lovers to talk to this about.
Well I’m going to have the obligatory bbq now. Have a reat holiday everyone (and remember those who gave their lives for us).
Hey Laney. I think that “I fit! What?” pic of prosh white kitty in a box belongs on SASP. But is it dumb to snag pix off CO and put them there when we all look at CO anyway? And is it kosher to do that? (I’m new to this blog thing and don’t know the etiquette.)
Jaye, as a TOTAL Berkeley whore I may not be fair, but UCB is the bestest school in the whole wide world. SF State is also good, and for anything medical UCSF is also suitably awesome. Stanford is closely rivaled by Berkeley in everything, but UCSF is their top competition for med schools. St Mary’s is in a nice rural/suburban area in the East Bay, but has a bit of a party school rep. (but most Catholic schools in California do!). Mills is an excellent women’s college that produces senators and whatnot; also a top choice. UC Santa Cruz is supposed to be quite excellent, and is in a beautiful beachy area. UC Davis is a great school for veterinary and animal sciences. Monterey is, of course, a great choice for marine biology. UCLA is up there with Berkeley, but I abhor SoCal, personally. UC Santa Barbara is good, but again the party school reputation. Avoid Chico at all costs. Riverside and Merced are sort of the “bad” UCs…
That’s what I have off the top of my head.
R. Moore, you are being completely fair. UC Berkeley IS the bestest school in the world
oaklandcat I thought the same thing, now that’s a stuffed kitty!
btw my son was gonna go to UCBerkeley and when I went there with him I cried cause I knew he was never gonna come home again. Its a great school, I agree. didn’t research the others out there except for Stanford which is great too. (Son ended up at Cornell and is save in Manhattan now near his mommy)
safe not save…
Okie, I wouldn’t say it’s “dumb”, but since we all are CO fans, I’d rather not poach on Meg *too* much
I guess if she’s fine with it, we could do eet! Theo-ee, can you ask Meggie?
So… you peeps are lazying around at home while I’m busting my ass to work? How fair is that?
OK, so I had last Monday off for Victoria Day. But still. We are not amused. (http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/401800.html )
Annie: Thank you.
I’m always astonished to realize that anyone besides my own mother has read my stories.
R. Moore: Thanks for the college thoughts–we will definitely be checking out Berkeley!
Oh yes, it has the most wonderful campus, and excellent academics. When I was growing up my younger sister had severe dyslexia, and twice a week we drove there for visual perception training. The people are all really friendly, and the town is really fun. There are a few iffy areas, but unless you drive a huge SUV with only one person in it and no cargo/luggage/trailer you’ll be fine.
Well, seems everyone is basking in the sun while I’m busting my ass. Fine.
Fine.
FINE!!!
Hi Helene, how’s work?
I don;t want to poach from Meg neither. So fuhgeddaboutit. We find our own stuffed kitties to post.
oi peeps
am typing around a big oarnge-striped lugnut
sry bout ttyp[ng
as far as ‘poaching’; from c.o. — don’t claim pix as yr own, don’t use them for commercial or profit purposes, but it’s not really a big deal… however, PLEASE DO give credit where it’s due, and include a link to the orignal post. use the ‘permalink’ version.
thx all
Hey Helene,
You are not alone. I am also at work. We are not amused either!
I don’t have a kitty to contribute to stuffed and shaved, but my pup has a shaved belly at the moment – can there be any bending of the rules?
Aw crap – look at the time – I missed the whole day. Still at work – still not amused. *BIGGEST sigh in universe*
Hi you guys, Enjoying the sunshine here. LOL.
Regarding the animals, are we stuffing more than just cats? I got sheep and chickens and ducks. of course only the sheep have N.U.N. D’oh potential. Well maybe the others too but I am not good at thinking that kind of stuff up. You may need to help Helene.
Fred — sure… just remember to include a “doggie style” tag (and author-name tag for yourself)
those poor dissapointed sleppy-eyed preverts
Fred, I guess the pussies can make room for a shaved bitch
Annie, our pussies go either way! I’m sure those sheep will be welcomed to the party.
I added a post today, plus a few more on Clawsmo.
So, you guys’ working tomorrow? Hehehe, feel the burn!
yeah it is back to the grind house for me. I really could use like two more days off.
Sorry I have been on the garden and yard for the whole weekend. No Pictures yet.
Annie – I’d love to see pictures of your garden. I, too, spent the weekend out in mine. I had to weed the strawberry patch so the deer would have any of those pesky weeds in their way when they come by to clean it out.
Brinnann – how’s Sheba doing? She settled in yet?
I think Sheba’s adjusting, but occasionally Sister will attack, or attempt to at least. There hasn’t been any actual fighting (unless they do it while I’m at work), but it’s enough to make me yell at them to go to their rooms. Sheba seems to be adjusting to Honey quicker than Sister did, but that may also be because she’s seen Honey & Sister get along.
Brie, I guess your best bet would be to let them “work it out”, unless there’s blood.
My cats appear to be fighting all the time when they’re really playing. They sit close together and stare at each other, and wait for the first move. We call it the showdown. Matou always wins as he’s twice the size of Poupoune. It’s always the same. Stare, showdown, a couple of wrestling moves, Poupoune spits and runs a few feet away, comes back slowly and attemps a nip at Matou, Matou starts running with Poupoune behind him, they run to the next floor, we hear clunk-bop-hissss, Poupoune comes running down the stairs with Matou in tow, Matou stops and meows, she comes back, repeat. Who needs to go out with such entertainment?
I’d go along with Helene in terms of working it out. There’s probably a whole lot of territorial stuff going on that we humans can’t fathom.
I am chiming in with the working it out. It has been two months since I brought my Moms’ two here. I can honestly say we have an uneasy peace at this point. I hope they are not drawing blood while I am at work I occassionally find tufts of hair so I am sure there are scirmishes but we have only witnessed or rather heard a few. THe hiss growl and thumpity thump of one of them scrabling away. Just don’t do like the bunny cat lady and dump them together on purpose. Yesterday my moms two were batting at each other. Why do I never have the camera in my hand when they do something noteworthy. Obviously not ever making it on Americas Funniest Videos.
Where’s everyone? I’m booooored!
talking like pirates….
I’ve been trying, Laney, but typepad’s not cooperating. Ehn, it did it again!
Phew, finally got one through. Okay, as I tried saying like, I dunno, 5 times already, I’ve been bringing Sister & Sheba within close proximity of each other (but not the bunneh-tossing type). Whoever hisses first gets a LIGHT TAP on the nose and gets told to shush and behave.
The page has some good cat-introduction tips:
http://cats.about.com/cs/catmanagement101/a/introducecats.htm
My experience, alas, is that some cats never do develop a peaceable relationship. That’s one reason we’re reluctant to introduce another cat into our household despite the HUGE temptation presented by our foster kittens. We’re down to two resident cats who get along reasonably well, and we’re hesitant to upset the household chemistry.
I think they’ll work it out or at least co exist together. My 2 kittehs are working some stuff out now that the arbitrator (Handsome) is gone. They don’t completely ignore each other anymore.
Well ours are still working on it and it is going on two months. but they can all be in the same room with out fighting. they just aren’t sure yet who is top cat.
And did you guys go talk like a pirate yet. OMG it is so much fun. Way better than working.
Who added the black-and-white-cat-that’s-not-Buddy on SASP without a post? I love it!
I wanted to do a pirate post last night, but I couldn’t find the picture I wanted to use. Now it would look like I’m copying Meg. I wonder if she read my mind? (shifty eyes)
I know Helene, I wanted to stuff all my kitties in Toilet paper rolls. I still might do it. Mostly because I love all the pirate talk.
Helene that’s *my* black-and-white kitty! Her name is Quentin and she’s absolutely crazy. I lofs her!
I uploaded the pic and then vox wouldn’t let me post anything because it doesn’t like my web browser, safari.
I was just able to caption it, tho.
http://stuffedandshaved.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41438afd26a4700d09e703b98be2b.html
Quentin’s a beaut.
So fluffly.
Okie, I hope you don’t mind, but I turned your picture into a post.
Okie, I love the modest post, it’s hilarious!
Brie, thanks! Glad you did.
Thx all for loving on my cat- she wanted a taste of Buddy’s fame!
p.s. our blog rocks!
Okie she is so Fluffy and Cute. Love the caption!
I did one more Pom Pirate Pirate Post this morning .
I will miss the pirate talk.
Okie, any updates on the PNBF and his kittehs?
hehe I may have to drop the “P” from PNBF pretty soon…
He’s very protective of the kittens and I was only allowed to touch them for the first time just the other day. He subscribes to the theory that newborn kittens shouldn’t be touched. I disagree, but what can you do. They’re also in a dark place so its really hard to take pix!! They are very close to walking. I can’t wait!
Okie, tell him that they must be handled if they are to be properly socialized.
Peeps, check out this site
http://www.someecards.com
It’ll make you wish you have the email address of your favorite Nuffs!
Okie, you can also tell him that handling newborn kittens makes you really horny.
Helene, you so naughty
I did appoint myself Official Kitten Socializer and I take my job duties very seriously.
Helene, Those cards are so funny I especially like the be carful of turning your baby gay one. and welcome to the company with sinking ship in the background
Oh, man…i can relate to that sinking ship card. In fact, when I got hired for my current job, I got more “I’m sorry”s from other staff members than “congrats”. Talk about building confidence.
Helene thats a funny website, I like the courtesy hello cards.
Peeps, you remember my to-mah-toh story? I got it on film!
http://clawsmopolitan.vox.com/library/post/you-say-meeaaagghhllll-i-say-to-mah-toh.html
Dammit to hell, Typepad isn’t convinced I’m not a robot even after 10 captchas for the same post!
So I’ll post it without the link. I managed to catch my cat with his tomato on film. Click on my name to see the tomato post. *grumbles*
The tomato is tooo funny and your cat couldn’t be happier to find his little friend.
Today : Speak in Complete Sentences Day. Also National Macaroon Day. Speak incomplete with moof full.
Macaroons get their own day?
Yes macaroons get day.
who’d a thunk it? what about brownies and choc. chip cookies? LOL
National Brownie Day’s December 8th. The Blonde brownie has day too.
Too late for National Chocolate chip day, was May 15th.
Love incomplete sentences.
Well, it finally happened. The girls got into a fight last night, but it didn’t get too bad. Honey jumped the baby gate to come to the rescue. I don’t remember if she barked or growled or anything (I was too busy yelling), but she didn’t even have to touch them. She just kinda got in the middle and Sister & Sheba ran off in opposite directions. Honey’s not hurt, but I was too pissed off at the cats to check them last night. I guess I will when I get home this afternoon.
Brie, I’m sure they’ll come around. But are you sure they weren’t playing? It’s really hard to tell sometimes.
Oh no, this was definitely not playing. Vampire fangs were exposed, very loud and angry hissing. I even got a scratch, though at first I was afraid it was from a tooth and not a claw. I guess since it’s not infected today I must’ve lucked out.
SO Helene every treat gets a day? I need eat macroons. Yummy I like.
Okay slightly confused. Talk In complete sentences or talk in incomplete sentences day. I like talking in incomplete sentences as it is harder?
Hheheheh
What exactly is a macaroon?
Brie just hang in there it will get better. THey just really need some time and expect occasional fangs growling and hissing. We are at the two month mark and still every once in a while they growl and hiss and carry on.
Vanilla Coconut cookie light and airy
Incomplete more fun but is actual complete sentence day.
Guess who mosquito bite in belly button?
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HistoryPhotos/Macaroon.jpg
Eew, coconut. Do not want!
missed chocolate chip day! devastated.
Helene – cant believe it. US or Canada?
Brinnann – they gotta work out the whole teritorial thing. At worst, they’ll peacefully co-exist. Hopefully they’ll become friends. They won’t keep fighting each other though. Once the top of the pecking order is decided that should calm down.
Laney, where info from?
I know kittehs will take time, I just hoped there’d be no fur-flying.
http://www.web-holidays.com/calendar/may/default.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/fundaycalendars/Holiday_Calendar_Celebrate_Special_Days_Every_Month.htm
http://hidates.com/
almond ones yummy
coconut just okay but if u dip in choc. i’d be there
*dips Metsies in choc.*
Ooooooo, tomorrow nat’l hazelnut cake day (never tried dat), but caturday nat’l rocky road day!!!!!!!
Metsie, Sunday nat’l CHOCOLATE macaroon day.
YAY
http://www.squidgrid.com/images/misc/yay_pic.jpg
chocolate flavored or dipped hmmmmm
Jan 1st – Dec 31st Gain 50 pounds day.
Where Fixies?
Fixies, I win last
Fixies has been very quiet lately…she must be plottin something {shifty eyes}
and no, Laney, you don’t.
oui
mais non!
I think Fixies said sumtin’ about boss goin’ away and gonna be busy….
Mais si!
Ya know
Maybe we should go to the first post and complain about the inhumane dog owner lettin’ the cat lick his ears. that’ll stir things up…
Don’t think I won’t ground you for bad behavior, young lady.
i sorry
won’t do it
i’ll be good
promise
Metsie, I went back to the licker and was disappointed (see the spelling, Teho?) that you didn’t leave me anything interesting to read
I see your spelling, and raise you a grammar.
I raise incomplete…
Lanie you right Incomplete sentence day way more fun.
Hazelnut Cake day sounds Interesting.
Sigh…
On good note Got Pics to upload for post on SSP. IT not easy. Some one not very happy to cooperate.
Kitty Grumbles all nite.
cleary if go there
will get been’d
see promised to be good
Spling dwiddle fish nob housemartin radio ftang ftang rocket wrench woop doggy daycare we need money to go there. Teho seez all noze all.
[wonders if he left anything out]
Laughing so Hard I am Crying. Hehehe.
home now
must shower off chocolate or get kitty to lick it off
Boy Annie your walmart has a much bettter selection than mine
I agree Metsakins.
Annie, can you get me 3 ftang ftang rocket wrenches and a Spling dwiddle fish?
Home now too. I didn’t realize I had such a great selection. At the Walmart
Hi Fred.
Fred hows your doggie?
Hehehe I put the first verse of the pirate song on the pom Pirate to make it 100 comments. Yo HO YO Ho a pirates life for me!
Hello!!
Kazi is doing really well. She has fully recovered from her op and even put on a little weight so her ribs aren’t sticking out so much anymore. Her new favourite past time is playing chasey around the perimeter of our house. My hubby shall get very very fit! She has a lot of nightmares though. Does anyone know if this is normal?
I’ve posted some pics of her new best friend on my vox and I’ll put some more up on the weekend too. Some before and after pics of her ribbies. (I was obsessing about that and I’m still recovering – actually, now I’m obsessed watching for any signs of her being overweight – she’s nowhere near being overweight, probably still underweight – I really need to chill out sometimes)
http://cyanide.vox.com
Oh and Annie, nice incomplete sentences there!! You have skill.
hey fred actually the one with the fish and doggie day care was courtesy of Theo. Metsie and I were kind of teasing Teho. she threatened to go to the kitty licking dog ears and start a nuf war cause it has been very quiet on the posts today and then I agreed we should go over there becasue clearly Teho wasn’t working very hard today or something like that..(perhaps exactly that) and she got her Teho’d changed to Been’d and i got, well the fish thing.
I am glad to hear Kazi is doing well. Those aren’t really night mares more like doggie dreams of chasing prey and such. or so they say. I think when they are young their dreams are more vivid. All our dogs have done that.
On the fattening her up and not getting her too fat issue just check with your vet as to the proper amount of food and feed her that amount. And walk her at least 45 minutes a day. she and you both will stay slim and trim.
Thanks Annie! That’s a lot like children who seem to have more vivid dreams than adults. Kazi whimpers in her sleep and trembles, that’s why I thought she had nightmares. She also runs and last night she rocked herself back and forth which was very entertaining.
I thought you must have got Teho’d, I couldn’t quite work out what you might have originally said though.
hey if you haven’t been to Teho’s blog the kittens go back to the Humane society on Saturday and then hopefully get adopted.thats our saturday your Sunday? I get so confused with the time zones
Yeah, my sunday. So Sad! I shall have a look.
hey I gotta go to bed. Have fun fred talk to you tomorrow
YAY! Bleen post of the day!
Today is “leave work early day”. I kid you not. It’s normally June 2nd, but since it’s a caturday this year, they moved it to June 1st. You may use one of these random excuse generators so you can observe this holiday. http://www.rustygeorge.com/holidays/office/
http://www.weaselcircus.com/funpages/randomexcuse.shtml
Oh
My
God!
I didn’t get the captcha on the previous post! It’s the very bleen time!!! YAAAAY!
Oh
My
God!
I didn’t get the captcha on the previous post! It’s the very bleen time!!! YAAAAY!
Oh
My
God!
I didn’t get the captcha on the other previous post either so that when it didn’t load and I ity refresh, I got a double post in!! YAAAAAAAAY!!!!
STOPPIT!
Teddy, everything okay? Are you having a bad morning?
Oh
My
God!
Theehee is in a bad moodie!
[rolleyes]
[rollerblades]
And Laney is in a particularly good moodie! Almost Caturday peeps!
Yeppers, TGIF. ‘Nuff said.
I seem to be feeling very posty this morning. I don’t usually comment much on other pics. Have you noticed – I hafta whisper here so I don’t jinx it – (*I’m not getting captchas; I think there are less of them in the mornings.*).
Actually I’m pretty sure TypePad just changed the way they do their spam-detection work, and I mean they JUST changed it, like last night. I was able to post a URL in a comment this morning WITHOUT a Captcha check, and that’s unprecedented.
Helene I don’t know where you find all these great sites.
Apparently I’ve been wasting time working, when I could have been surfing.LOL
I can has correct punctuation, plzkthx. I should’ve ended my sentence on the last post with a question mark. Doh.
Wait, I think, maybe. I dunno, there’s all kinds of stuff wrong with that one. Uh-oh, I’m rambling. Sorry.
LOL Metsies.
Nowwaitaminute… Hey!
Actually I have a real confession. .
I’m home today. I work per diem and this week I only worked 2 days.
I’ve heard the expression, but what exactly does ‘er diem mean?
^ PER diem
it means you work when needed. In my case I’m paid hourly and I only go in on days where there is work for me. (I assist 2 accountants with bookkeeping and stuff.)
A lot of nurses are on a “per diem” list which means they get called when someone is out or an extra is needed becuase of high volume
OMG I just went to classmates.com b/c I recieved a message that someone new from my HS joined. The new person?
Last name :Message
First name: Error
I can’t stop laughing!
You guys – my ex-boyfriend (who is a great guy) and I co-owned Buddy when I first had him. It’s been about 4 1/2 years since we broke up and Buddy and I moved across the country.
Turns out he was recently surfing the web and saw Bud’s post thinking “That looks like Buddy. That IS Buddy!” How funny! Maybe just to me, I don’t know.
He can tell people he knew him before he was the famous
couchstraddlerpawdangler!
that’s funny
Kate- I love it
Pretty soon Buddy’s kittenhood friends will come out of the woodwork, wanting a piece of him.
Tell me Mr. Tiger, you say that you used to play hide n seek with all the time and he was just like a regular kitty?
Yeah, he will probably go on Larry King demanding visitation on the grounds that Bud always loved him more.
Which is actually kinda true. It’ll be a bitter dispute a la Basinger v. Baldwin fer sure.
Ok, not really. But I’m bored and I need drama in my head at the moment.
I was out playing golf today for funs not because I actually know how. It was a work related thing. Had a blast, had beer and margaritas while playing. Must be the best way ever to play golf.
Helene I love that random excuse maker it is fun to play and comes up with strange and bizare excuses.
Kate Buddy’s fame is spreading near and far =D
My Buddy
by Dorothy Krusky
I feel your warmth against my leg,
you purr softly in the quiet of the night.
Your ears relax, it’s time to nap
after all you’ve bird watched all day long.
Oh, how you love to peek outside
waiting for the early birds to awaken
There’s no time for food, no time for play
no, you’re on duty, you must not fail.
This job is not just any job
but one that needs full concentration.
You do it well, one hundred percent
now you’re tired and need the rest.
I love to watch you as you sleep
such a perfect little creature.
That face so gentle, ever so sweet
you know you are one special cat.
Hi Anna – do u have a cat named Buddy? Is he a black and white?
Hey peeps- haven’t had time to read the comments or nuthin, I have been ill,(major migriane, Lookin at the compy hurts muh eyes- been going on 5 days now) and the server with our websites on them died, and then we found out our backups were corrupt. Not a good state of affairs at our place. Just wanted to thank Helene for leaving the nice note on Cutebabyfix, I have not died (yet) and hopefully I will have more time to post once the kids are done with school.
You haven’t won, darlink, I *weel* be last…
Fixies, I hope you feel better. It just hasn’t been the same around here…
I posted new kitten pix on my vox
http://oaklandcat.vox.com/library/photos/
CBF -feel good soon. We all miss ya!
Fixies, hope you feel better soon, we all miss you!
CBF – Get well wishes from me also.
Monday BLEEN!
Hi Helene….and every one
G’morning (yawn, stretch, groan).
Well, right to business. Since Sheba and Sister had their “encounter” Sheba has developed a bald spot between her shoulders with a bit of a sore in the middle. I’ve seen her licking it a couple of times (doing the kitten 180 thing like the case of the mistaken tocks posted today). Is this a nervous thing? She’s also got some sores around her neck as if she’s compulsively scratching. I’ve trimmed the hair a little around them and occasionally put neosporon on them so she won’t give herself an infection.
I’d give the Humane Society (is that where you got her?)a call. The only cat I had that did that had allergies and it was obvious why he did it. (Flaking skin and whatnot)
hey peeps, heads up…
I want to unlink this thread in favor of a permanent link to CO’s Meebo chat room. This place:
http://www.meebo.com/room/cuteoverload/
I have no plans to close comments here, just so’s y’know, unless something weird happens, like it gets targeted by spammers (which actually happens a lot to old un-closed comment threads, and not even just on Cute Overload).
But, that big fat OCOOTDOAUE link will probably go “poof!” soon. You might want to bookmark the “permalink” in your own personal browser favorites, if you haven’t already.
– Ed.
Ed, not sure I want to use the chatroom, this has a slower pace.
Two things:
1) “Ed.” stands for Editor
2) just bookmark this post and keep using it…
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/04/look_whispers_a.html
sniff…ok. I suppose Buddy and I have had as good a run as anyone could hope for.
But I’m still going to check this cuz I don’t like the chatroom a whole lot. Not conducive to workday conversations. But all the best to those who are moving on!
I’ll still be on stuffedandshaved, too.
I hope this does stay up… I can’t chat and work and I like being able to go back and read what’s happening with everybody.
And of course, I lurve Buddy.
Got it Theo,(Ed.) I will be sure to bookmark it at home and on my work computer. I too like coming here as it is a slower pace and the chat doesn’t work for me at work. I have to grab a peek between jobs.
CBF hope you are feeling better soon.
Kate I am going to still check here too.
Brinnann, IT sounds like she got scratched in their little scirmish. Just keep doing the neosporin, IT should heal up in a couple of days.
If it is an allergy then she could possibly be allergic to food or something in her new environment.
But I am guessing scratches from the fight you saw or some other fight when you werent around.
And don’t worry even when they get along they tend to play rough with each other.
The one between her shoulders didn’t begin with a sore, though. And it’s not even really a scratch, but she’s licked off all the hair around it, and I’m wondering if over-licking has caused the sore. The ones around her neck could likely be allergies as they look similar to ones my aunt’s cat had.
(T)Ed. — I know. And I bookmarked a long time ago.
Kate — It’s not the end, I’m rebelling against (T)Ed’s suggestion to move to the chat room. (sit down on the floor, crosses her arms) “Make me!”
I did the switcharoo thing on the kitters to let Sheba have the run of the house (and spend more time with Honey), and Sister has to stay in the front bedroom now. I read somewhere that it helps speed up the acceptance process.
heehee, I like calling him T(Ed.).
I posted this link yesterday but was a tad vague– these are pix of PNBF’s mamacat and kittens, who are finally old enough to play!
http://oaklandcat.vox.com/library/photos
Brinnann Sounds like you have it pretty much in control. Poor Darin gets chased by all teh girls and I have taken to stopping it as much as I can.
I am with Helene and am not switching to the Chat room.
Crosses arms and sits on floor next to Lanie.
Teehee T(Ed.) I like that one and the teddy Bear one too is good(Tbear)
Okie, I can’t wait to get home to see those.
The weekend in a nutshell :
-Guess you woke up her boyfriend by yelling “911!” in her sleep Saturday morning?
-Guess who got bitten by a mosquito right where her shoe rubs when she walks?
-Guess who won a huge BBQ in a contest yesterday?
No, you did not wake up yelling 911!!! That must’ve been one heck of a dream!
btw, *sits on floor and pouts with the rest of the gang*
Yes I deed! I was with my parents and we took a wrong train. We were the only ones in the train and we noticed that it was going the wrong way. so we got out while it was moving only to realise that my dad forgot the little girl that was with us. I yelled 911 so my mom or dad would call and get the autorities to stop that train!!
Hmm, a little abandoned girl? (calls therapist)
Laney, you’re feeling abandoned by T(Ed).
Snif, T(Ed) is ignoring us!
I love this thread… http://www.dropline.net/cats/kitty/im-a-fucking-cat
I know I’m late to this party, but would there be a wee bit of room on the floor for me to have a temper tantrum?
Helene – You won a BBQ? how exciting what kind?
Metsie, there’s no such thing as too late in my world. I’m generally late for everything.
Metsies, I think it’s propane, and it’s probably stainless. The contest details said it was worth 1000$CAN. Niiiiiice. I’m getting it tonight, the MAYOR is coming to my house! (It was a city event with the BBQ as a prize)
wow, Helene, exciting weekend!
(that’s fine. They can remove our link, they can spam us, but we ain’t budging.)
Sweet…
Dude…
Hell no we won’t go…
Hell no we won’t go…
Hey man let’s take over the registrar’s office….
(I may have really dated myself here)
sorry, didn’t get that one
it refers to demonstrations during the 60′s and 70′s against the Vietnam war on college campuses.
oh I see your “dude” and raise you a “sweet”
Now I’m truly convinced of my captcha conspiracy theory. I had no captchas whatsoever until about an hour ago, thus proving that the captchas are just too lazy to do anything in the morning.
“But what does mine say?”
and where’s the car….
well gotta go to my car (I wonder where I left it) and leave.
I vote you guys stay here so I can continue lurking!
(crickets chirp) Erm…
No lurking… parteesapasheoun iz rekwestd, plzkthx.
Mets — looks like there’s a sign on the Registrar’s door, here… sez “Nobody’s asking you to leave.” Door’s closed, though. In fact [squinting] …it looks like they moved.
HEhehe, Not to worry Metse I got the registrars office joke. OOps dated myself too.
R.Moore no Lurking you must be a part of the joy.
And Helene you really shouted out 911?? and presumably the child was fine?? OMG best story ever.
Oh and Congrats on winning the BBQ (turns green with BBQ Envy)
Brinnann you totally rock on comments today. Love the owl ones.
[imagining green BBQ now]
[no longer hungry]
Teho, You no like Green Eggs and Ham?
I will not eat them in a car,
I will not eat them near or far.
Mmmm….pulled pork samich from the BBQ….dinner too far awaaaay….
*also on floor with Lanie and crew*
And I love “hell no, we won’t go” but I prefer a protest chant we used in DC which I cannot say due to previously banned names.
By the way T(Ed.) you out did your self up there.
I am impressed. And I want to Know how you think this stuff up so fast. I wish I could do that.
(Goes back to sitting on floor with everyone else Chanting Hell no we won’t go)
Annie — what, because I remember Green Eggs and Ham?? d00d, Dr. Seuss’s real name was Theo, I’d *better* be able to drop a quote or two.
Kate — banned names?? …somebody named their kid “First” maybe? Hell, I’d protest that too.
Theo. Cricket Chirps(R.Moore Post)
Metsakins (Missing Car) and Brinnann But what does mine say.
Those had nothing to do with you. Not A thing??
Hmmm I have obviously been inhaling too much printer ink at work today.
Annie – that was us on our own.
(At least I thought it was us…well mine was me…)
*feels really confused*
Thanks Metsie, Obviously end of long day for me; and I wasn’t there when everyone posted, so wasn’t sure IF T. changed things.
::::Jaye enters, looks around in bewilderment at the protesters::::
Um, gang? You do know you’re protesting something that hasn’t actually happened, right…?
Annie – some of it would not make sense unless you saw the really bad movie “Dude, where’s the car”
which was pretty funny
Jaye – Initially we weren’t protesting. We were just being stubborn. But sometimes these things get a life of there own. MOb mentallity and stuff…
Annie, T(Ed) hasn’t edited any of my comments (yet). He’s good, but not that good.
I’m so happy! All three of my girls peacefully coexisted in the same room last night!
Wow Peeps, you surely dated yourselves. I guess I also dated myself by not getting any of your references. And I also geographically outed myself (meaning I don’y know many american cultural references that are pre-1990s because not only was I too young, I didn’t speak English before the end of my teens either)
And Annie, I don’t know if the child was fine or not, because I woke up when I yelled 911 and my boyfriend asked what was going on, thus ending my dream. But I went back to sleep right away. He didn’t. Bwahahah!
Grunt, I get captchas again.
Brie – congrats on the girls being nice!
Theo – we had previously banned the name of our current “president”
Metsakins, Annie – I’m right there with you on the 70s political references. Sadly, I “get” those more than the ones I should remember. I think I was born in the wrong decade cuz I don’t remember a damn thing about Reagan.
Kate of course you don’t remember much about Regan he was beloved but didn’t do a lot of Memorable things altho he did make lovely speeches and took credit for stuff that wasn’t really his doing.
Missed the Dude where is my car Movie. I just couldn’t bring myself to go watch a movie aimed at 13 year old boys.(Having watched my share of these already I was in no mood for it at the time)
Helene, I am glad you learned english cause I don’t know french well except the important words like Crepe, and filet’ and Fricasie, and any other food word.
Brie, It will get better and better with the girls .
Jaye, We were just caught up in the moment of crowd mentality. Of course we have all already bookmarked the page. but it was fun to lodge our protest.
Now come sit down with us while we give Theo A bad time.
I think the key part of Reagan’s term was that he didn’t really screw anything up like all of his successors. Bush Sr. was kinda like that too, I think.
Heh…thanks, Annie, but I’m swamped today. Anyway, I can give him a bad time (or a good one) at home.
Oh dear, Jaye. That sure does sound naughty (or is that just me?).
It’s not just you. She’s a dirty, dirty girl, she is. In fact, she’s actually a GARDENER.
Brinnann I was going where you were going!
Theo You lucky dog you! And A beautiful Garden too!
Some guys have all the luck!
Oh my, gardeners are the worst. Kinky!!!
Oh and regards Regan he left us with a Huge Huge National Debt. Like all presidents some good some bad.He really did give lovely speeches. Very Stirring.
Don’t make me make the garden tool reference, peeps…
Brinnann, But you must You must
Don’t make me make the garden tool reference, peeps…
oops, captcha made me double
Well, you know what they say…Hoes belong in the garden.
And I’m sure there’s some way to reference the term ‘garden’ to T(Ed.).
But then I’d have to change it to “Gardens belong in the hoes.”
T(ed)’s just being rakish.
T(ed.)’s sowing his wild oats
he’s furrowing his brow
IN defense of my knowledge of the Dude movie. I was doing laundry and matching socks and flipping channels and it was a good movie to match socks to. Even my kids were too old to see that movie.
Brie -great news about the kitties. The two I have left are getting along better than they did when Handsome had just died.
IN defense of my knowledge of the Dude movie. I was doing laundry and matching socks and flipping channels and it was a good movie to match socks to. Even my kids were too old to see that movie.
Brie -great news about the kitties. The two I have left are getting along better than they did when Handsome had just died.
captcha made me do it.
and Brinnann captcha was wide awake this morning at 7 am est
now I gotta go out, but I’ll try to think of clever gardening joke while I’m gone.
OMG you guys!
*tries to find a kinky garden refence*
Oh! Oh! I got one!
Jaye likes to “grow” zucchini!
Crap Helene I am at work LMAO.
Helene, your joke made me turn beet red!
When your squash get hard, you know it’s time to harvest them. Just don’t let them go soft again; it’s difficult to get them to regrow early enough.
Brie! Your In-U-N-D’oh is so much better than mine!
Heehee, thanks. Squash seemed like a good euphemism.
Who knew gardening had so much enuendo in it.
Ohhh I got another one
Trimming the bushes
mowing the lawn
Hee, this is almost as bad as Laney’s fishy post; maybe worse.
IT’s a good thing none of those crazy people who are always worried about their children reading PG13 aren’t around.
You could go with the whole melon theme too
He tasted her sweet ripe melons.
What fishy post?
Oh, right.
Did you see it Theo? (http://clawsmopolitan.vox.com )
OMG, guess what…baby echidnas are called PUGGLES!
OMG, guess what…baby echidnas are called PUGGLES!
What are baby what you said and puggles Really???
Too funny
Holy Pin cushions batman.
http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/animals/ECHIDNAS.htm
Still the best ever baby name Puggle
Echidnas are like a cross between a platypus, a porcupine, and an anteater, live mostly in Australia (w/all the other crazy animals). They have weird feet and lay eggs like a platypus, have spikies like a porcupine, and eat termites & such through a long snout kinda like an anteater. They look like basketball-sized sea urchins, but they’re mammals.
FAAAAAAAQ! Curse teh captcha! Keel eet, I say, KEEL EET!
FAAAAAAAQ! Curse teh captcha! Keel eet, I say, KEEL EET!
Hehehe. I been struggling with the captcha all day and at work really sucks cause my monitor is not as nice as the one at home so half the time I know I put in the wrong letter or number.
Echidnas, also called spiny ant-eaters, are monotremes, which is Latin for *utter freaks of nature.* Mammals that lay eggs, and excrete milk. The babies lick it off their mother’s fur.
My SO loves them.
As for garden jokes, I still love recommending to people to read the Song of Solomon. Good, solid biblical pornography.
Hey, look what magically appeared on the interweb!
http://cutetalk.informe.com/index.php
In case you’re interested.
Our garden is at the moment a very large mud puddle due to long term drought followed by a night of driving rain. How does this fit into these inuendos? How far into the gutter shall we venture?
Ps. pics of my sweet lovebird on vox today if you want a break from captchas
http://cyanide.vox.com
Kate that would be mud wrestling. By the way wow. your picture of bean is awesome. It truly is perfection
Yes, I was pretty chuffed when I saw how well it came out. Very proud of myself for 5 seconds.
beautiful picture Fred…looks snorgable
and … I’m in the process of setting up a vox account, so you will be able to see my fluffy children (here and departed)
“Driving” rain, Fred? Wow, that must’ve been one wild night.
Metsakins it is about time. Post Post Post.
Fred I hope you dry out soon. Well except for the mud wrestling hole.
Hi Brinnann.
Oh, finally, I’m not alone anymore.
I was lurking in the shadows.
Captcha must die.
Helene you have to tell us about the mayor coming to your house
Yes Helene, we wants details and a bbq dinner. I’ll bring the cole slaw…..
I’ll make tater salad (okay, so I don’t really use the word ‘tater’, but it sounded good).
Ummm I love Tato salad do you make the kind with mustard and sweet pickles. It is my favorite
Ohh And I am bringing Beer. and wine a lovely pinot noir and for the white wineres a pinot grigio.
Well, I’ve not made it since I moved out – always helped mom make it, but I hafta leave out the eggs (I’m allergic).
What about dessert? What are we having?
Sorry, I has teh dumb…PUDDING of course!
I hope Fixies is better and she can come too….
Should we invite T(Ed.) & Jaye? They might be working in the garden that day.
must have pudding must have T(Ed.) and Jaye.
No Eggs???
is sad for you!
My parents have always had chickens, so I ate eggs almost every morning, but I was also constantly sick. Mom had me tested for allergies when I was about 6, and we found out why I seemed to be on the verge of flu all the time. Thankfully it wasn’t the kind of allergic where you swell up and can’t breathe. Now, sometimes when they bring breakfast to work that has those biscuits & croissants filled with scrambled eggs, I eat one anyway then make sure I take an Allegra when I get home. If I don’t I’ll just kinda feel like crap for a few days.
*clears throat*
yes gardening
I totally understand. I am allergic to wheat. My whole life I used to get these horrible cramps in my stomich. Like you can’t move forward cramps and I had horrible athlets foot that I couldn’t get rid of, among other things. I figured it out when I was doing the adkins diet,( a lot of my symptoms cleared up) and finally quite eatting it most of the time. What a difference. My athlets foot cleared up and no more heartburn no more cramps, no more ulcer either. But man when cookies or pie or Donuts show up (my Favorite) IT is very hard to not eat them.
Sorry got to rambling on but at any rate for you I can sacrifice eggs in my potatoe salad.
No cookies, pie, or donuts?!? OMG, I feel so sorry for you!
I tried Adkins, but I love carb-based foods too much.
They can forgo (gardening) for barbeQue.
Even if it is (gardening)
Hello BAR-B-Que!
Need I say More!!!
I suppose they could take home some leftovers and use the BBQ sauce to make their *ahem* gardening better.
Brinn I do occassionally partake but have to decide and live with consequences.
So it has to be home made or I usually pass or a long time between.
I gave up the adkins too because I missed my vegies and fruit too much.
Brinn TOo sticky… Maybe more fun Hmmmmmmmm……
Pudding would probably make gardening more fun, too. And it’s not as sticky as BBQ sauce, Annie.
Nod Nod
Wink Wink
nudge nudge
say no more! Say no more!
and u guys are starting to gross me out LOL
Pudding? only if it is Cozy Shack Chocolate. Yumm Yumm
Metsie where are you again I always forget New York Area?
50 miles north of NYC
my daughter lives near you
Annie, pudding has to be a certain brand? Hell, I’m happy with just pudding. Though I must admit, I’ve not used it for gardening yet (sorry Metsie, had to do it!).
Obviously I lead a boring life as my gardening has not included pudding or BBQ sauce. altho.. we have had some fun in the garden gardening.
Brinnann to try the cozy shack is to be a convert. it is bar none the most awesome pudding. I will eat most any kind but Cozy SHack is um ummmmm goood
Damn Captchas sorry for the double post
Unfortunately, I haven’t incorporated BBQ or pudding into my gardening yet, and I don’t know if I will anytime soon. My garden needs rain, like Fred’s did, but since I’m the new girl I must sit like a proper lady with my hands in my lap whilst I wait for the handsome coworker to notice me.
Okay since we are on pudding, everyones Favorite Flavor?
Mine of course is chocolate followed by Butterscotch. Of course I do like the green pistachio kind too.
Ohh the handsome Coworker!!!!. Details Girl.
Pudding: chocolate, then vanilla, never tried pistachio, but since I like pistachios I’d prolly like it
Handsome coworker: 34 (eh, what does 8 years matter?), tall, dark hair, bright eyes, can always make me laugh…
Don’t have the full details (only been here for 2 months); I know he’s not married, and I’m pretty sure he’s single but not positive; dunno if he’s ever been married; he’s in outside sales, so sometimes he’s out of the office for a few days at a time, but when he is he always has to call in for something which makes my day.
What did I leave out?
all I want to know is why would you buy anything but the KozyShack cinammon rice with raisans. If you’re gonna eat chocolate puddin’ you should get My-T-Fine and cook it. I guess things are way stranger on the west coast than I thought
LOL
Metsie. Got no My T Fine to cook.
sounds yummy
Brie, No 8 yrs not too much. hmmm and you haven’t hit on him yet???? Why????
You need to learn the bend and snap!! go rent Legally blond watch it and start practicing it has a 98% rate of return. Hahaha
Oddly, a few years ago I would’ve done so long before now. But over time I’ve become extremely shy where it once used to be impossible to embarass me.
my hubby is 10 years older than me and my 23 yr old duaghter is dating a 33 yr old.
I never noticed the age difference betw. hubby and I until he retired last year
I personally have no problem with the age difference, but I don’t know if it would bother him.
I personally have no problem with the age difference, but I don’t know if it would bother him.
There are 11 years between my sister and her beau. My mum and stepfather are 17 years apart. I’m a year older than my SO.
Also annie, I’m also allergic to wheat! I’ve been on a resistant streak lately, so it actually doesn’t bother me unless I eat something with a lot of bran. At one point, though, even white bread on a sandwich would make my stomach cramp up.
R. Moore – I see you’ve been lurking again….
*looks over shoulder and under furniture*
LOL
I spend the day in meetings and I come back to talks of gardening. Really, you guys have no shame.
Before gardening we were planning a bbq at your house…
Wouldya like to know when we’re coming over….
No need, you can drop in the middle of the night!
Nope, no shame at all…
I wonder if Mr. Handsome Coworker has a green thumb…
*Pssst, look under the couch!*
And my heavens, I will never be able to hear my mother say she was gardening on Sunday without shuddering again. Naturally my sister made it worse by somehow dragging cacti into a conversation, and marrying cacti, and then have babies with cacti… And suddenly eating prickly pears sounds horribly dirty.
R. Moore, have you met ceiling cat?
Oh, that was terrible, but oh-so easy!
(Comes In Shakes Head) R.Moore R.Moore Cacti? HEhehe
I love Prickly Pear.
Brinn. My Hubby and I are 6 Years apart. Only time it is a real factor is some of the music I listen to he didn’t and then when we were raising our girls and he thought I ought to stay home not work.
I couldn’t stand it. I love to work and have except for 2 years when 2 babies would have been prohhibitive in day care costs.
It was all my perverse sister!
I wrote a cheap romance novel for NaNoWriMo last year (or at least the first half of one) and the forums gave many more euphemisms than I could ever think up. I believe “man root” was my favorite.
Well, I’m done with work now so I’m leaving. I have to stop at the gardening supply store on the way home to pick up some stakes. I’m going to need to tie up some things that are drooping…
Metsie. You go have fun.
R.Moore Man root is definately an interesting euphamism. And fits in with our whole gardening theme.
You wrote a romance novel. How Fun.
http://metsakins.vox.com/
Okay didn’t do a blog or nuthin’. Just posted pix for now.
R.Moore man root? that slays me!
Damn time difference! I miss out on all the fun!
In pint form:
– In hindsight, I can’t believe I wrote “Driving rain” up there! HOW EMBARRASSING! I wasn’t even trying to be rude!!!I couldn’t be that rude if I tried!!
- Metsakins, I love the picture of – dang mind blank – the middle kitty all stretched out. So cute!! By the way, if you tried to snorgle Bean he’d bite your face off – not the most approachable of birds – he’ll let you scratch his belly sometimes – then latch onto your finger – SUCKER!! Cheeky sh*t.
- Can we have pudding with no chocolate? That’s my allergy.
[butterscotch works! - Ed.]
- 8 years between me and hubby, perfect difference I reckon.
- It stopped raining this morning, our garden is going to go ballistic now – so we’ll need to do LOTS of gardening . .
Pretend I said all this at the relevent points in the conversation!
“pOint form” Fred, learn English
Hi Fred, no no you do the gardening while it is raining.
Oh you mean real gardening.
here is my favorite garden tool
http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/ahd4/A4scuffl.jpg
it is a scuffle hoe. Best Hoe ever. lots less work than the other kind. with a full acre We need it. That and the weed eater.
MEtsakins I love teh tiger kittys tummy! It is just wanting to be tickled.
Fred, I liked “pint form.” I thought it kinda worked.
Mets do you have 4 kitties!?? Mmmmm. Jealous.
Had 4 kitties, sob,sob…
Mets (hence the screen name) was hit by a car 3 years ago. She was a great cat. Loved everybody, didn’t mind strangers. Once, some new people moved in down the road and invited us all over for a drink. Mets followed us up there, and waited on the back deck until we went home.
to continue…In the picture of the boys, the black and white is Handsome (or bubbsy) who we had euthanized on March 23. He was in kidney failure, unable to regulate his blood sugar and a cancer survivor.
That leaves Huggy (Huggums) and Solomon (marmalade cat in Bubsy’s arms)
Handsome’s death I think has been hardiest on Solly. Mets was his mother but she wuold have nothing to do with him once she got spade. First he turned to me for comfort (Kneading my chest and sleeping there) but he found that Handsome provided him the most comfort. He preferred Handsome out of the whole family and would leap off my lap to go get licked by him.
Metsie, those are 4 very beautiful fluffy children. I’m sorry to hear about Mets & Handsome. I guess that’s the worst part of having pets – they don’t live as long as we do, but we have to accept it.
I just overheard a very odd conversation I must comment on, if only because I can’t join the conversation myself (working). A group of citizens somewhere in Texas is starting a petition to secede (sp?)from the rest of the US. I was aware that Texas is the only state that has this option – to become its own country – but I never really thought people would attempt it. I’m not sure how I feel about it; I’m kinda on the fence, what with all that’s been going on around us.
do’t know a thing about it.
Look on the web and found this
http://www.texassecede.com/
So the Civil War wasn’t so much about slavery as it was about money?
I guess that’s why many Texans proclaim that the rebel flag is about freedom, not race.
Oh, and one more thing, the first part of my last captcha was “pug.” Does anyone else ever try to make words out of the captchas?
*crickets*
Really busy that’s why I haven’t been responding in reference to captcha I’ve noticed
“666″ “std” and other stuff I can’t remember now
oh and the std came up whiile we were talkin’ ’bout gardenin’
OMG, this is so ridiculously sad…I’m looking @ wedding dresses online when I should be working, and I don’t think I’ll even be married in the next five years.
HEy Brinnann I do all teh time and sometimes they totally match either what I was posting about once it was almost my name. That’s when I thought T(Ed.) was doing them once in a while as a joke, but no I guess it is a computer generated program. But also I get lots of q’s in my captchas too. and sometimes I swear I get the same captchas
Did you find any nice ones.
Wedding dresses
Oh, I found at least a half dozen on just the Maggie Sottero site. I just found the Reem Acra page and am about to start searching it. I used to work part time at a bridal & formal boutique.
Brie – how old r u ?
Ew, bad idea. Most of their new stuff is awful. They’re just good at the details.
26
You’re so young…. MY kids are 23 and 25 an’ they better not be thinkin’ ’bout gettin’ married
I’m afraid I’m gonna be the crazy cat lady…I seem to already be working my way there.
Annie – lots of q’s here 2!
Brie – marriage isn’t always the answer to that
ask my kids!!!
“mom stop talking to the cats, you really sound like a crazy lady”
and then of course there’s video I took of the feral cats in a park in Israel. I got up early and bought them food and started talking to them and I videoed it. my kids have been threatening to send that to doctors for years
Heehee – I’m 26, too, Brie! I worry a little bit about marriage and becoming a crazy cat lady, but then I look at my dating history and my freedom and the husbands of all my friends/family…and I’m SO HAPPY. Seriously. Buddy is all I need for emotional support and I’ve talked to my family about my adopting a child if I’m not married by maybe 32-33.
Yeah MArriage does not stop the talking thing. I think it comes from having babies. I never talked to myself or the cats really until after I had the girls. You have to talk to them to help them learn Language and so you start telling them about what you are doing and all kinds of just drivel and before you know it, It’s a habit.
And very hard to break.
Ohh the captcha thing I do that with car licenses too. In CA every one has those vanity plates that spell out stuff so I go around trying to read everyones License plate and sometimes a regular one will be making a word and number combination like last night one was 5fiv264 or something like that and i was trying to figure out what the last 3 numbers were for then I realised it was a regular plate.
Marriage isn’t all its cracked up to be. Arguments about money arguments about family traditions, who is doing what chore, who is disciplining the kids, and the list goes on and on. and you end up with a majority of the house work any way.
Of course it has its plus sides a good friend all the time a partner for everything . a warm snuglgy body and then there is the gardening.
Metsies, can you add you url to your name when you post comments, that way it’ll be easier to go check out your kittehs whenever we feel like it.
I’m 33. Not married, living common law for 12 years (very common in Quebec) with an age difference of only 4 years (he’s older). Sometimes it feels like 10. Because he was bilingual at 5, so he watched all the American tv shows of the 70s and 80s. I only watched some of the 80s shows that were translated in French. He saw a lot of movies of that period, I didn’t.
I also talk to my kittehs. I even sing songs in moew-meows. I should sue Rap-Cat (http://rap-cat.com/ )
thanks i’m new to this whole thing.
(funny thing..I have a degree in computer science, but its so old, like me, 49, that nothing I learned applies)
34 here and well on my way to becoming crazy cat lady!! I used to not want kids, but my best friend went and had a baby, which seemed to kick-start my own biological clock.
Brie-you should ask your cute coworker which wedding dress he likes
I wish I could chat more today guys…I’m swamped
HI Kate…u missed the bbq at Helene’s house. Now you can see the picture of my black & white kitty..
Ha! He’s actually doing sales calls in West Texas (about 4 or 5 hours from here), otherwise I don’t think I’d feel brave enough to look at them.
Yeah, I swear I can actually hear the clock sometimes…
Hey you guys who do you think the other person (Not THeo and Not Meg ) who is posting pictures is. I know a while ago Theo said they were bringing someone else on.
Wait let me go find the newest clue. (Runs away to check the other posts)
(returns with all kinds of stuff from the pupy post)
Interestingly enough, I don’t think this was a Meg post either. (and no, wasn’t me)
CSO, represent?
Posted by: Theo | Jun 07, 2007 at 08:11 AM
So there’s a third poster?
Posted by: brinnann | Jun 07, 2007 at 08:14 AM
And the CSO but with out a way to go see their profile!
He is a golden retriever puppy!
Posted by: CSO | Jun 07, 2007 at 09:56 AM
This is the place where the prarie dog should pop up with Dramatic music …. Duhn Duhn Dunnnnnn.
I’m not sayin’ how old I am
But I look at wedding stuff all the time. And I actually want to be a crazy cat lady some day. I also want to be like the grandma in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Only I’ll probably be muttering something other than Greek.
And on the captcha, I don’t usually get words, but yesterday I got “BFG” which amused me.
Hi R. have you been lurking again?
Forgive the blonde moment, but what’s BFG?
Big F*** Guy?
Baloney Fried goobers?
Bagels Frenchfries and gobstoppers??
BBQ Free Gardening?
Big Friendly Giant! It’s classic children’s literature!
http://www.roalddahl.com/
OMG how could I miss that. I even read that to my kids.
Shame, shame.
Just FYI… “CSO” is Meg Shorthand for “Chief Sister Officer”, which is to say, Amy. She’s usually kind of a silent partner; I’ve heard she does a lot of the photo prep on the Official Submissions.
I’ve never met her, either, but I suspect she & Meg play the occasional set of tennis.
My youngest She is 21 was/is a huge fan.
THEO.
Thanks for the Info. and Thanks for letting us keep our thread if only for a little bit I see the Chat got up there without us getting deleted.
[the link's still going away... I just thought some overlap would make sense - Ed.]
I lurve roald dahl. He’s so twisted. He writes some really bizarre short stories for adults.
I don’t think I read anything by roald dahl.
*blushes*
my daughter read a lot of his books when she was in fourth grade. I did see the movie Witches.
Think I’ll look into his adult stuff, but I’d read a kid’s book anyday.
I love 2 read. Right now I’m reading Anne Rice’s Taltos.
BFG – My favorite book of ALL TIME!!! When Roald Dahl died, I cried. I’ve read everything he ever wrote and I almost own everything he wrote too.
I’m 28, I’ve been married for 5 years and with my hubby for 7. I’ve always been an “old person in a young body”, so when I married young nobody was surprised. (My mum married my dad when she was 16. 36 years later, they still hold hands in the car)We aren’t having kids (couldn’t if we wanted to)We just have our furry and feathery children.
I’ve read Taltos. Did you read the Witching Hour? All the family tree stuff hurt my head.
Metsakins, If you get a chance to read him even the kid stuff you will enjoy it. It has so many levels. To me a lot of even the kid stuff is written on a very adult level. I enjoyed it very much.
Oh yeah, his adult stuff is supposed to be really good (I haven’t read any yet), but his children’s books are fantastic. He was my first favorite British author
Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Glass Elevator (I actually like it better than CCF), the Witches, all great. The Twits is great. Fantastic Mr Fox is great, AND is being turned into a movie by Wes Anderson! Woot!
Oh don’t get me wrong, Im not opposed to reading the kids stuff. Sometimes when I’m in a doctor’s office waiting and I’ve forgotten my book, I’ll look at the kid’s books. My favorite author of all times evah is Dr. Suess. When I was a child he was just writing his children’s books and my gramma would stop in a bookstore on the way to our house and bring me one. And she’d write in the books. (Gramma was a retired firstgrade teacher, so she saw the value of these books.)
As far as Anne Rice goes. I don’t read her vampire books, but she’s written some really good historical fiction, name escapes me. I’m not very far into Taltos and I’m a little confused. But I like a good science fiction read now and then.
Oh and one more thing…speaking of crazy cat ladies…
I sent my daughter a link to my vox page foolishly thinking she’d be pleased b/c Huggy is her cat and people commented on her snorgableness. I’ll just insert the quote from her email…
You are certifiable!!! Keep those cat freaks away from her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So Brie… getting married, reproducing…none of those things will save you from becoming a crazy cat lady if that is your destiny…
I love the Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos…then they tie in with Blackwood (?) Farm and a couple of others, and they incorporate the vampires. If you read them in order, by the time you finish Taltos you start to really understand the family tree. I got into them because my mother is a huge Anne Rice fan and has read all of her fiction books she can get her hands on.
But at least I wouldn’t be the crazy cat lady by myself…I’d have someone to drag into it. BTW, Mr. Handsome Coworker is back in the office today
true…
ask him to lunch?!?!
Um, no. I’m chicken, remember? Besides, I think he and my boss (who returned yesterday afternoon from vacation) are leaving around lunch time until Monday.
Hey, I can’t get the kitteh belleh video to load. Anyone else had any luck? I even tried it through YouTube.
Brie, post his email address here and we’ll all write to him saying “Guess who likes you?”.
Heh…yeah, ’cause nothing says “Date Me” like a flood of internet spam.
Oi peeps — who was collecting noteworthy Captcha codes?
Well, I win.
http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/17579/2003540210992542085_rs.jpg
Too funny, T(Ed.)!
Laney, that’d be an absolute fiasco, especially since I work in a very small office where everyone talks about everything.
Theo you’re winning the catcha contest
Brie – I cant get the belly video to load either. Tried thruogh youtube 2!
Jaye, I was on the phone when I saw your comment, I almost laughed out loud!
Brie, well, we wouldn’t actually name you, so that would start the rumor machine and keep everyone guessing. By the end, you would have a whole office cheering for you!
Um, seeing as how there are only 3 women in the office, and the other two are married with children almost my age, I think they’d know it was me.
gotta go talk to every 1 this afternoon
You gotta talk to CCW this afternoon.
huh?
Hmmm, is the following captcha dirty?
tdnbj6 : Teddy no b..
O-Kay! Carry on!
Cute
Co
Worker
And what am I supposed to say?
“Hey sexy, what’s your sign?”
“Hey sweet cheeks, come here often?”
Random pickup line generator : http://www.glossynews.com/tools/pickup.htm
Jaye, I choked on my coffee too funny. And Helene OMG we are supposed to be helping her figure out a way to get his attention, not his ATTENTION(the OMG it is a crazy stalker girl)
Where do you find all these internet generator things. The work excuse one is by far my favorite to date too.
Hahahah
Theo, so far you win the captcha thing but i just got c6ncup so watch out I am going to defete the sex caption you wait and see.
Too late Annie, I already won with my “no bl*w-j*b” captcha.
Brinn, I know you are being shy but here is a suggestion, since he is in the office today what you might try is saying something like oh I am going to the (Beach, play Tennis, on a picnic this weekend, insert an activity you are doing) What are you up too.
Of course in my experience the only way to really get a guys attention short of walking past in the nude is to completely ignore them. I don’t know why this is true but it is.
I think T(Ed.) & Laney are neck & neck on captchas: His was funny because it was so obvious, Laney’s because it’s a creative N-U-N-D’oh.
I try not to pay attention to him when we’re in the same room together, just because I don’t want to be obvious. I have an idea, but timing has to be perfect. Since one of my titles is technically “receptionist” I answer all the phones. When I’m in the back office filing, his phone is the only one set up like mine, thus easier to use, and conveniently located on his desk next to the filing cabinets. So, I just have to be in the right position to lean around him from behind to get the phone rather than from the front of his desk. I’ve found slight body contact to be a very useful tool in these situations. I used to be REALLY good at this, probably due to my lack of need for personal space.
Well yeah to both and since most of them are NUNDoh’s
here is my last one which was funny
empptt (empty)
I think it has benn my all time favorit that I got myself except the one which was my name kind of and it was annmne or something close to that.
Damn, my last captcha was so close to spelling ‘nymph’ http://www.typepad.com/t/comments
So Brie. Basically, you’re telling us you like to get him from behind?
Unfortunately, I don’t think the human anatomy works that way.
Although I wouldn’t mind if the roles were reversed…Wow, too much info?
Well that ought to get some attention. I am sure there is nothing like a set of knockers next to a guys back to get a rise out of him. (Appologies to T(Ed.)
You really could just ask if he wants to get a cup of coffee after work one day. IT couldn’t hurt.
Okay and now you can totally ignore this part as it is probably just my inner MOM self comming out. but you do work in a small office are you sure you want to date a coworker. it can be uncomfortable if things don’t work out.
Sorry just wondering if this may be why he is not asking you out and part of your own hesitation in asking him to go for coffee.
Now that that part is out of the way… Let me interject one other thing… you are in your early 20′s you have only about 60 more years to live and it goes by way too fast…(seriously)
don’t miss out on an oppertunity to meet and get to know someone that could become either a really good friend or a lover.
Don’t wast a moment of the time you have here.
Crap that was like a jeckyl and hyde post now wasn’t it.
As far as the whole ‘being in the workplace’ thing goes, I can’t help but look at this: One of the women I work with met her husband here (he’s a service tech), and one of the men is married to a former receptionist.
And unfortunately, my *ahem* knockers aren’t substantial enough to cause much of a commotion, though I do applaude your explanation that it could ‘get a rise out of him.’
Coffee, alas, is not for me. I love the smell but hate the taste. And I believe if any guy is worth my time he should have to ask me out (I know, very old-fashioned of me), but I don’t mind making a first move.
Well then what are you waiting for. Where is the closest coffee shop? and say hey would you like to go get a cup of coffee with me after work. OR hey I am running over to MCDonalds for lunch want to Come?
I spent the first 22 years of my life being shy. Don’t waste another minute of yours… Because if you don’t ask him you will always wonder…
Brinn Brinn Brinn.They do not have to be substantial. I think Pretty much the thought of what is there is what does it.
Well if you are gonna wait for him then you better do lots of leaning over the back of him etc.
And he’s a saleman so we know he isn’t shy.
I’m such an idiot! Annie, you mentioned earlier asking about weekend plans; he’s asked me on more than one occassion what mine were and I never thought to ask him what he was doing.
But don’t forget, I’m not even sure if he’s completely single. I can’t ask him without raising suspicions.
Brie, Coffee isn’t always coffee. It can sometimes be tea, hot chocolate, or even sex! (See Seinfeld for that last meaning)
He asked you about your weekend plans? Get a clue, chickie!
And knockers don’t need to be substancial, some guys like them small.
I wonder where Theo is? Maybe he’s discussing my I-U-N-d’Oh captcha with Jaye? Or “gardening”? Or “having coffee”?
Helene, T(Ed.) disappears discretly when we start talking about this stuff.
If you can’t take the cats in heat, get out of the garden…
Sadly, I’m sitting here in my office at work, only taking quick glances at CO in between coding some extremely tedious and patience-trying database extracts (and other IT-related schtuffff). Schmoop’s at home today, doing unrelated (but still tedious) schtuffff.
Schmoop? Poor Jaye, now we’re all calling her that.
Pffft… feel free; that’s only a PUBLIC endearment.
I’m much more creative than some old Seinfeld quote in private.
T(Ed.), you dirty little gardener, you.
Jaye, Your Teho is so adorable sometimes.
Makes me realize how really awesome my schmoop is too.
Brinn, I will never think of gardening the same again after all this gardening enuendo!
Yes, that’s right, everyone talk about your schmoops. Gee, thanks. *crosses arms, pouts*
Brinn, In lou of coffee. Ice Cream, Pie. Rollerblading in the park.
Ohhh bike riding and need a big strong body guard to protect you.(Must be said while batting eyes)
HEhehe
I work in a very small office too and had a huge crush on my co-worker…we became friends but I was too scared to go that extra step. Finally, one day we were joking around about how the size of a man’s hands and feet can give you a clue to the size of other…appendages. He pointed to his feet and said “look, I’m a size 13!” So I finally just said, well, “prove it!” tee hee.
Oakie…And then…
Okay one last idea for you. Have a party? BBQ? Picknic with a bunch of friends and invite him. You can cover by inviting all at work or just him. this helps in the finding out if he is attached or available as he will ask if he can bring a friend.
+=Stands next to Brinn with arms crossed looking at Okie===
Yeah Okie and Then?????
….and, well, we were at work so it was an inconvenient time to prove anything. BUT it changed the whole nature of our relationship, and all of a sudden we were flirting.
I eventually decided that I really did not want to date a co-worker, and the crush faded away. However two of my other co-workers met here and got married.
Hey Teho how goes it with the newest resident beast
I know, I know, the end of the story is kind of… anti-climactic.
Awwww….Okie. While I appreciate that the story ended in what was likely the most sensible way, next time just lie to us and say you did it in the next cubicle over.
haha
Hi every 1, I’m back…
metaskins congrats on your Bleen Bleen
I so excited and proud
*takes a bow*
I don’t usually care about these things but it is a challenge here as so many people are on the site. so when I see the opportunity I take it. And it is fun to try to put the dreaded (First) into an actual sentence, and challenging to make it clever and do it really fast before someone else does it.
I was all excited on the pirate pom cause it was clever and everything and I thought I got Bleen but Teho beat me to it.
Yeah there was one time when I thought I got it and I had made such a clever statement and by the time I got through captcha I was like fifth…
That’s why this time I just put a question mark after it.
speaking of speaking like a pirate (aargh). I thought the duckies on walk dee planck would go in that direction but every 1 was so excited about knowing where it was in Toronto that almost no one made pirate comments.
have a good weekend you guys.
I know and I had made so many on the Pom I stayed away from it. Plus I kinda felt like all the Canada people needed a chance to say hi to each other. And wow there are lots of canada folks here. It was fun to read all their posts. It made me want to go ride the train over there and walk around down town.
By Oakie have fun this weekend.
I’ve been with my guy 2 1/2 years now. I met him volunteering. I wooed him by berating and teasing him. My hott polo shirt uniform wasn’t about to whip him into any kind of frenzy, so I took every chance to a) talk to him, and b) not look interested until he thought about it (did I tease the other guys that way? No, I was pleasant and polite with them!).
Is this a word?
http://www.typepad.com/t/comments/captcha/c97f7bfd4472876ef1450e70a4e2ac90.png
khuvza? don’t think so.
I guess while every 1 is coming clean about meeting guys… I met by husband at a Jewish singles breakfast, thought he was a jerk, but I was bored so I went on a motorcycle ride with him. We’re married 25 years now. (Still think he’s a jerk a lot of the time, but thats for another day!)
R.Moore, I don’t think so but I am not sure but I am not as creative as Helene is with her Captchas.
Metsie, ok let me get this straight you married a bad a*** Jewish Motorcycle guy.
My mind just can’t get around all the conflicting information.
He was also in Law enforcement. Strange isn’t it.
Oh well that explains the jerk thing. they get all untrusting of everyone as they mostly deal with bad guys. A friend of mine her Ex. (he is a cop) anyway he can never have a normal conversation with you it always disolves into an interogation.
Crazy!
the question is..does being in law enforcement make you distrust people OR do you choice law enforcement to confirm beliefs you already have?
A question that may never be answered. Like when I tell my family that our way of communicating puts us at a higher risk of schizophrenia. They always just shoot me a look.
And come now, captcha provides hours of entertainment!
I love these how-we-met stories.
R. Moore, I’m using the teasing and berating method with PNBF. It works really well! And fun too
metsakins to make captcha a more enjoyable experience try to make words out of them.
Hmm somehow that sounds dirty.
BWahahaha.
Not all of them will admit it, but guys like to be berated, I swear!
Only my problem is that it’s sometimes hard to tell the level of beration. (Is that a word?) I could be flirting. I could just be showing that I’m comfortable around you after warming up. I could be saying, “Hey, you seem cool enough to take this; let’s be friends!” Or I could be truly saying, “I think you’re stupid, and can see why you’re single.”
I’ve started using a rather unfriendly stare for the last one, but it makes me seem a bit b****y.
Oh, and besides the guys liking it, it builds a good sexual tension, I think. It’s why Pride and Prejudice works.
got 5ykuc8.
yucky
>>Schmoop? Poor Jaye, now we’re all calling her that.< <
Call all you want, but I’m not going to answer…
I put up 2 more pictures today if anyone wants to take a peek…
So quiet today…
R. I was around yesterday but was quiet b/c I thought no one else was around.
*looks under furniture*
LOL
HI everyone I wasn’t around. altho late last nite I lurked . Under the couch.
Geez Metsie I never thought of the Law enforcement thing from the angle that they are already jaded and go into it to prove they are right. Thankfully they are not all like that.
That was said to me by a therapist. I had never thought of that either.
Hellooooo.
Anyone…..?
*looks in closets, checks under beds*
Psst, I’m over here!
Babysitting my wee bonny brother. He’s four and learning about painting and dinosaurs and deep sea biology and literature. His big sisters like reading textbooks to him
ahhh…. 4 year olds r cute 2
Aww 4 year olds. They are cute. Text books… Hahahaha. Now now get out the Dr Seuss. and don’t forget to finger paint too. It is very theraputic. Oh Yeah and Fun.
I am trying to get the flowers i bought into the ground. I have had them for two weeks now, they are starting to get ragged. The first weekend I got them it got too cold. (for me, not the flowers) then last weekend I went to put them in the ground only to find it hard as a rock. Took me all week watering a little every other day to get it soaked into the ground enough to feel I had everything wet enough to plant. Damn solid clay soil. The good thing about it is once the flowers are in they love it. and I only plant drought tolerant stuff any more ohh yeah and gopher proof.
Heh, I got the finger paints out already. Now he’s blowing bubbles. I suppose I should be able to actually visually supervise him as well, though… I can hear him playing well enough. But he is relishing having his sisters home. Mum was worried we’d be too old for him to “really” have siblings. He doesn’t mind four moms though. It was awkward being asked if I was a mother at sixteen, though.
What do you put in clay? I have clay
around the front of my house and its in the shade too. I just put in ferns. A lot of times just wild one although I have some japanese painted ferns that are pretty. Oh and we have a serious deer problem as well… no gophers though.
R. Moore. Try having people think you are 16 with two kids when you are 26. That was always interesting( I look Young.. Well I used to)
Metsa,shade and clay and deer and new york Hmmm . Ferns are always good. Have you tried lilly of the valley yet. oh and bleeding heart. I would recomend Impatients but the deer love those I am guessing as I know the chickens think they are dessert. Also Hydrangas possibly altho they are probably quite tasty too. You could try fuscias. they love the shade, bloom all summer and they are a woody stem so not quite so tasty.
For the sun I do Salvia, marigolds, daisys(alaskan), sweet williams and cosmos.
They are all drought tolerant and love the clay too. The daisys have to be in cages as the gophers find them quite delectable.
IF you don’t have gophers but have sunny and clay soil dahlias are wonderful. I don’t know if deer will eat those but I suspect they will at the very least eat the flowers.
Irises and daffodils are both not very tastey either
Ohh I thought of one more for shade and it is deer reistant Beauty berry.
I love Japanese painted ferns they are so dellicate and unusual looking.
I have lily of valley, they didn’t like the clay, I have them some where else. I only seem to have clay right by the house. I have shasta daisy and wild daisies. Deer like both. They love black eyed susans. Deer enjoy a good dahlia, but I have tons of those. The deer are really out of control, they act as if we justed moved in on their land and took it over. Jeez. I’ll look into the Beauty Berry and yes they enjoy impatients as well. I’ll post a picture of a dahia that I grew last year on my vox page.
Oh and I have Irises and daffodils and they don’t really like those. Not crazy about hyacinthes either. or grape hycinthes.
They LOVE tulips.
YEah I be tthey like gladiolas too. Gophers eat those like no tomorrow.
I have found that pretty much the gophers eat any daisy like flower. and of course tulips dahlias and petunias. And when I was living up near lake Berryessa the deers would even eat the poisenous stuff. They loved Johnny jump ups. Out here the clay isn’t so bad as we are dry most of the year but when we do have a wet year it suffocates alot of plants. Try the fushias. You would probably have to pull them out in the winter as your freezes are a lot harder than my piddling 30 degrees but they do really well in the clay and the shade and they are pretty. Are you in toen or out in the country.
Sorry I meant Town. I know in Pacific grove the deers come right in town and it isn’t unusual to see them right up by peoples houses.
we aren’t there thank God.
We are out on the edge of town surrounded by fields but no deer so far. we do get skunks coons and an occasional possum and occasionally bunnies. But I have seen Bob cats not too far from here and I know if we were out just a little further we would have to watch out for mountain lions.
we are basically in a suburb with no real town (just little strip malls) anywhere near. It was rural here about 25 years ago, but then they electrified the train from NYC and cut the commute, etc., etc.
I’ve had deer walk on my front steps to eat impatients. The funny thing about deer is one person will tell you oh they love this and another will never have had it touched. we have skucks, coons, bunnies ,possums. They’re are no bunnies in our yard b/c of the cats. Mets used to go through bunnies like you wouldn’t believe. Oh she loved a good bunny.
We’ve heard of bob cat sighting, though not recently, but years ago they would occassionally get someone’s pet at night. We also have coyotes which we hear but never see. Occassionally you’ll see a red fox around.
We’ve heard of bob cat sighting, though not recently, but years ago they would occassionally get someone’s pet at night. We also have coyotes which we hear but never see. Occassionally you’ll see a red fox around.
Now that I think about it, I know people who have fuschia and its considered an annual up here. I dig my dahlia’s up in october, but many people consider them an annual and just buy new ones each year.
Metsie I found 2 more
Day Lillies and Helleobors
According to the Sunset western garden book. It actuqlly has a whole list of deer resistant flowers. But most are sun lovers. It is hard to find ones that grow in the shade
Oh my gosh Magneto has decimated the gopher population this year I think she has been catching about 4 a week. Thank goodness. this spring there were maybe 20 or 30 in our yard
I have fushias all year round here. Although this winter we had a very hard frost and it killed them down to the ground. They are growing back like weeds right now. And I just got my first flowers on them.
Oh hey, for clay soil I love lavender. It grows into a nice sized shrub and takes some abuse soil and sun-wise.
Also, I used to live right on the edge of the hills, and we’d get foxes, all sorts of birds, raccoons, etc. Never saw a large cat, though. I know coyotes had been spotted nearby. I love wildlife, so I had no problem, and was suitably enraged when the city okay’d building luxury homes where endangered species had been spotted. Like million dollar homes will help the need for housing. (grumbles about corrupt local government)
I know I love lavender too.
We have perfect weather in California for it. I love the french kind and the spanish kind too.
I tried the English kind but it got eatten by the gophers before it even made it to a month in the ground.
Rosemary is beautiful too.
We are haveing the same problem down here with the luxury homes out on the hills. It is too bad because of all the wildlife that it effects. My only consolation is they have built on those clay soil hills. You know the ones that slide so I know when we have a really wet year they are going to slide, or get cracked foundations.
good morning and thanx for all the suggestions. I haven’t had much luck with lavender or rosemary. They’re perenial in this climate but mine never come back. But the deer do not like herbs, so I’ve tried many and have quite a few.
Day lillies are native to this area. My neighbor and I swapped (lilly of the valley and grape hycinthe for a whole bunch of day lillies). Put them in and I seem to have jinxed us. The deer are now eating those. They never ate them before but I think they are just so pushed out of their land that they have developed taste for things they never had before.
Good morning all.
Well, I didn’t leave the house this weekend, not once, for anything. I’m not sure if I’m happy about that or not. I like the peace and quiet, but it’s strange to not have anything to do.
When Mr. HC came in and told me good morning I asked if he’d had fun at the beach without me. He said “we” had a great time, but I was too afraid to ask who “we” referred to.
Brie – You should ask him who he went with, that ways you’ll know…
Unless you don’t wanna know…
I might not wanna know. I may not like the answer I get.
We could be his dog. Does he have a dog??
IT could also be brother, sister mom and dad. Could be a whole lot of things.
His old Maiden aunt up for a visit, who he hasn’t seen for 20 years and had to entertain.
I think he may spend a lot of time with his family, but that’s not reassuring enough for me.
*sigh* I think I give up. No more trying. If something happens, then something happens.
awww…. well I hope something happens and if not him then some other awesome guy.
Metsies It is funny to hear you say that about the herb stuff. COm=ne flowers are like that for me. I have tried them several times but they never come back the second year, same with columbines.
…that’d be “coneflowers”, right? Like echinacea?
I mean Cone Flowers.
Note to self. Proof read before you post!!!
yes Theo Exactly Echinacea.
hehehe.
Columbines are native too.
Deer like them too. But they just eat the flowers so they survive.
Actually the native ones (red and yellow flowers) come back for me each year. The hybrids grow an inch or two and then get leafminers and just struggle all season.
Just looked up coneflowers. I’ve put those in, they never came back……
*rings doorbell*
Can Lanie come out and play, we miss her? Oh and does she know where every one else is?
Hee, that was fun. They’re tearing down the building next to us, so of course everyone had to go watch for a few minutes. I think I’ll check progress later.
Here is a link to the hellebores. http://hellebores.hort.net/hellebores.html
they have pictures of different types. I really want to try these this year if possible. Hopefully they aren’t too tasty to gophers but just in case I will put them over the septic tank.
They are on the Deer do not eat list, but so where dahlias and gophers chow down on those.
So where there any handsome strapping young construction workers.
hehehehe.
MEtsie go to that web site they have trillium there too I forgot about those they grow under the trees here you may need to ammend your clay with pine needles. Too bad you arent on this side of the US I would give you some mulch from my chickens that stuff makes the best mix with clay as it has straw mixed in with it.
No, Annie, this is SE Texas…construction-worker capital of the world (quite likely). Those handsome young construction workers you see are usually from around here, working someplace else because it pays better. There’s so much work here that all the not-so-handsome ones stay around.
Well did some at least have their shirts off….
No, it’s just one guy on a backhoe knocking the place down, but there are still plenty of great sound effects – glass breaking, metal crushing, walls crumbling.
ohhhhh A back hoe. I want to drive one of those. I bet they are just as much fun as fork lifts. Fork lifts are the bomb. My other wish is to drive one of the really big ones(fork Lifts).
Too bad they don’t have explosives too those are always fun to watch.
Obviously I was a male construction worker in a past life.
I only ask about shirts off b/c all this talk about gardening has got me thinkin’
Our warehouse manager was remarking how much more fun it would’ve been to just blow the place up. He said he probably had enough artillary at home that we could’ve done it ourselves. Yep, lots of hunters in this area. In fact, one of the other businesses my bosses own is in firearms.
Oh yeah you are in Texas That makes sense. When I was in Montana every one and I do mean everyone had at least one shotgun in the gun rack on the back window of their pickup.
And shells in the glove box.
One guy carried his 357 strapped to his thigh. Those are big a** pistols.
I don’t even see how you can shot them straight they are so heavy.
(Haha I am thinking maybe he was using it to portray what he thought was his size. Snicker… Damn all this talk of shirtless construction workers)
You know how schools have that “Drug Free, Gun Free Zone” signs everywhere? It was always funny to see half the pick-ups in the parking lot with guns in their racks at the high school. I remember when we only had to come to school for the first class or something, some of the guys would have their hog dogs in the backs of their trucks. When I moved out, the first thing my dad gave me was a revolver, and he’s got his concealed handgun license. How’s that for country?
For some odd reason Mr. HC seems to be talking to me more than usual today…Maybe deciding to do nothing could be a good idea.
And my last captcha said “yap.” I thought it was fitting.
For some odd reason Mr. HC seems to be talking to me more than usual today…Maybe deciding to do nothing could be a good idea.
And my last captcha said “yap.” I thought it was fitting.
Brin.. I tell you the ignoring think works really good He is probably wondering what happened.
R. Moore are you under the sofa today. or in the closet?
*checks under desk*
Nope, no R. Moore there.
are you asking R. to come out of the closet?
I was going for come out and play but come out of the closet works too.
And Where is Helene…. Was she on a trip today????
Couldn’t help myself
DO you guys ever get those dorky you have won Microsoft is having a drawing, emails.
They crack me up as if Microsoft an american based greedy company would one have a sweepstakes, and two give a prize in british money to an american with an american email.
Too bad I never really win I would be rich like a hundred times over.
gee Annie, just give them your social security number and your mother’s maiden name and the money is yours!!!!!!!
LOL I got one the other day and they had a lovely neat form that asked for everything and I mean every thing. You wouldn’t just pass on your stuff but probably half your families.
Ohhh I just got one this morning where she was acting like she was some christian lady setting up some charity. And asked me to email back and then she would send me the information about the charity(which had her name for the title)….. I hope that God has some special punishment for the I am a christian and I am taking all your money in Gods Name people.
(Pulls on reins; Whoa Nellie)
Opps Sorry… Think happy thoughts … Got on my high horse there for a minute.
Don’t worry, I’m with you there. Using the Lord’s name to rip people off ought to be a special level in Hell
Boy we’re getting serious. Well I’m off to my quilting group. Did you go look at my pictures of Bubbsy…
I did. I love how they are all we are hanging in our chair taking in the sunshine folks.
What pattern are you quilting. I love to quilt.
I love the way your bebehs snuggle. I hope mine get along well enough to do this one day.
hi guys. Mets where in NY are you? I am going in a couple weeks to visit relatives outside Albany.
Brinnann don’t give up!
Speaking of snuggling mine have actually started to play chase each other once in a while. This is a relief after all the growling and poor miss little one with a wounded chin.
Hi Oakie. Where have you been hiding?
I get spam from Ouagadougou (had to look that up the first time I got it- it’s the capital of Burkina Faso, in Africa) a lot. I also get ones that start with “My Dearest Recipient,” which cracks me up.
I worked somewhere where something (never found out what) was being blasted nearby for almost a month. There were big booms about every 20 minutes that shook the building, but if you were near a window, you actually could kind of see the explosions.
OK, now I think I’m caught up on everything I had something to say about.
Brie – I am north of NYC but south of Albany, about
110 miles south. (You know I have a 25 year old son in Manhattan…)
As far as the babehs snuggling, the black and white cat is deceased and Solly the orange one has been trying to get Huggy to snuggle with him and she really doesn’t want anything to do with it. For a while she was hissing at him, but slowly the’re getting along better and have actually played together a little bit.
Good I’ve lost my mind. Clearly I addressed the message to Brie when it should have been to Oakie. So..
Okie, tell me the name of the town you’re going to. (And I guess you don’t want my son.)
Annie – I was machine quilting a sampler quilt. One section is paper pieced, one is applique, one is rotary cut, and the last is part rotary, part paper pieced. Its fall leaves. I may hand quilt some leaves in the border. It’s almost done, but I work on so many different things at once that it could be months before I finish it.
CCat – I’ve gotten that spam
Annie I’ve been hiding under my desk at work! I’m desperately trying to finish a big project before I go on vay-cay.
Mets- I’m probably a little old for your son but I’ll definitely keep it in mind ;p
I’m going to Delanson — it’s really small, right next to Schenectady. I’m looking forward to fireflies and warm rain. The only drawback IMHO about bay area weather is that we only get thunderstorms in the winter. I love me some summer thunderstorms.
I love summer thunderstorms. I love the way they smell.
Hopefully in August I’ll be out your way visiting my duaghter in Sunnyvale. I haven’t seen her in five months!
Metsa WE have to try to get to gether when you are here if there is time.
I’d like that. I’d like to see your garden. Do you have oxalis? The should be perrenial where you are.
BTW A black bear was spotted about 4 miles from my house.
I do when the chickens leave them alone but they do go dormant for part of the year. Mine are the ones with pink flowers.
OMG Black Bear. they are way more powerful than they look.
I just mentioned the oxalis b/c I’d throw a few bulbs (korms) in my suitcase or in the mail to you. I have triangularis, iron cross and regnelli. They are something else I dig up in october and store.
http://www.willowcreekgardens.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=71
I also have one other type, but thats the invasive type and doesn’t have korms.
as far as the bears go, they’ve been coming farther south each year. My friend who lives about 15 miles north of me had to stop keeping bees b/c of one.
Anyone else notice how easy it is to comment on other posts without getting captchaed?
I got captchaed on everything…
Sometimes right at the beginning of the post when it only has a couple posts I won’t get captcha but the rest of the time I get at least one captcha per post and on bad days I get two per post with an occasional six to seven. but usually no more than three.
Metsakins, I don’t have either of those. I would love to get some corms from you. ours has bright green leaves like the iron cross but not colored like that and large pink flowers. They are very pretty. and the native one that grows here is very small with dark leaves (black) and bright yellow flowers very small. i will have to get a picture of that one for you. IT is also a bit on the invasive side but not too bad.(the Native)
The one thats native to you is the one I have that I said was invasive. The leaves range from a very dark (almost black) to green and they have small very bright yellow flowers.
The one I think you have that are not native sound like these :
http://www.plantoftheweek.org/image/oxalis15.jpg
yep that is the ones I have. The chickens love them. When they are all the way out they start eating them. I am trying to move them to the front yard where thy cant eat them so much.
hu-hello?
I’m here! I wasn’t under the couch (or in the closet
) this time, I was busy teaching myself how to knit. I know how to crochet already, but I randomly decided to start knitting. And make the Season 12 Dr Who Scarf. All my monies are flying away on yarn…
I useta know how to do that stuff. Mom taught me when I was very little. She’s always been “crafty” like that. I think it runs on her side of the family.
I do all that stuff. If you go to my vox page you’ll see Handsome testing out a blanket I was making.
it passed – comtuhbuls…..
Metsa You Use tomato Cages for your dahlias? Do They work good? I am Using the big ones for my black berry vines. I may try that if I can get a gopher proof planter for some dahlias for next year.
well its easier than staking them, and then I hang fabric softner sheets on the cages b/c the deer n’t usually like that smell.
I have had dahlias get 2 big for them.
btw – my name is Barbara. You can call me Barb, Barbara, or Bobbie, just don’t call me late for dinner (or call me Barbie)
I’m off to my Needlearts group now.
or to quote my son “Mom you’re like such an empty nester”
Poor… Barb? I’m used to Metsie!
I want to take up quilting next, but I want to do it by hand. Though I need to learn how to use a sewing machine at some point. Especially since I’m going to be in school FOREVER. Money will always allude me. But in the meanwhile crocheting and knitting are working out well. I can make cool gifts and donate stuff to charity. And I want to start a club at my college that will further donate stuff. And trade patterns. And get me into Grad school because I’m such a well rounded, involved student and do-gooder.
Hi guys! Sorry I’ve been shirking my duties to Buddy, may he never lose a single pound. My life went all crazy and I couldn’t find any time to post, and then I poured an entire glass of water on my laptop. Fortunately, my cutebabydaddy is a computer ninja, and he knew just what to do, but it took a long time to dry out, since we live in humidity land. Mostly it has just been having all the kiddos home from school. Miss Autistic teenager from Sullenville finally looked around and realized it is summer vacation and decided it was NOT COOL that we changed the schedule of events on her like that, and went a little off the deep end for a few days as well. She has decided to go back to Sullenville and sulk some more. (Which I don’t mind so much because it is more age appropriate. I am the only parent of a teen that I know that gets excited when their teen is obnoxiously teenagery.) Anywho, I see we are talking about being crafty, which is awesome. I live for crafty. I like to knit with a knitting hoop, and I am making a cute red shrug with it. My favorite thing though, is making altered books. Right now I am working on one with the theme being the book “Twilight” By Stephenie Meyer.
Welcome back, Fixies! Say more about altered books. That sounds really interesting… what exactly do you mean?
CBf – we were all worried about you. Glad you and the computer survived. Summer vacation is tuff on some kids, I think particulary when they have other issues. I always sent my kids to camp, even though I wasn’t working, b/c some kids do a lot better with structure.
Oh and I finally got around to posting some pictures on a vox page if you’d like to look at my kitters.
R.- I’m a machine quilter myself. I have a friend who does everything by hand and does fantastic work. When I feel like working by hand I do needlepoint or counted cross stitch. Right now, I’m working on a picture of Handsome that was changed into a cross stitch chart with some software.
Before I forget-thx everyone who left sweet comments on cutebabyfix. It made my day.
Hi CBF welcome back. Glad you are Okay. Enjoy the Sullen, IT lasts a long Long time. HEhehe.
Craft wise I do not a lot right now. I love to quilt both ways by hand and machine. and I do sew but I am probably mediocre at that. but you don’t have to be great to make things look nice. I can knit and crochet. and criss stitch.
Mostly tho right now I just am gardening. I also paint and I love to do pottery and China painting. but again as I am a new empty nester I haven’t really plunged back into any real art projects.
Opps TMI sorry all
R. you go girl. sounds like a worthy endeavor.
CBF I am curious about the altered books too what are they and all that.
I’ve been looking at those cross stitch-photo-converter-software-doobies. How well do they work?? I was thinking of doing a memorial cross stitch using a photo, but cross stitching the pets is a much happier idea.
Welcome back CBF!!!
ps grumpy cat alert:
http://cyanide.vox.com
Fred, Grumpy Cat indeed!heheh. Hows everyone else there on the farm?
Heh, my youngest sister is twelve and has already MASTERED sullen. We’ve all been homeschooled, though, so summer is just extra fun avoid work time!
Or take up knitting, read a lot of books, catch up with family, babysit without getting paid time for me.
I hope I don’t lose all my time come August. Stupid school with extra long semesters. At least we get a solid month off between them. Good brain break.
GASP! My cat is named Basil! Or at least one of them. But he is the least grumpy cat of the lot.
R. Moore, are you the oldest? How many kids in the family?
I’m the second. There are (in this house at least) five of us. I have an older sister, two younger sisters, and a baby brother. Then I have a step sister who is also twelve living with my dad. Sadly I’m still at home, as my job doesn’t pay well (as awesome as it is otherwise) and housing is really expensive (and I’d have to know roommates in advance, and I’d need about two or three to afford a one or two bedroom apt.). Plus school is ten minutes from here. But we have a large house, so we haven’t killed each other yet. Yet. At least I have the cats this way.
Oh, and I have a much older step brother I haven’t seen in ages (he’s in the army in… God knows where), and two step-sisters I literally have not seen in eight years. (Long, sad story.)
R.Moore, my Basil isn’t really grumpy, actually, he is a really lovely mannered old boy. He even let Kazi sniff him inquisitively for a few minutes before batting her gently with his paw (claws in) What colour is your Basil?
At “The Farm”; Kazi scratched herself just below her eye on the weekend, and Bear has been diagnosed with the beginnings of hip-displasia. His owner needs to get him to drop a few (tens of) pounds. He can’t come to visit at the moment as Kazi wears him out too much. Their first meeting (I’ll post those pics next) is what finally alerted his owner to the problem – he didn’t get off his bed for 3 days afterwards poor boy. We hope he can come see us again when he’s lost some more weight and has more mobility. Bean is still trying to bite Kazi on the nose (she doesn’t learn) and Tumnus is acting out because of this new interloper (Kazi) getting all his attention. So he screams a lot right now. We have a plan of action from the avian vet though.
And Kazi has her first doggy obedience class tonight! I am really looking forward to that! Should be fun.
Oh, and Basil is his usual adorable self. Must go and snorgle him again soon!
Fred – I converted the photo with Easy Cross. The conversion looks okay, but I won’t be sure until I’m done…. I also have PCStitch. (And for those quilters, I have EQ5)
However, one of the things I do use the software a lot is for laying out names. No more drawing it out and counting (although counting is one of the things I like about cross stitch). You can choose a font and “write” in it and it turns it into a chart. Very usefull for me b/c all my friends are becoming grandparents and I do a lot of bibs as gifts.
R. Moore, big famblies are fun (and wearing,) aren’t they? I grew up in a family with 10 kids. Avoid work time was exactly what summer meant. My mother loved having a captive work force. In my memory we were always weeding or cleaning something, but we were kids, so I’m sure we were lazy and rude. The funny thing is, I now do the same thing with mine! I figure learning to work young is good for them.
For all of your inquiring minds: Altered books are so much fun. What you do is take an old book, any old book, that would otherwise end up in a landfill, and you turn it into a work of art. Generally people collage on the pages, but anything goes. Remember those books you played with as a kid that had pop ups and little wheels that turned pictures and secret pockets? I look at altered books like pop up books for grown ups. Or maybe you could call it extreme scrapbooking. I’m not entirely sure how to explain, I guess. The last one I did was on a Practical Magic theme for my sister, because it is her favorite movie. It had a secret drawer, A niche in the back with little glass potion bottles, a pocket with a cd in it, and some paintings, collage, and another pocket with an amulet I made in it. Maybe I can try to figure out how to post some picture of it on my Vox. I’ll work on that today. The book I’m doing now is based on a book about vampires (for a different sister.) The book describes the vampires as being cold like stone so I am sorting through images of cemetary statues, which are creepy and beautiful. Anyway, I’ll look for pics to post. You really shouoldn’t get me started I guess. I know how to start talking about altered books, but I don’t know how to stop:)
Annie, I swore I was not going to go back and try to read everything I missed, but I did notice you are allergic to wheat- My whole family has celiacs type problems, (except me of course) and I have been cooking for them for almost 8 years now. You probably do a lot of this for your self, but if you are new to this, I have a website full of awesome recipes for the dietarily challenged. My specialties include cake, pie, and cookies. You will never go without again! Most of the time when people try my desserts, they can’t believe they are wheat free. I am not trying to toot my own horn- I have just had this be my full time job for years now, and have learned a few things I love to share. The best is the bisquick recipe (called Ozma Master Mix)that makes it so you can make anything from pie crust to pancakes in minutes- and it doesn’t taste like gritty rice flour. Since our server died, we don’t have all the recipes back up, but the basics are there: http://www.woggle-bug.com/recipes/
The site is set up to help parents with autistic kids, but the recipes are for everyone. I hope you find something you can use!
I’m baaaaack! I was in Tremblant -in the Laurentians- for a work thing. Everyone was there and we partied Monday night, it was awesome. We stayed obvernight, and since our rooms weren’t ready, most of us got an upgrade, I had the best room! It was SA-WEET! http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/ymymt-residence-inn-mont-tremblant-manoir-labelle/ I had this amazing suite with complete kitchen, bathroom, dining area, living room with fireplace and a balcony. THEN the bedroom was on the mezzanine with another bathroom! All my coworkers were jealous! They wanted to party in my room, but we ended up in a karaoke bar.
“I only ask about shirts off b/c all this talk about gardening has got me thinkin’” Metsies, that’s hilarious!
You guys actually open spam? That’s a no-no, many of them have some hidden link or something that confirms that your email address is valid and active, and then you get more spam. Delete without opening.
Roger Moore, “Season 12 Dr Who Scarf. “?? What’s that? I love the doctor, I can’t wait for the new season to start.
Fixies is back! YAY!!
I cannot believe this thread is still going on! Good for you. Keep the straddler going, peeps.
Hi Lanie – We missed you.
Things have been awfully quiet around here lately.
*checks pulse*
I think the thread is still alive, but it seems to be moving a little slow. It’s hard to tell. It’s just so difficult to find the pulse on a thread, they’re all so dang thin.
My friend’s mother just emailed me this (but note that it’s called a fairytale):
The Shortest Fairytale
Once upon a time, a girl asked a guy, “Will you marry me?” The guy said, “No,” and the girl lived happily ever after and went shopping, drank martinis with friends, always had a clean house, never had to cook, had a closet full of shoes and handbags, stayed skinny, and was never farted on.
The End
Nice story.
Its hard to comment on the new pictures and comment here too and appear as if you’re being reasonably productive at work.
I was forced to use the internet to do SALES TAX RESEARCH today. The nerve of my boss. I actually had to close down my Cuteoverload window………….
Heheheh too funny. Brinn,
Hi Everyone.
HElene welcome back you lucky dog you. what a hotel room. totally awesome.
THanks CBF for the recepe info I also just made this brownie cake thing that is the bomb. I am still figuring out calories on it I will post it tonight when I get home. It is called double shot chocolate cake and it is very rich dark chocolate and you can’t tell it has no flour at all. IT is eggs chocolate and sugar pretty much.
I am hoping to be creative off it and try to make some quick bread type receipes.
I have pretty much given up on anything that tastes(Textures) like wheat and just deal with the consequences once in a while and have it.
Okay I think the world is moving too fast for me.
Example A:
My ACCOUNTANT put a frownie face in an email to me.
:=(
Example B:
I got a phone message asking for my email address so I could be sent a Christening invitation.
In my world accountants don’t put frownie faces on things and invitations to something as important as a Christening requires a piece of paper.
I’m too old take me out and shoot me.
As the baby of this thread, I say that Metsie is NOT too old, that business emails from accountants should use proper grammar, spelling, punctuation and formality, and that Christenings most assuredly should get a piece of paper. Sure my diary is kept on a computer and my actual paper notebook has lists of gifts to give and other semi-useless thing, sure I send email far more than real letters, BUT one must draw the line somewhere. Paper lasts in drawers and trunks in attics. Computer files do not.
Whew…thx, I mean its a Christening not a bbq
CBF, I love my family. I try to explain that we’re like a unit, which is why any guy that hurts my sister is in for some bigger hurtin’.
And why when one of us is sick we’ll either all stay home or leave the closest person to the ill one and call every so often. Buuut like all big families, things can get a bit crowded. And for us it’s the dad (my step-dad) who likes the workforce. We try to tell ourselves he’s not old fashioned and that it would be the same even in a family of boys, but it’s easier to call him old-fashioned. Oh well.
And I wish I had a station that played Dr Who. We don’t get Sci Fi and PBS is slacking. Double sigh. I hope I have time to actually do my grad work in the UK, and I’m not absorbed in the much better television there. And early releases on music. My music loving sister is now looking at places to do study abroad because of this factor. Plus we’re really close.
EXACTLY! Does this mean nothing to people? The giving of a name, while it may not be quite like that anymore, should get a bit more pomp and celebration than that. Even Graduation parties often get more than that.
But this reminds me, I need to send an e-vite for my Dr Who fest before my friends are all in Europe/camping/working full time this summer.
R. Moore is right of course and so are you Metsie. Invitations to christenings and things like that should require a card. and business correspondence should be business like. Of course I am 47 and still getting used to teh whole email cell phone thing. but hey some things require a more traditional approach.
and while I’m being a total antique here…
I watched Dr. Who on PBS when I was in high school. Something strange with prisoners on an island and strange white chairs….is that in anyway related to what you’re speaking of now
Yes and no. I was planning on watching the newer series. I also want to watch Torchwood, a spin-off. I’m just starting to watch the older ones, which are the ones with the scarf.
R. – Is the newer series about the wierd island.?
http://www.catswhoquilt.com/
with all this craft talk I wonder if you guys have been here.
and then you need to go here
http://www.catswhoquilt.com/special.html
HElooooooo is anybody here…..
Okay here is the receipe for double shot chocolate cake. I got it from a Dianne Mott Davidson Book “Double Shot”
10 Ounces Unsalted Butter
10 ounces Bittersweet Chocolate broken into small pieces(Recomended brand Godiva Dark)
3/4 Cup Plus 3 Tablespoons of sugar
2 Tablespoons of Dutch Style Cocoa
8 Large Eggs
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Confectioners Sugar
Sweetend Whipped Cream or Vanilla Ice Cream
Preheat oven to 350
Butter a 10″ by 1.5″ Round cake pan, Line with parchment cut to fit. Butter the parchment. Set aside.
Fill a 16×11 inch Roasting pan with 1 inch of hot water, place the pan on a baking sheet and put it in the oven
in the top of a double boiler melt the butter and the chocolate. WHen teh ingredients are melted remove from the heat to cool slightly. Sift the sugar with the cocoaand add to melted chocolate mixture.
beat eggs until foamy add the vanilla and the chocolate mixture. blend with a spatula until well mixed.
carefully pour the batter into the prepared cake pan gently place it into the pan of hot water bake about 40 -50 minutes or until the cake begins to shrink slightly from the sides, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Place on a rack to cool for 15 minutes. Then invert carefully and remove paper. Allow to cool completely.
Just before serving place a cake stencil over cake and sprinkle with confectioners sugar serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
I did a couple of things different. I couldn’t get godivca chocolate so I used Ghiardelly dark 72% cacao.
Very heavenly flavor. and I used my square cake pan instead of the round. IT was easier to cut it into 16 pieces. recomended serving size. If you are dieting you may want to go smaller but these bad boys have 300 calories per piece. Were they worth it. You bet your sweet bippy they were. every last crumb.
24 carbs, 22 fat grams, 4.125 protein grams, 145 cholesterol. And not a drop of wheat in em.
Heavenly flavor and texture and they are very rich and very dark. Oh and that calorie count was without whipped cream or ice cream.
Sounds good. I’m not much of a baker, I’m a good eater though. Nicole (daughter) made a flourless chocolate cake like that once when she was testing recipes.
Will these young uns know “You bet your sweet bippy”?
HEhehe I just don’t like to do the swear words much. Even when I use like A**. altho I am not oposed to using a $#%@ so they can make up their own swears in their head.
Hey do you guys talk to your animals?? just curious. I do and even the chickens.
Is that what torchwood is about? I might watch it now. The ads here made it seem a bit B rated and boring, but Dr Who makes it all gel somehow!
Annie, I am ignoring your recipe, as I am allergic to chocolate and it is a mean recipe. Cruel I tell you! (melodramatic faint on to chaise lounge)
Fred, I am so, so sorry. I could not live without chocolate. Though I live without bananas and cashews, which isn’t easy. And oats. Fruit crisp would be nice to be able to eat again.
And I contrived Sweet Mother of Mary Poppins for swearing use. My younger sister uses “Holy Bible!” She plans to put some clear tape on one and use a gold gel pen to add an exclamation point. Which is only a little sacrilegious.
Pats Freds’ Hand. it is okay fair maiden I will hide the evil chocolate cake fso you don’t get tempted to eat it.
Hows the Pup today?
I talk to my animals all the time. Just chit chat, you know, about my day and so one – in public. So does my Hubby. Sometimes we will give a voice to the pet and have conversations. Guests find this alarming for some reason.
I went perusing your blogs, being the lurker I am, and noted that you all seem strangely nonchalant about this whole zombie uprising thing. What’s up?
Pup is great. We had the first training lesson last night. It was a disaster. I spent the evening being dragged about and making an a$$ of myself. She was the worst behaved pup there. Everyone’s looking at me like “You evil person, how dare you not train your dog” I felt like shouting “I’ve only had her for a month, she’s over half my weight and much stronger than me! Look at these chicken leg arms!!” So embarrassed. Then she got out of her collar – but luckily only wanted to play with me so I could grab her. Then she wouldn’t go t the toilet in public (she’s a lady) and whined desparately for the last 20 minutes. Then I felt like shouting, “I’m not a bad person!!” Oh the shame!
Oh Thankyou, Gallant Annie, For saving me from the dreaded chocolate cake!
Zombie what??!??
Theres A zombie uprising???
where, when, call the marines this is a horrible state of affairs. quick fred maybe they have not attained your country yet.
Theres A zombie uprising???
where, when, call the marines this is a horrible state of affairs. quick fred maybe they have not attained your country yet.
Hey I didn’t even accidentally double post
Must have been the zombies . . .
Fred, HAng in there you just got her. she doesn’t know who is in charge yet. she is a typical Rhodesian head strong and spirited. They were bred to fight lions and think for them selves and guard the flock. Remember get her chain all the way up on her neck. This will be hard as you are shorter and she is a big dog but shorten up the lead. ANd use a chock chain she is a big strong dog it wont hurt her.
You should be able to find some good pictures here
http://www.dogpsychologycenter.com/tips/index.php
How evil to not train your dog? Crazy people! That is why you are at obedience training. I love Rhodesians. I would love to have one.
One of my coworkers has one. he is such a loveable lug. But he is very strong. A true love muffin.
Unfortunately I am married to a non dog person. HE just doesn’t know how to deal with them. HE is great with the cats though so that is good.
We are going to try a halti. I’ve had good reports from books and from people. I’d be worried I’d put the choke chain on wrong. I’m going to give it a try tonight. The trainer was saying “you gotta be the pack leader, be assertive!!” I know that lady, it’s hard when I can hardly even stop her from dragging me off my feet. Picture 6 year old trying to stop great dane – ok, I exagerate – but that’s what if feels like. I’ll get there though!
My hubby is primarily a cat person. When we met I had birds, so he became a bird person, and then he realised I had always wanted the only type of dog he’d ever considered owning – a ridgeback. Worked out well.
Kazi is a big sweety too. She is so huggy! I love it!
Hi Helene! Annie, have you tried Sorghum flour? Has all the texture of wheat, it is heavenly. Things come out a little heavier, but if you cut it with a little tapioca flour it is perfect. Your brownies sound delish, I must see if I can make them with ghee…
As for the invites, I am very old fashioned, but who has the time anymore? Last year we did a really cool slide show thingy for our christmas card, and sent it off by email to the millions of people we hafta send cards to- It was a life saver. I love getting snail mail myself, but I for one am not going to look the email gift horse in the mouth.
Hey Metsie- Your sweet bippy can sock it too me.
I posted some of my altered book stuff on my Vox:
http://krista909.vox.com/
I don’t usually use the swears either. I think it is much funnier to come up with your own- I love Mother of Mary Poppins. I say for Pete’s stupid sake a lot, and being form Utah, I use way too much Napolean Dynamite style slang. Eveything is Sweet, or awesome and freakin.
As for the zombies? They invaded my brain so long ago I sort of take them for granted.
Talking to your animals is not strange- you know, people look at me funny when I would talk to the Baby in public. (Because babies can’t talk?)
Wow, this thread is getting hard to keep up with! It’s sweet!
Annie, obviously, that “145 cholesterol” is a typo, right? Because that’s worse than a big mac!
Laney, it’s chocolate. Does it matter?
Read “Stowaway” lately? Heehee, we’ve taken gardening to a whole new level.
HuH??? I wake up early, my net is down at home, so I’m forced to sew instead of wasting my time.
I get to work and people are talking about zombies and dog training. I’m confused. I think I’ve looked at every 1′s blogs and I haven’t seen anything about zombies……
as far as talking to the cats….we all do it…..
I talk to the plants too…
I don’t talk to the plants, but I do talk to the computer, especially when it’s not cooperating.
of course, you have to keep the computers in line
and Microsoft Word often has formatting ideas that are rediculous and you have to tell it (Stop numbering!)
where is every Buddy today?
I is lonely…..
I feel your pain, Metsie. It’s been so lonely in here lately.
HEhehe
Hi you guys! Krista I have tried the sorgham it is okay. IT is heavier and different texture. But it will do in a pinch. I have found a nice rice bread too at the health food store in monterey but I only go there once in a while. THey all give a new meaning to sandwich. Mostly I just grumble in my brain because I can’t just go to the super Market and pick things up.
I have though found some really nice rice noodles for the occasional tuna caserol(did I spell that right?)
hey Brinn . HEheheh I had a hard time writing it because I kept thinking about some poor guy smaking his manhood on the ground.
Oh and HElene sory I did not miss print that cholesterol it is the combo of butter and eggs that does it in.
I will eventually have to try to get those numbers down with some variations on ingredients but for now I will enjoy my occasional brownie. I saw a similar one in a diabetic cook book and it had the calories and cholesterol down but they used non fat sour cream which will give it a grainy texture. so I will have to work on it. I just think of it as like a candy bar.
Hey Fred if you are still there and haven’t gone to bed yet. IT isn’t size it is attitude that link I gave you to Cesear Milan he stands about 5’2″ 62 inches tall.
When you take her leash in your hand you are the queen and she is expected to do your bidding even if she out weighs you and she eventually may. Just stand up shoulders back and I looked at the Halti. it should work really good it puts the lead in that crucial position right up under the ears or up at the head.
I don’t think she is a alpha dog so she will be looking to you to be the leader and when you step into the roll she will be a lot happier.
ok, um, zombies? I still don’t get it?
Enough serious stuff Russia where are you?? you are supposed to be informing us about the Zombie take over of the world!
Oh and MEtsie I love that link to the quilting cats I have to go back this weekend and really browse it. Too bad I didn’t know about it when we had Tuffy he was my sewing gardening and pretty much anything I was doing must be in the middle of cat!
R.???
R. ????
*Looks under furniture, too scared of zombies to look in closet*
Annie- it sounds like you can do dairy, tho, and we can’t. You can make almost any flour work if you can use dairy. We are dairy free too, so sorghum is nice, but like I said, if you cut the sorghum with tapioca (like 1-3 ratio) it is so good, and tapioca makes it brown nicely and lighter. If it makes you feel any better about not being able to just pick something up, my girly is allergic to over thirty foods, and one of my boys is allergic to half a dozen things that do not overlap with his sisters list. I have to cook everything from scratch. This week I am attempting to make ketchup and graham crackers. Last week the project was learning how to make pickles and how to cook dried beans. Did I mention that I am not allergic to anything and would be totally happy to live off cold cereal?:)
Hey Fred they are right, you can do it. We have a Corgi, and he is a ridiculous fat dog, if you don’t like what he is doing, you just throw him over your shoulder and walk off, but that being said, Corgis are very smart, so they don’t always do what they are told, because they think they are smarter than you, and they can be very stubborn. We did not do such a good job training him who was the boss when we first got him because he was so cute we didn’t want to scold him. Pretty soon he needed better manners and so I started using a very stern voice with him,not mean, just tough. Now he will do what ever I tell him, he thinks I am the big bad head dog. He completely ignores my husband and all the kids, but if I tell him something he jumps. The funniest is when we tell him to “chase Rabbits” Which are our code words for taking a poo. I will very sternly say Bastian! You chase rabbits RIGHT NOW! and he will immediately squat. He will look up at me with these mournful eyes if he doesn’t need to go, because he wants to please me, bless his silly heart. It may take some time, but you wait, Kazi will love to do whatever you ask soon enough.
CBF The zombies is Because R. is having a DR who Fest with all her friends. (he was big on Zombies I think. Not real clear on that but IT is a fun topic.
Is that 3 parts sorgum to 1 part Tapioca.
YEah I am lucky on the dairy tho I try to keep it to a minimum as milk is an irritant. I do do yougurt and butter. but try to keep milk to a minimum. I too would gladly live on ceriel.
DOn’t yo find when you do eat packaged that you can tast the plastic now that you are on all home made.
And the amount of wheat in packaged food is amazing. evenn salad dressings and lunch meat and then there is the amount of salt.
Oh and I won’t even go into the whole corn syrup issue. I used to think it was silly until my diabetic mom came to visit. sugar did not raise her insulin level at all like corn syrup did and for a longer period of time too.
and then G-d knows what will happen to us from the HIgh Fructose Corn Syrup….
“Please pass the genetically alter corn”
altered
Heheh Sorry I had to go comment on the two new posts.And everyone just came in to work. That Panda is adorable and that parrot ? Love bird post too funny..
ohhh I haven’t had a decent “Craptcha” in days and I just got ezh3zz
Easy threezy.
I like Genetically Alter corn. Makes more sense.
All worship at the alter of the religion of science.
Ducks incase she has started a nuff war!
Is that where the Children of the Corn go to Sunday school?
Easy threezy Cover Girl.
Yes and they are wearing cover girl makeup to hide the zombiness.
Annie – this is a nuff free zone.
Brie – ROFL
Lanie – Good one.
is zombiness a word?
Oh, the reason I remembered about the CatsWhoQuilt website was b/c I was sewing and Huggy was lying on the table squished b’tween my machine and my portable pressing board. I was going to run and get the camera when I remembered that I had seen tons of pictures like that. So instead of getting the camera, I looked up the site. (Of course Huggy was more adorable than most, she had her arm over her eyes and her scrumptous tummeh exposed.)
oh such preciousness. I love it when they turn tummy up.
I don’t know if zombiness was a word but it is now.
I believe in making up words when I can’t think of one off the top of my head. This practice of course is very convenient for me and somewhat confusing for those around me.
I knew exactly what you meant..no confusion for me…
Teho, Oh Teho!!! Where are yooooou??? Looks under couch, Looks in closet, Looks under rug!
Teho???
Hmmm Teho is not here anywhere he must really be working hard today. Only one comment on One post and hover text.
This is very un Theo like espec as there have been plenty of good comments today to feed his fodder on all the posts.
Come to think of it we got no Jaye either.
Maybe they went on Vacation!
OMG Metsa The Zombies must have got them.
Annie, they must be gardening.
Heh, Annie, we can taste the plastic, yes. And the really hilarious part to me, is when my one kid with no allergies gets a “treat” of something processed, he will never eat all of it and says it tastes gross mom, can I have one of your cookies! I fear for my sons future wives, they are going to hate me so much…
And you know, I used to worship at the altar of science, but science has sold out for $$$. If we had real science they would be curing diseases and stuff and not making drugs to just treat symptoms so you stay sick. Now I am channeling Nacho Libre: “We always lose, because you only believe in science!”
Hehehehe One would hope!
CBF. I know, My poor Honey the other day had to beg me for sausage or hot dogs. I always loved this stuff but now that I never hardly ever have it, It doesn’t taste too good. And Juice I used to love to drink juice but now they are all too sweet even Orange. I did have some fresh squeezed on Sunday and it was delicious.
To date I have even given up my favorite Coffee Mocha with whip. (it tastes horrible now)The girls at the Java hut keep asking don’t I even want cream or sugar in my black coffee.
HEhehe. And some day the future schmooop of your boy will appreciate the yummy goodness of home made. of course the whole store bought convenience will be gone but really tho I complain most things cook up really fast. My favorite stupid mix that is like the fastest thing ever to make is brownies it takes teh same amount of time to make by hand as to do the mix and the flavor isn’t even close.
Okay I am thinking the ZOmbie thing is almost as fun as posting like a pirate.
Hmmm must try to post in both at the same time. Ahoy maties there be zombies that way!
If you make zombies walk the plank do they just come out of the water and back on your ship again?
off to home…
where’s Kate anyway? Ohhhh Kate…. Kate? Mebbe Buddy’s straddling her?
“I will very sternly say Bastian! You chase rabbits RIGHT NOW! and he will immediately squat. He will look up at me with these mournful eyes if he doesn’t need to go, because he wants to please me, bless his silly heart.”
Fixies is a doggy Dominatrix.
Yes where is Kate…we want more Buddy pictures….
Helene LOL.
Metsa yes we definately need more Buddy pictures.
Where is Kate???
And barely any Theo.
speaking of The T. when I follow the new link to the chat page how do I get in. I saved the other one that some one gave but I wanted to try again on the weekend from the link on the CO page. TO do it all legal instead of back dooring it.
OF course I open and it wants me to sign in and tehn I guess I am supposed to click some thing?
I don’t think I know how to chat..I’ve gone there once or twice to look and never got farther then that
I don’t think I know how to chat..I’ve gone there once or twice to look and never got farther then that
or post a comment LOL
Oaky apparently this time I just had to click on the link. Hmm I am all confused now
Annie I stopped at a local garden center and they have a new type of oxalis!!! (Yes I’m obssessed)
MAybe when it is full you jsut can’t get in. Like during the day.
Really what is it called? will it grow out here you think?
I really like them too.
its in my car.
BRB
they’re calling it charmed wine oxalis
if you send me your address (metsakins@yahoo.com) I will send you korms for the triangularis, regnelli and deppei (iron cross)
Oh Thank you I will.
actually I’m writing a blog about my obssession with them. Still a work in progress.
IT is hard to writ blogs all the time I think.
HEy in case you are still there I gotta go feed and water so I will be away from the computer about a half an hour
maybe I’ll be back
Maybe I’ll be asleep
hard to tell
Hello!! On my lunch break here. We put the Halti on Kazi last night. She ignored it immediately, which is awesome. We are going to try her with the lead tonight. It was far too late by the time I got home last night. I think I’m the boss when we are at home. She listens to me more than my hubby. SHe is actually quite obedient. I’m hoping it was the bazillion dogs at the doggy training that made it all go out the window. “O MY GOD DOGGIES PLAY PLAY PLAY WANNA PLAY (looks at me) – who are you, person? PLAAAAAY!!!!” Once she’s used to the idea, hopefully she will listen to me again – though to be fair, she was sitting next to me fairly well by the end of the night. I was reading the Cesar site you sent me (thankyou very helpful) and he was answering someone’s question and he said “Pack leader is not a chew toy”
Now, for some reason, this struck some absurd note in my wee head and I could not control the mirth! I was still laughing last night! And it’s not even that funny! Does this affect anybody else this way? Or is it just me?
ps I’m so glad I’m not allergic to wheat or dairy.
I’m Back.
When I heard it I cracked up laughing too. because especially the big dogs they like to chew on your hand for some dorko reason. I suspect it is somoe way of usurping your leadership
I really like Cesaer Because he has a no nonsense approach to the training and it is easy to implement and it works. My favorite part of all is he teaches you to walk a dog correctly. and tells you that they need to walk for at least 45 minutes every day.
IF I was at a park with 20 other dogs I would be over excited too. and I am a human. Kazi is going to do great on her next sesion. She will know what is what. IF you get a chance see if you can watch a couple of cesaers videos on going to the dog park. IT is the same principal for doggie obedience class I am thinking.
Kazi does what I call the ‘de-fleaing’ nibble. She just skims the top of your arm/leg/jumper/belly with her teeth the way dogs do when they are itching fleas – maybe she’s trying to tell us something!!
HEhehe we had a dingo that would do that too. SHe was a girl. MAybe that is why?
OR maybe you got fleas! LOL.
Ahhhhhhh the sea breeze finally kicked in after two days off. We have been at around 100 for two days in a row. I just ran and opened every window in the house to cool it all down.
I also like Victoria Stilwell. She’s the English version of Cesar. The main difference is she manages everything with absolutely no contact with the dog (ie pushing the bottom down for sit) She has a tv series too “Its Me or the Dog” Don’t know if you guys would get it. I’ve got her book. We taught Kazi to sit, stay/come, eat on command & stay out of the kitchen using her methods. I hadn’t got to the walking yet. In hindsight, I would have done this first, but I’m learning too (fast!!). I will read up on Cesar’s site and my book over the weekend then practise practise practise!I want Kazi and me to be top of the class next week! (or at least not the bottom!
it’s winter here. We get tops of about 22 celsius (72ish) and I am freezing! I like it when it’s over 30 (86. We moved out west from the coast and it drops down to about 4 (39) and it will get lower – I am not coping!
Wow jsut sllightly warmer than us in the winter or maybe about the same I guess. In the winter we are usually somewhere around 50-70 with the occasional 34. This year we had an unusual 17. THose are all ferenheit.
Summer is 70 -90 with the occasional 100+ (maybe 5-8 times over the summer.
You will do better after you have been there a whole year.
Summer out here is about 80 – 115. Much more my style. It can get that high for several weeks too. Especially with the drought, they are hoping the drought is breaking as we speak, so we may have a milder/wetter summer this year. Or at least, I think that’s how it works.
Sorry Fred I lost the Cute for a bit.
SOmething musta gone down between it and me. IT happens here because we are not on a main hub or some such nonsense. welcome to living in a small town.
I hope your drought is over. I think we are just starting a new one. we have had ten years of wet so we are perhaps over due. Everything is dry as a bone. I am trying to be semi conservative with the water but it is hard I like tings green.
ANNIE! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY DO NOT PUT OXALIS IN YOUR YARD!!! It will never, ever go away, not matter how hard you may try, and it will slowly take over the yard and kill all other plants. Then, when you think, “Oh, at least this is a nice bushy green ground cover!” it will die off and leave the soil barren but for the dead yellow stalks. (shudders)
Anyhow, I wasn’t eaten by zombies (and that is probably my worst possible nightmare), but today went like this:
Wake at early hour. Get dressed. Eat. Go to babysit. Get home. Flop on bed and realize it’s getting really hot. Eat something. Go volunteer. Realize the AC is broken and blowing warm air, and that I’m stuck wearing long sleeves and a vest. Have nasty headache, and realize I’m probably really dehydrated. Get picked up by my insane step-father who has the car for some reason, and is driving with the windows down because hot air is just as good as air conditioning, right? Get home and run to change out of hot, hot clothes. Flop on bed. Try for hours to stay cool in blistering hot weather. Have headache for several hours. Discover my computer refuses to admit that a moniter is connected to it (probably because of the heat). Get frustrated and more hot. Flop again. Call SO to talk. Realize that I’m calmer but also hotter, now probably unsafely. Drink lots of fluids, escape to air conditioned office with internet access.
And here I am.
Annie, why do you get a sea breeze and I don’t?
As my sister and I realized, it is because we are in a valley. And do you know what valleys are? Bloody big frying pans. And not the kind that cools off fast with a grippable handle, oh no, but a big, black, thick iron skillet type pan that takes in the heat and holds it for a million billion years.
You can’t see, put I’m pouting dramatically.
Okay, I’m heading off. Don’t say anything interesting until my computer is fixed!
I’m acting spoiled today.
Oh yeah, and I wasn’t just crazy from heat with the oxalis thing. My yard has had it for years now, and the charm has worn off. I talked to a botanist about it, and she said you have to cover the ground in black plastic for a summer to hope it kills it. Or remove and replace the first six feet of soil.
R., I may not see your pout, but it rocks the internets like an earthquake (see, I can be dramatic too:) )
Conserving water is a way of life here. Been drought here for about ten years. we are currently on “Level 5″ water restrictions with “Level 6″ looming on the horizon. Hoses & sprinklers are illigal, we get sent 4 minute egg timers in the mail to time our showers, we get rebates for installing water tanks and water saving devices. We can only bucket water three nights a week from 7:30 to 11 (I think – we don’t bother we have inadaquate grey water system) Water catchments are at about 15% capacity I think. One town I know of could run out of water within weeks and face the prospect of trucking in hundreds of thousands of litres of water a day. We also get fined if we use over a set amount of litres of water a day. But in some parts of the country, they have floods which are as high as house roofs.
Sorry, pent up frustration there! Ignore my whining if it gets too annoying!
At least a piano hasn’t fallen on my head.
R, I tried to think of something interesting to say, but you are in luck. . .
R. We are very lucky aparently completely by accident some 30? years ago the powers that be (California Government) decided to put in the San Luis Resevoir. Now that in it self is not enough to cause a sea breeze to come waifting inland to this god forsken valley, but as it so happens they accidentally (I am sure because the goverment could not do this right if they tried) and miraculously placed it due east of the Monterey bay and lined up with a mountain pass. Now on extremely hot days the cooler air over the san luis will cause a rushing in of air off the ocean which itself is even cooler.
Fortunately for Hollister we are right between the monterey bay and the resevoir. so that between teh two large bodies of water we get this amazing sea breeze pretty much every day of the spring summer and most of the fall.
Oi Fred, that puts things in perspective. No drought warnings this summer so far. We’ve had droughts before, but none like that since the 70s, I think. But I wasn’t taking the water for granted today. I used it for air conditioning and was counting my blessings that I had at least that.
Also, I’m wearing PJs with a skirt tossed over to cover my legs at this office, and a male coworker of my mum’s just walked in. Wow. This is awkward.
Regarding the oaxalis. Only certain kinds are highly invasive. the ones we are talking about are the large leafed. HOpeyou get your computer fixed soon and watch out for the zombies. we tried having them walk the plank but metsa says they just keep bobbing up and clinbing back in the ship.
Mmmm, water. Let us all bow to the water gods, that they may bless us/continue to bless us.
It’s amazing how something so basic make the difference between misery and contentedness. When I was living with a pool I loved summer. I spent all day swimming, had a lovely natural tan (without ever burning, I might add!), strong legs, healthy diet, and generally thought summer was God’s gift to man. Now I think another divine power had more to do with this accursed time of year.
Okay, I’ll trust you on this one. I just get jumpy when I hear the word
Wow, floating zombies. Now THAT is my worst nightmare. (One is dorwning/being trapped under water, the other is zombies. You have succesfully tapped both of those!)
Alright then, back off home to my too warm bed
Cest le vie.
Bye! I hope I’m back soon! Esp. since I have an online summer class…
Fred, Not sure where R lives but when we moved to San Jose (before H) they were in teh midst of a drought and we were only aloted so much water per person per household. Ours was still set for two and we were a family of four. we were bucketing water from baths and laundry and washing the dishes, out to water the plants and I bathed the girls together to save some water. We didn’t get egg timers in the mail tho. THat would have been interesting. For most of my 8 years there we were having a drought. watering allowed only on certain days and not allowed to wash the car in teh driveway oh and the water police driving around and ticketing you if you watered your lawn and had runoff in the road.
Even with all that I have seen reports of your drought . It is a lot worse than the one I was in.
Duck there is a falling piano over there
Not gone again. Talkative little coworkers.
Falling pianos should be my other worst fear.
I’m East Bay. I’ve only been here since the early 90s though. Got flash floods in ’95. That was exciting.
R!!!!! In your PJs at work (!!) and got busted! That is the most hilarious thing I’ve heard all day. I’m picturing it now! Where are my tissues to wipe the tears!
Did we make the news over there? WE’RE FAMOUS!!
If you are wondering where the falling piano comes from, I read somewhere that you are more likely to be hit by a falling piano while standing in the middle of a paddock than something or other which sounded improbable. Plane crash or something, suunded rubbishy, I am suspicious of statistics. I’m obsessively optimistic so when I can’t think of a positive, now I say “At least a piano didn’t fall on my head”
Past 10:30 no less. Nothing says “classy” like a Cartoon Network tank top and teddy bear print shorts.
Okay, going for real now. I think
Bye again!
Oh to be a fly on the wall over there to witness that encounter! It sounds like something you’d see in a TV show. I expect I’ll be at home tonight trying to expain to my husband why I’m laughing at nothing.
At least you don’t fancy him I guess – your mum’s co worker that is, not my husband. Yeesh think I need to go home too. 4:30 here, wonder if my boss would notice if I snuck out half an hour early . .
R.(snicker) teddy bear print shorts. Too funny!!!
Hope you get some rest tonight. hang in there, to be cooler tomorrow.
Fred, I like the whole falling piano thing. IT makes things seem better because you havent been out in a paddock and suddenly squished flat by a paino falling out of the sky.
Yep. No matter what’s happening, there’s always that sentiment to fall back on!
I’m off home now for the weekend. Have a good one!!!!
By Fred. Have fun this weekend good luck wiht KAzi on her first walk with the new gear.
I gotta catch up– you guys have been talkative! Lately, my main CO time has been late at night.
R. Moore, you live in the east bay?!??! For some reason I thought you were up in Oregon or Washington. And don’t worry, the fog is supposed to be back next week
Fred, the Australian drought has been getting quite a bit of coverage here. Ugh. I hope you get rain this season.
CBF, I love your altered books. Love them. It’s a brilliant idea. I’m going to try it myself.
Laney, love your prosh hotel room ;0
As for myself, PNBF and I had a big fight tonight. Ugh. The evening started out with four kittens AND mama cat all on my lap, and ended with me slamming the door. Double ugh. Maybe it’t the heat?
OMGZOMBIES!!1!1!
Aww oakie I am sorry. IT is definatly the heat. Hopefully you will work it out tomorrow if you want to.
Every one gets cranky when it is too hot especially here as we don’t have weather like that very often so most of us don’t have air conditioning.
And watch out for the zombies I believe they are lurking under the bay bridge.
Thanks oakie for the compliment- you will quickly become obsessed- I have dreams at night about the book I’m working on, and then I wake up with the pages all laid out in my head. If you do one, post pics! i love stealing everyone else’s ideas;) Sorry about the boyfriend sitch. Maybe you can steal the kittehs and run?
Russia, were you maybe hoping a piano would fall on you to hide your classy pants? Thank goodness I am a stay at home Mom! I wear my pj’s every day!
Laney- LOLOLOL I am no such thing (Doggy dominatrix) The Dog ken just sense the zombies in my head and it scares the literal crap out of him.
Sorry for all you poor wilting girls, we have had lovely weather. But that is Ohio for you- you get lovely weather for about one month, and the rest of the year you are under a freakin glacier.
AC is a way of life around here. During the summer there are drives to get AC units for people who can’t afford them, especially older people who live alone. I don’t think we’ve ever had a drought – aside from living 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, it rains at least once every week or so during the summer, though it does nothing to squash the heat. Factor in the humidity and our heat indexes are often above 100, particularly around August. Oh, and then there’s good old hurricane season, coming up on us soon. I get the feeling we may be in for another Rita this year. I was suprised we didn’t get hit last year.
CBF, LOLOL… Yeah you enjoy your nice spring. As U remember mya couple of August trips to Ohio. Me dripping with the humidity. ohhhh and my favorite when it rains there it buckets. you are drenched in about 1 minute if that.. it is like someone is standing over you with a swimming pool of water and they dumped it on you. hahaha
Of course it is absolutly beautiuful there.
I guess everything comes at a price.
opps… damn! proof read Annie before you post.. I meant As I remeber my
Wow, the rain just started coming down in buckets here. OOOH, maybe if I’m lucky the power will go out and I won’t be able to do any work today!!!
hi guys..being the basic bum that I am, I’m home today and am forced to plant my new plants and weed in 65 degree weather.
waiting for the batteries to charge for my husbands camera so that I can take more pictures of my plants.
(BOy this would have been so much easier to write if I could have used the word “garden”)
LOL Metsa. You could have used garden so we could have a giggle.
I am so jealous I wish I was gardening right now.(either kind)
Speaking of All that!(regular gardening not the other kind. WE have to clarify these things now) When you are here visiting your daughter I thought you might like to go see Filoli Gardens unless you already have been.
Here is a link, http://www.filoli.org/
Check it out let me know. I will get us tickets and set it up. There are tea tours and all kinds of fun stuff.
Hopefully you are not comming That first week in August. Our annual Family camping trip.
Any other Bay area of us who(Oaklandcat, R.Moore etc.) want to come can also come.
I am not adverse to taking a day off in the middle of the week and playing especially if your daughter is working one day and you want some entertainment.
Annie – I have no idea when I was going to CA, but it was probably gonna be the first 2 weeks in August. My duaghter will be working the entire time we are there.(M-F), becuase this is a new job and she doesn;t have much vaycay time.
Perfect. As soon as dates are set let me know. We can go for a day and have you home in time for dinner with your daughter.
I can go any time except 1-3.
I mean I can go any time except August 1 thru August 3.
*sigh*
Theo is posting everywhere but here. He doesn’t like us anymore.
Maybe he’s not speaking to us because of all the gardening jokes. My “bleen” explanation may not have helped either.
oh wah wahhh. sometimes it’s not *about* you, poodles.
Poodles? Who has poodles?
Poodles?1!? If I hafta be a dog of any kind it would not be a poodle! It would have to be something way awesomer, like a, a…Weiner dog! Or something! Something awesome!
Oh noes, is gardening an in-u-end-o now? Let me guess, the “tone” suffered again while I was away?
well I coulda said “bitches” but then y’all might not have seen the winky emote.
ps — NUN d’oh!
Annie – here is what I have seen in CA… UC Berkley, Fisherman’s Wharf and the San Franscisco airport. I went there for a weekend when my son was gonna go to Berkley.
CBF -some very distastefull (yet highly amusing) comments were made and Theo started it by saying his wife was a dirty, dirty girl (and then told us she was a gardener)
Uhem.. *clears throat* it was shocking and highly disgracefull…
Lanie – you’ve been really quiet since your trip…
I did NOT start that one.
Not entirely.
I think ya started the gardenin’ part….
*clears throat again*
somebody else may have started it, but I think ya started the gardenin’ part….
Hmmm I think I prefer to be a poodle. Thank you very much!
But the stoat says ‘bitches,’ so it must be okay.
And Theo you totally missed the whole zombie thing.
Hope you got the networking computer work thing fixed cause you obviously were very busy with it.
Maybe we should just say stoats instead of bitches from now on. Like, son of a stoat!
Brinnann Actually in this case it would definatly have been a compliment. just like in the stoat thing. People just don’t know when it is okay to be called a bitch and when it isn’t.
Trust me Annie, I know. I occassionally feel the need to listen to dreadful rap/hip-hop music. Don’t look at me like that! Some of it has really good beats.
Oh the shame of it listening to Rap. LOL Well I will give you this, once in a while a good one comes along. Once in a great while.
Watch this- I will provoke her out of hiding- Lanie darlink, I am so last, and you are not!
Theo, does Jaye know what you get up to in here? You are so going to be in the doghouse…out in the garden. A winky emote might not cut it with her for saying she is a dirty girl.
You know what is so funny? We are doing our inside jokes on the new pages, and we are like the bratty popular kids in the lunchroom now. No explanations, we just start talkin zombies and laff, and everyone is like, wuh?
Ok, well, I think it’s funny…
Hey I thought my Zombie Refereneces were Quite appropo at all times. LOLOL.
The weed wacker was just an accident Really ;D
so if I tell you I’m goin’ to the garden to pull something out…
you’ll understand…
I’m just not sure were to put it once its out
Ya know the oregano, I did some research on why its not too good any more and I have to pull it out and move it to a better drained area
LOL I can’t help it! OMG Lanie you have ruined gardening references for me forever.
Metsakins first the Kitty on apply directly to the forehead Post and now this. I am still Laughing at my desk…..
Okay I have control now. SOrry.
ISn’t oregano full sun and good drainage. Can you do a raised bed for it.
CBF — exactly what do you think it is that I “get up to in here?” …and yes, Jaye’s here too. She just comments a lot less frequently than I do.
WEll I am not touching that with a ten foot pole.
Hey metsa did you get the oregano moved yet. You know it is quite tasty when added to potato soup right.
Oakie, (I like making everyone’s names end in “ie”
) I’m East Bay but past the tunnels… And into the blistering valleys of DOOM. A friend up in Benecia says this area is not fit for animal life in the summer. But I’ve spent a lot of time in Washington, up by Seattle. My dad has lived up there since ’95, so I’ve been there at every holiday and each season. I can even make myself look like a nice, tame, businessman’s daughter if need be!
CBF, I am originally from Ontario, so I remember humidity. I also remember looking at one of those books for teaching kids the months and thinking it odd, because my birthday is in May, and the picture showed flowers and picnics in May, but it didn’t get warm until AFTER my birthday! Mum said there was about two good months all year, and six months of Winter.
Annie – It was in full sun but the drainage wasn’t good and I didn’t realize. . each year it got weaker and weaker. Its back on the hill instead at the bottom…
or I could just tell you I put it in 2 different places to see which one it likes better….
but that would be gross…
OMG, Mum touched the moniter at the office and the screen went dead. I KNEW they broke my computer while I was out!
And I hope we aren’t the popular kids at the cafeteria. Those kids are usually annoying beyond all reason. But then my family lives off inside jokes…
Ohmigawd, look! My husband is UP TO SOMETHING in here! It looks suspiciously like…like…oh, dear god…
…typing.
Yep. He’s typing all right.
*YAWN*
…who, *me*??
[in-no-cent eyes]
Hi Jaye, Happy start of the weekend.
R. did she check if all her plugs were still plugged in sometimes things get disconected.
T & J. How are the kittys doing with Rikki there. Is everyone getting along so far? Aside form the tail situation possted on Teho’s Blog.
Yup, it got working again. Still need to fiddle with mine. I’ve been at a friend’s house (with air conditioning) all day. I’m really tired, though. I’ve been getting just under eight hours of sleep each night and apparently that’s not enough.
have you guys seen a cat’s diary:
http://www.cvas-pets.org/petdiary.htm
its hilarious
I’m not hiding, I’ve had a busy week! And when you guys talk about gardening (the real kind), it’s hard to comment because I don’t know much, I’m a beginner… Hey! Stop snickering!
“OMG Lanie you have ruined gardening references for me forever.” What did I do? Was I the one who started it? I can’t remember.
Roger Moore, where in Ontario were you? Because it’s always nice in May, it’s tulips and lilac season here! (I’m in Montreal)
Jaye, Theo is typing? That’s suspicious behaviour, you’re right to assume the worst.
I have 2 kitties videos that I’ll post in a few minutes on my blog. Stay tuned!
Fixies, nice try.
I think theo started it…
I was in the Township of Brock. Much farther south than Montreal. About one to two hours from Toronto. MY grandparents are still in Sudbury.
So Helene you never said what the business trip was for. A conference, convention updating skills??
OMG R. Moor-ie, past the tunnels! *shudder*
I shouldn’t be complaining then.
I for one like being part of the cool kids cause I never was in school. When I see comments from one of you on the other posts, I’m like, “there’s one of mah peeps!”
did u go see lanie’s videos?
Hey, I was homeschooled! Buuut, the program was run out of the same building as a middle school, and I was thoroughly disgusted with “my peers” to appreciate only having a few close friends rather than a monstrous network of acquaintances.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention… I pretty much hated all rap for a long time. Then I listened to The Streets (which is really one person) from England. Sounds totally different. Not that Gangsta rap nonsense. My younger sister the music geek/indie hipster also really likes Lady Sovereign. But my current fascination is Busdriver. I went to a very indie band’s concert in SF a few months back, and they had two opening bands. One sounded just like them. The other I had no information on whatsoever. All of a sudden this guy starts mixing like crazy, fingers flying all over, and this other guy jumps on stage and starts rapping at lightening speed. The beats and music were very, very good, and the lyrics (what one could make out) were really intelligent. By the end of the set he had the entire place rocking out, including this tiny little old lady sitting in the balcony next to my SO and me. Most amazing showman I have ever seen.
It was a strategy group thing. But we worked a total of 5 hours in 2 days.
Sounds more like a co worker bonding exercise. Totally fun. The only business trip I ever took involved long hours of helping move a manufacturing and shipping operation to Mesa Arizona. There was just work and no play.
Yeah- I was deadly dorky in school too-major band geek. Only I must say, it being the 80s and all, I had the hugest bangs you have ever seen. Really big hair. I was the maybelline queen.
So Roger, I have been thinking about homeschooling some of my kids- did you like it? Would you recommend it? It seems like it would be bettter, but I fear that they would have social trouble. What do you think?
The more I listen to people talk about High Schools the more I realize what a great high school i went too. When my kids were in HS I thought it was just the one they were in, but I think it was just the one I went too that was so exceptional.
I went to The Bronx High of Science. That is what would now be called a magnet school, but then it was just a school you had to take an exam to go to. There were many in NYC, public schools with entrance requirements, either in the form of an exam or an audition (performing arts schools).
Any way, I’d be hard pressed to think of who the “popular” kids were. Being smart and academic was cool and we were nurtured by the teachers and were told that we were the best and the future of the country, etc, etc.
I’m not saying this to brag, I just realize that I had a totally different experience. For instance, I didn’t go to Prom, but then none of my “group” went to Prom. It wasn’t even a big deal. I’m not sure I knew when or where it was!
It’s so funny that someone has posted a post about some little fat cat on a sofa, and somehow, we get talking about high schools and proms. Random, but I love it.
Thats why Cute Overload rocks!
Fia – if you will look, this comment blog has continued from the original posting. It is
“Officical C.O. off topic discussion of absolutely unrelated anything”
Feel free to join us. Current topics include :
gardening
HS
Zombies
if you go back to the beginning you’ll see that it was about cute little Buddy initially
He hee.. yes I looked thank you, Metsakins! From couch straddling, to paw dangling, to cats, to fat cats, to being cruel by posting fat cats, to being vegeterian, to being vegan to cats again, to high schools, to proms, and right here.. to us two. Now I get it
actually, cats are the only recurring theme….
Interesting…
(say in old proffesser-sounding voice)
How ever interesting it is… I am very sorry, but I have to go now! Very nice talking to you! xxx
Hey Metsa Happy Saturday.
HOw did the weeding and flower planting go yesterday
CBF actually at least here in Californai the home schoolers have there own network and they do activities together as well as at home and they have a whole academic program to help parents do the home schooling thing.
As to the popular kids I was not one of them either but I had a lot of fun with the group of friends I hung with.
I was really shy in school. Thank God for Adulthood.
CBF, my family stated homeschooling when my sister was ready for kindergarten and the schools had too many kids.Mum sent for information and was magically signed up to homeschool. Then we went to regular public school for a year when I was in first grade, had a horrid experience, and went to an alternative program that we loved. Younger sis. had evil teacher, I was sick,program was shut down. I had missed a lot of school due to illness, so we went back to homeschooling. I loved it. It worked really well for us, because we’re very self motivated and love learning. Other families have more structured approaches, with set times and curriculum. We stayed on track enough for the district to stay happy. We could have done what is called an R4, which means we are totally independent and on our own–basically a private school for our own family. We stayed with the program because we’d get “real” diplomas out of high school. Most R4 high schoolers just take community college courses and get their AA at about 18. As Annie said, most homeschoolers have a network they work with. As previously mentioned, I met my SO volunteering while in high school. If your kids have neighborhood friends or activities with other kids they shouldn’t suffer socially. I didn’t have a lot of friends, but I could converse with adults with ease and made friends with the kids who weren’t just clones of the next kid over. Our program had families that sponsored study groups. Our history group is still in contact though almost everyone has graduated (ages ranged from about 16 to 6). Home schooling can be an excellent option, but it depends on the individuals concerned and their circumstances. I myself will probably end up with my kids in charter school since I myself am going to be in school forever and then want to teach at University. But I would love to home school them if I thought I’d be able to.
Holy comment of doom.
Hi every 1 . I was out all day today actually helping my friend with her garden. (My goal was to take home columbine, which I did)
Yesterday did not get as much done as I wanted b/c of severe headache (I did apply Solly to it) but also took ibuprofen and then had upset stomach.
Feeling better, Metsie?
Sigh. I am bored out of my mind. SO is in the city doing the 48 hour film festival. It literally takes 48 solid hours non-stop, so I have no contact. My computer is still wonky. My wrist hurts so I can’t do crafty stuff. Woe is me.
At least the zombies have gone off. At least a piano hasn’t fallen on my had.
do u have carpal tunnel? and were you the one who knew about Taltos by Anne Rice?
btw I feel fine today, that stuff happened Friday…thanks for asking
HEy MEtsakins, Hey R.Moore.
Glad you are feeling better M and that columbine was secured. I am just about to go get Chinese food for dinner and then pick Balackberries.
and probably make Berry jam tonight. ummm I can already taste it. and havent even started cooking.
R what on earth did you do to your wrist to preclude doing arts and crafts
I used to make blackberry jam. For us we have to wait until July for the berries. I’m goin’ to have a bumper crop of raspberries this year so I should make jam….haven’t done it in about 15 years….
We are actually having blackberries early this year. Mine are usually not ready till july either but les rain apparently has pushed them into an early ripening.
I make blackberry, strawberry and apricot jam. Apricot salsa and blackberry cobbler.
Then I trade some of my black berry and apricot jam to a friend who makes plum and plumstrawberry jam. that way we both get a little assortment
yummy…
I also used to make mint jelly…
now I kindof feel like doin’ it with all this jam talk
yumm mint jelly is good. No one out here really does it I think it is a back east thing. Even on lamb you don’t see it much here.
I did nothing to hurt my wrist other than be born into a formerly inbred European family. Bad genes. Good genes for my hair, though… Healthy hair.
And strangely enough we are going fruit picking today.
In other news, my rattie friend passed away last night. WE then had to bury him, and due to the hour it was past midnight when he went down. I’m tired.
Well – I’m off to take a shower and then go to the ICU to visit hubby who was bored and decided to have a bowel resection at 7:30 am after a round of stump the doctors in ER all night. Prognosis is excellent, however….
Oh wow, Metsie, hope your hubby is feeling better, too!
Oh yes, I just picked a bunch of lovely soft peaches. I have lunch and breakfast for the next week
R. Sorry about your pet.
I asked about carpal tunnel b/c I had that on both hands and had it surgically corrected last year, but at your age it’s still correctable w/o surgery.
Hubby will be ok. The whole situation was bizarre and I’m kinda just realizing now that he could have died.
Hello everyone!
Seems a lot has happened since Friday! (my Friday that is)Hope everyone is better/recovering etc etc. I’m glad your Hubby is going to be ok Metsakins. Sorry about your rat R.
On a brighter note, we tested the Halti out on Kazi – it’s officially a miracle. She stopped pulling instantly. We went for tons of walks (because now it’s fun, not a trial) I can’t get over what a difference it made. She’s heeling(sp?) brilliantly now. And she got great positive experiences from it (heaps of walks and lots of folks wanting to pet and cuddle her) so she’s quite happy to wear it. Now, we will have to wait and see how she goes Wednesday night at training. The bazillion other dogs might toss all our good work out the window again. At least she wont be able to get out of the Halti like she got out of the collar last week.
Gee Metsie- the ER is no fun- We did that this weekend as well! I had what I thought was a bad asthma attack, and it turned out to be a massive panic attack. It made me really mad, because I haven’t had a panic attack for about four years, and I hate paying the ER prices for someone to say, you’re not dying, go home. I’m glad your husband is ok, I hate the ER. I guess I need a vacation or something to blow off the stress…
Thanks Russia for the homeschooling low down. I have a weird sitch with my autistic teenager-she is brilliant, and often bored, and I am thinking of homeschooling her to let her go at her pace (a million miles an hour) Only her social skills are very poor, school is the only social thing she gets. Hmmm. Will have to think more. Sorry about your Rattie friend. Losing a pet is so sad.
I have been adding as many of you as I can find to my Vox neighborhood- That way, if Teho and Meg shut us down, we can always carry on over at Vox. We could even start a Buddy Vox!
helloooooo…. *echoes* Aha! am I truly last?
truly last for sunday CBF, but we’ll be keeping an eye on you…..
gee, I didn’t know we had so much in common, I myself am an anxious asmathic. Fortunately, I don’t have panic attacks, but I do suffer from “a nonspecified anziety disorder”.
I know, I know TMI.
Russia, I have come to an executive decision that I must put out there. You MUST get a page to post pictures, etc., vox or otherwise. It’s really no far to have you lurking about our pet pictures when we can’t see yours…..
and Oakie… where is your page?
Metsie, CBF, I take lots of drugs to control my anxiety and panic attacks (didn’t know there was a difference until I found out I was crazy). Panic attacks could be literally dabilitating for me. Now I seldom have any symptoms, and even then they’re very mild.
When y’all talk about gardening, of the literal variety, I usually have no idea what’s going on, but now that I’ve seen pics I realize I have the purple oxalis in a pot on my front porch. It’s may favorite plant, even when the hibiscus is blooming. Oh, and I actually started making my vox page look like a vox page (my name is a new link). Not much, yet, but it could be…
Can anyone tell me how to revive my hibiscus? It bloomed all winter because I kept bringing it in the house if it got too cold out, but now it looks a little sickly, even though I’ve fed it. Should it go in the ground?
ok so that would be a hilarious and telling poll…How many peeps come to CO because they have an annoying anxiety problem, and Teh Cute helps them breathe slower?!
Hey peeps, you should check out my baby sister’s blog about anxiety, she just started it but it is really good. She is one brave kiddo. ( I say kiddo because she is permanently about 8 years old to me, even tho she is married now. I don’t know who told her she was allowed to grow up.)
Here is the link:
http://www.anxiousnomore.blogspot.com/
R so sorry to hear about your Ratties pasing.
I hope your wrist feels better soon. Also Get with it girl go get a vox page so we can see everything PEt pics etc.
Metsa I hope your husband is feeling Better. Bowl troubles are nothing to sneeze at. And it is always disconceritng to think you might have lost your significant other especially after being to gether for so long.
Fred, Kudos on the Walk stuff. You will find that Kazi is a much better behaved dog because she is getting lots of walk time.
CBF I have never had an Anxiety attack but my bosses wife had one while I was here one day. It just came on for no apparent reason she was even unable to walk unaided I will never ever think of them the same. She went grey in teh face I thought she was having a heart attack.
Brinn, IF you are where it freezes you need to keep it in the pot.
You may just need to put it in a new pot. a tall one Thats shaped like a dunce hat upside down with the point cut off would be good. IT gives the roots more room so they don’t get root rot. And it helps keep the roots cooler. IT could be just too hot for it.(because it is in a pot)
It freezes (just barely) only a few times each winter. Never any snow, and ice always melts in the morning. So I dunno if that’s cold enough to need to keep it in a pot. It may just need to be repotted period. I did it early last fall, but with not-so-good dirt that looks almost hard as a rock right now. Maybe some better soil would help, which is why I considered the ground.
Hey I thought up a new knick name for Theo(Wilson) like on tool time. You never see his face but he is always on the other side of the fence to dispense dolops of wisdom and links to other cool blogs or websites.
Brinn Hibiscus are a tropical. They do not do good with any freezing. We get the occasional freeze too where I am but it will kill it. It just needs some good potting soil(SPlurge and get miracle grow if you can) and a good pot. your plant will reward you.
Fixie, I take the same meds your sister takes, but I have to take it every night just to keep the attacks at bay.
I was thin like her for a while as well. My anxiety gave me ulcers, so I had trouble keeping food in my body long enough for it to do any good. Many people told me I looked like I was on drugs, including my father, who did so most often (gee, great support there). But once I got my anxiety under control, the weight went back on, and on, and on. Turns out the meds I was taking made me too hungry, so I went from 100 to 160 pounds in a couple of years. Then I gradually started going through changes in my life that returned some of my problems, making me lose weight again as well as creating a need for a change in meds. Back down to 100 for about a year, then I leveled out and stay around 130. Sometimes I miss that 100 pound body because I could wear anything (except low cut – tiny chest), but most guys seem appreciative that I’m not so skinny. When I dropped 5 pounds at my last job, I started getting reprimanded by some of the guys that I’d better not lose weight.
Still reading, I’m suprised the Zoloft hasn’t helped her gain weight. It’s what made me gain all of mine the first time, but my dosage may have been much higher.
Oh, I forgot to tell everyone about my lunchtime adventure. Right before I left the warehouse manager came in to tell me there were kittens out back. Naturally, I HAD to go see them. Momma and 4 bebehs (that we could see). So after I had lunch I stopped and bought a food dish and cat food for momma kitty. When I got back she’d moved the bebehs, but I’m sure she didn’t go far. We’ll see if she goes after the food.
Annie – Isent you an email on Sunday. Didn’t mail your oxalis today b/c I wondered if you’d like an iris or two to go with that.
Hi every 1 – back from visiting hubby….
*waves*
brinnann of course you like the oxalis…they’re cute…. don’t know anything about hibiscus
How’s hubby doing? Much better, I hope.
Hi Metsa (Waves back)
IS hubby Feeling Better? Would Love an Iris or two.
I have been checking into various activities(nefarious and other wise)to do while you are here.
I was thinking it would be fun to all get together while you are here. What do you who are here in California think about posibly going on the Ghost tour in San Francisco.
Carnelian room if we wanted to go up for a cocktail and enjoy the views. (Only drinks here as dinner cost is prohibitive)
Or we could go to biscuits and blues if you like Jazz.
Not to mention the fishermans warf, or even Teatro Zinzanni(may be risque’) Dinner theater.
There is a big long list of activities. for San Francisco and also San Jose. and Oakland too.
Russia are you old enough to go drinking. Not that you have to drink if you come but if we go to the blues jazz thing you may need to be 21 to get in
Hubby is improving. Haven’t booked trip yet but spoke to daughter and probly going the 1st to 12th or so.
We were supposed to go to South Caroline on 6/27, but surgeon said prob’ly not…(Best friend’s son getting married….)
Brinn 4 kittens just born awwwww! I hear a rescue comming.
Yeah he may not be ready by then. A friend had it. it took a while for internal stuff to get back to normal.
Actually what happened he had hernia surgery 2 years ago. The use mesh to repair it. The clip holding the mesh came undone and entangled in his bowel…..ouch
Annie, no rescue. The landlady said I can’t have anymore animals (which makes me want to buy fish). But they could quite likely become shop pets if the shop guys stop pretending to be big, tough men who don’t like kitties. I know they’re really all just big softies.
mEtsa Ouch indeed.
my sad face for the kitties.
Brinn.
Yeah I hea that about the man facade’ My husband used to do that too. then we got TUffy and I was trying to train him to sleep out in a basket in teh kitchen, but mr I am a tough guy, couldn’t stand it and had to bring the kitty in bed with us. Kitty was fine out there sleeping away. Hubby not fine worrying about kitten.
So you may get them to cave on it. also some of them might want to take bebbehs home to familys.
to quote my husband on the subject of cats..”I didn’t even want them and now I love them so much..” said angrily…
Brinn You are in Texas Right? Are you close to the where that flash flood was?
Metsies, that sounds painful! Hope he’s alright.
Helene, Jumps up and down Waving
Wow, brinn it sounds like you have been thru the wringer! And no panic attacks are nothing to sneeze at, because if you don’t know what is happening, you are pretty sure you are going to die. Now that I know what they are, it just makes me angry:) Maybe you and Aimee (my sister) could be friends, she is feeling very lonely.
Isn’t it funny how men think loving cats is not manly? I have known my cutebabydaddy since high school, and when he was sixteen, in the 80s when buttons were trendy, he had one he wore on his powder blue jean jacket that said “I like cats-dead ones” that he thought was hilarious. Now he will be petting my cats and I will remind him of this. He always looks sheepish and apologizes. He likes my kittehs more than The Dog. I think I may have turned him from a dog person to a cat person!
Metsa- we are sending good thoughts to your husband- hospitals are not nice:(
thx every 1.
In a few minutes goin’ back to hosp and then driving son to train back to Manhattan
HI lanie!!!
Bye Metsa Our Prayers are with you.
hi everyone.
Metsie- I hope your husband gets better soon.
I tried signing in using a live link to my vox page– hope it works.
R. Moore I’m sorry to hear about your rat…was it the heat maybe?
And coincidentally or not, I have anxiety/depression too. I’ve never had a panic attack tho– and CO helps.
Annie- a group outing could be fun. I’ve never taken the ghost tour.
Oakie,ME either but it sounds like so much fun. Actually there are several different walking tours.
Hey any good news about PNBF or is that just so last weeks news.
PNBF and I are through. Kaput. Finito. He *gasp* met somebody else. But he still really wants to be my friend. Story of my life.
Annie, we’ve been getting rain every day, but nothing close to a flash flood. I hadn’t even heard about it, but then again I don’t watch the news often.
Fixie, your sister really sounds like a kindred spirit, we’ve got so much in common, or did until I finally got everything under control with meds. Some people find it hard to accept meds as a way to solve this problem, but I honestly don’t ever want to try living without them again. The short time I did was horrifying.
Your husband’s button reminds me of bumper stickers some of the boys had in high school: So many cats, so few recipes.
Metsie, keep us updated on the latest progress…Because that’s what it’s all gonna be – progress. We know he’ll get better, just let us know how much and how soon.
Oakie, at least it happened sooner than later. I hate it when they decide after a few months that they’ve “met someone new.” We thought he was a shoe-in just because he was a kitty lover, but that may count against him as it seems our friends’ SO’s were easily transformed from “men who like dogs, not cats” to “awww, kitty” men.
So, I had a dream last night, don’t remember what it was about, but somewhere in there was something about us being upset ‘cuz T(Ed.) deleted the “Official C.O. Off-Topic Discussion of Absolutely Unrelated Everything!” link. Weird.
Oakie, I almost forgot. Tell him you don’t wanna be “friends.” Tell him you will, however, come over to visit the kitties, preferably when he’s not going to be home.
good morning every 1!
Hubby is being kicked out of ICU! (Can opener dance, please)
While we’re going on about meds, etc. my main complaint is depression, which I take handfulls of stuff for, some of which has made me quite fat….
I was resistant to medication too. But thats a story for anohter day…
Marc is coming with me to CA, but I already told him I need a day with my “online” friends. If we meet is SF, I can park him in a museum, I suspect….
Technically, I’m borderline/manic-depressive with severe anxiety/panic disorder. Yay for me. Pass the Wellbutrin and Klonipin, please.
Oakie – sorry about PNBF.
R. -where are you.
*checks furniture*
Lanie – you’ve been 2 quiet. Everything ok?
R: Got something for ya…
http://www.dropline.net/cats/kitty/zomby-cat
Yeah, I’m fine, just feeling stressed out.
Look what I found :
http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=3986
A marmie straddler!!!
cute little chubbakins lifting weights awwww
Brinn The Zombie Cat rocks. Burmese fighter.HEhe
LAnie when I opened the marmie stradler I started Laughing and am still snickering. Too funny.
Glad you are back Lanie.
Metsa I am hearing The mournful call of the sick male in your future … “Honey I need thngs” “honey I don’t feel good” Honey can you get me???”(all said with a pitiful little boy voice.)
Oakie Sorry it didn’t work out, but I seem to remember at the beggining you were not to thrilled with him, but the Kitties made it seem like it might be something worth persuing, and you were taking a second look at him. Obviously your instincts were right on cue from the begining.
There will be someone better right around the corner.
FYI peeps — looks like we finally got the “Recent Comments” glitch ironed out (plus a number of other glitches at the same time). Carry on.
Teho Thanks Man of Mystery! You De Bomb!
LOL Annie! Only my when cutebabydaddy is sick, he is all like I’M FINE! LEAVE ME ALONE! NO, I’M NOT THROWING UP! But he still says it in the little boy trying to be a manly man voice…
Now that I’ve watched that video again, I’m goin’ into the attic and finding my daughter’s puppets (which she asked me to save for her children) and fling them against my sliding glass doors….I just can’t stop myself…..
CBF too funny. All the while they want you to baby them, and when you yourself are sick it is honey what sfor dinner and when are you gonna wash those dishes. I give the steely eyed stare(you know the one, Kinda like that marmy on teh post today) and say maybe next week if your lucky and I feel better
Metsa you really have a twisted sense of humor. I like that in a friend. Hehehe.
I still can hear the commercial in my head Weeee Thunk ERrr Ummm Weee??? Thok. Other hamsters Ohhhhhh!
after I’m done with the handpuppets I’m putting slices of cheese on my cats
bwahahahahahhaha
UR DOIN IT RONG
I wish I had a video camera. I’d love to see Honey chase the cats around the house with cheese on their heads.
Teho HUNH???? I IS CONFUSED
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/05/21/cheez/
there ya go Annie
*cough*newclawsmoposts*cough*
*sits back and waits for comments*
/self publicity
Thanks Theo you de best. I am still new to this whole blogging think.
Helene I got some tonight for kitty bradclaws. I finally got some stuffed kitties. and a not very happy kitty pirate who then beat up her peg leg.
Helene, I posted! I did! I said nice things about your decor!
Annie, I have the “steely” look too- once when my 4 year old was being naughty, I started giving him the look, and he puts his hands over his eyes and says “Mom, don’t fear me!” So now when I try to get the bigger kids to do anything they say “Don’t fear me! and they laugh and run away. Sarcastic little twerps. I have NO IDEA where they get that from…
Helene the polished wood floor beautiful. The kitty obviously redolent(is that the right word???) with the love of his kitty momma. And good choices for the videos too.
Hi All! I wanted to post my male-pet-hater-now-pet-lover story yesterday when it was relevant but the internet was broken. So I’ll do it now instead.
My Dad thought dogs were working animals, not pets. He hated pet dogs and wanted nothing to do with them. My mum tried unsuccessfully for years to convince him to get me a dog. He was the type of bloke who would kick a dog out of the way rather than walk around it (figuratively speaking)
Now he tells all his friends how beautiful and sweet his “grandpuppy” Kazi is. He calls her snookums. He buys her toys. He rings me to check on her. It was is birthday on the weekend. I asked mum what he wanted and she said “To play with Kazi”
We just stand back and watch as he runs about the yard with Kazi giggling like a schoolboy and we wonder when the aliens kidnapped my real dad.
PS Helene, I have performed my comment posting duties on your vox!
Hey everyone, I’m not dead. My coping skills were down to nothing after three nights of not getting to bed until one or later. I spent Sunday evening and all of Monday over at SO’s house for our anniversary. And Fred, he calls me Snookums
I don’t really have a lot of digital pictures of my pets. My family is nothing if not crazy. I mean creative. We have lots of artsy photos, but not a lot of our pets. And those we do are on my computer, which needs a new video card.
Thanks peeps for your comments. I’m feeling the love. Totally!
And thanks for loving my decor. The wall color is dark navy though, not electric blue. And greyish sage.
*freaks out*
A beetle just flew right in my hair while I was quietly sitting in my kitchen commenting on Metsies’ Vox!!
It looks like this :
http://www.vertdeterre.com/nature/img/insecte/hanneton_de_la_saint_jean.jpg
I hate those! They come into the house I don’t know how! Through the chimney I think. And their larva eats my lawn! Ugly white grubs! We have a city lamp on our lawn, and they’re attracted to light! I’m freaking out so much I’m wearing out my ! key!!!!1!!!11!!!!!!!
Helene – here is how to stop freaking out, – go back to the flying hammies and read fairywench’s comment. ROFL
Fred what a great story. hey how is Kazis weight she was so painfully thin when you first posted her pics. And is she still happily walking with the halti lead.
R.Moore I hope you are feeling more rested now. I still say go to vox and at least start a blog.
Metsa how is the husband doing.
Helene, I love that color combo the dark blue and sagey grey green. It is unusual. Also we miss your sparkiling wit when you aren’t around.
Cutebaby Fix. Did I hear somewhere that the cutologists unanamous were meeting in the bay area???
Helene that is one ugly beetle bug.Ewww
Husband doing well. Told me 3 times to call a lawyer… We have to find out what mesh they covered his hernia with b/c there is a class action suit going on.
Cancelled my South Carolina reservations.
HElen Metsa is right those crazy nuffers are back on the flying hamster post. SO go and Pupetroversy away.
Metsa sorry to hear about the cancellation of the trip to see friends.
but thanks for getting the pizza:)
Helene!! That’s my worst fear! BUGS in my hair – EEEK especially Christmas Beetles
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/rainforest_explorer/Resources/Images/animals/invertebrates/ChristmasBeetles.jpg
Similar to your beetle. Do those ones bang about the place?
Hi Annie, Kazi has put on about 2 kilograms, which is probably just about right. SHe’s always going to be a slender dog, it’s the breed, but her ribs don’t stick out anymore. Her legs have really muscled up too. Halti training is going well – Doggy Obedience class is tonight – this will be the real test! Fingers crossed!
I’ve put more picks on vox of Kazi and Bear hint hint . . . (copying Helene)
DUH link
http://cyanide.vox.com
I’m sure cuteologists are meeting, see MC2′s vox for details I think, but I can’t go:(, too poor. Gots to save mah $$$ to pay for boring old things like the mortgage and little sneakers.
Hey Fred your name on CO is a link to your blog. Just so you know
Actually, I have a livejournal account that I use daily.
And as for meeting up, I think my mum would freak out knowing I was going to meet in real life people I met online
I shall always be not quite thirteen to her. And since I don’t have a car, getting to the city is impractical. 
But if y’all want to go out the frying pan that is the East Bay valleys I volunteer at an awesome museum that doesn’t even need me for its awesomeness.
Also, Helene, you can buy beneficial nematodes at garden stores and sprinkle them on your lawn to kill grubs.
Roger/Russia,
Yeah I know. I got Milky Spore in the US. Apparently, it’s even better than nematodes because it survives in the soil for 15-20 years, whereas you have to apply nematodes every year because they don’t survive the Canadian winter.
Roger, that is your Mom’s *job* keeping you safe. Giving you permission to do something possibly dangerous would go against every instinct in her body, and then if something did happen, she would never forgive herself, and her head might explode. You wouldn’t want to be responsible for blowing up yer Mom, would you?
Oh yeah. Gee I’m doing well today. (Hit self on back of head)
Hi kids!
Roger, tell your mum you’re meeting a bunch of crazy cat ladies! We couldn’t possibly be dangerous ;p
I think I’ve heard of the museum where you volunteer. The wildlife museum, right? That would actually be a perfect place for a CO field trip.
I can’t believe I missed two commentroversies today! I have *got* to stop being so busy at work. *goes off to check out Helene’s and Fred’s blogs*
June 20th Bleen!
Wake up, West Coast bums!
good morning Lanie – I was just having some poptarts over at flying hammies
Good Morning Lanie or should I say happy almost Lunch time to you who are sitting at 11:30.
Hi Metsa are we in Nuff heaven over there??
R.Moore. you also can take her to our blog pages for a little comfort. but if it makes her feel better I have a Subaru, plenty of room, I will be picking up Metsakins in sunnyvale and I can go get you too. we can pick you up at your house or the local McDonalds so she can meet us first.
And the natural Museum would be a great place to go too.
Annie – still haven’t mailed your plants… will soon though….
Oakie, I am not a crazy cat lady. Am I kitties!!!(Looks at her four kitties)
oh! Ummmm. okay maybe I am.
Oh Thank You MEtsa. I cant wait to get them in the ground and see how they look, you are right too the triangularis(?) is very cute I love those pink maroon colored leaves
I just had a go at the iPod pussy clip commentroversy.
That should be a new category on our Stuffed and Shaved Vox. “Clipped pussies”. Paper clips on the tip of the tail. Clip-on earings. Clip-on ties on the cat’s collar… Oh, the possibilities!
Lanie, I get the feeling I may be torturing my poor kittehs soon just to fulfill the need for clipped pussies.
Nuffers back on both blogs.
Really have to get some work done now, first day back since hubby took ill….
Will check in later to see where my “help” is needed.
Hey Fred/Cyanide — those Christmas Beetles are kinda gorgeous. Wow. They really look gold-plated like that? Sometimes we see beetles & other insects that look metallic iridescent green, up here, but they’re not common. Well, except bluebottle flies, bleah.
Lanie, Okay I think I understand your love of the commentroversy now. It is challenging. Except I really only like it because we get to have a pudding fight.
And that is soo much fun.
Also Brinn the squirrel catapult is the bomb!
hey- I clipped my pussy last night! (I never thought I’d be typing that sentence…)
My black cat Quentin has started getting dreadlocks so I had to take the scissors to her– not very photogenic tho.
but somebody should post something on SASP- poor stuffed pussies are getting neglected– we should definitely expand the parameters.
*snerk* Oakie, that’s some VERY bad imagery there, on both comments.
OAkie, I have stuff I was going to put on last night but My youngest daughter came over so I was too busy but tonight I will!
Whew, it is nice to come here where everyone is nice. Maybe if Theo shuts us down, we can just move this party over to the clipped pussy thread! We will be like nomads, traveling from thread to thread, with no real home to call our own! We could be gypsies!! And wear gypsy skirts! With sequins and leetle mirrors on! Ok I will go lie down.
Just to re-reiterate again: I’m not going to be shutting anything down. The most I might do is take the enormous OCOOTDOAUE link off the front page, which was pretty much just my own dumb joke to begin with. If I was really going to close this thread, don’t you think I would’ve done it back when there was real acrimony going on, or maybe when peeps were trying to get in the “last comment”?
My mom has a gypsy/pirate costume pattern she’s considering making. It’s in the same pattern as the Scottish outfit she’s making for me for RenFest. Oh, and there’s a corset, I lurve corsets!
Brie make sure you wear the corset to work one day for Mr. cute coworker– oh hey! why not ask him for margaritas??
Oooh, I have flowy gypsy skirts I could wear. And long necklaces and big earrings. Brilliant!
And I agree, it is a mom’s job to protect the wee ones. And my mum would probably explode if I said, “Hey a bunch of crazy cat ladies want to meet me! We met on CO…”
If you guys go to the museum, though, I could arrange for extra petting circles and walk throughs with animals.
as soon as Lanie put up SASP my huggums just started ignoring all the boxes in the house. She knew I had a shameless plan for her.
(I wonder if my duaghter left any hair clips home….)
I am eating the most delicious thing ever- move over puddin, I am eating some whole milk yoghurt, french vanilla, and dipping in organic strawberries. *Dies.*
So let me get this straight, You wear a corset for cow orking?
Of corset’s for cow orking!
And Theo, we know you won’t shut us down, we merely like provoking you because then you notice us and it makes us feel spayshul:)
The squeaky wheel gets the pudding, after all.
Yeah Theo, You should have some brownies too… You know we love to tease you right?
So, any reaction, any possible way, is that it?
[scowl]
Teho you should be feeling the Love. No Scowling.
I’m a longtime lurker in this CO unrelated topic commentary…… Mind if I join you ladies (and men, I just know from observation…..well, nevermind).
Oh, and Brinnann, did ya’ see my links to my wedding stuff on the so called “clipped pussy” page?
Off topic!
My little sister’s ex-boyfriend’s mother is in my online creative writing class. Our family’s have a… bumpy history. This should be interesting. She is also in the self-same sister’s dance class, apparently. Woo.
Oooh, Merv is part of the in-crowd now.
Time for the super-secret-so-secret-we-don’t-even-know-about-them initiation rites!
Peeps! I found a picture of Teehee! And it’s *snickers* VERY flattering…
http://teho.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252668128e1d00d10a785e858bfa.html
R. Moore does it involve jumping on a trampoline 15 times and running in the kitchen for cokes
Helene he deleted it Was he cute ????
Annie, it’s still there.
Cute? Hummmm, sure! *shifty eyes*
I tried it doesn’t show says it can’t find it you should copy it and send it to us. Hehehe
Pudding, naturally.
Other link :
http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252668128e1d00d10a785e858bfa-pi
I think I’ll click the link “Flag as offensive” next to the pic.
What page of the photos was it on? there is a Newt Geingreg Photo that isn’t him. Are you sure its the Man of Mystery?
Both links work fine for me, but anyway. It’s on page 7, and the title is “I got a Dyson Root 6 hand vacuum”.
Links no work for me
and what is the correct expression for the 200th comment?
Oh well maybe cause I’m on my work computer. I will check form home but I am guessing he will be a man of mystery for me at least. Anyway I know his smile from the bunny photo. Oh and love the pudding cup picture we needed that yetserday
Bicentenial??? Maybe
Bicentibleen?
yes I believe is should be
bicentibleen
i just don’t know what happened to me today *blushes*
Lanie wins Bicentibleen it is!
Hmm I think why the link works for you LAnie is you have it in you computer memory and so it still shows but as soon as the big cat saw your post he deleted it and so Metsy and I cannot see it.
Well that is my excuse and I am sticking to it. HEHE
Nice try. I did shift-refresh and it’s still there. So THERE.
2 more beetles tonight. They come through the chimney. Those 2 were covered in dust, and not moving much. So I grabbed my courage and a kleenex and flushed them down the toilet. They’ll come back at night when I’m sitting on there, I know it!
And just now, I could hear Poupoune playing, and I was sure she nabbed herself a beetle but thankfully, it was just some plastic bottle ring.
Those are way ugly beetles.
Okay LAnie here is what I see on page 7 I am guessing it was originally where it says Stuuperfluff.
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Hi Merv, wander on in! I can’t believe all the peeps have let us keep this to ourselves for so long! I think she should have to go to Mcdonalds in her jammies and stand onna table and sing I’ma little teapot!
I saw your picture of Teho, Helene, and I think they make a very cute couple. You can definitely feel the, uh, love…and no, Teho, not a reaction at any price. I think it just makes us feel a little less like a bunch of kooky cat ladies when you show up and give this thread some cred.
OOh I hate bugs too, helene. I am pretty outdoorsy and like going camping and all that, but spiders give me the jibblies. My kittehs are still in solitary confinement trying to get a handle on the litter box thing, and today they were howling in the laundry room. Just howling! So I went to check on them, and there is a huge brown wolf spider the size of a house in there with them, and they was skeered! Normally, I would have run like the little wussypants I am and got my big strong cutebabydaddy to come stomp it for me, but he is at scout camp with mr. 11 year old. I had to do battle wif it myself. It almost got me, but in the end, me (and the broom) won. I can’t pick it up tho, even to flush it. It is just layin there, and it prolly will til the men come home from camp!
[ahem]
The reason some folks can’t see that pic is because it’s access-controlled. The people who can see it are supposed to be the ones who won’t plaster it all over the public internet.
I *will* remove it if I feel forced to. I’m not looking to be recognized on the street, ‘k? I’m not a movie star and I’m not running for office.
Uh ohs. Helene I think you are so totally grounded. And teho, I think if you ran for president you would be the dark horse candidate voted in by millyons of peeps. Teho in 2008! You would run on the platform of teh qte for all, and all for cute. We could make but-ins. Your reaction makes me wonder, are you often harassed by peeps from here who have heard the voices say they are going to marry you or some such? That would get old very quickly, methinks.
Sorry T, I thought the pic was cute and funny! I can show you a drunk picture of myself if you want.
I is grounded.
I haz spent too much time on ICHC.
here we go, it’s a cage match between Helene, the frawnch fry, and Teho the Bleeninator. Who will come out aliiiive? tune in for this and other stuff after this episode of planet fulla unicorns heyyyy…
and with that, I’m off peeps. Talk atcha later!
I’m so grounded I can’t see the picture anymore. I feel bad.
Helene, I think we is all grounded.
We.re sorry Theo.
Besides being MR. Wilson from Tool Time is UBER COOL.
Helene don’t feel too Bad. I ‘m the one who feels bad I started it with the man of mystery stuff. I’m sorry.
Yes but I posted the link. I think Theo don’t like me no more
(.
*grabs a kitteh for comfort*
*kitteh’s eyes are bulging from the hugz*
Good night.
Hi there,
Re the Christmas beetle I posted above (Theo asked) The Christmas beetles start out dull brown when they begin appearing in about October. Then as it moves into December, they change into those beautiful metalic colours. There’s quite a few varieties. Some look like pearls, others are almost black and go green and red in the light, some are yellow and red. The colours are beautiful and would be awesome on a car, but I hate those beetles with a passion. They bang around the place and they have prickley legs which stick onto things. UUUGH
We have June Bugs up here. The start out dull brown and stay that way, but they “bang around the place” most efficaciously. And they really do show up in June.
Later, they die off and leave dull brown beetle husks all around the place.
Fred we have little black bettles they are about the size of a lentil bean (The orange ones). They stay black. They don’t bang around much but when you get three or four or more together the stench is attrocious. They like wood and leaves.
The christmas beetles are pretty
Fred how was doggie obedience on Wednesday. Was Kazi the star? Did she handle the excitement better with the Halti?? I want to get one of those for one of my friends.
Theo eww ickkk!
We get brightly coloured beetle husks laying around.
We get “Stink Bugs” Which pong and hang about in groups. These are also beautifully coloured. Blue and red, black and red, grean and yellow. It’s like Nature’s practical joke. “Ooh pretty . . . URK – yeah, very funny, Nature, I’ll get you back, where’s my fuel gusselling ozone destoyer?”
Kazi did MUCH better!! She was still bottom of the class, but only just and some things she did better than the other dogs. Our whole class has advanced well beyond the other beginner class, so she’s the bottom of the smart class. I can deal with that!
I heartily recommend the Halti! Do get your friend one, it will change thier life!!! Just make sure you watch the instructional DVD so you know how to fit it properly. If it’s fitted wrong it can come off or bruise the muscles around the eyes.
Thanks Fred I will let her know. I am glad she did so well and hang in there another week or two and she will be top of her class.
She loves you guys and rescued dogs are so special and loving.
Fred, when I lived in Colorado we had these big stink bugs (Black) and they were huge(well actually only about the size of the first section of your thumb but still) But these little ones stink so much more it is amazing. I like all the colors your beetles seem to have.
Now I have the June bug earworm from the B-52′s (seems to be a theme this week)
She’s the wildest hon in the wild kingdom
She’s the wildest thang to float down
Well there’s alligators and razorbacks,
But I don’t care, I like to go down tubin’ with you, Junebug
When Junebug floats down and yells “Heyyyy!”
Even the razorbacks get outta her way
Ya know what I mean?
I don’t remember that song so your earbug can’t get me.
I, on the other hand…
“Dontch wish your girlfriend was hot like me!”
can someone here help??? I have a cat this size, and I am really worried about him now that when he twists himself around to groom his backside, he tips over. He is too fat to reach half of his body unless he is laying on his back, and he isn’t overeating either… between him and his sister princess, they get one medium bowl of food a day, and most times they don’t finish but half of it in a 24 hour time period. I bought him a harness and a leash, in hopes that he will walk on it for exercise ( my husband is going to video tape that adventure), but I don’t know what else to do. he has been to the vet and is sort of healthy… no diabetes, but he does wheeze and snore, no thyroid problems, nothing. He is just really fat and keeps getting bigger every year! Someone help my poor little fat baby be healthy again!
mervtheflamingo, we hafta know your real name (or some kind of psuedonym) if you’re gonna be in the Buddy club. All names must be given a nickname that ends in “ie.” And I just don’t think Mervie sounds right.
Vanessa (who shall henceforth be know as Nessie, as long as the group concurs), as far as I know your only other option, along with exercise, is weight control food. You’re obviously not overfeeding, especially if your kittehs don’t finish the bowl. It could just be genetics, same way it is with humans.
If the vet says he is healthy, and you treat him well, I think the only solution is to laugh? A Lot?
Dearest Vanessa, You have a fixed male some put on weight after teh operation.
Two things! do not leave down a kitty buffet all day.
You need to switch to feeding twice a day.
IF you can switch to feeding only wet food. do.
feed each cat in a seperate bowl. For wet food it is 1/2 a large can aprox 1/4 cup per cat morning and again at night . IF you feed dry food it should be 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup per cat per meal. and watch them eat. When they walk away from the bowl pick it up and put it away. I feed mine in the morning before I go to work and when I get home. Also start playing with him. You have to find the toy he likes. Some cats like balls and some like string and some like those feathers on a stick. but once you do that his weight should go down. but it won’t go fast it will go slowly. then one day you will notice he will be thinner.
Also trust me on this he is a i big old tom. They are never skinny mini’s Cats come in differnet sizes so enjoy your guy
Ohh and vanessa swich to the weight control food too.
Hey Ladies new posts at stuffed and shaved
And Helene added two more on her’s too.
Laney, you’re gonna get it! Earworm two days in a row!
Brie -what about R.’s name? Are we gonna call her Russie…..
Metsies, I think we should make an exception in Russia’s case. She shall be name Roger. Because it’s just too good.
Kate, we miss you! When are you coming back?
Her site says she moved and her keyboard isn’t working properly. Wlel, snice wehn did taht pveneretd aonyne hree form psotnig?
R. is an exception because she is already an abbreviation.
Pssst… rusty pliers…
Well I agree with Lanie. R. is forever Roger in my head. I have to make myself think Russia.
Fred = Kate is hard enough. I can’t do (Fred = Kate) + (R. = Russia = Roger). That’s too much math, despite the fact that I used to love algebra.
hehehe Helene you are too funny rusty pliers for pulling out toe nails???
Fred = Kate?? What the? Oh, you mean it’s another Kate?
For declawing cats and pulling out baby toe-nails.
*horror movie music*
ok, I totally hafts get off the computer and get some real work done, but I gotta say the rusty pliers made me laugh so hard I cried. It is hilarious Helene, that we are probably diametrically opposed in everything we believe in (you, wild child extrordinaire, Me church lady), and it’s cool cuz it’s the Buddy thread. It has been fun making friends with people I prolly never would have IRL because we would never be at the same places. You remember that peoples is peoples, y’know? Like when you were kids and you hung out with the neighborhood kids, cuz they were there- not cuz you picked them out. Rock on everyone! I will try to come back later.–K
Brie, ITs Katie and Freddie and R. or Rodger and I think we quit calling her Russia all together. unless we go with Ruskie which is very hip 60′s
Ruskie Lady! *Jimmy Hendrix guitar riff*
Wait, nvmd, I’ve confudled myself. But I’ve forgotten what Fred’s real name is.
Bye Fixies LAter.
Crap I am getting CRAPTCHAS and it is losing my personal info each time I post.
Well I suspect we would sill have all been friends if we lived in teh same town. Same crazy sense of humor.
Oh! what is her real name oh no we will have to go look all the way up in teh thread. Did she say here real name or is she fredrika??
I don’t think she ever told us.
Lanie -all the other ear worms haven’t gotten to me but now Foxy Lady over and over and over….
Annie, I looked but couldn’t find it. Of course, I’m sure I could’ve read more carefully.
Metsies,
yeeeessssssssssssssssss
I keep thinking my personal info has disappeared, too, but it just takes a little while longer to load.
Planet Unicorn, Heeeyyy!
Hey guys!! Sorry I’ve been MIA – I’m a graphic designer at a museum and we have a huge opening coming up = all graphics all the time. Computer no equal fun anymore. Sniff.
but I’m glad to see the thread is healthy and happy! Thanks for coming to get me, Annie.
And yes, Laney is right: I have just moved and been wrangling a crud keyboard AND I can’t find my camera. Bud’s all like, “Hey mom – I’m tewtelly posing right now and there’s no snappy snappy of that bright blinking box thingy! WTF??? Whatevs, I’ll just lick my belly some more.”
Might I say, I approve of bringing back the topic of cow orking, especially if the corset is involved.
Katey, are you going to read everything you missed?
Brie, dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Oh I love this thread it is way more fun except if there is a pudding fight.
Hi Kate. Welcome back.
Helene I have been singing Doncha doncha and that #$%&*^@# unicorn song all last night and today too. and now Metsie I have OHHHHH foxy lady going in my head too ita a damn symphony of ear worms.
KAte you missed all the fun yesterday we had two huge pudding fights going on it was awesome.
Brinnn I looked too and couldn’t find it either but we typed lots of funny stuff up there.
But the more I think about it the more I am sure you are right that Freddies name is Kate also
chants
*buddy pictures*
*buddy pictures*
*buddy pictures*
Kate, how cool. except for the computer is no fun anymore part. My favorite part of my job is working on the advertising when I get to do it.
Mostly it is boring paperwork stuff and helping people with their computers (which is fun except when they get a virus or the network goes down: they are so pesky the agents not the network)
LANIE….all was well
I can live with foxy lady
but I started to do some filing and starting humming doncha wish…..
I will find you…..
*grabs large chocolate pastry*
happy thoughts happy thoughts
Hahahahahhahhahahhhahahhahahahhahhahhaha!
*hides*
Foxy Laney– I’m comin to getcha
Hehehehe. Helene your earworms they slay me!
By the way Fixies your computer guy comments are so killer they totally make me ROFLMAO
Metsies how is the hubby. Is he driving you crazy yet????
Hubby is still in hospital..
*stands on table at McDonald’s in jammies* singing “I’m a little teapot.”
and Laney you think you can hide but:
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
Ill be watching you
Hi Mervie!
could ya get me a big mac while ya there…
Sorry, I didn’t mean to post my previous post right after Metsakin’s post. I hope that your husband is rapidly getting well.
Metsakins I’ll see your Sting earworm and raise you a Dolly Parton/Whittney Houston, I–A-I–A–I willll always LOVE YOUOUOUOUOUOU owww will always LOVE YOUOUOUOUOU.
no problemo Mervie… I realized that was not a response to my sick husband…..
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
ttyl going to hosp….
(with nothing playing in my head….)
Hee hee. I’m not a Kate. Or Fredrika. My best friend in Highschool called herself Fred, and I called myself George (we were preparing for the anonymous blog revolution) But when I picked my screen name I forgot that she was Fred, not me. Actually I started commenting originally with my actual nick name of Charlie, but some racist person wrote something awful under that name so I dropped it. I’m named after my Grandfather Charles. I’m Charline (with odd spelling as Mum thought it was spelt like Christine) I called my vox cyanide because the chemical symbol for cyanide is CN which was my initials before I got married. Now they are CNB (we both double-barrelled our names) But Cyanide Boron doesn’t make sense.
Anyway, is that the longest answer to the shortest question in history?
Fred HEHEHE Yupppp definately the longest answer. but way more fun.
And it was teh most interesting answer to how you picked your blog name.
I know nothing about chemistry so cyanide boron would not be confusing to me. Odd it would be, but not confusing.
Tuesday night : 1 beetle
Wednesday night : 2 beetles
Thursday night : 3 beetles
*blood curling scream*
They are comming to get you Helene. HEhehehe
Annie, I was going to say that I like your posts on SASP, but since you wish me so much evil, then ffffllllllbbbbbtttttt to you!
Hehehe speaking of posts your chipmunk on the ground should be submitted to CO it is beautiful, and the Grape that would really start a commentroversy the old don’t feed the wildlife never mind it is a grape and chippies eat those.
Too bad I didn’t take a picture of Charlie our vet squishing the lambs manhood, That would have been a real commentroversy.
Yikes Helene! You need a screen on your chimney or something! Wearing a hat would keep them out of your hair
But remember to cover your ears!!!!!! (EEEEK MY OTHER WORST NIGHTMARE) Good luck!!!
Fred, I have a super awesome hyphenated name! Mum’s name first, Dad’s name second. That’s how it would be if I were fully Portuguese anyway, so since Mum didn’t feel like being the last with the family name…
Also, can I be Ruskie? Or better yet, COMMIE! (Click my name, it’ll explain.) I have this thing about communism… I love the myriad jokes. I’m just a bad person. History does that to a girl.
Also, Kate, my SO’s dad is an animator, so I totally get the computer overload thing. After a while no one can even talk to him…
Metsie, is that the most terrifying “love song” ever? I think so.
Ok only one post, cuz I gotta get some sleep…
lanie, I keep seeing the scene from the star trek movie:
Kahn! Kahn! AaAAaA!
Maybe those Beetles turn into the earworms, and you are infected?
Metsie- Every breath you take is permanently stuck kthxbai.
Charline is a romantic name in a wearin cowboy boots with a tiny skirt kind way.
“Ruskie” made me Laff and Laff.
And Annie- here is the latest. I am a real interior design snob, which is hilarious because I live in a shoebox and no one ever comes over. K, so my husband, Mr. computer man, wants to get this flat panel TV. He is skidding toward forty and I like to keep him busy while he has his mid life crisis, you know. So we buy the tiniest flat TV there is (he is the “early adopter” type) And I have the idea we could hang it above the fireplace, and hang a frame, and it would look awesome and cool and just blend into the decor, right? So I splain my idea to him. All he hears is Hang it above the fireplace. So he bashes a huge hole in the wall, shoves it in there, screws it on. All the cords now hang in front of the fireplace. I am mortified, I’m all like, what? I thought you were going to feed them through the wall? He is like these walls? I don’t think so! I swear, if he had his way, we would just get a big staple gun and put all the cables to everything at chest height for easy access. We are now in a cold war over the TV. Maybe we could get Ruskie in to have some 3 party talks or something!
NEway, loves me the peeps!Kthxbai!
Hey “Commie-Ruskie” Do you get p*ssed off because you have to spell out your name 3 times each time you need to give it? We do. Then we bought a house on a street with a rediculous name in a suburb with a rediculous name. And my dodgy first name spelling makes it really entertaining. Giving out name and address details is a nightmare. My surname got to be first because if we put hubby’s first it sounded like a cheesy Aussie TV celeb – not good.
Oh yeah, it’s really interesting sometimes with a double name. From the time I was about nine onwards people forgot to add the second part of my name. Then They never know what to call our family/our house, because there are three names with four variations. So like, say my name was Smith-Jones. There would be me and two sisters. Mom is Smith. Then step-dad is Brown, so younger siblings are Smith-Brown. We have to, by default, go by “The Smith House” because it’s the closest thing to a common denominator. On top of all this is that Mum’s name is Portuguese, and step-dad’s is… I don’t know, Hispanic of some sort. No one pronounces them correctly, and they’re actually phonetic. Plus Dad’s name is a traditional Asian name, but ALSO traditional British, so I have been greeted about a million times with, “Oh, I thought you’d be Japanese!”
I could also be “Morie”
It’d be funny when I commented on Tuesdays.
Hee hee Good times! Imagine having kids who grow up and double-barrel their name with some one who also has a double barrelled name “Johnny Smith-Jones-Brown-Belvedere.” AND then their kids double-barrel thier name with . . no no, don’t start on that Fred. PUT DOWN THE DOUBLE-BARREL – YOU ARE SURROUNDED.
Annie, I stopped submitting peectures to Teh Qte because I never meet the seriously stringent requirements. They’re just too stringent for moi.
Oh, and speaking of earworms, does anyone remember that kid’s show Lambchop . . . (Cue evilest laugh in history)
How could we forget lambchop?
Also, just before Pokemon took over, there was this show called Histeria (not sure of spelling). It was a bunch of random history stuff that was totally absurd. Like the explorers all getting together and playing poker. Anyhow, there was this song, and the lyrics went:
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves,
Everybody’s nerves
Everybody’s nerves!
I know song that gets on everybody’s nerves and it goes a little something like this!
I’ve often wondered what my kids will be named. I think I’ll have to resort to long middle names
Ahhh….I thought I was above the ear worms. I said to myself, “Psh. Their song stylings are no match for my intense concentration.” No sooner than a minute or so passes, I’m washing my face and getting ready for bed humming, “dontcha wish yo girlfriend wuz…HOT like ME!”
It’s too bad I missed the puddin’ fight cuz SOMEone would have it ALL up in her ear for that one.
Annie – Oooo…I love doing the ads, too! It’s nice that you’re appreciated as a good techie person by the agents at your office. Our IT guy says that 90% of the tech problems stem from the space between the chair and the computer. Heehee
R.Moore – yeah it sucks to be sitting at a computer screen all day, esp. when you’re so mentally engaged for several hours at a time. Computer animation sounds AWESOME…does he do anything we have heard of?
Ok, y’all – is this as common an ear worm for you as it is for me?
Movin’ on up! Tooo the east siiiide! To a deeeluxe apartment…in the skyyyy.
Fred. This is the Song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends some people.. started singing it not knowing what it was and they’ll continue singing it forever just because…. And so on and so On.
there is always John Jacob jingle himers smith thats my name too and when ever I go out the poeple often shout there goes John Jacob jingle himers smith. ya dadadadadada…and so on and so on.
HEheh I was a girl scout leader for countless years and a summer camp director for two years and one year emeritus advisor.
R. Moore I totally understand where you are comming from. When I was growing up we were one of the few families that was blended. Yours, mine and ours style, with kids with different names. Oh High times and hilarity let me tell you. They didn’t used to make forms for that kind of thing. everything was for moms and dads with the same last name as their kids. WE were always having to explain the different last names.
No offense R.Moore but when everyone started to do the hyphenated names and asked why we didn’t do it. I laughed and said I wouldn’t wish that misery on any one. Of course it is better now with so many divorces and blended families no one asks why you have different names they just assume that there is a divorce. But I am very glad that teh hyphenated name thing has kind of fallen out of vogue.
Kate, there you are!. Yeah the Tech guy is right it is generally a problem caused by the operator of the computer. and you would be amazed at what people try to do with their computer. I have one guy who continually tries to modify files he receives in his email. Now you can do this but you better save it to your computer before you email it out again cause no one can open it up. HEheh.
HE is 60 years old. A really great guy. but the whole computer thing completely eludes him. All of it.
And I have to say it … I hate Norton. I love their tech help on their web but their program sucks eggs.
Ohh my favorite thing I just got to do for the ads was to design a magazine. We are going to do one for our office and several others and I got to do the whole layout design. Unfortunately I had to hand it off to someone else after that but God it was fun. ( I trained myself to use Adobe Inn Design with no instruction manuel. God it is like it is from another planet.) To date it was the most challenging thing I have done. and it just made me want to do more. Oh well. I shouldn’t think about it. It makes me kick myself for not going to art school when I was young. I am so jealous of your job.
Kate, there you are!. Yeah the Tech guy is right it is generally a problem caused by the operator of the computer. and you would be amazed at what people try to do with their computer. I have one guy who continually tries to modify files he receives in his email. Now you can do this but you better save it to your computer before you email it out again cause no one can open it up. HEheh.
HE is 60 years old. A really great guy. but the whole computer thing completely eludes him. All of it.
And I have to say it … I hate Norton. I love their tech help on their web but their program sucks eggs.
Ohh my favorite thing I just got to do for the ads was to design a magazine. We are going to do one for our office and several others and I got to do the whole layout design. Unfortunately I had to hand it off to someone else after that but God it was fun. ( I trained myself to use Adobe Inn Design with no instruction manuel. God it is like it is from another planet.) To date it was the most challenging thing I have done. and it just made me want to do more. Oh well. I shouldn’t think about it. It makes me kick myself for not going to art school when I was young. I am so jealous of your job.
Helene well the chipmunk post rocks, I really like it, and the hermit crab video too. great angle and the little guy rolling off your hand back to the sea is awesome. and I guess that explains why people do a link to their pictures when there is a relevent CO post.
Helene well the chipmunk post rocks, I really like it, and the hermit crab video too. great angle and the little guy rolling off your hand back to the sea is awesome. and I guess that explains why people do a link to their pictures when there is a relevent CO post.
Annie, double-double?
Good morninks peeps! Dontcha wish your girlfriend was HOT like ME!
Oh, and Annie, thanks for the free publicity! Although you’re the only one who commented, so I wonder if anyone else saw it
*cough*commentsplztksbye*cough*
Helene dear, NO I DO NOT WISH MY GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE YOU!
wait a minute
I don’t have a girlfriend
happy thoughts
happy thoughts
just going to concentrate on work and stop checking this page….
This page shall be your downfall…
..and I can stop checking this page…I can….I can
Ooooh, but you can’t help it… Must… check… page…
…dontcha wish…
“I guess that explains why people do a link to their pictures when there is a relevent CO post.”
Annie, what do you mean?
ahahhahahah!!
News Flash : “‘Earworms’ Bother Women, Musicians Most”
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030227/songs-stick-in-everyones-head
Excerpt : “Slightly neurotic people also seemed to suffer more.”
Well, that explains it.
Good Morning Peeps.
Well actually you are at lunch time. So happy half of Friday is gone for you.
Metsie when you get back: The FORCE of the page has you in its grip and you cannot escape Bwahahahahahaha:
Helene your welcome for the promotion get over there you guys you are missing two good posts.
Comments comments and if you haven’t yet been to shaved and stuffed you are missing our very own Pirate Post… UMM “coughcoughselfpromotioncoughcough” See HElene I am learning from you. HEHE
And what I ment about people posting links to their pictures was that I noticed that when people on CO have a great picture on their own blog that coincides with a CO Post they will often include a link to their own picture when they comment.
Sorry if I sounded like I meant you. I meant everyone.
Helene OMG I am a musician and I didn’t know it. ;D
I’m just looking
I can stop anytime
really
really
I think I can
Ithink I can
Peeps Stay tuned. THere will be commentroversy on the surfing rats you watch.
Poor Theo..
I really can’t view the video at work…but I enjoy a ‘versey even if I don’t know what its about.
“Hello stop & Shop, could you put aside a few tubs of Kozy Shack, rice and chocolate, yes please, I’ll be in on my way home from work”
ITs rats and some boys put tehm on littel surfboards and are showing them surfing.. Very cute. I figured some one would be all indignant about the rats being in the water since they don’t really like water. But so far Nadda Nuff in view. Maybe they got tired out on the planet unicorn anp I**Dopter and the flying hamster
didn’t realize there were nuffer on Planet Unicorn gotta go look
Annie,
I wasn’t upset or anything I just didn’t understand what you meant at all. Me Frenchie ya know?
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/06/your-morning-la.html#comment-73528386
Check out this post on SOMC :
http://stuffonmycat.com/index.php?itemid=4014
Snowflake’s all “Oh yeah man, I had total munchies!”
I’m pulling out of the rat post for now. Too close to home just now. But seriously, rats DO love water. They’d probably adore this on a hot day.
Ruskie (heehee, I kinda like that), if you’re feeling strong, take a peek at the ratties every now and then. It’s gettin’ good. Puddin’ shall fly at any moment.
I just got a Captcha that said 3waybw.
Lanie, is that a gardening hint you’re trying to give us?
Brie, you’re free to see into it whatever you like. I simply pointed out my latest captcha. It’s not my fault that your mind is in the gutter. And it’s “Laney” thankyouverymuch.
B-but, I thought it had to end in “ie”….
I still haven’t come up with a use for the “bw” at the end of your captcha, though.
It’s based on sound. It can be ie or ey.
Black women? Big women?
a backwards 3-way?
Backwards, hmmm, that’s even more dirty.
What was I thinking??? I left the ratty mess. No don’t go there yet let it simmer a good half hour. but the rusty plier thing Helene was truly inspired. I am still Laughing and brinn the plague??? Ruskie I am having a hard time enjoying it all with out nuffing because our rats would have been terrified.
Whew
speaking of plague, my boss just used part of his lunch to catch a mouse runningthrough the office to bring it outside
Metsie, did he throw it out the window? With a red helmet, of course.
no he gently placed it out the front step…he didn’t see that video other wise I’m sure he would have catapulted it….
You know, I had never heard of a rat not liking water. Mine jumped into their water bowls all the time. I just hopped over to the post. It appears to be almost all fake nuffs
I can do fake nuffing.
R. we have had Three rats and none of them liked the water. it is one thing to play in a water bowl it is another entirely to be in a tub or large sink.
because clearly anything seen on a video gets acted out almost immediately
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Kitten_Huffing
I still think Helene is huffing a few too many kittens… She might accidentally hurt herself declawing and tail trimming with those rusty pliers.
That is true, Annie. Maybe they have to be exposed to water when they’re young. I’ve had cats who loved water, and would try to jump in the bathtub.
Helene,
O
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You didn’t???? OH NOOOOOOO!!!!!!
quick save the Kittens.
ROFLMAO
Okay Metsie I gotta tell my mouse story. When I worked at a production line I was the only woman on the management team the rest were all men and one of them was this big cowboy guy who didn’t have a sensitive bone in his body (I thought) well one morning I got to work early and just the two of us were in the work room and i was at my desk and this little mouse had gotten trapped in the waste basket and I was trying to put it outside with out him seeing me. I figured he would stomp on it if he knew. But of course he saw me with the basket heading for the door and he said here let me do that for you. I wanted to close my eyes I was so sure he would stomp it. but he took it outside and laid the garbage can on its side and let the mouse run out. He made me promise not to tell the other guys. Aparently that is not manly.
I had some funny snappy story about kittens or something, but I forgot what it was.
Instead, I’m spreading this around:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1287/589814895_2de8029717.jpg?v=0
Only LOLpic that’s ever made me laugh.
How is letting a poor creature go not manly? Scoff. I hate that sort of stereotype. But that is an excellent story.
Hey peeps! I was totally laffing at the computer guy stuff-my favorite is when my husband comes home from work, and I say what did you do all day, and he sighs and says plugged in stuff. Their are several teachers and secretaries at the school system where he works that will call him a couple of times a week to say their keyboard doesn’t work. He asks is it unplugged? They say, of course its not unplugged! He drives over to their building, and sure enough, unplugged.
Your earworms will not move me one bit- I have had OK GO on full blast all day-It is kind of like listening to the entire 80′s all at once!
And Metsie, give it up, your hooked. To quote donkey: “I’m gonna need a whole lot of therapy when this is over!”
Dang- my spelings are atroshuss.
CBF: Before OK GO got popular (by about six months or so) my indie hipster sister got their CD. She and my other sister blasted every morning until I knew it backwards and forwards, and then they blasted it again. We have cardboard walls. I woke to every single morning. I’m just now beginning to appreciate it again. I’ve always loved their videos, though.
Also, regarding the question about my SO’s dad (that was here, right? I’ve been getting blogs and forums mixed up), he has just started doing animation fulltime, but he was going through Animation Mentor for quite some time. He’s working on a kids show, but as it isn’t official yet I can’t really give details
Also also, I talk about myself too much
WEll I suspect you are all off doing Friday night stuff. so I am going to post and will check back Later.
Metsie I hope your Shmoop is starting to feel much better and gets to go Home soon.
Helene I love the rusty Pliers jokes very Funny.
CBF the father picture today was excellent
Brie, You have been very quiet about your Cow Orker.
and also the little kittens you saw outside work. any news about either?
Kate. I hope you are feeling a little more settled in your new home.(When ever I move it is really hard to settle in at first)
Fred I know I will get to say Hi to you later tonight. but if not kisses to Kazi.
Jaye, how goes it with that new beautiful Momma cat. She is really pretty.
Theo I hope you don’t have to use the &^%$#@ weed whacker this weekend.
I liked OK Go before they were so popular too, does that make me an indie hipster? Wow, at 35 that’s a pretty big deal. This is hilarious because my little sister said my new glasses make me look “Indie” I’m not even sure if I know what that means…
Anyway peeps, I will be going camping with my girly girl for a week, so no internets for me. Frankly I think I need to get outta this chair and get some sunshine, it will be good for me. Metsie, I hope your husband continues to improve.
Talk atcha later, heyyyy. Kthxbai
Oooh, CBF is an indie hipster!
Here’s what I dug up:
)
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/indierock/indierockfull.html
(Oddly, just from listening to the radio station I do I know a lot of these labels and whatnot. I’m not exactly an Indie Hipster, but my sister is one so much it rubbed off. Plus I’m an anglophile, so we’ve taken to listening to UK college radio
Ideally you should shop at H&M and the salvation army. Stripes, tight fitting hoodies, tight fitting pants, flats, and 80′s throwbacks seem popular just now. It’s sort of like a more colorful emo. The more mature group goes for arthy tones and traditional fabrics. Still some 80s throwback. All your clothes should look like it came from Target, H&M, a small mom and pop boutique, or a thrift store.
Roger, I went to see Arcade Fire recently. It was fantastic.
Annie — the only reason I’m not %&%#$#&(* weed whacking right now is there’s a Rikki napping in my lap. Saved by the kitten!
(NO NO! DON’T GET UP! IT’S ONLY TYPING!…)
Teho, hehe sitting here with my oatmeal trying to avoid going out to pick up the last of the old dead weeds and hoeing the newest arrivals. Where is my kitty for yard work avoidance?
Theo you lazy bum, is Jaye the dirty gardener going to have to do it all herself?
Hey, I went to see Arcade Fire, too! They were totally awesome. But it would have been even more awesome to see them play their home town, I think. Do they speak in English or French at their concerts there?
R. Moore it is like the harvest gold couch. everything old is new again.
Ho Every 1!
Hubby was sprung last night… Today he asked me to make jello and I said sure, want some puddin’ too? (He did)
Theo – I doublechecked. You can make jello with 3/4 cup boiling water and 1 1/4 cup cold seltzer and you will have fizzy jello.
I hate to tell you all this, but I am free of almost all the harvest gold in my house..but a counter top and bathroom (tile and commode). Getting rid of harvest gold is a priority if you grew up in the 70′s….
Hello not Ho….
Ho yourself, geezzzzzz…
Roger, they mostly speak English because Win is American. But Régine speaks French, of course.
Ah, that makes sense. Regine didn’t really talk at all during the concert I went to, but she was certainly enthusiastic
As for banishing that lovely color, check out the old kitchen floor at my house:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookota/85412789/
(it has an adorable, dearly departed pup on it) Still have awful fake wood paneling, though. Our very elderly landlady refuses to change anything that was done in the 70s when her late husband did a bunch of work on the house.
Metsie, I’m glad your hubby is out of the hospital! Give him lots of pudding
oh that’s Mary !! what a sweetheart!!!
you must miss her a lot… I still miss the dog I had as a teenager..his name was Ozzie…I kid u not
I do. She won over people who hated small dogs. She slept on my bed every night, and it was weeks before I stopped hearing her at night and feeling her weight on the bed.
Was that as in Ozzie and Harriet?
no…he was gotten at a shelter and the cage said his name was Ozzie and the paperwork said his name was Ollie so we liked ozzie and kept it. The funny thing is he didn’t respond to either, the only thing he responded to initially was “good boy”. Gosh we loved him… I was devastated when we put him to sleep….
BTW – HUbby’s tummeh is stapled together? Any one have some pliers I can borrow to take them out? Chocolate sanitizes, right?
Chocolate sanitizes your soul.
(insert tummy tuck joke here)
My sister’s knee was stapled, and my dad stuck magnets on it. Nothing happened, but it’s funny to think about.
I would shop around a thrift store or something, or put a wanted ad on craigslist, to assure the pliers are properly rusty. And remember, dark chocolate will sterilize them best
I just posted some new kitten pictures… You know you want to…
Metsies, hope hubby is feeling better.
Helene do u think I have to go look at pictures just b/c someone says kitten and I’ll just drop everything and go and look at kittenz and make redonkulous little aawwwww aaeeee ooohhhhh “its kittens!” sounds? and that I’ll have to say stuff about how they remind me of kittens I used to have and that I can’t stop myself from all these things like I have no self controll ???? Is that what u think?????
“hmmm already looked at Icanhascheezburger and stuffonmycat”
“guess I could just glance at clawsmopolitan, I mean its not like I have to or anything”
LOL Metsies, yeah yeah I know. You can stop looking at kitten pics whenever you want. You just don’t feel like it right now.
Psssttt… KITTENZZZ!!!
Hello from Denver! Out of town for a wedding…super fun.
And now I really wish I were home so I could huff my kitten. Well…he’s a mature cat and yes, I know, you’re not supposed to attempt to huff a mature cat, but dammit I wanna try!
Metsies, you’re not fooling anyone.
HEhehe…. Ah kitten huffing. SO Addictive.. so bad for you, but ohhhhhhh sooooo goood.
Why is everyone surprised, isn’t mead always made of honey?
If you’re wondering what the hell I’m going on about, please see comment on this post : http://clawsmopolitan.vox.com/library/post/a-day-at-the-farm.html
Theo, did Bou started popping kittens yet?
HEy I had no clue it was made out of honey. What can I say I am the uninitiated . I am a vulgar american with no class and have been known to drink beer form a can and I prefer folgers to starbucks.
Shhhhh Don’t tell anyone. HAhaha
I don’t think I ever had mead….
Annie, Annie, Annie…dunkin donuts coffee kicks a$$…
LOL Annie
Helene: What a silly question! As if it wouldn’t be plastered all over his blog if she had!
She has made an appearance in a new blog banner though, and she looks fab.
Yup I looked fab is the word
Jaye she does look fab. The banner rocks the house. It looks like those kittens are just about to make an apperance.
Okay I found this awesome site that tells all about mead and how to make it, with recipes.
I didn’t get a chance to read a lot but mead is a very ancient wine. and apparently made by lots of different cultures. All with different names,
any way if you are interested here is the link
http://www.gotmead.com/index.php
Ooh! Ooh! I went to the Pride Parade today and the SPCA had a lady with this tiny little kitten! It was AWESOME.
I can’t wait for the next batch of kittehs, Jaye
Hi all! (Or should I say Ho All – that was hilarious) Hope you all had a great weekend. We saw the new Fantastic 4 movie (just opened here on Thursday) and hubby had to work on Sunday so I got to take Kazi for our first solo walk. It was really great – but we went a bit far and she was very very tired, poor puppy.
KAZI ADVDENTURE HOT OFF THE PRESSES – The government plumber came out this morning to fit water saving devices and our lovely sweet Kazi switched over to guard-dog-mode for the first time! First, she bailed him up in our ensuite and wouldn’t let him leave. (Hubby said there was no growling or anything, she just fixed him with a ‘death stare’ and blocked the doorway – which would probably be more disconcerting that growling) Then she ran off with his toolbelt when he put it down. Then, he went to get something from his ute and tried to come back in and Kazi went tearing up the driveway BARKING ferociously. (We’ve only heard her bark playfully during play time) Adrian said the plumber was about 6ft5in. Probably the tallest person she’s ever seen. He took it well, they had a laugh and she let him pet her after that. I just wish I could have seen it. Hubby said she may have just been wanting to play (her tail was wagging), but it was new behaviour for us, so we don’t know.
Fred they start guarding about 7-9 Months depending on breed. IT means she knows you are her family and your house belongs to her. Kuddos all round.
Aww, how cute. I don’t think I could do a guard dog breed, though. I’m too jumpy about barking. But I would love to see a puppy barking and stealing belts
Love love the banner. She’s beautiful and she reminds me of Chouchoune.
http://www.ratemykitten.com/pictures/000000516/31423/
http://www.ratemykitten.com/pictures/000000200/63011/
Aaaw, What a sweet baby, Helene. She was only three?
Yeah, she had renal failure. I don’t know what happened, maybe she had a disease and we never knew? Anyway, it was totally unexpected. I cried for a whole week, and it took me a year and a half before I was able to have a new kitty.
(nod nod)
Poor baby.
Sorry if this is slightly odd, but did you have her cremated? I’ve pet sat for people who had their kitties cremated and put in little boxes with pictures of them. I was hoping that some day when the charges are filed we could ask for Mary to be cremated.
Helene – she was a beaut. so sad to lose them young, but sad to lose them at anytime. With handsome, I know he had a good life with us and was well loved and for me thats comforting…
Hiya all – CBF made me promise to keep posting here as to not let someone else get the last post in while she’s off at camp. I think adding a nice manly touch to this thread might be a refreshing change
RMoore, If you’re looking for properly rusty pliers you’ll need to hit Freecycle http://freecycle.org/ or a junkyard. The Salvation Army just doesn’t have the facilities to properly corrode handtools.
Hi CBD…thanks for the link…thats actually quite usefull for other things… (I was looking for the pliers to remove some staples from my husband’s tummy, but I’ll just let the doctor do it…)
LOL Metsies and CBD.
Roger, yes I had her cremated, and I spread the ashes in a river I love. I also threw the empty urn in the river. I didn’t want to hold on to it and end up attached to the urn, it would’ve been unhealthy. I have her collar and favorite toy, pictures and memories.
I think most of our departed pets got buried in the pasture. Except Willie (Willemina), who is buried near Mom’s flowerbed that she can see from the kitchen window, with a kitty statue on top.
Annie, not sure how the Cow Orker situation is going. I’ve been ignoring him, so he occasionally speaks to me, but doesn’t really say much though he’s obviously trying to be nice. He made a smartass remark that pissed me off last week so I hadn’t been speaking to him at all. I know he was just trying to be funny, but since I’m already frustrated with him it didn’t work. For some reason he’s wearing slacks today, which I’ve never seen him do before. I’ve refrained from telling him he looks nice for the simple reason that I’m not very pleased with him at the moment. Besides, I’m sure I’d turn bright red as soon as I mentioned it.
No recent sightings of the kittens, but the guys out back have seen momma kitty a few times, so I continue to feed her.
Oooh, free stuff! I LOVE free stuff!
So far all of our babies have been buried in the backyard by the trees. When we went to find a spot for Boris (my rattling) it was sort of sad to realize how many spots were taken. We’ve had a lot of pets.
Hey Brin, maybe you SHOULD tell him just to see the reddening!
No no, I’d be the red one.
Helene So sad about your kitty. IT is always hard to lose a pet.
Cutebabydaddy welcome to the thread.
Brie Cow orkers can be so trying sometimes especially when they are the cute male version.
Metsie, Here is the tool for you. It is wicked cool costs about $14 at the Ace Hardware. It is a fence tool. It has a hammer, plier and crimper, and wire cutters all in One oh and a Staple prier That is the pointy end. This should work really good on Your hubbies stomache staples. Men this all purpose tool should not be missing from your tool box.
(I have to say it is one of the best tools I ever got right up there with those all in ones. Hmmm I wonder how tasty it would be with Chocolate on it)
http://www.channellock.com/acb/stores/1/85_-_Fence_Tool_P100.cfm
BTW – sometime on Sunday I thought—”I’m going to kill him, if he moans one more time, I’m going to kill him”.” then I took a deep breathe and said “Honey did you call me?”
Heck with the menfolk! (No offense, CBD.) I want that tool! It looks like so much fun.
I’ve been trying to impulsively build a second shed in the backyard for a while now, but it hasn’t worked so well
Ah, I see Brie, that wouldn’t be so fun then.
Metsie you are not allowed to have the tool until your schmoop is all better. SO funny hearing you say that,Hehe when mine is sick and he calls Honey I need things I truly want to dump said thing he needs in his lap.
Hugs to Laney. Losing a pet is one of the hardest things to go through.
Um…imagining Kazi stealing the tool belt is TOTALLY making my afternoon. Thanks for that!
Re: pet burial, I have a guinea pig grave yard at my parent’s house that they have intentionally built the porch around so as not to disturb them. Sweet parents I have. (no, they weren’t childhood pets…I was in my early 20s)
Somewhere, someone posted a link to an actual picture of chocolate pliers, in fact a whole list of chocolate tools. I think those could be useful for said situation with hubby – give him chocolate and hope it occupies him for a while (kinda like a kid).
Oh yeah! I bought chocolate plungers for a friend of mine…don’t ask. This person has kind of a reputation…
It was from here:
http://applecookies.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=4
Heres the pliers link
http://www.creativechocolatesofvt.com/Products/construction_choc.php3#Pliers
it was on the softpaw ‘versey
which I might add is over 200
Kate — some things should *never* be made out of chocolate, in much the same way that other things should never be fabricated from highly enriched uranium.
Chocolate plungers – now I’ve seen everything.
I was so busy yesterday I couldn’t comment here, kinda missed it.
I wish I could have seen Kazi run off with the tool belt yesterday! The plumber has to come back in the morning so maybe Kazi will do something else funny. I wonder if the plumber would get concerned if I followed him about with a camera?
What lovely parents you have Kate. Not many people wound do that for someone!
What does red chocolate taste like????
Wha….. Chocolate Plungers. all in a gift box. ewwwwwww!!!!!
Holy Cow look at all that stuff.
Fred LOL the poor plumber maybe he will need a chocolate plunger after a visit with Miss Kazi
tastes like white chocolate with red food coloring
No offense taken, Rodger! I’ve been wanting the Universal Farm Tool version of these – they’re a fraction of these for a while http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007OQ3O6/
(hint, hint CBF!). I’m actually hoping to get a chicken coop built while CBF is at camp, and these would have come in quite handy!
brie – about giving hubby chocolate, won’t work, he’s obsessed with diet and excercise. He’ll just start feeling guilty
now me… give me chocolate and I’ve forgotten everything
now what was I saying?
oh and I agree with Theo a chocolate plunger is just wrong….
I’ve always wondered what red chocolate tastes like. Darryl-Lee (sp?) – the gourmet chocolate shop here – always has red chocolate things. Roses, hearts, lips, etc. I’ve always looked and wondered.
I’ll have to try find a chocolate plunger for the plumber tomorrow.
Try say that 5 times really fast!!!
HI Fred glad to hear Kazi doing so well.
Peeps, let’s focus here. it’s not chocolate pliers. It’s chocolate COVERED rusty pliers.
right for declawing, cutting umbilical cords and any other surgical procedure deemed necessary….
actually even better if its not necessary but just done to cause pain and torture….
Helene I think I saw Theo with your Chocolate Covered RUSTY Pliers earlier. (hides from Theo & still hiding from my kitties for the crepes incident)
My supervisor where I volunteer just got one of these babies:
http://www.amazon.com/Leatherman-WAVE-Leather-Sheath-FREE/dp/B000AM1TB2/ref=sr_1_10/102-6852997-7136943?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1182822797&sr=1-10
She was showing it off. Now we all want to be on a deserted island with her, since she could basically build a boat herself
Fred, the red chocolate is probably just white chocolate, possibly with flavoring of some sort.
LOL you guys are so funny
Cute baby daddy I got my fence tool for about the$12 you showed plus tax put it at around $14 We pay lots of tax here. any way mine was the cheep version you showed I got it at Ace and it works great.
For chicken wire cutting we use this other real inexpensive pair of some kind of all purpose metal cutting tool I think my hubby got them for a few bucks. HE broke the last two pair after much wear and tear. I am not sure where he found them. any way they kind of look like scissors with a funy hook thing on the end I was looking on line for them but can’t find any I will see if I can find tehm and take a photo of them.
Hi Metsakins – Glad your hubby is doing well too! Such a relief!!! If he’s complainning a lot he must be getting better!!!!!!
Hi everyone- just flew to the east coast today to visit relatives– it’s so comforting to visit CO from a strange place– glad to see the commentroversy proceeded smoothly…
We kept it up for you!
Lots of pudding. Not too much commentroversy on the racks post, though…
hi oakie -welcome to my side of the country.
R. not too much ‘versey
Too Much Info.
R, why not likey the underwires? It’s the best thing since chocolate was discovered. It’s a blessing for big racks.
I had some breaking too, and always when I’m at work. Talk about wardrobe malfunction. I usually take a Kleenex, fold it in a square and stuff it between the broken underwire and my skin. If it’s a bra I like, I remove the broken underwire and replace it with another one.
This web site should be called information overload.
Ooooh, I should’ve said “it’s the best thing since chocolate covered rusty pliers”!
Dayum, I hate when I think of the perfect line after the fact.
HElene I am like you Underwires are great. They can sometimes pinch if you are carrying a little extra weight and the only time they break is when you are at work.
Metsakins glad hubby is better.
R. Moore… LOL
I’ve become a bra snob. I’ll only wear Victoria’s Secret, but that’s because they’re the only kind that really fit me and hold up the little bit that I have at the same time. They also don’t seem to wear out as quickly as others, so it’s worth the money.
OMG, I didn’t get captcha’d on that last one!
Brinn Victoria Secrets are great if you have little bits. I have.. well substantially more than little bits they keep my size locked away in drawers and they aren’t the cute little bits of lacey wonderfulness they advertise. I go to a local Longerie Shop here in town where all the different sizes are out to peruse.
Oh Yay!! no Captchas
ahem ahem
Theo already knows we’re certifiable, but out of respect for CBD, maybe we should go back to tools…
They ARE tools, trust me. And I’m sure CBD is enjoying the subject tremendously.
We could talk “gardening” instead?
YAY! Captchas are out to lunch!
Nah, CBD’s got to be inducted into teh craziness. At least we didn’t make him stand on a table in McDonald’s in his jammies singing I’m a Little Teapot.
Annie, I don’t go for the lacy ones. That’s another thing I really like about VS – They’ve got tons of styles that don’t show through clothes.
Laney, don’t gardeners usually need tools? Remember the hoes…
Here’s my Friedrich Handel,
Here’s my pint of stout…
The captchas are leaving you guys alone cause they’re all ganging up on me!
LOL Metz, you won’t get a tear from me.
Hoes are professional “gardeners”.
speaking of little teapots
where’s Mervie?
speaking of little teapots
where’s Mervie?
and shall Metz be Metzie not to be confused with me Metsie?
Well crap. Metsie, I dunno how to fix that one. You were here first, so your name should stick, but what else could we possibly call Metz?
typepad told me it couldn’t post my first message? typepad lied to me
we could
*clears throat*
use my “real” knickname–
Bobbie
Oh god, I first read “Boobie”.
Alright, we’ll call you Boobie!!!! *snickers*
Laney Laney Laney
I know the cat n rack post has every 1′s mind on boobies, but my knickname is from my real name Barbara.
DON’T, I repeat, DON’T call me Barbie or Boobie..b/c I will find you. I started looking for ya already, I’m very close….dun dun dun..
*stage darkens*
*dramatic cliff hanger music in background*
But changing you to Bobbie would be confudling at this point. We could call Metz just Zee.
Shteriously though, you came first, we can’t change your name now, we’re all calling you Metsies. We’d be all confused. Yes, even more than we already are.
Metz. Hmmm. What’s your real name, maybe we could use that? Or a defining trait?
Metz is a city in France, we could call you Frenchie (even though I’m the Frenchie)?
You could call me “Tree”, shortened version of my name Teresa. Just DON’T call me Terry or Terri…otherwise I’ll join Metsie in the hunt.
My nickname Metz was given to me by one of my best friends. Its a long hysterical story.
Dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Zee sounds good! All in favor say Aye!
I’ll even accept Tee.
(with apologies to metsie)
Boobie….LMAO! more explanations in cubical land are forthcoming…sigh
Zee, cool! Like Moose A. Moose’s birdy friend on Noggin! I can live with that. Aye! (er do I get a vote?)
Yes Metz, you may vote. The only one who never had a say here was Teehee the T(Ed)dy Bear. Poor guy.
Lanie’s usually in charge of the dispensing of names..I like Zee myself
Well my boss just left for Argentina and I’m going home!
(Don’t worry, I’m correctly annotating my timesheet!)
Metsies, you may say here that you’re correctly annoting your timesheet, but how do we know if it’s true? How do we know you’re not going shopping while supposedly cow orking? How do we know you’re not actually a rebel with no respect for rules and autority, hmmm?
Pssst… KITTEEENNNNZZZ!!!
LAughing to hard to type. grabs a stout and sits by Theo to listen to Handel Music.
hmmm Metsie you cannot change your name I already get confused ..
Metz I like the Zee thing. .. Just saying.
Theo they had a 2 mile fun run in wisconsin where they passed out beer instead of water.(apparently with lots of beer stations along teh course) I think that really puts the fun in fun run. I want to know where I can sign up to do this next year.
I hope they had guardrails along the route. Y’know, to keep ‘em all on course.
*tries to find the beginning of the drunk racing convo*
*can’t find it*
*sits back and tries to picture a drunk race*
Great incentive to get you to the next check point (if you like beer)
waitaminit — who’s “Mervie”?? …’cause NO WAY will THAT nick stick.
[ahem]
Henceforth and from this day forward, ye shall be called, by all here assembled, Sir Mervert.
Mervert?
Couldn’t that possibly cause confusing much like the Bobbie/Boobie mistake earlier? *snickering quietly*
Theo MErvtheflamingo
There’s no Mervie, did I miss something?
Mervtheflamingo came in a few days ago saying s/he had been following the thread for a while. That’s who did the jammie dance @ McDonald’s first.
Oooh, that was too short an appearance then. I didn’t remember. She/He will have to come more often. Maybe the propect of being named Mervie made him or her go back in hiding?
I asked for a name or psuedonym, but didn’t get one. So it’s Mervie until then. Mervtheflamingo takes to damn long to type.
Speaking of people who lurk on this thread I always wonder how many there are. I mean there are probably a few of the regular posters on CO that know about the rss Feed and can see where people are commenting and come to take a look. Remember the girl that came over to find LAnie when they were commentroversing (LOL that isn’t even a real word … Oh well )
I don’t know about the others but I’d been lurking in and out LMAOing at stuff you guys would post but wasn’t sure if I should post too. How did this become the “official” OT post spot anyway?
(as if most of our teasing comments on commentroversies are on topic anyway) LOL
Come out come out where ever you are…
It started with Fixies pointing out how much “prestige” is attached to the first post on a pic, and that in this case, she aimed to be the last poster. Luckily, I caught it and crushed her dream.
oooh Hide & seek?
*hides in the gosling daycare*
The reason I bring it up is because I was a lurker for a while till the buddy thread and then I started commenting.
MEtz. IT was a Theo joke because we were trying to get the count on Buddy up over that horrid (tho I think it is funny) baby holding the kitty tail and sticking it in its mouth picture. And people wanted a quick link on the front page so they could find their way back here. and it has kinda morphed into a kind of on line friendship club. By the way we need a trampoline too. and pepsi. and a pOny!!!11!!!
I found the 2 posts that started it all :
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/04/look_whispers_a.html#comment-66587074
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/04/look_whispers_a.html#comment-66339002
LAnie I forgot about being last. I got to be last on one.
The Hapster pile. At least I was last time I looked.
OMG! You guys is hystericalls.
Just had to force myself to stop after the whole frawnch aczents and such…LMAO
I’m last on Early Adopter.
>>The only one who never had a say here was Teehee the T(Ed)dy Bear.< <
It’s sad that the comment box can’t really capture the horking gagging sounds I’m making right now…
We need AUDIBLE commenting!
Theo found me…*note to self must not post hiding place when playing hide & seek*
Interesting idea, hon, but I’m not crazy about hearing pukey noises through my speakers…
I’m telling you, my poor co-workers, they must think I have something seriously wrong with me, I try to keep it down but sometimes the snorts and guffaws just escape me and I try to cover it up by pretending to cough but well, you know…
ROFLMAO.Puking gaging and snickering would be more like it.
Metz thats Cow Orkers not co workers
dam’ skippy!
Even if they’re nice Cow Orkers?
Ok. Chattin on the buddy thread have to get the lingo straight.
So it’s Chocolate Covered RUSTY Pliers, Cow Orkers, everyone (except Theo) has to have a nickname ending with the “E” sound…did I forget anything, something about gardening?
Yeah.
Bring some hoes.
It’s R.Moore who has a nickname not ending in “ie” (Roger). Theo has a plethora of nicknames ending in “ie”.
[Sez *you*... - Ed.]
Or a hose. Either way…
I thought we decided R could be Ruskie.
And my fav for Theo is T(Ed.).
Too much fun guys, gotta run for now tho.
(No I’m not hiding anymore, gotta get some work done before time to go home.)
Cya!
Um actually regarding Russia she liked ruskie but Lanie brought up the valid point that she had to stay Roger because it was too good to not be Roger Moore.
Oh. Alas, I do not understand the reference, though I know it sounds familiar. I’m sure once I figure it out it’ll be one of those palm-to-forehead type realizations.
Lanie -
a- Mervie is a female who’s getting married soon in some museum that every 1 who’s been there thinks is great. (Ask Theo, I think he knew about the museum.) And her mother is making her a vogue wedding dress.
b – someone on the softpaws ‘versey wants info on chocolate covered…
(CCRP). I couldn’t remember the origins, were you declawing cats with them to upset the nuffers?
c- as far as time sheet goes, I write my own paycheck and b/c he’s away he left me a blank check, but I actually would never rip this guy off b/c he’s the nicest boss in the world.
and finally while leaving work (after correctly annotating time sheet) opn the way to the car I noticed I was humming a song….
Metsies, dontcha wish, huh? The pliers were for declawing, or to perform any kind of veterinary procedure.
Brie, Roger Moore is an actor. He played James Bond.
Helene dont forget RCCP most important use. Repelling nuffs
RCCP??
Rusty Chocolate Covered Pliers.
wait?? was it chocolate covered Rusty Pliers..
::Looks around confused::
I do remember the blood spurting everywhere.
CCRP.
With splatters of blood.
Oh the humanity.
WOW – no wonder CBF spends so much time on this thread – you’ve covered so much ground my poor head is spinning. No use trying to get me red in the face with underwires or gardening digs. I’m domesticated enough to know not to put the underwires in the dryer, and I was clued in on the gardening thing….
Speaking of that, I’m walking out of the store today and this woman starts walking up to me, looks me in the eye and says “I can’t wait to get your seeds in my garden”! I almost gave her a “you talkin to me”? before I realized she had one of those wireless ear things on and was talking on her cell phone.
Singing on tables won’t work on me either! I just spent a week at Boy Scout Camp with my son’s troop, and I put those boys to shame with the chanting and singing. Not only will I get up on the table and sing, you’ll hear me in the next county!
Helene – Jinx! Buy me a coke…. Oh the humanity? I haven’t thought that in like 15 years and here we’re both using it: http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/06/26/did-i-get-fries-with-that/
Mine, I’m afraid to admit, is from “Heathers” CBF and I quoted that movie far to much in High School (way) back in the day.
“I can’t wait to get your seeds in my garden”! – how disconcerting!!! On so many levels!
ps a different plumber came out today. Kazi didn’t go on guard dog duty for this one, so she either really didn’t like the other guy, or is resigned to the fact that strange men will randomly visit our bathroom.
“I can’t wait to get your seeds in my garden”!
LMAO
resigned to the fact that strange men will randomly visit our bathroom.
ROFL
CBD, mine is from Seinfeld. I don’t even know where that quote originated from.
This is all I found :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_the_humanity
Ah yes, the Pothole episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwinnODU0yo
I always liked the Seinfelds with Newman in them.
hmm. I want strange men to randomly visit my bathroom and repair my broken underwire with rusty chocolate-covered pliers while a cat protects my rack with his SoftPaws. Heyyyy!
CBD I hate those ear phone thingys especially the Spock ones cause everybody talks so loud on them and they get irritated at you if you think they are talking to you. they glare and get that indignant(butt hurt is what my daughters call it) look and tone of voice “I am talking on the phone here”.
I guess I am old fashioned about cell phones(tho I have one, I rarely use it)
I know all you young ones will think it scandelous but I wouldn’t get them for my girls till they were out of High school. I gave them each a T-mobile pay as you go for Xmas one year. WHen both were in college. and a year ago I got mine.
Hi Oakie, How is New York:)
And I forget conference or classes?
Fred bet she didn’t like him. We once had a guy show up at our door to sell pizza coupon cards. and Max who was still a pup went balistic. tried to get him through the plate glass window. Spent the entire time the guy was at the door growling, and lunging against the lead. Very unusual for MAx who thought everyone was his best friend.
I figured the guy was some kind of axe murderer. who cares if he looked like a clean cut all american boy.
pssst. Theo’s blog has an important updaaaaate…
Nope, relatives!
NY is… muggy. I’m not used to hot summer evenings, living in the fog belt.
My step-dad’s house is right on a little pond so I fall asleep listening to the crickets and frogs… and there are fire flies here too! It’s lovely for a city girl like me.
One thing I enjoy about visiting relatives is catching up with their various pets, crazy cat lady that I am.
My Aunt has this *awesome* gray and white tomcat who disappeared for about six months. He had moved in with some guy who reluctantly came forward and returned the cat after he saw my aunt’s frantic “missing” posters. So I got to have a little reunion with the cat– he is the biggest cat I have ever seen– when he was skinny he weighed 18 lbs. Now he is, ahem, chubby and is the size of a small beagle. My aunt also has one of those super-floofy white dogs (samoyed, I think? maybe?) Really sweet but dumb as a post. Anyhoo, the dog thinks she is really a cat, and she thinks she’s huge tomcat’s mother. They are hilarious! The cat is so huge, and so much smarter than the dog, that when they wrestle its quite an even match. (Altho the cat is in mortal danger of suffocating in white dog-floof).
Yay animal relatives!
Annie, Ted Bundy was a clean cut all American boy – so you may have something there.
Dang it! I just updated my vox but now everyone will want to go hear all about the kittens at Theo’s vox.
So Alone – No body loves me!!
Seriously though, I have to now rush over there and check it out!!!!!!!
If you feel like getting creeped out after all the cuteness, go see me vox.
Thankyouverymuch!
Now how am I gonna get some sleep tonight I ask you?
Sigh, I guess you DID warn me first…shudders yet again…
Oops, forgot to warn arachnophobes not to look at my vox today.
If you are an arachnophobe, don’t look at my vox, go look at Theo’s kittens
Sorry Metz!!!!!!
Just go look at Theo’s page just before turning in for the night, you’ll be fine.
http://www.redlinestudio.org/
Well that helped a little
pic of bebe elephant at San Diego zoo taken by my friend Matt.
Just click on the “around San Diego” album.
Aww wee Dumbo.
Cutest baby elephant and Fred your spiders are spectacular.
Hey everyone, over at SO’s house. Cable internet FAILED me today, so no updates.
Morning all – Theo, congrats on the new kittehs, hope Bou pulls through OK. It’s muggy in the Ohio as well, and that’s not a good thing as I’m installing new basement windows today. I forgot to leave ‘wiggle room’ when measuring and have to chisel 1/4″ of brick/concrete block to get them in. I wonder if chocolate coating my sledgehammer will help? The weirdest thing is that I get so many sparks when hammering the concrete that it smells like freshly-struck matches the whole time. Ah, the joys of home ownership!
Teho’s vox is blocked from here
( I guess I’ll have to go and pay good money at some internet kiosk. What I wouldn’t do for kittennnzzz.
Oakie -very efficient posting!
My mom finally sent me pics of her new kitten! She’s so CUTE!
They’re at my vox page. http://metz340.vox.com/
Sorry Helene.
Can you access Ringo? Cause I can copy them over into my Ringo pet album if you want.
guess what, I won the lottery in all these countries just by having an email address! and some one in Africa needs my help getting 10 mil out of the bank!
Is today my lucky day or what?
Ringo is blocked
Metsies, it’s your lucky day!
For some strange reason, typepad and blogger accounts are accessible. For now.
http://www.metzdarling.com/Journal/Blog/Journal.html
Try this. It’s my personal website & blog on there. Mebbe it will work since it’s powered by Blogger.
I just checked our numbers…Peeps, we’re up to 2936 comments – wait, make that 2937.
OMG Metz, what a sweetie! I totally want to huff her!
*vaccum sounds*
Metsis, i’m listening to some music while i’m working, and guess what’s playing right now?
I’d be willing to guess but Metsie might hit me. Or get out the CCRP’s.
OR make me look at Fred’s spiders again…really though I’m ok they are cool photos, OF SPIDERS! LMAO
Anyway, thought I’d share with you guys how I got my nickname, Metz, it’s a story too long to post here but here’s the link to the story in my blog.
http://www.metzdarling.com/Journal/Blog/2006/10/in-winter-of-1989-i-answered-ringing.html
Oh the drama!
Dear Peeps,
Thank God for air conditioning. It’s currently 88 outside, but with the humidity, it feels like 105. With smog.
This from the same place that gets 5 in the winter.
I’m strangely proud to have this kind of weather. Like we’re saying to you guys down south “Hey, we can do sweltering hot too!”
Laney, welkum 2 mah werld.
Dontcha…just feel sticky everytime you walk outside?
Metz, What a fantabulous story. I Love it. It is funny how one small little thing can change our way of thinking and open us up to the possibilities out there, that we always ran away from out of fear.
Lanie Cool showers really help. Also ya know those pictures of cats laying with their bellies up I like do do this myself in the direct current of the fan on High.
Brie and Annie, those days, my total time outside is 14 minutes. 7 minutes from my house to the train station, twice a day. I have AC at home too.
Tomorrow, it’s supposed to go down to 73, and stay like that for a whole week. My kinda temperature. I lurve it. I can mow the lawn and barely sweat.
Lanie My favorite temperature tooo.
I am hoping Bou and the kittens are doing better tonight. Poor babies, poor Momma cat…. Just a baby herself.
Annie,
LA-LA-LA-CAN’T-HEAR-YOU-LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!!
(I haven’t seen the pictures or read the story)
Where’s Metsies?
High on the hills with the lonely goatherd, lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo!
Yodell back with the girl and goatherd, lay-od-lay-od-low!!
Helene no pics yet. The babies are struggling cause Mama Bou is ill & not really taking care of them yet. They’ve got her & the babies at the animal hospital today for extra TLC and Theo’ll be picking them up on the way home per Jaye’s latest update.
Awww no, I hope they out fine
Metz – lo-oved your story! Just read Johnathan Livingston Seagull today (my FD gift from CBF) and I love the message that we can do whatever we want & be whatever we can be. Sure helped me keep smiling while chizleing through concrete all day – I just kept singing John Henry.
Laney, thanks for the earworm…pppbbfffffffftttttd.
Helene – you now have a pair of Chocolate Covered Rusty Pliers with your name on it. I will have that song in my head all day. I see your little goatheard and raise you a frog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shRqw3ceEYE
Mwahhaha!
Laney, thanks for the earworm…pppbbfffffffftttttd.
Zee, I wish my nicknames had such interesting back stories. I was often Brinnanna (like banana, a derivative being Nanna, which one friend still calls me), or Brenjamin, Brindalyn, Brinnabelle, or just plain Bee.
Yea – didn’t John Henry Die at the end of the tunnel? Perhaps I need a different hammering song – any suggestions?
I’m back…
Mahna mahna
don’t know goatherd song.
Wasn’t working today. Went to meet with the community crafters in the library. Actually used a pc in the library for an update on Teho’s catz.
Picked up some Rx’s for hubby and then went to the new supermarket (Hannaford’s).
so you can see the kind of fast paced life i live….
Cutebaby daddy there is always I’ve been working on the railroad and isn’t there some kinda coal miner song with hammering?
Obviously my mind does not wrap itself around songs when I am at work.
metsakins, Guess what came in the mail.
have those flags bloomed already this year or just ready to grow. I ask because mine are just finishing up and I am going to divide them in about 3 weeks when they are really done.
Everything came thru with flying colors. I will plant by saturday.
Thank you so much.
metsakins, HOw can you not know the goatherd song….. it is from the sound of music. the scene with the puppet show and the scene where the children sing at the party.
Oh well glad hubby is doing better. Do you think he would stand on a table in McDonalds and sing DONCHA.. Wish your hubby was hot like me…. Doncha
Brinnann, Still laughing about the name thing as we were terrible parents. our oldest Kristina got nicke named Kina by my nephew (Too small to say her name)
and we called her ina beana and stina and inee beanee and Iner… Then there was our youngest we named her Aubrey and she got called wobbly aubley and aubs and wobles and aubles and the list goes on and on.
Not to mention doodle bug and miss muffet and who knows what other pet names I called them.
Poor girls..Scared for life I am sure..
Annie – my irises bloomed very early this year…they’re done…I use the three week rule as well for dividing plants.
I don’t have any exciting nicknames either, just bobbie or alice, my name’s barbara alice. as I got older people started to call me Barb which I don’t mind either.
The way I got this screen name is simple. We had a calico kitty adopted by my son during baseball season. We live in NY hence he named the kitty Mets. As we’ve discussed many times, pet names have a way of evolving and she went from Mets to Metsie to little metsie to cute little metsakins. (She was small, an eight pounder). Anyway, about ten years ago or so I’m sitting at the computer trying to come up with a screen name to play some online games. Obviously, all the names I’ve been called (don’t go there!) were taken. Meanwhile cute little metsakins jumped on my lap so I figured I’d try it. I’ve never encountered a situation where that name is taken….
and no I don’t think my hubby will stand on a table at Micky D’s and sing….
PICTURE ALERT IN THE CAT CAVE!
Metsakins, two muppets in one night may be pushing my luck, but their version the Lonely Goatherd is stellar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8oeuOyyHUk You’ll wish you still didn’t know it when you’re done.
Annie, I don’t think I know a coal mining hammering song – anyone jog my memory?
No fresh Qte today
I wonder what Meg’s up to. But there’s plenny of drama in the Cat Cave… Theo and Jaye, I am pulling for those kittens just like everyone else, especially lucky #7.
CBD – Don’t know coal mining songs, but what about “I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok . . “?
I’ve had a few completely random nicknames. My friend in primary school called me Hunter for years – why you ask? – Because I THOUGHT my star sign was Aries. It is Aquarius. Never mind.
Also, My dad used to call me Scrubber. I don’t know if that’s slang where you are, but here it meant “a woman of loose morals” I don’t know why he called me that. I quite liked it. I didn’t know what it meant, I thought it had something to do with ladders (no idea why). Mum was horrified & eventually got him to stop.
Also been called George, Charlie and Charles (and occasionally Shazza – but then the person dies – kind of like “The Ring”)
I like hearing about people’s nicknames. More please.
Metsies,
I see everyone perfected your education concerning the goatherd song. Personnally, I prefer this version :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7hU-3-PbQ
Or, and I read “Boobie” again.
CBD, I loved that vid!
*goes to Theo’s vox to look at kitteeennnzzzzzz!!!*
CBD well I looked but not very hard heres acouple more songs for you… BWahahahaha Earworm alerts
sixteen tons.
IF I had a hammer.
Those will keep you busy for a while.
I found lots of miner songs but all very sad.
For Brin: I put a link to the cocoon on vox, but to save you the effort, here it is also
http://linus.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/nymp/core.html
It’s prettier than this in real life, but you get the idea
Fred, every time I hear about a freak animal, or the deadliest animal on earth, I somehow know it will be something from Australia.
Workin in a coal mine
going down down,http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/24/messages/910.html
http://www.oldies.com/samples/playtrack.cfm?eurl=5S5GTy6qnFa6YfX7AfYRdEiNChJAiSyMIeql%21J59%21GBS7pDit%2FM%21WI%2FpTafP86zkmc98gW6ng7z1FiZaBPdX%21Q%7C%7C
Don’t know if this link will work it’s an audio clip
Ha ha Helene, how right you are. An Aussie musical comedy group had a pretend tourism campain song with the chorus “Come to Australia, you might accidently get killed”.
It’s not that bad though.
Hey Metz, I put a new post on my Vox just for you, to help you recover from the spiders yesterday. No critters in sight.
Mets – thanks that’s exactly what I’m looking for. I prefer the Devo version, though.
Annie – earworm indeed – If I dream of Peter Paul and Mary tonight, you will be to blame.
Helene – I’ll take Miss Piggy over Gwen S. any day… Piggy has got better moves.
Fred… ah the Lumberjack song. I will relish it when bringing down a pine tree this weekend )to add a 2nd lane to our driveway). I however, will not be wearing underwires whilst doing so
That’s what they all say . .
I’ve got tomorrow (Friday) off, so, if I don’t make it to a computer over the weekend – Hope you all have a good one and I shall keep fingers crossed for the new kittens.
Seeya Monday!
CBD – ya gotta keep it straight
I’m mets
Metz is metz
I don’t find that confusing at all…WTF am I talking about…
I just found something out, I kind of like humming mahna mahna. I find it soothing to think of muppets…my father and I am big muppet fans. I was too old to watch Sesame Street as a child, but I watched it as a teenager and loved it then…and then of course I watched it with my kids…
so that is going to be my secret (oh wait I told every 1) weapon against evil (and I do mean EVIL) earworm implanters…
mahna mahna dododododo
one more thing b4 I get ready for work..
*looks under desk*
*sprays zombie repellent*
*looks in closet*
R.?, where R. u?
zombie repellent?
Something I miss?
*looks under desk worriedly*
no zombies here yet, and darn it no kittens either!
*goes back to Theo’s blog to look at the kittens with a quick stop at the butterscotch icecream shop on the way*
zombie repellent = NUFFS
(because, kronch, hurrrrgh… wher all da brayns??)
Hi all, Ack I tried to post earlier but I am ackkk buried under files.
Teho..LOL
Metsakins HEhehe you use an earworm to defind yourself against other earworms….. HMMM that may just work.
Metz.. R.Moore lurks sometimes and hides under the couch in here.
She let us know that zombies are taking over the world.
Actually R. had some thing about zombies ’cause she was watching a Dr. Who marathon. Any way, we’d always accuse her of lurking around this thread, which is what the looking under furniture was about. Then when she started in about the zombies, I said I was too scared to look in the closet for her. Ya kinda hadda be here… It was a few weeks ago.
Ahahaha.
Well still no zombies here.
No kittens either, (pouts).
I thought I was just being too slow from lack of sleep.
I’ve been sleeping in my son’s room due to him having night terrors and last night was the 1st night in a while I slept in my own bed. Autumn and Summer were both so happy to have me back in their territory they practically smothered me all night, if they weren’t sleeping on or as close to my head as possible purring up a storm they were making happy paws big time on my chest, side, back, whatever semi-flat surface they could find. I love a good cat massage BUT…at one point they argued over who could sleep closer to me. Finally I had both of them on either side of me and had to hide my hands because they kept pushing on them whenever they were exposed, “pet me! No! Pet ME!” *yawns*
OMG how could I forget
zombies are taking over the world….
Theo sorry to bug but I am off to the two pet stores here in town today to see if they carry the Ever Clean cat litter you recomended.
I noticed you suggested the ever fresh(unscented) will this work with four cat wokkies and two litter boxes???
Metz..LOL.. I had to kick them all out of my room for a while as I was not getting any sleep. Things settled down a bit after that.
Huggy will tap my nose if I hide my hands.
Ya’ know occassionally she scratches me. Maybe I should get her declawed? any one have an opinion on that?
*hides*
*runs to store for extra large boxes of MY-T-Fine pudding and several gallons of milk*
Annie, it may be the ONLY litter that “works” in that situation. Scoop daily.
This is the stuff:
http://www.everclean.com/products_everfresh.html
And here it is at PetCo.com online:
http://www.petco.com/product/100532/Ever-Clean-EverFresh-Premium-Clumping-Cat-Litter.aspx
metsie I for one am going to put soft paws on my kittehs & doggies AND I’m going to purposely choose colors that clash with their coats. *hides too*
Annie, I would BUT the racket they make with the “Let Me IN NOW!” is worse than the attention. Plus I know it’ll settle down once I’m in my own bed regularly again. until then, *yawn* I’ll just feel like a zombie…er…
OMG zombies are taking over the world!!!
LOL you guys.
Theo thanks
I saw it was at Petco. (far away from me) if I can’t find it Local will just have to grab it on one of my weekend jaunts to teh big city. I try not to go often. I spent 8 years in San Jose and had a cleaning business for 7 of those years… I spent over my share of travel time and also time in lines in stores. there was never less than 5 people in line anywhere and I think a lot of times I spent more time in line than actually shopping(God I love it in a small town)
So I rarely go to the outlets or mall now.
Theo Thanks so much for your Info both of our pet stores carry this brand.
They apparently have 6 different varieties.
IS there a reason you reccomended the ever fresh over the other varieties.
WHen I looked on line it looked like they are changing out their formula on all to be more like the ever fresh.(apparently their most popular variety)
Just curious.
Oh and thanks for the recommendation
Met-ittes – sorry for the name confusion. I should know better than to post after midnight. I will (lie to you and) promise not to be so careless again.
Bring on the Zombies. I have my chainsaw, 5 lb sledge, Milwaukee Sawsall and a couple hundred feet of rope well oiled and laying around from this week’s projects. I highly suspect that they really just eat puddin anyways, not brains. I mean, what would you prefer, given the choice?
metsakins, I see no one dared answer your declawing question. I’m all for declawing, but first you need to fatten them up 20 or 30 lbs, and take lots of pictures with them and cute babies, like these:
http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/03/24/eating-muffin/
http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/03/25/kissing-kitty/
That’ll do the trick just fine.
Cute baby Daddy Love the baby nahming on the kittys paws.
Hey everyone, I’m alive. Internet connection was down and the library won’t let me post comments
I’m too tired to write much else right now, though. Been getting to be far too late to wake at reasonable hours.
Annie — that specific litter has actual grains of activated charcoal, and a pretty good amount of it. None of this la-di-da NOW WITH MAGIC CRYSTAL SPHERAZONKS or SPECIAL MAXI-DOODY MULTIPLE CAT FORMULA crap. It’s the only thing we’ve ever found that actually *does* what all the commercial cat-litter brands *claim* to do: It controls the smell.
Tkx, Annie – that’s one of my favorites, along with “Tongue Overload” http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/tongue_overload.jpg
I’ve just got to keep the babies away from the pliers wielding madwomen and zombies who frequent these places.
Roger – welcome back, glad you’re still alive. Isn’t being internetless a pain in the rear? I keep waiting for free emergency internet access booths to start sharing space with the meth clinics downtown… when you need that internet snorgling bad!
Theo – you can actually buy activated charcoal and ammiona-zorb in the fish portion of the pet store. I’ve always wondered about mixing it in with the cat litter to help with the smell, but was always afraid I’d vive the cats miner’s lungs or something from the charcoal dust. I may have to give it a try.
Harvey and Alexis !!! that is so cute! and I actually think the baby is cuter than the cat! and the baby has a kittie dress on. OMG!
and while we’re getting our cats up to healthy weight b4 the operation…make sure you do it with lots of table scraps and things that are unhealthy (I beleive tomato sauce is a particularly usefull too)…
once they’re up to the right weight…find a rusty pliers….melts some chocolate for dipping and its a done deal!
What a weird day – spend the day at Cub Scout camp with kid #3, came home and cooked dinner, took down a huge pine tree in our side yard (making room for more parking), and now I’m looking for pictures of hot guys for Hot Daddy Friday @ CBF. Guess which of those I feel least qualified for? I couldn’t tell a cute guy apart from a troll. We’ll see how I do tomorrow…
Theo Thank you so much for the info. It is much appreciated woth four of the little darlings when they are all stuck inside can get.. well pungent would be the best word for it. even when you scoop. when I finally tried the fresh step it made a huge difference. I am hoping this will take us to happy kitty litter land.
CBD– CRUEL IRONY: Our town has just put in free WiFi in the downtown and older residential area where we live (we have two or three parks and several cafes, so it makes sense that we’d get it first). But it is free because of the ads that run across the top of your screen and show up inbetween page loads. Because of these ads which flash and distract, I was unable to access my online creative writing class–the very reason I absolutely NEEDED the internet.
Also, CBF’s site has won over my SO, who loved the redhead section (being one himself) and the baby in the dog crate
Hey Metsie. I see you are trolling for nuffs missy. LOL
R. Moore hope you get well rested watch out for Zombies
Cute baby Daddy I suggest a Brad Pitt one if you can find it. Good luck on that.
CBD By the way, hope I am asking the right person??? I am too lazy to go up the thread and look. Are you guys the folks with the wheat free receipes and if so can you add a link or address here so I can go check it out this weekend
Thanks
I’m starting to feel more alive again. I’m still tired, but I’ve had lively conversations about Amigurumi dolls of Scrump from Lilo and Stitch and the doll baby Kuzco plays with in the beginning of The emperor’s New Groove, so I’m a bit more up and at it.
Also, I’m wearing an awesome shirt:
http://www.digitalpimponline.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=48&osCsid=3a345f3aea077abf4d4c7b61af34e111
R Moore – free WiFi, but at a terrible cost, eh? I’m glad to hear our site has another fan – I was afraid the caged baby pic would bring out the nuffs, but it’s so cute!
Annie – Brad never holds the babies without being in Angelina’s arms, which kinda defeats the purpose…
I’m sure we’ll get one on him someday. I think I did OK today – even if he’s in B/W: http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/06/29/happy-hot-daddy-friday/ time will tell, I guess.
Our gluten free site is: http://www.woggle-bug.com/recipes/ – It’s back from the crash, but still has a bunch of broken links that I’m fixing a couple a week, so please be patient with it. CBF has really got a knack for gluten-free baking, which is ironic because I was always a better baker until we went gluten-free.
ahem…
ya know every one keeps talkin’ about how cute marmalade kittens are , if you were wondering how cute a full grown (12 year old) marmalade cat is ya’ might wantta look at my vox page…
just sayin’….
*blushes*
metsie, “just sayin’” Indeed. He is quite the gentleman. Love the splashes of white too. Just a guess but betting he’s a real snorglepuss too right?
Are they marmies just ‘cuz they’re orange, or does it have to do with the stripes too? Would Butterscotch be a marmie-n-cream kitteh?
I always thought they were called that cuase they look like orange marmalade which has variations in color, dark chunks in amid the lighter jelly part.
Solomon is a snorglepuss only with me. He really doesn’t like people much at all. He would snorgle with Handsome over a human anyday…He tries to snorgle with Huggy but she’s still not too into it. Although that situation is getting better.
Strange thing happened yesterday…Every Thursday I go eat pizza with the two guys who work in the shop (not very proper, ladylike, whatever, yadda yadda). On our way there one of them made a crack about me & Mr. H. Cow Orker, which apparently stemmed from a comment made by the Big Boss. I think it was all in jest, but I’m kinda curious as to what Big Boss said exactly and why.
hmmm…
maybe BigB wants to make a match….
curiousity like that could kill you…
It’s gonna bug the heck out of me, but I can’t exactly ask anyone without looking suspicious.
brinn you poor thing.
Don’t put too much stock in it. People always try to play matchmaker if two un marrieds are availabe. I don’t know why that is except the drive to procreate is very strong.
and I don’t mean just for your self but to propigate the species…
CBD Excellent choice. Not a pretty boy definately got that rugged manly look going on and the sleeping baby… perfection.
Brie and CCW
Sitting in a tree
P-R-O-P-A-G-A-T-I-N-G!
Wow, Helene, when my baby sister starts dating (or just has a bigger crush again) I know what I’m singing!
Brie, don’t worry too much. But if it makes you feel better try concocting reasons to casually bring it up
That’s the sort of thing I do. And I won’t be giving you flak for having lunch with guys. My mom and my SO’s mom and I all prefer the company of menfolk sometimes. Women get catty (of course you guys get a different TYPE of catty!).
CBD: try this for future Friday editions: Brad Pitt holding Shiloh without Angelina.
http://www.celebitchy.com/3249/angelina_and_brad_really_are_going_to_adopt_a_vietnamese_boy/3/
Metsie – thanks for the beautiful marmie picts, helped cheer me up after seeing one by the side of the road today
Annie – thanks for the feedback. CFB is back from camp today (Shhhh! She’s sleeping) and will be reclaiming the post of cute daddy judge.
Metz – (see I got the names right) wonderful pict – I think we’ll bee seeing that one soon! I keep forgetting about all these celeb daddies.
And yes, Fixies is back in town. I suspect from the tired look on her face she may just sleep all weekend long. Apparently tent camping + chatty teenage girls + lots junk food right before bed = not much sleep.
Now I’m off to pour three gallons of diesel fuel on our lawn and set it alight. Don’t laugh if I come back with no eyebrows (or other misc. body parts).
Helene ROFLMAO
Brinn HAng in there
R. Mooore isn’t revenge sweet.
Metz SCORE!!!!;)
CBD…. I am trying not to go there but…..Nope I just gotta go there.
I hope the conflagration did not leave you eyebrowless.. You know you are suposed to leave the spectacular flaming displays for Wednesday night… This is your patriotic daddy duty (snicker)
It is sweet like honey.
CBD, Diesel fuel?!
Annie – you are a genius! If I drill 20-30 holes around the stump and fill them with M80′s I should be able to blow it right out of the yard on the 4th and everyone will just think it’s the fireworks (rubs hands together menacingly).
Sill all here, all parts intact and a nice bed of coals around the stump. It’ll take a week to burn out at this rate, I’ll need a dozen bags of marshmallows, at least.
Yea, diesel fuel. Apparently it’s less horrible for the environment than gasoline, and it did get the fire started with one match…
I just missed why you needed diesel fuel
It seemed a pretty strange chore to have.
Also, I now have an alternate blog, but right now it’s being used for fund raising.
russia-moore.blogger.com
Wow, way to goof up my own blog. It’s a Blogspot blog.
http://russia-moore.blogspot.com/
CBD LOL Okay now it all makes sense… but listen if you really do decide to blow the stump you need to get me there (Rubs hands together looking shifty)
I love a good explosion…..
Bwahahaha
R. Moore be sure to add it for your Url so we always have a link to your page.
And what a nice thing to do
Okay
I don’t know how often I’ll update it (once school hits I’m not going to have tons of crafting time), but I’ll keep it on this page at least.
Thanks
I’ve been meaning to help out somehow for a while.
CBD, it’s for a tree stump? Try digging around it, then tying it to your bumper and drive away…
We have a tree on the front lawn that has many one more year before it dies (It’s a weeping birch, and the top split in two), We might have to do that before long.
Wheee! marshmallow roast at CBD & CBF’s house!
*Grabs long stick, bag of marshmallows & lawn chair.*
Can we tell ghost stories too?
So long as they aren’t TOO scary… I have an overactive imagination. Still. Sigh. I thought people grew out of those…?
Still terrified of zombies, and HATE the window on the stairway. Way to make things creepy, former home-owners!
Grabs Chocolate and grahm crackers and sleeping bag. hey I am all ready for my s’mores. HAnd me a couple of marshmallows Metz, course CBF is probably all s’mored out but I know a great ghost story.
… Hmmm apparently Kitties in laps at the computer go together like well hehehe like marshmallows and chocolate. I have had every cat in the house in my lap this week.. while I have been at the computer..
Boy first I miss the sleepover b/c I’m grounded, not I miss the s’mores…
now I’m really upset, neither of my 2 remaining cats sit in my lap while I’m at the computer
:*(
I’ve been picking mine up and putting her in my lap while I’m at the compy and she’s finally starting to do it on her own. Finally at age 15 she’s become a lap cat <3
Ok guys I need virtual hugs.
Really depressed today as my Mom called last night and they’re not going to be able to come to NY next week! Whah!
Don’t want to overload the thread so if ya want more details there’s a post in my vox blog.
Oh Metz… Hugs to you in your time of need. I totally understand I’m 47 and totally still want to be with my Mom. It is very hard especially if you are all prepared to see them, expecting it and it gets cancelled. I hope it all works out and you get to see them in August. Hugs!
Metz -sorry
group cyber hug every 1!!!
Oakie -funny story about lap cats. Handsome was not a lap cat, nor was Miss hugs.. They would sit on the couch with you right next to you, but no lap. When Mets came along she was very affectionate and would stay on your lap if you put her there but didn’t initiate it until she had the kittenz.
She seemed a little distressed by them and sometimes needed comfort. After she weened Solly and wanted nothing more to do with him, Solly would jump on my lap, knead my chest and go to sleep there. He so needed comfort. Well Handsome saw this and did 2 things.
1. Became a lap cat.
2. Started nurturing Solly and Solly stopped coming to me and going to him.
Cats are funny aren’t they?
Laney? some more p people posted on Early Adopter…you’re not last….sorry
Thanks guys! I feel a little better already.
Metz- /hugs/
I’m visiting my Mom right now, been here for five days and am just about on Mom Overload– I love her but she’s verrrry difficult to get along with, and she doesn’t like animals (!) I miss my kittehs so much!
Metsie- like your lap story too! Yes, cats are funny, mysterious little beings
I know about mom overload…
Metsie BTW, how’s your husband? Are you on husband overload yet?
that would be one way of putting it…
He’s home for a week now and very tired…
(and may I b*tch?) not showering…
I made him wash up the other day but geez its getting scary….
Ooh! Ooh! I got some mom overload over here!
But I do get to missing her sometimes.
Sorry about the hubby overload, Metsie!
Metsie I hear you. and they are grouchy when they can’t work. Mine is a pain whenever he is off for more than three days. ANd I do not get the not showering thing when they are off. (shakes head)
Hugs to you too in hubby overload.
OAkie just grit teeth and try to enjoy her when you can.(I know it is difficult) Now I am wishing I could talk to mine and actually have a conversation. when there were times just in November and December when I was tired and didn’t want to keep talking on the phone. I keep kicking myself. I miss talking to my Mom. It has been months of one sided conversation because she can only listen and say yes. IT is too much effort for her as she has to fight for every breath.
Well my husband is retired so he NEVER works. but his normal day he spends a couple hours at the gym and then comes home and showers!
MEtsie I hope he is feelling better soon. and back to normal.
Metsie I still want to go to the gardens with you while you are here whenever it may be. Bring Hubby if he likes flowers and such. We can also do the wildlife museum with everyone.
Just sayin”
I’m just waiting a few more days b4 I make reservations. I think he’ll be okay, but I just want to make sure…
and he will have showered by then……
Hi folks, hope you all had a good weekend!
Ahem. If you come to the museum, please be sure to shower.
R.Moore what would be the fun of that. THink how memorable it would be if we showed up all sweaty and smelly. The animals would Lurve us;)
Hi Fred, Did you have a nice weekend. I realize you are on your monday and at work so I hope it is a great day for you. I am still on Sunday night trying to finish the laundry and some household chores. I needed a whole other day this weekend to get everything done.
hee Laundry. We put some washing on on Saturday and I just realised before that it is still sitting in the machine!!! D’OH!!! On Friday I picked up my friend and her son (they live about 1.5hrs away) and brought them home to meet Kazi. Her son (6) spent the rest of the day and most of saturday running about with Kazi. Then on Sunday Kazi found 2 new boyfriends to dote on her in the property at the back of ours. After initially getting the bejeesus scared out of her when they appeared suddenly, she was lapping up the attention. 2 sweet boys. A blue cattle dog and a pit bull crossed with something. The pit bull got stuck on the fence for about 3 hrs. He was so good. Very calm, just waiting to be set free then ran around for joy. Kazi kept going down there to check on him but we didn’t click that anything was wrong. I feel bad we didn’t notice sooner. Poor boy!!
oops sorry, lengthy comment.
How about you?
grammer – where have you gone?
poor puppeh!well you got to him at last! He must be a very nice dog not to be cranky and snappish after that! My dog (when I was growing up) had friends too. Mom used to walk him and meet all these ladies and they’d chat and the dogs would have a smell fest!
Hey Fred, wow your weekend sounds better than mine. I planted lots of flowers in the garden and in some big flower pots and finished the weeding and watered a whole lot. and cleaned and did laundrey and made blackberry jam, and grocery shopped
Tonight i have to make some peach jam and do one more load of laundry. Or pick the peaches and make the jam tomorrow night either way it is shaping up to be a long week. I still gotta get the barn cleaned out too. It doesn’t take long but I hate doing it because it is so dusty.
Hi! *waves*
My weekend su-huuuuucked (singsong)!
Saturday I spent a total of ten hours in the car riding with Mom to Austin to meet my brother’s ex-wife to pick up my nephew. She was three hours late, then we ate breakfast/lunch/dinner, which means I left the house at 6:45 AM and got home at 10:30 PM.
I spent Sunday in da bed and on da cowsche recovering, aka sleeping and eating.
This morning I got up and didn’t see Sister anywhere, which is unusual. She’s usually hanging out in the bathroom with me while I get ready or laying on the kitchen floor. I thought it was particularly odd that Sheba was on the kitchen floor playing with the toys. After frantically searching the house, calling for Sister, I was struck with sudden fear that sometime last night she’d slipped past me when I let Honey in or out. So I go outside, front and back yard, calling, start crying, called Mom to see if she’d come by to look for her while I was at work. I’d already checked my closet, which is generally the only one I open, but I remembered having opened the front bedroom closet last night to put something in it. I go to the front bedroom, open the closet door, and there’s Sister sitting atop a stack of boxes, eye-level with me. She didn’t meow once, didn’t answer to my calls, Honey didn’t bark at the closet door or try to get in it. Sister was basically unphased, but I had to do some serious snorgling to calm down. I was running about ten minutes early for work and ended up being almost ten minutes late.
Sounds fun, huh?
Boy so quiet today…
anyone see this
railstraddlerpawdangler
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/04/02/hi-i-fall-off-ur-roof/
Hey Metsie, How is hubby today.. No one is here to Play
! Me is Sad:( !
And sad about Bou she is sick again. poor little kitty mama:((
Oh God, I just read the last entry on the soft paws post. A vet asst describes exactly how the declawing procedure goes. It made me want to cry.
Der you guys is… Brinn I hate hwen cats do that. WHen I first brought Lilac home she went outside and disappeared for the whole day I called her and called her and looked under everything in teh yard I still don’t know where she was but she finally showed up around 11 PM when I was exhausted and beside myself with being upset.
Like you I needed serious snorgles to settle down.
Metsie LOL that look on that cats face is too funny
Then I am going to pass on reding it. CAn’t deal with that today not with BOu sick too.
Oh dear, I just read the update in the Cat Cave. That’s so horrible. I seriously dunno how Theo & Jaye do it. Aside from the fact that I’d keep every cat that came into my house and couldn’t give them up, I can’t imagine how hard it must be to see them struggle like this.
:*-( Lousy looking emoticon but its supposed to be me feeling sad for Bou and for my own lousy weekend.
Mebbe it’ll help us to feel a little bit better.
Wow up and down up and down.
*Hugz* to everyone just because.
I know I went back this weekend and was reading some of the posts on the second stray mama they fostered and that one was hard too. She lost her kittens but recovered and went on to a good home.
I think because they have been strays and out on their own for a bit, it makes them more susceptable to being ill.
Wow, I checked the cat cave this morning b4 I went to work and hadn’t checked again. Yikes.
Brie -Miss Huggums will get locked in the linen closet or garage and never meow so I know what that’s like and then when you find them they’re like either
Hey I was comfortables or
What took you so long?
Hi MEtz, I hope you are feeling better today. I agree group hug. I wish it was better news from the Cat Cave. Poor Jaye and Teho and the shmooplings.
I haven’t kept up with Bou et al… I’ll go do that now.
Group hug and some nice, warm pudding for everyone!
Whoa. I just typed in the captcha wrong and it let me through.
I don’t think craptcha has worked correctly all weekend.
I almost never get craptcha’d anymore.
Damn, I could kick myself for that one. I got craptcha’d on my comment about not getting craptcha’d.
heh-heh-heh, you guys said “crapcha’d”. heh-heh
Sorry lack of sleep is killing my wit.
Ohhhhh we just had a earthquake Small 4.3 but it rolled for a long time for such a little one.
metz are you channeling Beavis and butthead HEHEHE
I got crapchad the irst time in days and it was
4 j perk I’m sure one of you clever people can make sumthin’ up with taht…
Can’t think of any thing except four j ery perk
You had an earthquake, Annie? I wonder if we’ll get aftershocks out here… It might be too far north/on the wrong fault. Our house is built atop both a fault and a well, so we’re just waiting for it to collapse some day
MAybe not R. as it was only a 4.3 but it rolled a long time. your house is over a well? That is kinda scary with California being what it is and all.
Indeed. Our foundation is all messed up and we constantly have cracks in the walls.
This is what happens when they need housing fast for returning troops and their new families. Some of the planning is lacking… Planning.
R, up the thread a bit I thought you said “Go hug some nice, warm pudding” I had to do a double-take – “What the??” Anyway, maybe that will bring a giggle or two.
Annie! An earthquake!! We don’t get those here, so it kind of blows my mind a bit. How casual you all are. I guess that’s like me thinking nothing of checking under the toilet seat for redbacks when camping.
Brin, I’m so relieved you found Sister!! That’s an aweful feeling! I bet that 20 minutes felt like 20 years.
I really hope Bou makes it. There’s something about her, she’s a special girl.
Hi Fred Dog Rescuer extrordinaire. Actually I was thinking how wonderful of Kazi to keep going back to check on the boy dog tangled in the fence??(I guess)He was lucky it wasn’t in the heat of summer when he got caught,
HA Californians only act like it is no big deal. when you are in one with them you see how it really is. Everyone stops for the duration and grabs a desk and looks around to see if anything can fall on them.
THen there is a good five minutes of talking about it and then they all get back to work. But they will tell you they don’t even miss a beat. Don’t believe them it is a lie.
I’ll tell you a story about when my daughter moved to Fl. Bear in mind up here we get nor’easters and the newscasters go crazy about when is it coming, how much snow,how much wind,yadda,yadda,yadda. So we’re sitting in her new apartment, she’s been there a good 3 or 4 days and the newscasters are going nuts. So we’re like are you worried, nah I’m not worried, just like they go nuts over nor’easters, no big deal. We prepare, get our water, flashlisght, battery operated radio and some tuna. but we’re still calm. Then the news guy says “remember to go outside and shake the loose coconuts off the trees so that they don’t become projectiles and smash through windows or injure someone.”
We look at each and say “Okay, now I’m scared”.
Bwa ha ha, that is a great story, Metsie.
My dad works in Seattle and a few years back when they had their BIG earthquake he was on the phone with his boss. His feet were up on his desk and he was leaning faaaar back in his chair. All of a sudden he looks up and sees a bunch of very tall filing cabinets swaying to and fro. He says, “I gotta call you back,” to his boss, slams the phone down, and runs down the stairs. He and this large group of people stand about, and then realize their under huge plate windows. So they run in a group to the other side of the street. They look up. Power lines. It went on like this until the quake was over
My friends and I will call each other, email each other, file reports to USGS, etc. for about half an hour after a quake, but then be like, “Oh yeah, we get quakes all the time! Their no big deal.” For a while we kept getting little ones exactly five minutes after I’d sit to read on my bed. I stopped reading on my bed for a while. Every time I think, “Oh my God, it’s the big one!” Meanwhile the cats looked at me like I’m shaking the bed
Once I was really scared because they all stood up and RAN. If the cats aren’t okay, you might wanna worry.
Also, this guy BLOWS MY MIND:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/gorskii.html
Dude, they could DO that in 1915? As a History major and Russia geek, I feel like a failure for not having known about him earlier.
wow, thats impressive
Metsie, OMG ROFLMAO…. IT is like that where ever you live isn’t it. Everywhere has it’s own problems. I’ve been thru everything but a hurrican. and I have to say earthquakes are really tame unless it is a 7+. Tornadoes are very scarry and grass fires are too. and volcanoes even when you are not too close because of the ash. I hope I never have to live thru a ash fall again. it is horrible. I guess it just depends on being prepared and what you are accustomed to but I have to say projectile coconuts is not something I would have expected. (Snicker) altho when Loma prieta hit, One of my friends was in the grocery store in the wine aisle and the bottles were shooting out at her. I guess when they got shook up by the quake they started exploding which wouldn’t have been too bad except the lights were out so it was hard to see..
We get really bad thunder storms in summer with huge hail and winds. The electricity company advertise on TV saying “Be safe this storm season” tie down outdoor furniture, don’t stand under trees, that type of thing. A few of my English friends wondered what the big deal was – then a storm hit – then they understood. The funniest storm story I have is when the BMW dealership got completely destroyed by hail. All the cars were written off – ouch. We all found it very satisfying somehow. We must be the jealous country or something.
Annie, yeah, I think it’s so sweet that Kazi kept checking on the doggy. Especially since she only just met him. And yes, he was very lucky it wasn’t summer. there was only meagre shade and he’s mainly white. he would have cooked. When I get home at night I have to keep walking down there to check he isn’t stuck again. Great, like I needed another obsessive compulsion!!
Fred LOL… I know… HEhehe (blushes) I count chickens. Every night when I get home I count chickens. If one is missing I will look all over the barn first and then the pasture and then the yard. They hide when they are injured or sick and it is difficult to find them. And I worry about them if they aren’t there, that they might be hurt or sick.. Old time farm people would laugh and say they are just chickens but you know…. what can I say. nothing so I count.
Understandable, I reckon. I’d be counting them too – three times to make sure I didn’t make a mistake. I hope you don’t have 20 chooks or something! It could take all night!
I found this pic of the big storm that hit Sydney earlier this year. I had some better pics with the opera house and the harbour bridge, but I’ve lost them, so this will do. It’s still impressive.
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/environment/assets/east_sydney_thunderstorm.jpg
Just in case someone is interested in weather pictures like me.
Wow that’s some lightning shot. I actually have a severe fear of thunderstorms & find myself worrying constantly about tornados during a storm. BUT for some reason I am absolutely facinated by tornado & severe storm photos/videos.
There’s a great site that has some AWESOME tornado videos. Including one of the ones that hit Canada last week.
I grew up in Michigan so I’ve seen my share of Lake Effect storms, both in snow & thunder. I also lived in San Diego for a couple of years and had a few minor earthquakes while living there. I was so thrilled (as long as there wasn’t any damage).
I remember our first winter there and how the weathermen made such a big deal out of “storms” headed our way. Then it would rain. My roommate and I were like, “Um where’s the storm?” We know better now that heavy rains brings its own problems.
Now living on Long Island it’s always the “threat” of a hurricane or like Metsie,a N’oreaster.
If you want to see the tornado & other videos they’re at http://www.tornadovideos.net/
I’ve often thought that earthquakes are the best natural disaster. I mean, you can’t “take shelter” from them, but most of the time (out here at least) they aren’t so bad. Out in Mozambique where my great-aunt lives there was a HUGE earthquake a while back. But the thing is, all the buildings were really well made/retrofitted tall buildings or traditional huts, so less than ten people died (and one had a heart condition already).
My SO is from Pheonix originally, and his two favorite things were the libraries and the thunder and lightening. He really hates the heat, though.
Fred That is an amazing picture of lightening.
IT’s so beautiful and scary at the same time.
I love watching storm footage. Don’t know why.
I bet lots of people do.
I enjoy the storms here, except when out in the car. A few years back we had this freakish 10 days when every afternoon we’d get smacked by a huge hail storm. We got stuck out in 3 of them. That was aweful. We could barely see past the bumper and were in constant danger of having the windscreen shattered by the hail. But we had to keep going to find shelter. Once we were safely inside it didn’t seem so bad anymore.
I love tornado footage. We fortunately don’t get them here. We only get the occasional whirly-wind – which is like a teeny miniature tornado that walking through will dissipate. One of these whirled past when I was stopped at the lights at a T-intersection the other day. I was glad to see it was obeying the road rules.
We used to just blow off the weathermen’s warnings of hurricanes, because they always change course and we never got hit. But after Katrina hit New Orleans, we paid very close attention and all evacuated before Rita. It wasn’t quite as bad as Katrina, but I think that’s because most of the damage from that one was caused by the flood barriers breaking. We did have a small island where several of the houses were completely lost to the storm. All that was left was the foundations. The entire area (several hundred square miles) was without power for 2-3 weeks. Of course, I have my own opinions of natural disasters and why Katrina washed away most of New Orleans, but that’s a whole other issue.
You’d think we’d have been more cautious since Galveston (only 75 miles away) was nearly demolished in/around 1900 by one of the worst hurricanes in history, but I think we got comfortable after not having any worth evacuating for in such a long time. Category 1 & 2 are nothing, just a bad storm that you can ride through, 3 & 4 fairly dangerous, 5, well that’s just pure annihilation (sp?). What’s bad, though, is that Rita & Katrina were only about a 3 when they finally made landfall. I’m just waiting to see what comes next.
I love thunderstorms if I am at home . We go on our porch (covered) to watch them.
when Katrina hit Florida it was only a one yet there was major flooding of roads. It would have made the news but after what happened in New Orleans it didn’t stand a change. My daughter evacuated for Rita and where she went there were tornadoes, but she didn’t get hit right where she was.
Where’s Laney? and Kate? (and more Buddy pictures, his facial expression is so like my Bubbsy!(deceased)).
I guess Fixies is still recovering. I snet a link to her website of the picture of the baby with white cat and all my friends loved it.
Hi Peeeeeeps! I am baaaack! Whew, It took me some time to recover, I’m sorry I haven’t been posting. We did this ropes course and there was a giant swing thing where they hoisted you to the top of a 50 foot pole in a rock climbing harness, and then you had to let go, and you would plunge to your death and swing out over a gorge. It was the scariest thing I have ever done, but I did IT!!! I am covered in bug bites and bruises-I feel like someone has been hitting me with a bag of oranges.
Also, I had to go and read everything that happened while I was gone-and I just gotta say, is my cutebabydaddy like the most heterosexual man you have ever met or what? I mean, I am used to him, but after reading about the sledgehammer, and blowing up the tree stump, etc. (all of which is unexaggerated) I was like impressed. He also didn’t shave while I was gone, so he looked like a lumberjack. LOL!
My favorite thing from while I was away was your nickname Metz. You are a kindred spirit! I love wearing ridiculously fabulous clothes, strange jewelry that I made myself, and getting crazy haircuts. I have painted murals on the walls of my house, and one of my sons rooms is tricked out like a Hogwarts Dungeon. My favorite movie is Room with a view: Because My view is on the inside…My thing is being yourself, as hard as you can.
That was totally hilarious Metsie- You hadn’t posted when I started typing!
I’m here. I’m goinmg through a rough patch, I’m having panic attacks. But I’m reading everything because I don’t want to get behind. I just don’t comment because I don’t feel much like it.
I love weather too. I especially love to look at satellite pics of hurricanes. Gorgeous.
Worse weather story I ever had was a ice storm in January 98. We were badly hit, but not as worse as the Eastern Townships (that’s a region south of Montreal). Power lines broke down. We were a week without electricity, they even had to close the subway at some point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Ice_Storm
http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/icestorm98/icestorm98_the_worst_e.cfm
wow, sorry you’re not feeling well Laney. although I don’t get panic attacks I know they can be very un-nerving. I remember a situation that occured during one of my really depressed periods. I have trouble going into the really large supermarkets b/c they make me anxious. I’m walking through this hugemongous A&P hoping I look “okay” and I look at my shopping list and it’s a set of directions that I was looking for the day before. I kept having to say okay I can do this just buy the food for dinner and leave, over and over and I was thinking that I was going to start sobbing or run from the store. I didn’t. Later in relating the story to a support group I was attending at that time, the overwhelming response was you went into that A&P, omg, its so large, I bet everyone in there was on the verge of tears too.
My whole point is, your not alone, there are people everywhere going through this stuff and you have all of our support.
Laney, do you take anything for your panic attacks? I know some people think it’s the weak way to get through it, but without medication I couldn’t function even remotely like a normal person.
I second that. When they first tried to medicate me for depression, I cried and thought oh g-d I’m really crazy and got more depressed. Now I accept it as a chemical inbalance that needs to be corrected and thankfully they have medication to do that..
Yes I am, but I think it need to be ajusted. I’m seing the doctor today.
So I guess we really ARE a bunch of crazy cat ladies? (weak smile)
Ditto for me too. On med for depression and anxiety & need to see a psych for meds for an OCD problem I’m having. *HUGS to all of us*
CBF: & everyone else, thanks for the kudos on my nickname story. I have to admit as far as aquiring nicknames goes it’s a pretty cool way to get one.
I put some old stories I wrote a couple of years ago on my vox page there’s more about me and my friends who gave me this nickname.
Hi, my name is Brinn, and I am…fortunately not an alcoholic, but I am manic-depressive, obsessive-compulsive, and have severe anxiety/panic disorder. Oh, and I take lots of drugs and most likely will for the rest of my life, but none are recreational. I think that about covers it.
Brin, LOL it is like a 12 step meeting today isn’t it?
Same here, the most recreational things I “do” are caffiene & nicotine, and of course huffing kitties & puppies.
actually Im hopelessly addicted to caffiene
powerless over caffiene..
funny story about that..We’re supposed to fast on Yom Kippur and the last of food was fine but the caffiene withdrawal was intense. So I would spend the days from Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur, not reflecting on the past year, but on lowering my caffiene intake a little bit each day.
I partake in the occassional recreational alcoholic beverage, but caffiene doesn’t seem to work on me.
Wow. I don’t get panick attacks or anything like that but one of my best friends hit a rough patch last year where her medicine needed to be re-adjusted. IT was so hard to see her go thru it. IT was actually painful to watch as well as difficult for her. when she got the right medicine adjustment you could actually feel her Aura or vibe change.
Hugs to you all from me.
Lanie I hope you are feeling better soon.
Fred, We called those Dust devils when I lived in Colorado and we used to try to jump into the middle of them when I was a kid they can get pretty big and don’t actually stop if you get into them there. But they are very fun. (not as big as tornadoes at all not even on the same scale)
oooh! you are all still here!
Phew…
what’d I miss… it’s been a week… lol…
I’ve only seen two or three dust devils in my life. Just live in the wrong area, I guess.
About three people in my house are on meds for depression. I’m not one of them, but it takes its toll. Therapy+Meds=Good. Meds+No Therapy=Not good. It’s not easy being “the sane one” in a family. There’s not much wiggle room.
Oh, and I’m addicted to Dr Who, cartoons, and yarn. Lots and lots of yarn. And knitting and crocheting.
meds + therapy = Ahhhhhhh
Seriously. I’m aching for my next appt let me tell you. That’s why I rely on CO and stuff so much. Need doses of cute and fun to keep my spirits up.
My panic attacks really hit me at night when I’m in bed and keep me from falling asleep. I actually find myself going out of my way to not go to bed sometimes because if I keep myself busy even with “mindless” things like solitaire I don’t think & start worrying. But one step at a time with my therapist’s help I’m making my way to relative normalcy. Normal for me I guess.
There’s no such thing as normal. If I met a normal person I’d probably be bored out of my mind.
R, you do realize your second comment contradicted your first, right?
HI Norty welcome back.
Yup! I’m also addicted to cute things and charitable acts.
Crochet/knit/volunteering=therapy
Hey Laney, Breathe deep. And slow. I get panic attacks too. I have only had one in four years tho because I control them with my diet. I don’t think meds are a cop out at all, I am just not interested in the weight gain and sexual dysfunction that I get along with them. If you are interested in the diet thing, message me on vox and I’ll get into it. I have found people either get annoyed when I start talking diet, or they just hate me for it, because it is one more thing to do. Anyway, I had a big panic attack on Father’s Day weekend, (Father’s day+crappy father= stress) and had to go to the emergency room. I had never had one that big before, and thought I was having an asthma attack. I also hadn’t had one in four years, so I was actually really mad. I guess I was just hyperventilating. But anyway, I understand everyone, panic is very scary, and nothing to sneeze at. I am also a little OCD, but I can control that with food now too.
Being a Mormon, I don’t really do alcohol or even coffee, but my addictions are worse I think:
Yarn-very addicting
Fabric-not as much lately, but I just bought a new skirt pattern that is calling.
altered books-right now I have been dreaming the book I am making every night.
iTunes-we have 4725 songs now, about 12 days worth now.
If I had to pick a food, I am addicted to french brie and also chocolate. But I have been trying to quit the chocolate because it is not panic friendly!
Anyway, hang in there peeps, go to your happy place and breathe!
Oh and Laney, you should check out my little sisters blog too, she is chronicling her panic/anxiety stuff very powerfully:
http://www.anxiousnomore.blogspot.com/
I think sometimes that yarn is more expensive than smoking. But it can’t give you cancer (that I know of).
I’m glad I don’t get panic attacks. I have really crazy mood swings from messed up hormones (thyroid problems run in the family), but so far they just make me cranky or weepy. sometimes I edge towards depressed, but I always have a logical stressor with that.
R.Moore, I have a theory about panic and anxiety disorders, and it is that we have very crappy diets that cause us to have imbalances. I am wondering, since you were homeschooled, are your parents also real big into nutrition? Homeschool Moms often are. Or maybe they were when you were younger, and then slacked off and now some siblings are having problems? If I am getting too personal I will happily shut up, I am just curious:) I have noticed with my own family that since we started doing nutrition that everyone is so much better- so I am wondering if it is just us.
Here is a quick poll:
If you are lurking here, could you give us a shout? I think it would be very wonderful if we could get a count of all the peeps who lurk here because it would entertain me so much. don’t worry, I won’t let Helene give you a slightly naughty nick name or make you sing I’m a little teapot on the table in McDonalds, just comment with a yo, I can has a lurk? so we can get a head count, Kthxbai.
CBF: No, personal would be asking about *other* habits
We actually are weird about nutrition and food because of all the allergies we’ve had. We eat a lot of organic because we don’t feel dragged down when we eat it. While we do fall off the bandwagon with fair frequency, I think the problems are more chemical imbalances and left-over trauma. I’m sure diet adjustments would help, but so would a lot more therapy. Part of the problem making things stressful is that one person not only had a terrible, messed up childhood/youth/good portion of their life, but also adapts very, very rapidly to medication, meaning the dosage and medications themselves have to be adjusted near constantly. It’s like always just starting a new treatment.
I assume there’s nothing unusual about having maybe twenty or thirty yards of cat fabric available in case you want to make a quilt at 4AM? And of course maybe another 50 or so other yards to work into the blocks. And for backing, always need some small prints for backing…..
R. if you go to my vox I have a post of a blankie I made for project Linus. (Blankies for hospitalized kids for comfort)
I don’t have any emotional probs or anything (trying to be pc there) I really don’t like being late, I like order and there are a few daily activities that bother me when missed (like checking for stuck pup in the fence) but nothing outside of the “normal” band. Yep, I am very dull. So I have nothing useful to add to this conversation.
Not in the least, Metsie! I actually want to take up quilting. Maybe it’ll be cheaper than knitting and crocheting…?
Oooh, nice blanket! I want to learn how to do fair isle patterns. Right now I’m working on cabling. I’ve always loved cables, and I’m absurdly happy to be able to cable now.
Fred,I say you make up some crazy story! Like the time my sister and I snuck out of the house, did some shots of tequila with Australian bikers, mud wrestled, and then went clubbing with a German guy with a mohawk. He was hot.
Good idea R. I shall go away and ponder on that.
Okay I am weighing in on this topic, Two things I have noticed in myself.
One exercise helps, (not like go crazy exercise I am talking just going for a 45 min to One hour walk every day.) Two, diet also helps. Here is the US and I suspect lots of other places we eat a lot of packaged food and it has a lot of chemicals in it. The more whole foods you eat the better you will feel. (whole meaning as close to natural as possible) I am not pro or con meds because I have seen how much they can help but I have also seen how much exercise and diet helps. A dear friend has a husband with pscisofrenia??Sp? he has been very ill for years off the deep end actually and catatonic a lot. well he was on medicine for a while but they have gone to a completly natural diet and the exercise and he is doing incredibly well so far. He is off wheat right now too. (There are studies that show it is an irritant for a lot of people and can actually make their condition worse.)
Okay I’m done. sorry fot the soap box but my Mom suffered from manic depression most of her life so it is a subject near and dear to me but I”m like Fixsies people ask but they usually really don’t want to hear it.
I know exactly what you mean- my daughter was like that- we tried her on higher and higher doses of everything the neurologist thought wassafe for a six year old. When she was taking adult doses of paxil and then lexapro, and metabolizing it in like a month, we said enough is enough, and that is when I started looking for “alternatives” which led to alternative medicine. I guess it’s part of being an indie hipster! So we don’t use brain meds anymore and are into brain foods. No side effects- Yay!
Let’s give it up for Annie!11!1 Woot! That’s why we do not eat wheat either, it makes our brains fuzzy. Well I say we, but it is really everyone in my fambly but me. I think most of our “modern” diseases are from poor diet and drinking pop and addictive stuff. Now I will shut up cuz all the peeps will attack me and bury me in the backyard:(
CBF, I comment sometimes but also lurk a lot.
But I had to jump in on the “no wheat” thing. I eat wheat myself but my stepsister, her husband and son all have Ciliac’s disease and they’ve stopped eating wheat. They figur3ed this out when my poor nephew was just not developing very well and didn’t seem very interested in human contact. For a while they thought he was autistic. As soon as they changed his diet, he became this normal little boy and is developing in leaps and bounds! Finally at age 4 and a half he is speaking in complete sentences. So… it is amazing what a change in diet can do, and this whole episode opened my eyes to the dangers of eating so much wheat.
p.s. CBF, I am completely O/C about my itunes as well– I currently have 3889 songs but I am constantly editing, in the quest for the “perfect” music collection. I have to be sure that all band names are spelled consistently- eg, “Prince and the Revolution” gets changed to “Prince” so all his songs show up together… I could go on but I better not
He he, CBF shows her inner hippie! That’s okay, we’re all hippies inside.
Annie, is that Psychyphrenia? I think that’s the name for it… Like a schiophrenoform (schizophrenia-like) disorder? I just took an abnormal pysch class and a friend of mine is dating someone with schizophrenia and bipolar, which has its own name.
Oakie, I would not call you a lurker, you just have a life! And about the wheat thing, that is also the reason we do it- my daughter is autistic, and taking them off wheat can often ‘cure” it! Spread the word for the autistic kiddos, so many parents are to afraid/lazy/ freaked out to take this step! Ok soap box done,
We keep saying we have to get our iTunes cleaned up, take out the “broken” songs, the duplicates, etc. but never have time. I am particularly addicted to making mixes, because it is so easy- If I am feeling a certain way, moody, or whatever, I will sit down and thrash out the perfect music mix for the day. I just counted, I have 114 playlists. I think I may need professional help…
Never wanted to be a hippie, I am actually really conservative and straightlaced. Just don’t get me going about food!Actually, I think nothing is more conservative than trying to eat like our grandparents did every day!
Wow, CBF. Maybe you do!
I’ve taken to listening to streaming radio to avoid this problem. My iTunes is a mess and it drives me crazy.
Lol… Okay here is what not eating wheat does for me.
I got rid of a life long affliction of athletes foot.
I got rid of these horrible lower intestinal cramps I have had my whole life
I rarely have what I call blue days(not depression) just the blues…(you know cry at commercials and sappy movies)
I got rid of these dry patches of skin on my arms quarter sized.
My ulcer is almost completely gone
I no longer have acid reflux
My hemeroids from having the two girls are almost entirely gone now they never itch or hurt any more and have almost completely subsided.
and this irritating rash in my neither regions also cleared up and went away.
So how is that for TMI.
and R. Moore it was schizophrenia I was trying to spell but was at work and well.. too much going on to look it up.
WE now resume our regularly scheduled program of cuteness.
Isn’t it great that Bou and the kittens are finally turning the corner and doing much better.
at least that is what it said last time I looked.
Hey peeps,
I don’t have panic attacks on a regular basis. I just said that because it seemed like the easiest and fastest way to say I’m going through a rough patch. Having SO problems, but I think it’ll be fine. Every time we have a major row, I always panic and stay very nervous for at least a week. I should be fine.
I saw the doctor today and got my meds ajusted and a two weeks sickie. We’ll see how that goes, I don’t know if I can spend two weeks at home without going stir crazy and focusing too much on my anxiety and worsening the problem.
As for diet, well, I don’t know. I can’t cook, and the SO is often too tired to cook after work. So we often eat quick stuff or delivery, but I take care not to eat too much crap. I don’t see how we could do better without having to cook, and honestly, I just can’t see it happening. Maybe someday. Fixies, thanks for the offer, I’ll keep it in mind.
You really want all the lurkers to speak up?… because I’ve been lurking for a long long time, I admit it! Ever since I first discovered the OCOOTDAUE link on the side, actually. I just never really post because I never really feel like what I could say is very interesting.
I shall name thee… CeeCee.
That’s actually my nickname! How did you guess? Or just Cee.
Ccat… we are just conversing on this thread.. so stop lurking and join in like any of the rest of us are.. well At least I am not a writing wizz. It is all just fun and welcome to the party baby
By the way ccat your new name on this thread is CeeCee per Lanie..
*waves at the lurkers including newly nicknamed CeeCee!*
Nope.
HI! You can call me Zee!
:-}
It took me a long time to get up the nerve to start posting here too, now they probably are all sayin “does she ever shut up?” and in answer to that,
Maybe I should hire myself out to clean up people’s itunes… I am obsessed with eliminating duplicates, etc. I would enjoy it!
I had kind of a… weird evening. PNBF and I are trying to be “just friends.” So I go over there this evening for dinner and the new woman he’s seeing is there! I get jealous, and then I get annoyed w/myself for being jealous… and annoyed with him for putting me in this situation, and all I really wanted to do is see the kittens…I have new pix of them which I’ll post as soon as I get over being jealous and annoyed
What the hell is he doing putting you (and her for that matter) in that position. That’s crap.
He claims they are just friends too but I don’t really buy it….it’s so confusing…. I just don’t need this messy crap in my life.
I reckon!
Oakie, That is crap. and Bllsht too. You don’t need that! HE is a jerk.
I was reading out loud your prob wif PNBF to my cutebabydaddy, and he sez the solution is easy, she needs to get her own kittens! Kick him to the curb!
Happy 4th peeps!
hmmm. Oakie, just go to see the kitties from time to time if you can and bascially ignore him. I would have to continue being friends with even a jerk if he had kittenz!
I think he was on some sort of power trip doing that.
*waves*
Hi Norty -don’t think we met.
Hi CeeCee – welcome –
you guys can call me Metsie.
R. that was not fair isle knitting , but slipped stitch knitting, the difference being you only work one color at a time but slip stitches so the colors from other rows show through. I’ve never done fair isle knitting, if kniiting gets too complicated I don’t know if I’ll enjoy it. I do most of my crafts in my groups or while watching tv, so I don’t want to have to pay too much attention to it.
I have done intarsia once and the pattern I made was a squirrel
hmmm…even in the 70′s they were controlling our minds interesting…
Home sick. I was fine yesterday, and this morning again, I wake up very anxious. I don’t get it.
sorry laney..we’ll be home with you, it’s a holiday here…
Annie, Thanks
glad to be back…
CBF, yarn is good.. fabric and pretty paper are my downfalls… when the going gets rough… I buy patterned items…
metsie, lovely to meet you!
the boss has been hogging the computer, by the time I catch up… I’ve run out of post time!!
I’m all for the organics (and YEAH it’s finaly raining here.. after more than a month!)(poor little veggies) ,and cutting out wheat too!!! I used to get bad panic attacs at work… they are down now
Hi Everyone HAppy fourth of July.
WE are off to go visit my schmoops family today and I got a big box of fire works.I love doing fireworks. We all bring a box and spend about an hour and a half lighting them off. IT is really a lot of fun.
OAkie I feel like Cute baby daddy Kick him to the curb he is an idiot.
My downfall is any thing crafty and I paint china , watercolors and oils.
I also like to knit and crochet and quilt and sew. so I am an equal opertunity crafter.
Oakie, i join in the indignation at PNBF. Scoff. How rude. At least there were kittens.
Happy Independence Day, USAers! (Americans sort of applies to Canadians, too
) Usually I read the declaration of independence today, but this year I’m reading the Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I’ve at least got my younger sister to listen for once.
Roger, naaahhh. Not American.
Annie! “equal opportunity crafter” HA HA LOVE IT. Glad to see you you are being PC
laney – you’re part of North America…
But I’m not American :-p
All right if you insist, you Canadian you!
(You should be glad, right now it sounds like my neighbors are trying to blow up the world)
Oh, I finally got the “evite” to the Christening (that I was complaining about). Its really cute! It has a picture of the baby and you can see what people said as they RSVP’ed. (Of course they may blow themselves up b4 the night is over.)
Your neighbors are blowing up the world? About an hour ago it was nonstop BOOMS. the people across the street are shooting off huge professional-grade stuff. Also, I live about 3 minutes away from the local high school where they do the official town fireworks. Of course they both had to do it at the same time. I couldn’t even watch them because of my lovely trees- the one time I wish I didn’t have them, I kept them (all 12) pretty much to counteract my neighbors, who cut theirs all down. My yard is a forest. Anyway, so it was loud. I did watch the town ones on TV, it was pouring and the camera was wet so it had this trippy kaleidoscopic effect which I thought was cool.
Last year, someone in a nearby city actually blew up his neighbor’s house with a fire work! It was in construction and the house went up in flames!
Hehe, Happy fourth, you firemongers americans you!
MY neighbors are firemen! there’s a family (husband, wife 2 kids) and the husband is a fireman and his brother who lives downstairs is one too!
okay, of you jelly and jam makers out there… do you always use boiling water bath for sealing?
Wow – I go back to work for a couple of days and I miss earthquakes, panic attacks, and a whole smörgåsbord of other topics. I’m gonna have to quit the day job just to keep up!
Hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th, American or not. Heard a sad story on the radio this morning about a fireman who shot his neighbors for setting off loud fireworks after midnight. Too bad he just didn’t make puddin instead.
I’ve got to vouch for CBFs eating healthy (It’s not a diet, I walk away from the table full every meal!) – not only did it help with a bunch of my personal issues (which being a man I will not divulge in public), I lost ~60 lbs in the process!
Well, back to work so I can afford all that yarn, fabric and iTunes!
Mwahahaha…CBF returns, but now CBD is addicted. I lurve it!
We have lured him with our feminine wiles (AKA talking about cats and crafting
).
I’m actually Canadian, too. No voting rights here
I’m from Ontario.
As for fireworks, I went down to the city with my family and some friends and watched fireworks. And knitted like mad, because I’m working on a cabled scarf and need to get as much done as possible before the Dr Who scarf yarn arrives
Yeah, Fourth was pretty good until I started on my way home. Honey tried to kill us. It’s been raining, a lot, and Honey was in a skittish mood. She’d gotten into it with one of my aunt’s dogs (tiny bite on the face, but nothing really bad), then my cousin & nephew started with the fireworks. It was still light outside, so naturally they did all the really loud ones instead of the pretty ones. Well, we’re on our way home, hadn’t been driving for even 5 minutes, going around a curve, when Honey decides she needs to sit in my lap. Despite the fact that she weighs 65 pounds, when I’m going slow I’m usually okay with it. At this point, though, the road was wet and we were going about 60. She got between me and the steering wheel, and we swerved off the road. We managed to miss the guardrail and the tree, didn’t flip over (which I actually thought might happen at one point), didn’t make it all the way down to the water in the ditch, and avoided the fence on the other side of it. Somebody was definitely watching out for us. *waves skyward*
I didn’t know he was going to keep posting! LOL Yah, working for the yarn, fabric and iTunes, let’s talk about how much your tv cost, shall we? Or what about your organic gluten free cookies?!?
Anyway, we will continue this conversation LATER!
(and you started it, so you are in sooo much trouble.)
Laney I understand why you had panic out the blue in the morning- some anxiety and a lot of panic problems are a pre diabetes thing-It has a lot to do with having unregulated blood sugar. With me, my blood sugar can be horribly low, so I eat sweets and then it shoots up high- that rushing pounding panic feeling! You may have woken up with low blood sugar, and then eaten a donut or cereal, and WhaM! Panic/ anxiety. When I am careful to eat low carb, and to eat nutritiously- very little sugar, my anxiety goes away. Also eating fat is very important. But I will shut up now, because of the anger thing that people get.
The fireworks were good last night:)
Oh, and when we got home she wouldn’t go outside for more than a second because of the fireworks. I live right outside the city limits, so every third house in every direction for 5 blocks was setting them off for hours. Even when I went outside to watch, she’d sit next to me or in front of the door instead of doing her business. Then this morning it was an absolute downpour, so I spent my lunch hour driving almost 20 minutes home, letting her out (thank goodness it stopped raining for a bit), then drove back.
Wait, so eating fat is important? I knew there was a good kind of fat and a bad kind, but I thought it was more like a bad kind and a worse kind. I somtimes have borderline low bloodsugar, and the doctor explained that’s part of why I feel like crap all the time. If I eat something really sweet when it’s low my bloodsugar shoots up then down, leaving me with a headache and feeling tired. I’m supposed to eat several small meals a day, each containing a serving of both a carb and a protein. I tried it for a while, and it helped, but living by myself now I don’t take near as good of care of myself as I should.
Well you asked, Brinnie so here it goes: The fact that humans should not eat fat is one of the food industry’s biggest scams. Now that I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist, here are some Truths:
Things like vitamins and your hormones are fat soluable, meaning your body can only use them if they have fat to use. If you don’t have the proper fat to use, your body starts storing it up. This is sometimes in the form of cholesterol. (If you want your cholesterol to go down eat good fat.) As far as panic goes, fat and protein will help your blood sugar stay even. When you eat carbs, or sugary stuff your insulin gets turned on, and your blood sugar rises. When your eat protein and fat, your blood sugar lowers. For me, anyway, I generally have no trouble eating tons of carbs and sugar, so the trick to keeping my blood sugar even steven is eating fat and protein with it to keep it even. Brinn, don’t worry about which kind of fat and reading labels: the kind of fat you should eat is the kind my great grandparents lived on while remaining slender and active: Real butter, whole milk, cream, olive oil (in moderation), meat with the skin and fat left on, Cod liver oil other fish oils. Whole fat yogurt, and my husbands favorite Lard. He loves lard. This sounds crazy, I thought it was crazy. But I tried it, and I feel fabulous. I double-dog dare you to start eating fat and see what it does to your panic/ anxiety. You will be a new girl! Only I’m sorry, you are going to have to give up the margaritas with sugar… See why people want to beat me up with a bag of oranges and leave me for dead? Gah- I don’t even like myself now:(
I’m big on whole milk, and I love cereal so I usually get plenty of it. Any other kind tastes watered down to me. I should really cook more often. When I fry chicken I leave the skin on (that’s the best part), and if I eat steak I usually eat most of the fat. But lately I’ve been so lazy I’ve been eating sandwiches all the time. Margaritas are usually every other Wednesday, so those aren’t going anywhere.
oh how scary brie! fortunately it wasn’t your time yet….
I’m suprised I didn’t panic then. I’m a little worried that I’ve been so calm since it happened. I’m just waiting for it to hit me, hopefully I’ll be at home when it does. I think Sheba helped me stay calm last night. I got into bed very early and she decided she was gonna lay on me no matter which way I slept. She’s only slept with me once before.
Bri, thank goodness you’re ok.
CBF: If anyone tries to beat you up with a bag of oranges I’ll beat THEM up with a bag of oranges, well maybe I’d eat the oranges first but THEN I’d beat them up with the bag.
Nothing wrong with speaking out on what you believe in. I like that in people, that they say with evidence to support their beliefs and then leave it to you to make up your own mind, that they don’t beat you over the head (with a bag of oranges) with it if you decided not to agree.
Things would be a LOT better in this world if more people were like that.
but why a bag of oranges?
just remember this -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w
In HP-OOTP, Ms. Figg uses a bag of canned cat food.
I second Metz!
And I had a scary thought. If something happened to one of us, do our loved ones know to post here to let us know, or would we just be worried and always wonder what happened?
And on a happier note, my family lives off of butter, cheese and olive oil
R, it would take weeks to explain to my mother how to do post. And dad won’t go near the computer, literally.
Perhaps you feel calm Brie because You *are* being looked after by you guardian angels! Don’t let the anticipatory anxiety get you, just revel that you’re breathing! But I know what you mean, I am generally spooky calm in an emergency, then I shake later:(
Metsakins you are freakin hilarious. You look like you are about the same age (prolly a bit younger) than my parents and my in laws, but you are so young and funny and cool. They would not have any idea who Monty Python was, and if they did know, they wouldn’t get it. In fact they would refuse to get it. Before you got your Vox, I pegged you as being in your late twenties/early thirties. Gosh I hope you take this the right way. I want to be like you when I grow up. Why a bag of oranges? I dunno, sounded painful…
Metz, thanks for gettin my back, usually people get annoyed with people with opinions, you know? We are all supposed to be Team players and be pc. I don’t buy any of it. I had a friend who would say “what we have here is too many chiefs and not enough indians.” I think what we have a lot of now are a lot of indians and no chiefs. Somebody has to lead out on stuff, and what is totally stupid is sometimes it has to be me.
OMGoodness Brie- we are awaiting Harry here too with baited breath, Harry is sooo dreamy. (Sorry CBD)
Yup, checked yer Vox, you are slightly younger than the in laws- that makes you extra awesomely cooool Metsie! I’m betting your children don’t appreciate you at all…
And Roger, if one of us had an accident or something… I don’t know. We would have to like give up our real information prolly to be able to keep track of each other for real. But nothing is going to happen because we are all going to eat butter olive oil, and cheese, right?
CBF – I’m 49, prolly younger than your ‘rents, however, my dad, 82, loves Monty Python, he lurves them. mum 80, likes them too, but is not as fanatical as dad. and my son loves them 2, we often talk about disarming fruit bearing enemies.
as a matter of fact, my son met John Cleese….
anyway, I have to leave work now, and Laney, if you’re lurking, I’m leaving early to go to the bank and post office for my job….
Yes, you are 10 years younger than my parents, but only 5 years younger than the in laws. Quite possibly my relations are just spectacularly boring /uncool. These are people who would not know what a blog is, and you could not explain it to them even if you showed them. Your fambly sounds fun…
And I second Metsie, Laney, if you are lurking, we miss you darlink. Rest.
I have got to go, prolly for the duration, now. My boy is wheezing today and he is starting to sound bad again. Talk to you later peeps!
LOL – I knew I shoulda kept my mouth shut in this thread… I’ll be in the doghouse forevah… Yea, my TV and tools and weedwhacker a month program costs way more than yarn, so I’ll beg forgiveness when I get home.
BTW – you beat people with a bag of oranges because it causes internal damage without leaving external damage/bad bruises. Aren’t you glad you have a dumb man around now with such wonderful information. A sock full of change will work if you’re mad after the grocer’s closes….
And for the record, I could take that punk Harry Potter any day of the week
Specially after my breaking concrete workout regimen of last week.
oh, yea – brinnann, I’m not addicted. I can stop any time I feel like it!
Brie, OMG, glad you’re ok.
Fixies, actually, my blood sugar is in the lower average. I’m not diabetic, it’s my boyfriend that is. He was diagnosed a month ago. And since the morning anxiety has only been in the last few days, I know it’s not diet related.
Metsies, you’re not fooling me, I know you’re going shopping.
And by the way… OMG KITTENNZZZ!!!!!1!!!!!!1!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!
Must… catch… up-
Woah, Brinn- you were lucky!
Self defense against fruit! I love that! I am a Monty Python fanatic- I can quote from many an episode. (Because nothing says “wise” like quoting The Dead Parrot Sketch.)
CBD- Suure, that’s what they all say!
Brie, I’m so glad you’re okay too! Fireworks are so traumatic for dogs.
I second the fat-eating thing too. Fat has gotten a really bad rap. Last year I dieted and lost 30 lbs, and one of my secrets was… eating fat regularly. Go figure.
he’s pining for the fjords….
cbd – you can stop when i stop looking at kittenz
Me too on the fat thing. I only drink “real” milk, I love cheese, I use olive oil and all that stuff. I’m skinny like a rake, always have been. I reckon give me another 6 or 7 years and the ol’ metabolism will slow down though, then I’ll struggle to not become overweight. So I shall enjoy it while I can.
Fred, how old are you?
Metsies, I don’t see a comment from you on my blog, so you’re obviously not looking at kittenz. Are you shopping again?
i thought u were just teasing when you said kittenz
Hi Peeps I’m Back, (jumping up and Down waving at everyone)I still have to go up and read everything I just read a few but have to go pick apricots for a bit right now and wanted to tell Metsie that no I confess to doing the turn the jar over trick. I make JAm it stays incredibly hot for at least 30 minutes and I sterilize the jars before I add the jam so ..
okay, I have to figure out what I’m gonna do. I may have such an enormous batch of raspberries that I’m want to make jelly. Jma is too seedy…
Of course the deer may solve alll my problems…
Hi Helene, I’m 28.
Raspberry jelly sounds so yummy! I love raspberries so much but I don’t get them much. Raspberry’s are special (and very expensive) treats here. I think it’s too hot for them.
Hey, what time would it be in Houston right now?
5:21
PM
oh good. Our Houston branch hasto fix our email and I thought it may have been out of business hours. Phew.
Thanks Annie! You are a fount of knowledge!
raspberries are real expensive in the stores, but they do grow wild around here (they’re smaller then whats in the store) Trouble is they’re around only 2 weeks in July.
most of our neighbors don’t have raspberry bushes cause they’re ugly and sloppy, but we leave an area to let them grow.
I would definately have an ugly raspberry bush or 50 in my garden if I could!!!
I’ll have to live vicariously instead.
Fred if you can find them try to get BABA Berries. THey are a type of raspberry that can grow in your climate. THey come as a bare root so in early winter you plant them. If you can’t find them let me know and I will get you some starts from mine.
We are like Metsies I have a special area for my raspberries and a special area for the blackberries. By the way do not plant the two next to each other they are antagonistic and neither plant will have a good crop.
I just went to teho’s page, I didn’t realize things had taken a turn again…
Okay now I gotta catch up with everything I missed. First of all I had a blast, literally. As I said before I love fire works
Brinn, Oh my gosh how scary.but like CBF said some one was watching out for you.
CBD LOL.. Glad to have a mans perspective always. Men are Fun. (you are toast by the way when you get home)ANd men get all the really fun tools in life to. Leaf blowers for example.
(Snicker)
CBF. Climb on the soapbox any time.
Regarding the fat you don’t want to cut it out completely and I do whole milk plain yogurt and butter and olive oil and pretty much any real meat is good for you.
Metsie and I are about the same age, and we have kids in their twenties.
And computers rock. Altho I know lots of women my age or older who use the computer for work, most are not comfortable(not sure if that is the right word for it) with it and hate and take longer to learn new programs on it. Not becuase they can’t but because they didn’t grow up with it. This doesn’t just go for women my age and older it goes for men too but seems more pronounced in women.
Oh no MEtsie I will go look be rigght back
ohhhs noesss
I feel bad for teho and jaye (and kitties of course)
Metsies, I went and looked in the comments, and aw. I hope they find another foster family that can give them full time care. Theo and Jaye, you guys totally impress me. You are doing great work.
Ok the comp ate my first post and if in the realm of cyberspace if it reappears please forgive me for repeating myself.
Since we’re sharing ages I’ll confess that I’m neither young nor old.
My hubby is 6 yrs younger than me.
I’m 36 going on 37 (Next month). & I robbed the cradle.
I’ve been following the crisis in the catcave quite closely too. I’ll admit that where I used to check my email first thing each day now my first stop is the cat cave then here, then my email. Then some work then catcave then here, you get the picture… I actually find myself so drawn in that I have to reward myself, “Ok if I do this this and this for work I can spend 5 min in CO.”
sorry guys I am in and out with peach butter almost ready to go in the jars
and apricot heating to puree and cook and jar so …
I am like you Metz I have gotten so I go back and forth between work and chores and CO and the cat cave to check on the kittens
SO sad for JAye Teho and teh Schmoopes.
Cried for Bou and teh babies..
Gotta warn you guys I just planted an earworm in “Pick your friends”.
*evil laughter*
Hey, at least I warned you!
Oh I gotta go see that ear worm and Fred Sorry I told you the wrong time for texas earlier they are an hour ahead of the time that shows on teh comments
That’s ok. They fixed the email in the end. I was just wanting to know the likelyhood of that happening. Seems they have 24hr service.
Fred Oh good… Glad it got fixed.
Have a good weekend folks!! I’m off.
Brad Pitt alert!
http://cutebabyfix.com/2007/07/06/whos-cuter-than-brad-pitt/
Thanks again Metz & Annie!
RE: Annie’s time zoning…I live 150 miles from Houston, and our time is 2 hours after the comment posting time, so it would’ve been 8:20.
Right now it’s 7:50.
Metz, I like your earworm! I used to LOVE Sharon, Lois, & Braham’s Elephant Show!
One elephant was out at play
Upon a spider’s web one day.
He had such enormous fun
That he called for everyone to come.
Bri, is that where its from originally? I’d heard it on a tape of children’s songs that I had to play for my kids over and over and over and over…
Fortunately I’d memorized it because when the tape broke that was their most requested song.
Gah ! The Elephant show! Must ward off the earworms! *Runs and puts on OKGO super loud*
Two elephants were out at play
Upon a spider’s web one day.
They had such enormous fun
That they called for everyone to come.
(The last line of the first one should have been “That he called for another elephant to come.”)
It’s good that I only know Quebec children shows!
ahem Laney ahem Laney
speaking of lack of comments did you ever go see the bootifull picture of my Solly’s tail. Its a heartbreaker that picture is…
fortunately the elephant show was only watched a little bit in my home… I guess my kids were the wrong age for when it was on.
going way back to Annie’s comment on women our age (annie and my age, although Im the oldest) I have a degree in computer science so I’m comfutbuhls around computers….when I studied it in school they were just starting to offer that major and the classes were only about a third women…HOwever I stayed home to raise my kids for fourteen years and the field seemed to have a changed a bit when I returned to it!
I never made it back into the field, I did teach software classes for a while, but I’m an adminstrative assistant / bookkeeper/ everything in an accountant’s office now.
My boss, 53, hates the computer and has to be dragged kicking and screaming to learn anything new other than the tax preparation software. (How wouldn’t let me show him how to reset the router!) He said, if you’re not here, I won’t use the internet!
Metsie Ha I knew we had lots in common. I have to drag most of the agents kicking a nd screaming into any new program and the boss too. I love it when we get younger agents they take to the computer like ducks to water. I was in business college when Tandy launched the first home computer, I wanted one from the minute I saw them. Couldn’t afford one but wanted one.
tell ya the truth though…I was walking around the office goin’ “Well Melanie, (a CPA) you can convert all the clients to Quickbooks 2007, but I still won’t learn how to use it…., I just know too much software already, there’s no more room up there.”
when the tandys came out they didn’t appeal to me… I was actually afraid if I had a computer in my home, it would suck my life away…
Brinnn Hmmm that’ll teach me to look before typing won’t it. I pulled up the time zone map this AM and thought, when did texas get put in that time zone. I need to go back to school and take geography again. THe funniest thing is I was looking at Michigan and trying to remember if it always was in the eastern time zone or if it got put in to it. Aparently there is all kinds of info on time zones and their history.
IT still amazes me we didn’t learn some of this stuff in school I hope they teach it now. THe little bit I read was fascinating and I remember just being told about the time zones but not the history of it.
Metsie LOL… YOu are bringing back memories of HAL (do you remember that movie)…
Here is my take on learning new programs now.. if you know one program of that(acounting or word processing) type you only need to learn little bits of the other new program as they are all set up in very similar ways. at least that has been my experience. And I find this holds true for all DOS based programs. I am not sure if it is the same for unix programs but I suspect it is.
I remember HAL. I used to program in BAL! do u know what that is? and I know learning QB2007 isn’t gonna be a problem (I already know 2003, 2005, & 2006 and used to teach maybe QB2000 or so) I just don’t want to!
gonna run out for a while (I don’t work on Fridays..)
Metsies, done. Maybe I skipped that post where you mentioned it? Sometimes when I’m at work, I just go “Oh I’ll watch it later at home”, and then I forget.
I love how my Clawsmo sprouted 4 new comments in the time it took me to run my errands. Thanks you guys!
Annie, did you notice how that new post title is inspired by you?
OMG Helene I was so caught up in my mornig I didn’t notice it. I feel Honored.
I really did need that kitten fix this Morning. Mum is in Hospital with a bactireal (possibly Staph) Infection so was sitting at my desk blubbering a bit and trying to get in control. And the little Purr princess was very soothing.
Eeeep! I grew up on The Elephant Show! My sister and I even saw Eric Nagler (how on earth is that spelled) in concert
We still sing that song on long car rides. My mom still remembers the French version, Laney.
Annie our thoughts are with you…
Oh Annie, I didn’t see your comment! I hope she gets better soon
I’m basically over my Mom Overload. Yesterday I became violently ill with violent rapidity. First Mum took care of me, then a neighbor/old friend of the family (who has offered me the use of her yarn stash!), then Mum again. With my younger sister coming in while I was only half conscious to readjust my skirt, saying to me, “Decency!” As much as I say I hate women, sometimes guys just don’t cut it. (Although to be fair, my SO sat through hours of me groaning and asking him to distract me somehow over the phone yesterday, and ended the day by announcing that he’s buying me a bunch of bamboo knitting needles)
Annie, you hafta keep us updated. Because your family is an extension of you, we care about them just as much.
Speaking of which, Fixie, how’s your little one doing?
And Daddy (hee, sounds kinda funny), I appreciate the info on the oranges. I’ll keep it in mind next time I date someone then find out he’s a jerk.
Annie sending out good thoughts and prayers for your Mom to be well soon.
You too R. Hope you’re feeling much better soon.
I probably won’t be on much this weekend lots of work ahead of me so I’ll probably catch up with y’all on Monday.
Oh and before I forget I put links to a couple of vids you might want to see on my vox site.
One is of my hero, my Mom and the other(s) are my kids dancing in the kitchen.
Thanks you guys it is much appreciated, She is very Ill and I have been doing the good news bad news roller Coaster for the last year. Part of why I try to follow my diet is watching her fail from Diabetes.
R. Moore Please be very careful a friend and collegue here had a similar experience recently and ended up at the doctors completely de hydrated after 3 days of misery from both ends. He lost 20 pounds in those 3 days and he is not over weight. Hope you are feeling better soon.
R. sorry you’re ill, however, bamboo knitting needles rock
Oh, sorry guys, I wasn’t clear. It was purely hormonal and I’m all better now
You can focus the good thoughts on Annie and her family.
Ok guys, I’m just going to be self centered and complain for a minute…..
I’m feeling really depressed, I don’t know if we’re going to even make it to CA. I took Marc out yesterday to a park (Old manor house with formal gardens) he can hardly walk for more than a few minutes. This is a guy who used to do 40 minutes on the eliptical (spelling?) on an aerobic program and he would enter a younger age than he is. And he’s so angry about what happened to him (which I don’t blame him), but it gets a little tiresome to hear. (I know, very self centered, I feel guilty just typing this)
I guess the fourth just put me over the edge in feeling okay. We were supposed to be at my sister’s house (VA) on the fourth, coming home from South Carolina, and were either going to stay there or go to my parents home (NJ).
Okay I’m done now. At least he showering!
Annie – let us know how things are going, our thoughts are with you!
R. -how are you liking you’re bamboo needles? I love mine. My original plan was to gradually replace all my needles with bamboo. See, we had a Joanne’s (fabric and crafts) that I used to pass on the way home from work. And every other week they’d send me a 40% off coupon. So my plan was to stop and buy a different size with the coupon. They closed. Now I don’t actually pass any craft on the way home.
Annie- sending good vibes for your mom.
Am I the only person who doesn’t knit..? I just don’t have the patience for it.
Happy 7/7/07!
CeeCee, have you tried crochet? It goes a LOT faster. I just took up knitting a few weeks ago.
Metsie, things will turn up! Even if they don’t, I promise I will do my best Pollyanna impression
I haven’t received my new needles yet because I have to compile a list (!) of what I want. But my Dr Who scarf yarn arrived yesterday and I’m itching to get started.
CeeCee – I’ve been doing all that stuff (Knitting , crocheting, etc. ) since I was 8!I can’t just watch tv w/o something to do.
Well when the going gets tough the tough go shopping. Cheered myself up with a bit of my favorite type of shopping. Went to 3 thrift shops and then a dollar store. I like going out having no idea what I’m going to find.
THank You all.. I am feeling better today too and Mom is a bit better too but will be in the hospital for at least a few more days. I snuggled with my schmoop last night and we went hiking today and when I got home I snorgled with the big furry black kitty little one.
R.Moore I am glad it was just cramps and not the flu even tho cramps are like the worst pain on earth.
CeeCee Knitting is only boring if you are doing plain knitting when there is a pattern it is more fun cause you have to keep track of where you are at.
Metsie Whew glad he showered. He will be lots better soon.. and all of us California COers will still be Here when you finally get to come. I know it is hard to wait to see your daughter though… especially when you were allset to come.
I haven’t seen my daugther since January….
If I go the time I was originally plannig to go, my daughter now made plans to go away the 10,11, and 12…
If we come which I think we still may, are peeps available Sat., the 11th?
Ok I only got a sec, but HAD to share this, found it as I was checking my email this morning. LOVE the quote at the end, “It’s always a good day when the cat’s alive.”
OMG!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070706/ap_on_fe_st/ocean_crossing_cat
why yes its always a good day….
CeeCee, I don’t knit either, so you aren’t alone.
Metz Loved it.
Fred Hi how is everyone. Kazi the super dog still having a love affair with the dog at the bottom? of the farm???
Metsie. I believe I am still available then.
Sorry I haven’t been around- we just got a new computer. It has a good stereo(!), so being the music freak I am I’ve been spending every free second listening to my gargantuan song collection.
I might give knitting or crocheting or weaving or sewing or something a try again (the last time I tried it I was 6). I’m more of a painting/sketching/sculpting person when it comes to crafts though.
Metz- isn’t it amazing the things cats can survive? I’m glad she made it, though I have no idea how. That’s a crazy story.
Hi Annie! Actually on the weekend we went down the back looking for the boy but only the blue heeler was there. Kazi doesn’t mind him, but he only gives her about a minute of attention then he wanders off. So she was crying for her boy and kept looking for him during the day. I think he was inside with his owners. We’ll have to treck around to the front of their house and introduce ourselves. They might be able to have play dates.
Kazi was also playing with an imaginary dog, which was strange. Maybe she was pretending her boy was there – or she’s just mental.
Fred How funny. She has so much personality. Aren”t you glad you rescued her.
Helene, The elphant show did songs in english AND french!! I still sing Deux éléphants
se balançaient
sur une toile d’arraignée
Ils trouvèrent ça
si amusant
qu’ils appelèrent un autre éléphant.
I got to milk cows this weekend!!!! yahooo to the whole milk!!! Also made some butter and some yogurt!!! *sigh* I feel so accomplished… don’t want to go back to real life now…
crocheting for me… I drop too many stiches when I knit!
for the second verse!
errr…. not sure about the spelling.. my french is rough!
Norty did you go to a farm. It sounds fab. Did you eat all your stuff.
Yummm real yougurt is so much yummier than that store stuff.
eeerk! that’s not the order I typed that in!!!
lol…
somethings up with my computer… I had to re-load the page four times before it would let me reach the bottom of the page to comment…
sure did! a friend of mine got a job at a newly started organic place in the middle of hippie country!!!! ug, I did NOT want to come back…
I went with her to “work” though… I can’t begin to call it work! SO fun!
played with the cows and the bebeh turkeys and the chickens… I was obviously born in the wrong century!
Sorry NOrty I was trying to figure out how to add your blogspot to my list of friends on Vox.. of course I have no clue how to do this. Only how to add if you are a vox blog.
Hmmm I didn’t know they still had hippy communes. what state are you In??
HI guys! I would have no idea how to add a non-vox blog as a friend to vox. I had enough trouble adding the vox blogs.
My daughter lived on an organic farm last year. a veggie farm. Oh the stuff she brought us! the tomatoes were to die for and garlic was their specialty.
Roger:
Boys who buy you stuff like knitting needles are keepers. I always hated boys who would buy me something like a bracelet, because it showed they didn’t bother to find out what I like, and they are boring.
And Metsie feel free to vent to us! It is very healthy, that way you do not take it out on him. I have learned this from living with autism. I used to feel so guilty about how much I hated my daughter some days, but now I realize it is the autism I hate, and venting about how much I hate autism is ok. You don’t have to act grateful in front of me at least. Be mad, it is healing to get it out of your system.
CCat, I don’t knit with needles, no motor skills- I love knitting with a knitting ring tho, it is fast and soooo easy.
Metz, I loves me the cat story, I am going to post it on thecutenews.blogspot.com!
I need to head over and check out your vox!
Annie and everyone, I hope you are all feeling better. It must be the weekend for illness, and thanks for asking Brinnann, my boy is better. We have had an interesting weekend keeping little Mr.Wheezy pants out of the hospital.
Fred- kazi is hilarious. I love reading her stories.
Norty- we were born in the wrong century too. CBD has been getting these farm catalogs in the mail and he is always drooling over chicken breeds. (that sounds wrong somehow)
Ok now for my dilemma. Peeps, I need help. I don’t know what to do. My cats are peeing all over the house. I cannot get them to go in the litter box consistently. They have been to the vet, and are healthy. We have tried everything. I currently have them in the laundry room, where we have set up litter box heaven. I got the Cat Attract Litter, which they seem to love, but now they just pee in the box AND all over the laundry room. We keep the box spotless. What can we do? Once I got the Cat attract litter, they did really well for a few days, so I let them out and they both went straight into the bathroom and peed on the floor. I can hear peeps saying they can smell where they peed and are remarking- not in this case, while they were in the laundry room, I primed the bathroom floor with odor blocking primer, and repainted the floor. They marched right over to that spot and peed on the new paint. I love my cats, but they are destroying my house. Help me!!! Someone!!!
CBF… I have Two litter boxes.And you may need to have more.( my brother has like 11 cats and I have no idea how many litter boxes I think he said 4 or 5) Also if they never have liked the litter you may want to go get a bag of potting soil and see if it gets them using the litter boxes.. OR have CBD get you some garden mulch if you have a mulch pile) for a time and then gradually move them to dry litter.
I am sure they will like the dirt and not object to it at all.
and try the reward when they do use the litter box thing. It might work..
CAT URINE REMOVAL SUGGESTIONS:wash the area with Borox(the laundry soap) It comes in a box. I have tried all kinds of fancy stuff, but the borox works the best.. I have no idea why. Any way if it is on tile or linoleum wash with bleach let set for 20 minutes then wash again with the borox.
If it is on the carpet… (and hopefully you have one of those bissels or such) use the borox instead of the regular shampoo ** do not put it in the regular soap dispenser just mix it right in with the water in the machine. go over the carpet three times and then sprinkle a generous proportion on to the damp carpet and work it down into the carpet. let it stay that way for several days. then go with your regular bissel soap and shampoo the area again.
the carpet will no longer smell and the kitties will no longer pee there.
At least this worked at my house.(We had a spot that tuffy peed on when he was ill) and darin just would keep going there and the spot kept getting bigger and smellier and nothing and I mean nothing worked to get him to stop. Then Magneto started peeing there too and I was going to bring home my Mom’s cats and I got really worried. I tried all kinds of different odor reducers etc. any way so far the above has been working.
CBF – I can’t help you… I have a question for Annie:
Any suggestions on how to get the smell out of a wood bookcase that Bubsy peed on when he was ill. Occassionally the other cats will go there.
We had a similar problem with our 3 cats CBF, I wonder what kind of litter box itself do you have? Regular pan or covered? Some cats do not like to go into the covered boxes as they feel too cornered. Others seem to not like the exposure of the regular pans. We were doing ok with 3 cats & 1 box/pan but when we temporarily housed a stray he didn’t get along with the other 3 and there were litter box issues all over the place.
One was messes over the side both in wastes and litter itself. The other is a couple of our cats started going elsewhere than the litter box.
We solved it by buying I kid you not a plastic tote (like Rubbermaid or similar) from Target. We line it with a lawn/leaf garbage bag and fill it with litter. The kitties all were in digging heaven and since it was so deep they didn’t throw as much out of the “sandbox” as usual. Plus it was big enough that no one felt cornered or threatened if the “New cat” came too close.
The only other thing I can suggest is to purchase a smaller litter pan (or use cheap plastic pan(s) from the dollar store. Put some not much but some litter in each just enough to cover the bottom. Put them in the cat’s favorite places to pee. Leave them there for a few days. Then start moving them slowly toward the regular litterbox spot.
If they go back to the previous spot then move it back, but keep moving it toward your regular litter box. It sounds like a pain but it might work. Hopefully this will get them back in the habit of using the right place to go.
Another option instead of mini-litter pans is to put something that they don’t like in those spots. Something that would make it uncomfortable for them to go there. For example balancing lightweight aluminum trays (the cheap ones you get at the store)on something that would cause them to fall over if kitties go to that spot. Again a bit of a pain but a couple of times of being startled by that might help. (light weight enough that if they fall on them won’t hurt them just startle them). Or something that they would be uncomfortable laying, walking, or anything on.
Good luck with that.
Oh and if anyone is still reading this incredibly LONG post, I knit & crochet.
http://www.freewebs.com/suzannesgifts/crocheteditems.htm
I made the blue pocketbook, my mother in law made the rest of the stuff.
Metsie, have you tried the orange oil based wood cleaners? The good kind?
Really work it in. (Dog peed on the table leg) & this seemed to work for us. It has to be the good stuff though, the kind with “oil” not just scented.
The brand name escapes me right now. It is Monday afterall.
CBF – actually in line with what Metz said, I have put cayenne pepper on a spot they peed on years ago (when we went away and they wanted us to know how unhappy they were) and they certainly leap away when they smell it…
Metsie for wood I have also used the orang oil We had a stray get in our back room and spray my favorit desk. It gets the smell ou.t you have to reapply it a couple of times to totally irradicat it. Again now I would probably make up a sollution of the borox(borrax) I hope i got the name right but MEtsie you will remember it Twenty mule team commercials.
And wipe even the wood down with it and then dry it and then add the orange oil.
I am not sure what it is about the borrax but it truely nutralizes teh odor. and the cats seem to not like it …
Also for putting stuff down they don’t like to walk on Aluminum foil is supposed to work real good.
by the way I have never tried the cayenne pepper will have to try that if it comes up again.
CBF: Where do I submit peeecturz to you foer bebe?
Ok regular talk now, I’ve come across some baby photos of my kiddos that I’d like to submit for consideration for your site…
Thanks so much everyone- We have tried the orange oil, the foil, the startle effect, the moving litter pans, multiple litter boxes, covered and uncovered, the cayenne pepper(they peed next too it) and now we have the ridiculously huge rubbermaid litter pan. They are truly mental, and maybe they will have to live in the laundry room, which makes me sad, I miss them. I have never tried the borax tho- maybe it is the holy grail which I seek. I will get some toot sweet! We have also not tried dirt, but I know they like that as anyone who read my Vox about my formerly beautiful red bowl knows… And Metz, for babies, it is cutebaby@cutebabyfix.com I seen your kiddos dancin, and I bet they were gawgus babies!
CBF I think the key here is getting them back in the habit of using the litter box and then slowly changing it to litter. I am guessing they just got off track.. Alltho by your description of the Stupid bup.. Hehehehe love that name.. who knows.
I would get the borrax/ Borox and add dirt to the litter box at the same time. Desperate times call for desperate Measures.
Hi peeps, I am attempting to go back to work after two weeks off and I have discovered that my brain rotted away while I was gone…
Sorries about that Oakie- I’d give you some of mine, but my kids addled what was left a long time ago…about all I ken handle is lookin at pictures and goin awww, cute!
Annie, you are right on track! Nairobi was fine and dandy until the Stupid Bup came along, and Bup has taught her her stupid ways! CBD is always threatening to throttle her. I think they just love to pee on the floor. Domesticated animals are a little bizarre if you think about it- we have all these wild animals running around, and we expect them to go only where we say. I suppose I am the one who is mental…
I can’t believe they peed by the cayenne!
BTW I firmly believe that you lose brain matter in the birthing process….
So Oakie, I have nuttin’ to spare….sorries
*checks head* Nope sorry Oakie, none here either.
CBF: Thank you for the compliments on the kiddos, rather proud of them myself.
I sent ya a pic of Ben.
PS everybody, new pics of Butterscotch from my Mom on my blog!
oops sorry, wrong site in my url this is the right one now.
OAkie let me just say four words to help you “Caffeine in large doses.” (unless you are a caffeine free person).
CBF isn’t it funny how adding one cat can change everything. Hehehe we added two more and resolved some of my thorniest issues like the picky eater issue.. now gone. feeding time is now hassel free. they eat what is there because if they don’t when they come back someone else has eaten their food. THere is always some one to cuddle and usually two or more.
They always have some one to play with and there is always someone who wants to play.
Life is more exciting now as skirmishes break out on occasion… So far they don’t involve blood shed.. and the gopher population in my yard has been reduced by lots…:)
And weirdly so far we have not had spraying issues ..yet… crosses fingers and toes. knocks on wood. throws salt over shoulder and spits.
Hmmm. there seems to be a big shortage of brains around here. Could it be….ZOMBIES???!!1
Speaking of brain shortages, I just got back from a 6 hour seminar on MS Office, during which I only learned one thing: There is an icon at the bottom of the screen where you can switch your cursor for working with graphics that have been transferred behind text. It felt odd to be in a room full of people who probably make more than twice what I make, yet I knew all the answers to the questions.
I think it could be zombies…
Brie – did the people who didn’t know the answers have a grayish look about them and were they eyeing you hungrily?
I know you want your cow orker to eye you hungrily but this is something different….
Yeah and did they keep mumbling and walk funny…
Do you get domestos over there? Kazi peed & pooed in the same spot on our tiles so I covered the area in undiluted domestos and let it set for about half an hour. Then I realised how difficult it is to wash undiluted domestos off tiles, but Kazi never went there again.
She had to “rescue” hubby from the brasier last night. “Silly human, fire is bad! I will save you!” (get between silly human and fire and push human away)
she’s such a cutie…whats a brasier and whats domestos?
A brasier (perhaps I spelt that wrong – yes it should be brazier) is like a wood fire heater for outdoors. They come in all different designs. Ours looks like a UFO on legs, like this one, but with a wire mesh lid
http://www.cmsgardens.co.uk/images/hotspot/brazier.jpg
Domestos is just about the strongest cleaner you can buy from a supermarket in Australia. I think it’s bleach based, but I’m not sure.
now I know…thanx
Fred, I think you should teach us all kinds of awesome Austrailian slang, and then we can use it like a secret code or something, and then when any peeps come over here we can bamboozle them with our awesomeness…ok, so it sounded like a good idea when I thought of it.
Helene, are you ok? I am feeling almost like I could possibly be last…
CBF – you’re not last ’cause I was just coming here to ask Laney if she was okay….
and how’s your son doin’?
Laney where are you!!
Looks under couch and in closet..
Hi Metsie how is your schmoop today is he any better.
CBF is your son breathing better. poor little one.
Theo if Meg does a podcast how does that work? just wonderin??????
don’t look in closet z-o-m-b-i-e-s!!!!!!1!!!
The closet is safe just be sure you don’t go into the basement. They live in teh basement fur sure
I was watching something the other day about the fact that traditional Aussie slang is fast disappearing from our culture as it isn’t perceived as “cool” anymore. Sort of sad really. Things like “fair Dinkum” & “Crikey” & even good old “Prawns” are fast becoming extinct. The young people are adopting Americanisms instead. There’s nothing wrong with Americanisms – don’t get me wrong – it would be nice though, for us Aussies to retain our own unique vernacular. A lot of the youth don’t even know about the lovely old phrases like “Technicolour Yawn” & “Three Sheets to the Wind” & “Flat out like a lizard drinking” etc etc which used to be around not so long ago. I know I could be termed as “youth”, but I was brought up by old fashioned country folk, so my childhood was full of all that good stuff.
Gee, how to ramble about crap!
To post the crap or not to post the crap? . . . Yeah, POST IT
I think a zombie took my brain and turned me into a boring rambling old fuddy-duddy – YAY BRAINS
I go home now.
AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE
OI OI OI
Thunderbox – heard of that one?
Ok ok, REALLY going now. Will annoy English hubby on way home with Aussie slang.
Fred – only one I’ve heard of is three sheets to the wind and didn’t know it was aussie.
R. – *looks under desk*
Sprays zombie repellent
come out come and play
Kate – did you find your camera yet. I need a Buddy fix.
oooch! the OMG ZOMBIES!!!1!! are back??? fantastic
CBF still laughing about the drooling over breeds of chickens! I’m like that with the rabbits!
Metz the little boxes on the pee spots has been working really well for Fynn Fynn (the bunny) he seemed to forget that he was litter trained when he hit puberty! I’m hoping after he’s fixed he’ll get his brain back (has to wait another month, the people I got him from want one breeding from him
Annie Borax in this here “hippie state” still has the 20 mule team on the box… and this funny little girl with braids, not sure what that’s all about! my Hippie state (ok, that’s it’s new name for life!) is Ontario
Oakie… brain rot?? Zombie head?
Fred is a thunderbox a toilet? when we go camping we build a little box… errr that looks alot grosser when it’s written!
*whew*
am I caught up?
ohh. knew I’d forgotten something, I have no idea with the vox spot on how to add blogs.. with the blogger you have to add the html to add a link… or, you used to… they changed it now it’s just fill in the blank…
errr, what’s a technicolour yawn?
Is a technicolour yawn like barfing rainbows?
[yeah except without the rainbows - Ed.]
:waves:
I wanted to come to work today for a meeting I really wanted to go to, turns out it’s tomorrow. So I decided to stay a bit since I was doing fine. So far so good. I’ll probably leave just before lunch. and come back tomorrow for the damn meeting.
Doing a bit better. I managed not to take a clonazepam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonazepam) this morning, which is good because I only have 4 left and I don’t want to become addicted to them. I took the bottle with me just in case, knock on wood!
Fred, you really need to tell us what all those Aussie expressions mean. I have no idea. The only one I know is Crikey.
Hi Laney *waves*
Fred, bring on the slang- I want to know what a thunderbox is- esp. if it’s a toilet.
Thanks for checkin in Annie and Metsie- the boy is better, he is running all over in his underwear yelling at the top of his lungs, so I assume that is a good sign.
Metsie, is no news about hubby good news?
Hi Laney- that is good you can stave off the clonazepam. Really, you might like my sister’s blog: http://www.anxiousnomore.blogspot.com/
She is battling her anxiety with clonazepam too. She is so beautiful, probably the prettiest girl I have ever seen in real life, and you would never know from the outside what she is going through.She is one tough chickie.
And thanks Brinnann for commenting on her blog. I think she really appreciates it.
Oh and I will post the best cop story on my Vox later when I have some time!
Yeah, no mews is good mews.
He’s progressing slowly.
I think I may just book the CA trip b/c if I wait until I’m sure the airfare may be so high I won’t go.
I have other concerns about him. He’s lost a load of weight in the past year and hasn’t seen a doctore about it, He’s 5’11 and weighs 138….
Laney, the only way clonazepam is addicting (so far as I know) is if you take it on a daily basis like I do. If I don’t take it for a few days I have horrid withdrawal symptoms. Once I was off it for like a week, can’t remember why, but when I went to the pharmacy to refill the script, I could hardly sign the paper my hands were shaking so bad. But like I said, I think it’s just ‘cuz I take it daily.
Fixies, I’m already reading her blog. So good to know I’m no the only one.
Brie, ouch. I do not want to go through that! I took it for 6 days straight. Today is my first day off it and i’m doing very good. I only have 4 pills left and no refill.
Are you ever going to be able to go off it?
CBF Tell CBD do not get sexlinks. he will be disapointed altho they lay lots of eggs they have absolutely no personality except mean. THey are teh meanest chicke I ever had.
Rhode ISland reds (the grils are excelelent and smart and friendly.
LEg Horns are skittish and never really warm up to you tho they will follow you at a safe distance. Black Bar’d are also very friendly as are the astrolorphs. Buff Orphingtons are regal but p[eck when they have babies. and if you get aracanas (Sometimes classified as Americana..depending on the varietion they can be skittish or friendly. ROck X’s are very large and were bred for the roasting pot. the roosters make excellent birds as they have a relatively quiet crow and do not crow all day long also the males are not agressive. But they have breathing problems if you let them grow all the way up. they were made to butcher at 4 months. when left to fully mature they are as heavy as a small turkey weight around 20 lbs.
Sorry the rest of you I love my chickens..
Fred I know crickey and ga” day MAte, and three sheets to the wind and I love the flat out like a lizard drinking water one though never heard it before.
Ha the english are too boring they don’t realize how liberating it is to have these little sayings.
Even here in america. people are becoming more homoginized as people used to have territorial phrases and ways to say things Like In Michigan a creek was called a CRICK. I used to get harrassed alot about that one till I finally got so I don’t call it that anymore but whenever I use it in a sentence I have to pause before I say it so I use the creek one. some others are scissors/shears garage sale/rummage sale.
about/aboot glove box/glove compartment
and then there is the whole lunch supper dinner thing
I could go on for a bit more but won’t
Don’t forget warsh (for wash) my dad used to tease my grandma for that she’d say, “I’m gonna warsh the dishes” and he’d say, “and after that you’ll wash them right?”
*note to self, tell husband it’s a purse not a pocketbook* & I’m sorry but how can you people (NY’ers) not have Ring Bologna?!!? They’ve JUST gotten colby-jack cheese FINALLY! *deep breath* sorry folks, getting a little worked up aren’t I?
Since I’ve moved to NY I’ve noticed my “accent” and particular way of speaking sticks out more. I refuse to not say “pop” any more though. I embrace my heritage. hick as it may be
Why’re you all backing away from me? Come back!
*ahem* Metz dear…
a) found myself singing elephant song while making puddin’ last night (tapioca w/ banana, heavenly)
b)as a born and raised NYer there is small bologna and wide bologna, what the heck is ring bologna. BTW, NY has the BEST cold cuts, bread and pizza in the world, not open to discussion…
3) we’ve always have colby jack cheese, where r u on the Island? I’m a SUNY Stony Brook grad…
*hides* *checks behind me while running* *hopes closet is zombie free*
metsie, not you dearie! Just out here. When I moved here 10 yrs ago (1st bohemia now medford) I couldn’t find colby jack in any of the stores I shopped at….
Can’t find it anywhere here as far as I have seen. I will admit as far as the co-jack cheese goes I did only try local supermarkets and they just don’t have the selection as far as cheeses and stuff. I wasn’t used to deli’s in MI. If I ever move back I don’t know if I’ll be able to do without a chinese food place, deli, and pizza place on every corner.
Ring bologna is really cheesey (as in silly not the dairy product) it’s basically pickled bologna in a “u” shape kind of looking like it might be sausage but it’s not. It usually has a skin that you peel off (some people do eat the skin I’ve heard). It’s great with cheese & crackers. You peel the skin off & cut it into little cubes or slices. Best served cold with cheese and ritz crackers but saltines work just as well too.
And I do have to agree as far as the cold cuts and breads and pizzas. Yummmy.
mmmmm fresh bagels….mmmmmm
*waves fresh bagel to entice metsie out of hiding*
Annie, I will let him know! That is good advice- our neighbors had mean chickens, they were huge and would attack my children. The kids would run like mad to the top of their slide/ treehouse, where they kept fully loaded supersoakers. The chickens would get it. It was hilarious to watch.
Metz, I spent some of my childhood in New York. I haven’t heard “pocketbook” in a long time… ahhh, a nice little nostalgic trip down amnesia lane…
“mom say purse not pocketbook, g-d nobody says that anymore” parents are so embarrassing!
MEtz thanks for the ring baloney discription, I have only found it in Michigan and I loves it….Yummm having a nostalgic moment of ring boloney , blueberries, and that german dish of sausage potatoes and sauerqraut all mixed together in a pan.
(happy sigh)
and remembering Warshing my hands for dinner and knowing Supper that night would be excellent after getting home from the crick.
*sticks head out of closet and sniffs*
is that bagel still warm?
Metz and Annie -if it is German you need to find a German specialty store…
OK I have never seen/heard of ring baloney in my life but….. ewwwwwwwwww
My favorite food memory is moving to the bay area for college and discovering that, *gasp* iceberg is not the only kind of lettuce in the world!
hi you guys I just read this article which gives the best explanation of depression and anxiety.. for some one like me who doesn’t have it .. I always wondered what was the trigger etc. anyway I thought it was good.
http://health.msn.com/centers/depression/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100165580>1=10201
Annie, I know the sausage dish of which you speak, but the name escapes me at the moment.
But…if you know those, do you know this?
Goulash.
Potato soup
bean soup
potato salad that is yellow not white with huge chunks of potatos, bacon, & celery & hard boiled eggs in it?
mmmmmmmmmmm
now I’ve made myself hungry durn it and it’s long time til supper.
(that’s another word that drives my husband nuts) “It’s dinner” (say in whining voice)
OAkie I know it sounds not good but it is all home made and it is yummmm. you will never eat regular baloney and think it tastes good again.
Metsie I think it is regional specific as I have been to the german sausage plant here and they don’t make it. MAybe in New york as you are closer. And have large german populations.
NOw ask me for anything Poruguese and I can get it. and coastal mexican(different than the mexican food in The western states) too which has fish tacos(with shrimp etc) and I can get it.
Also I wouldn’t trade in all the delicious fresh fruits and vegies from all over the world I get here. Because I am sorry to say but Jello is not a vegitable. hehehe
don’t think I would like it (going along with Oakie’s ewwww). I don’t like salami and will not eat anything that has those white fat spots in it and I try not to eat pork, so all in all I doubt I’d even try it.
Hey everyone, I was over at SO’s house knitting and watching Jeeves and Wooster.
Oi! Annie! Is there a good place to get Portuguese food out there? We’ve had to drive for miles and miles to get our Christmas meals. Mum was born in Lisbon.
Also, I never knew what a strange mish-mash of slang I had until I started talking to people from different areas more. My step-mum is from Missouri, I was born in rural Ontario, grew up in the SF Bay Area, and visit my dad in Washington state. And the area of rural Ontario I was in was very, very British. I say cutlery (NEVER flatware), both splinter and sliver, my “about” has a Canadian accent, I say bloody to swear, soda (though I used to say pop), supper and dinner… And I plan to pick up some good British slang when I go for postgrad studies. My SO said he probably won’t pick up an accent but will take ALL the slang, and I’ll pick up an accent the first week I’m there.
Also, I’m going to really miss Mexican food in middle-of-nowhere England/Scotland.
Ever had boudain?
Boiled crawfish?
Crawfish etoufe?
I dunno if we have cricks, only hear the word canal.
We NEVER use soda or pop when talking about drinks:
“Hey, you want a coke?”
“Sure.”
“What kind? We have Coke, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, Sprite…”
“Y’all” is the only option when referring to people and can be singular or plural.
Fred were you around when we were talking about lamingtons? There’s an Aussie bakery down the street from me and lamingtons are my new favorite dessert, but most people here have never heard of them.
Brinn and you get the other kind of mexican food.
Metsie I missed your other comment up there yes I know all those and make them all so my kids have had both west coast cooking and midwest cooking.
I espec love the potato salad.
And my hubby who is used to west coast mexican food had to be introduced to some of my favorite western mexican foods. sopapillas being one of them.
Anyone familiar with Papusas? I know I’m not spelling that quite right… They’re from Central America, and are like fat tortillas filled with cheese and meat. They are delicious. And darn hard to find. Metsie, when you come out, you simply must have some in the city.
That German cabbage and sausage you guys are talking about is sauerkraut.
We have fresh bagels in Montreal too! Plus real smoked meat and poutine!
I know you’re jealous.
And before you ask…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine
I so am jealous. So many people think I’m CRAZY when I crave this. I mean, I can get the fries and gravy, but the fresh cheese is harder to come by. I miss it so.
OK now poutine sounds yummy.
btw – if a bagel isn’t dense and chewy its a roll with a hole in it. Dunkin Donuts does not sell bagels (not sure what they are) and I’ve lostt all respect for Rachel ray for doing a commercial for them…
Okie, poutine is evil but it’s soooo good!
what about Noah’s bagels? have you eastcoasters ever tried one? That’s the closest we come to real bagels out here.
lol.. I love “hearing” all these!
I totally have pop down at the crick, sometimes with my supper, and I always bring cutlery to my picnics.
Is that bologna anything like kolbassa? mmm, meat cheese pickles and crackers.. a wholesome meal!!!!
cheese (a good sharp/’old cheddar) (or monty, or colby.. or brie) and crackers.. that’s what I crave when I’m away from home!!!
clonazapam (sp?) is that one you can halve? and take a half dose, then a quarter to wean yourself off if you’re worried? I know that’s what we’ve been doing at work with the risperdal for one of the guys I work with…
grabs stomache and rolls eyes, Crap now I am soooooo Hungry.. altho the fries sound very rich and completly evil I bet they are delish..
Helene maybe I am jealous.. Maybe.. aw hell of course I am…
Norty, yes it can be halved, but I managed to do without altogether. And I had a pretty good day! And it’s not like I need to wean myself out of it since I only started taking it and took a pill a day for 6 days in a row.
I’m really hungry now.
I want gravy.
I’m going to watch some Dr Who now. That’s LIKE eating, right?
Pssst, I updated my crafting blog with a picture of my cat. Which is LIKE a craft, right?
G’day!
Technicolour Yawn is vomiting – old term, even a lot of Aussies don’t know it.
Three sheets to the wind is being drunk
Flat out like a lizard drinking is to be very busy
Prawn is shrimp
Thunderbox or dunny or bog or etc etc is a toilet THnderbox is from when toilets were ‘outhouses’ (is that Aussie?) with a pot that someone came and emptied daily (good job that) or a outhouse that just has a hole in the ground with a seat over.
Is that all I said?
I’m enjoying reading all your terms and things. I’ve got a provincial food to add to the lis. It is native to a small country town called Malany, about an hour out of Brisbane, Queensland. It’s called Rocka Cake. It has a very hard and quite bitter chocolate biscuit base with about an inch of marshmallow on the top, sprinkled with coconut. Only people from Malany or people with ties to people from Malany know of this creation. Sorta cool.
Oh and we say ‘soft drink’ instead of soda or pop.
Oakie – I’ll have to ask my daughter if she had Noah’s bagels. In Miami, she thought she found good bagels, then she came home…
I didn’t try it, but in Miami they have Cuban sandwiches that are supposed to be heavenly. It’s roasted pork and ham, I forget what else.
Fred that rocka cake sounds good. Do you have Mallomars over there?
Rocka cake kinda sounds like rocky road, don’t you think?
Outhouses are not only Aussie. Canada had them in the colonial times. In fact, they were also called “back houses”, which became french canadian slang “bécosse”. Means toilet. The word is still being used nowadays.
Not familiar with malomars. Is that some type of marshmallow?
Rocky Road here has bits of jelly and nuts and marshmallows and is all covered in chocolate. Is that what it is there? ROcka cake isn’t as extravagant as that, and I think it’s an aquired taste. The bitter base takes some getting used to. I can’t eat it anyway but mum sometimes makes me a choc free version.
TO me rocka cake sounds like snowballs(hostess) only with a really hard chocolate biscuit bottom instead of a cake bottom.
rocky road is an ice cream here with bits of fudge nuts mini marshmallows all mixed into rich dark chocolate ice cream.
Aren’t mallomars some type of cookie? Never had them, but I’ve read about them.
I have picked up such a weird accent mix. Mostly New England as base, but other things have slipped in, like a New Jersey pronunciation of scallops (scahlop, as apposed to what everyone else says, scawlop). I also like to use some Italian words on occasion which I won’t put here because I couldn’t spell them to save my life. I also use lots of British slang words because a good friend of mine is from there and has taught me all their quirkiest expressions. Also, I pick them up by reading British books. It took me so long to figure out why my teacher didn’t get it in second grade when I told her I had a wonky chair. I use dinner, sliver, soda, and silverware. The only real New England word I can think of now is frappe. That would be a milkshake. You never, ever order a milkshake at a little ice cream stand here. They’ll give you ice cream in milk.
Ok, I think I’m caught up – weird food, weird sayings, chickens, anxiety/depression and oh yea, our evil cats.
I grew up in Wisconsin – favorite regional food was liverwurst and braunschweiger and I learned the hard way that you don’t eat it once it starts getting green!
Growing up the biggest stand out was “bubbler”. I will never forget how embarrassed I was the first time I asked where the bubler was after moving from Wisc. to Ohio. (It’s a water fountain BTW)
Annie – Thanks for the chicken advice. I was thinking some Brahmas, Rhode Island Reds, or a couple of others. I’ll have to pick your brains (No, not that way, I’m not a zombie) when we get closer to chickendom.
Anxiety/depression – yea I vote that we all move back to the prairie and live without all of the moder conveniences that drive us all mad in one way or another.
Our evil cats – we have reset the counter and are now one day without pee outside the litterbox. Yay! . Thanks for all of the good advice. I think our best bet is to construct a pee-sensing robot that will (gently) shock/startle them when they go outside the box and clean up the mess after them. I wonder if I could make one using Lego Mindstorms?
CBD if you made the cat shoking device with excretion cleanup attatchment you could probably make a lot of money. ANd we would all get a new Twilight zone episode.
hehehe I can see it now some poor cat being chased all over creation by some evil machine trying to wipe up its messes.
for those who don’t know mallomar is a cookie. Its a soft round graham cracker with a marshmellow dome. dipped in a dark chocolate. Do NOt, i repeat, DO NOT open a box of mallomars unless you have enuff people around b/c you will feel sick if you eat half the box by yourself…(not that I would know…)
CBF we’ve got the reds at our place… we call them “the ladies” they are lovely!!!! they even squat down when you walk near them to make themselves more compact to pick up!!! we also have some odd ones that we call “the littles” who are now bigger than the reds, BUT their skin is blueish, their legs are blueish-grey… and the lay GREEN and PINK eggs!!!! seriously … AND seriously cute!!! I’ll post some pics this week.
Do you think that the shock-bot would work on bunnies? Fynn and I have run out of small litter trays.. so of course he pee’d on the carpet last night!
I heard about mallomars in some book… we don’t have them… BUT~~ us Canadians have a zillion flavours of potato chips (which we just call chips) ketchup, saltn’vinegar, dill pickle, ranch, all dressed, bbq, mosquite, pepper, sour cream and onion… the list goes on! I’m always sad in the states that I can’t find them! We’ve also got this great place called “kernals” that sells popcorn in all those flavours PLUS more!!! mmm…
CCat we totally say “scahlop” here
poutine!!!! guess what I’m going to make for lunch?? (do you guys have yours with just grated motz cheese, or with real cheese curd?)
Anybody had “beavertails” ?
there’s also a similar cookie with coconut not chocolate…
oooohhhhhh… we call mallowmars “viva puffs” no clue where that name came from though…
Metsie, I lurved the pic of Solly’s tail!!!!
ceecee – we have a lot of those chip flavors in the larger supermarkets…not in popcorn though
I assume beavertails does not involve a small dam building mammal.
sorry I meant norty not ceecee.
thanx about the tail.
and poutine doesn’t appeal to me either. I like my fries crisp with ketchup and when you gravy or cheese them they sog.
Metsies, it’s only because you never tried it. You you go pout’ you never go back.
Norty, Viva puffs is a brand name of one of these cookies.
Beaver tails are a long flat pastry with sugar on it. Had it once, didn’t like it though.
And norty, you meant “Kernels”. I luv luv luv eet! I always get dill pickle, and get a sour tongue!
*looking at what I started with the foodstuffs*
Ooopsies, did I do that?
LOL
pssst. Elephant Ears
*runs & hides*
MMM, I want yummie gravy!
Talk about weird accents, my parents grew up in Utah, I was born/learned to talk there, then I spent a significant portion of my childhood in New York, and then moved to Ohio. I also use Britishisms because they are hilarious and unexpected- esp. wonky. Occasionally I will say things that make CBD laugh, like how I pronounce “water ” I can’t even figure out how to type it phonetically. My favorite thing that my sister says is “all y’all” which is redundant to the point of redonk. I would love to live somewhere with fun quirky bits- NE Ohio is so incredibly boring.
And as for the cat shocking device, you guys think he is kidding but I’m a little worried…
lol.. one of these day’s I’ll learn how to spell!
dill pickle ketchup combined popcorn!!!! mouth watering!!!
ok, so for work we have this fantastic room we get to use to help the people we support to chill a bit, a snoozlen room… most relaxing place on earth!!! (google it!) anyway, I’m suppose to take one of our guys today, but he’s away, so I called to cancel the appointment AND they asked me if I wanted to go use it myself!!!! (plus it’s community funded so it’s free)
ug, I wish there wasn’t this glaring pile of paper work! I’d be right in that ball pit, face pressed up against a bubble tube faster than you can say cuteoverload!
:: note I’m typing here and NOT attacking the paper pile
Hey if anyone cares, I put up the last installment of my cop stories on my Vox. And Metz darling, we did not get your baby pics:(
Norty, the pills you mentioned, I don’t think those are clonozepam you’re describing. Sounds like Xanex to me. Down here it’s frequently used as a recreational drug, called bars or four-bars (‘cuz they’re made to break into quarters). My clonozepam is 0.5 mg and I take 2 a day. I suppose I could half them, but I sure as heck couldn’t quarter them.
My parents have had Rhode Island Reds my entire life. I bought my dad his last ten (‘cuz Honey “played” with a few of them, and they ended up less than alive). Those are the only eggs that were ever in our fridge.
Potato chips come in dozens of flavors down here, popcorn in only a few.
Yes, we have REAL Mexican food, thank goodness, or at the very least what they call TexMex. I’m pretty sure every Mexican restaurant within several hundred miles is owned by a Mexican family.
I’m sure I’ve used the term “all y’all” at least once, no telling how many times I’ve heard it.
If you really want to make fries even more fattening than they were to begin with, we put nacho cheese or chili on them. Especially popular at football and baseball games, also in high school cafeteria snack lines.
Do people up north really put cheese on apple pie? Or is that just a myth? We put vanilla ice cream on ours.
I’m suprised no one freaked about my boiled crawfish. That one usually gets people.
cheese on the side for some people, I’ll take ice cream any day…
pill cutters for the halving and quartering
(funny little box with a wedge in it and a blade)
we get the pharmacy to do it for us
Brie, it’s true about cheese on apple pie, but it’s only done occasionally. You serve the pie warm with a slice on aged white cheddar on top, and it melts a bit… Yummmm.
CBF better not let CBD see Teho’s blog with the evil mad scientist blog info. I went there it is awesome. THere is this hotdog experiment that involves electricity and possible fire and explosions and maybe even imminent death if you were to grab the forks.
LOL..
I guess I am old fashioned when it comes to fries I want mine crisp and nude with catsup on the side.
ANd Pie is good both ways. I am partial to the ice cream but sometimes nothing will do but to have it with the cheddar.
hmmm all this talk about truck stop food is making me long for pancakes with peanut butter and maple syrup on them…
Psst
Biscuits & gravy!
*runs & hides again*
So those marshmallow cookies are actually Mallomars! I love those things! My Grandma always gave them to me as a kid. I think I last had some about a year ago…? I’ve always just called them marshmallow cookies though. Maybe that would explain why I have such a hard time finding them.
For apple pie, my vote goes to ice cream.
Norty- How do ketchup chips taste? That’s the only one I can’t imagine. And beavertails… Aren’t they like fried dough/funnelcake?
Norty, your snoozelen room intrigues me. Where do you work? I am looking at it all thinking how much my autistic teen ager would love it for her room- we could tell her it is just “cool” decor and send her to her room when she is all melt downy and when she comes out she will be all blissed out…like I said, very intrigued. CBD is all like hmmm, I bet I could make a bubble tube or two…
I know all too much about imminent death by microwave- I almost burned down my house with only a faulty microwave and a potato two years ago. I still haven’t bought a new one, as the old one has been charred out beyond repair, and am in the process of proving to some friends life is actually possible without a microwave.
Yea CCat! I did not replace my microwave when it exploded over a year ago. Life is definitely possible. I started reading about what microwaved food does to you
I swear, I won’t go into the food rant again, but let’s just say it shocked me, and I don’t want to die until i’m really old.
Fixie, I love my microwave. Please don’t make me change my mind.
What ever you say Brie! Yum! Carcinogens!
CBF: RE: POO
We need a chant/slogan kinda like superman ya know?
(Able to leap tall buildings & all that)
Something like “Whenever someone POO-POO’s a post we will be there…”
It could become our official Nuff fighting group.
Of course Chocolate Covered Rusty Pliers will be on the official seal.
oh and psst…
Dutch Apple Pie!
with vanilla ice cream
*runs & hides again*
Oh and did ya get the pic this time? I tried again.
I’ll have to check fer yer baby…As for POO…
There can be only one!!!
or
EEEEEEEEWWWWWW!
or
Standing for truth, justice and the overprotection of otterkind?
*bangs head over and over into desk*
I wonder if there’s a way to send my cow orkers to the snoozelen???
shesh.
why is Metz running and hiding???
most stuff you see on line is built to last a bunch of years with continuous use- by many people, and some serious behavours being brought down on it, so they are pretty pricey (because they’re nearly indestructable) BUT if you check out some suppliers, you can usually get some ideas and find the same items at a much lower price.. the websites will give you info of what everything does/stimulates/ and how!!! very cool. 
great for ideas. I work in a group home with developmentally delayed individuals “Christian Horizons”, the guys I work with are really high functioning.. but HIGH behaviours, a few of the guys are dual diagnosis, but the Snooz is run by “Community Living”
CCat- think fries with ketchup, but crispy… voila! ketchup chips! yuppers on the fried dough beavertails, with cinnomon and sugar… only good hot.
CBF Snooz is SO great! at first I was leery, I thought it was too much stim… but it’s neat to see how individuals just naturally pick and choose what they want to interact with! I know two young men (early teens) who go weekly and their behaviours after their time in the room is drastically diff. it’s amazing
one site I love is http://www.tfhuk.co.uk they’ve got a few branches in canada the sates and various other places
CCat and CBF…. but.. but.. I lurve the microwave!
What are you guys going on about POO? Is there a commentroversy going on somewhere?
*goes out to look*
See, that’s exactly what I’ve got Norty, and no one understands. My daughter is very high function, she has language, she is smart (like scary smart) and goes to regular school. But on a lot of days we have serious behaviors goin down, screaming , violence sometimes, and general not coping with daily life. A lot of learned helplessness. Anything you could hook me up with would be very much appreciated. I t sounds like i do your job, but for free:) By the way, very brave job choice. You have my very much admiration and esteem.
We have “Kernels” here!!
I like fresh apples with cheese. Never thought about apple pie – yum! Might have to do that and horrify my family. Also salt on fresh apples is yum.
One more comment on the Mallomars. They are made by Nabisco and the name itself is probably a registered trademark. There’s also something else, they’re either seasonal or regional, I forget, but you can’t always get them. Have to check. There are some other brands that make similar cookie but I don’t think anyone has duplicated the Mallomar successfully.
I never saw Mallomars, here, we have Whippets.
http://www.nabisco.com/Brands/brandlist.aspx?SiteId=1&CatalogType=1&BrandKey=mallomars&BrandLink=/&BrandId=73&PageNo=1
I think I’ve had whippets. Are they imported from England?
a crisp apple with cheddar is great. I’ve never had the cheese on pie, but I would like that. I always thoght it was a New England thing, the pie and cheese.
No, they’re made right here in Montreal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippet_cookie
here something my friend was telling me about…
In the metro NY area if you are buying ground beef to make hamburgers, etc. we call it “chop meat” which I guess was orignally chopped meat. My friend’s SO is from Texas and said that chop meat was the cubes of beef you buy for stew. (which actually makes more sense than what we call it, but that’s what it is.) I thought of that today, I was in Stop & Shop, and there were 2 teenage girls there one said let’s have tacos, the other one said get the chop meat.
and thanx to that article I see that Mallomars are regional and seasonal
CCat -where do you live?
Apple pie and cheese, a New England thing? I’ve never heard of it. And, I think I’ve just said where I live. NH to be precise.
Did you say where you lived? I had to read all of toady in one sitting, not the best reading comprension skills. I guess its not a NE thing. According to wikpedia, CC, you are going to have difficulties obtaining Mallomars in NH…sorries
today not toady
Ok Norty, I am fired up for this snoozelen thing. I have the Mom of autism rabid look in my eyes- I have been surfing the interwebs all day and I likes it. I want to do this in my daughter’s room- any links you have that would help me do this myself on the cheap would be great. Do you have a vox so we could talk?
Chickes, I’m feeling anxious again. I so wish these bad feelings would go away.
Hi guys just trying to catch up real quick. Mallomars I hardly ever see them here but now I know why.
POO protectors of otters… hmmm but but I thought otters were evil and were taking over the world….
Cheese and apples is very yum and chese and pears is too.
OK, did everyone go to bed early last night, or what? No posts since 9:13! Weird, that’s all I’m saying. Hope the zombies didn’t get to all y’all.
Metz, finally got your email last night – yay!
snoozelen rooms seem pretty cool, I want one for my office!
Helene – sorry to hear your anxiety is getting the best of you, we’ll keep you in our prayers.
POO, indeed. Sounds as bad as S.P.E.W. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.P.E.W.)
Can’t an otter just shake his booty in peace?
CBD – for us east coasters 9:13 is 12:13….is Ohio eastern or central time… POO is CBF’s idea, so once again this thread may cause marital discourse
Laney _ i wish I could help. I get intrusive thoughts and although Ativan (just like the kitties!) makes me less shakey, I can’t stop the thoughts. My shrink says visualize a stop sign. Then I usually have the obssessive thinking while looking at a stop sign.
It’s funny, my cow orker (female) knows about this. Last week I had a client blow up at me. And she was like “Poor you, say to yourself *I did nothing wrong, it’s not my fault*”
to continue – if I realize that I did make a mistake with a volatile client, I will actually get hot. Although my boss doesn’t know exactly what it is with me, there is one client that I will not call if I think he’s going to give me a hard time. I don’t know what it is about that guy, but he actually initimidates in such a way that I feel physically sick. And I know logically he’s a jerk.
Well enough about the strange goings on inside my head. Trust me Laney – you are not alone. If you want to talk more about this, let’s do it through email. I don’t mind the “guys” on the thread reading it, but I do feel uncomfortable knowing anyone can and I’m sure people do.
Breathe Helene. You are in my thoughts.
grapes n cheez
Laney, I picture an entirely black room, kind of like a black hole actually. Then I picture the thing, even if it’s an entire event, that’s bothering me and I bury it in the room. Sometimes it gets sucked through the floor, sometimes it gets pushed behind the wall, sometimes I use a huge black wave that sweeps the thought/image away but never touches me. I just make it disappear into the room. Some things take more than one try. I know it’s REALLY weird, but it works for me.
hey all my Mom took a turn for the worst yesterday morning. she is passing over the rainbow bridge sometime today or tomorrow. I will connect again when I get back from Colorado and possibly tonight for a few minutes. I gotta get as much done as I can before I head there.
Helene much hugs for you and the only advice I can give is do try a bit of walking see if your SO will go with you. or if he is being a pain as sometimes everyones SO can be, maybe a friend. Wish I was there in Canada I would come and take you for one myself.
CBF carry on P.O.O. we have a new recruit in Lizzum see the kitty stuffed in a paper bag post
Brinn watch out for falling Cow Orkers.
Metsie… well just don’t kill your honey.. remember if he won’t shower there is always the Garden hose
CBD carry on with the shocking pee cat experiment.. I hope there is no outside the cat box messes while I am gone,, cause I love hearing about the stupid bup
Oakie… would you do me the great kindness of eating one of those dessert thingys we were talking about, for me, up in the thread I can’t remember what it was called something from Aussie i think it was..
Fred hope KAzi is winning at dog obedience as she is such a love bunny
gotta go I keep bursting into tears at odd bits..
Laney, thinking good thoughts for you too. I’ve been there too. Just about every day sometimes. I really feel it just before I go home from work. I actually have to psych myself up to go home. Silly huh?
Norty, just hiding cause I caused an avalanche of food posts to appear. Making (well me at least) people hungry. And because I inadvertantly dissed Metsie’s home state. (sorries Metsie) the homesickness got the better of me and I’ve been here 10 yrs. Ugh!
Metsie, chopped meat is another sticky word in our house. In MI we just called it hamburger.
Annie, sorry. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Safe journey.
Annie you have my sincerest thoughts and a large cyber hug.
Metzee – (hey I like that name…) you seem to have a selective memory. After you dissed NY, I basically dissed the rest of the world for it not being NY. So I think we’re even
Thanks everyone, I’m better today.
Annie, I’m so sorry. My thoughts are with you.
Annie, /hugs/
I’m very sorry to hear about your mother.
Annie, thank you for confiding in us, that takes this thread to a whole new level for me. I am going to stop typing right now and go pray for you and your mother. God Bless.
Who was it that was absolutly digging pirate talk? Was it you Annie?
Here’s a little something you might like :
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/07/12/i-can-has-booty/
hugz.
If you guyz are wondering how I came to be this way (very slightly off center) here’s your answer.
http://www.wwmt.com/sections/weather/cameras/threerivers_cam.html
Ahhh Americana.
Zee -wow
btw – used to hear the Who and be reminded of an ex I had in college. Now the Who is on the radio, I’m thinkin’ kittens….
having grown up in the bronx I have no basis for comparison
1) Been busy… Other computer down now, so have to share mine.
2) My thoughts are with you and your family, Annie.
3) I miss mallomars and ketchup chips. We at least get salt and vinegar chips out here. We also have a couple different flavor pork rinds. I never got into the cheddar on pie thing, but my dad likes it. He likes cheese AND ice cream.
Quiet tonight.
I was looking it up, and I think what we had were actually whippet cookies. I’ll ask me mum. And my younger sister/best friend is very wary of microwaves. We went a long time without one, and when we got one she refused to use it. She still only uses it very rarely.
I’ve no concept of distance, but Annie, I really hope you make it to Colorado in time.
My thoughts are with you.
*Whew*!!! a working computer! much to catch up on
for some reason, I couldn’t comment the computer would freeze!
Helene- I was heapin’ the love and prayers your way yesterday, glad to hear that today is better.. and I missed out on the pirate talk thread… but my life is pirates!!!! no really.. it’s sad. lol
Annie- It’s so hard to lose someone that important!! Love and prayers are being heaped now in your direction too…
all- how funny this community is eh? I’ve been worrying about everyone, and passing things during my real life day thinking… oh! so and so would like this.. or HA, I’ll have to remember to tell so and so this….
Metsies- italian whippet cookies? poor little pups!
but they would be super cute!
Metzee-avalanche of food posts??? avalanche of FOOD?
CBF- I couldn’t post here yesterday so I left you a note on my blog I’ll set up a vox so we can chat snooz stuffs, I was in there yesterday again…. *slumps on the floor in absolute bliss* errr… when I figure out HOW to set one up!
HI every one! *Waves*
if I dissapppear until Monday it is b/c my home comp. is having a mental break down and / or a hard drive crash. Must back up certain things while I still have it operational…
Saw your note Norty- I was just wondering if you knew of a site that told you what all the things are for- I have already found very cheap bubble tubes and a doityerself fiber optic place. I showed a white room to my girly girl and she was like wow, that would be sooo awesome. She thinks having a disco ball in her room would be schweet!
Oh and Norty, if your life is pirates, you need to get on Vox and hook up with Pyrit and Carlisa. You would like them.
If I disappear too, it is because we are going on vacation to North Carolina for 9 days, and I need to get ready for it this week- wash all the clothes, cook mountains of gluten free food, clean out the car. It is going to be an adventure! Talkatcha later if I fade away for a while…
Hiya peepsies. Hope everyone has a good or as best as can be weekend.
Still thinking and praying for everyone cause it sounds like we all need it in one way or another. I too will probably be away from the comp for most of the weekend so don’t worry I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth or been kidnapped by crazed squirrels or anything. (ok maybe the squirrels part but shhhhh don’t tell the otters.) Ok have a good weekend everyone. Lots of love
Metzeeee
Brin? Laney? are we the only ones left this weekend?
Today is my SO’s birthday, but I won’t see him until Sunday, after a nice Portuguese Holy Ghost festival with delicious sopas. Tomorrow I have another birthday party to go to. Actually, I might not be here much this weekend either.
Computer not dead yet, but acting vewwwy interesting!
While backing up some stuff. I found some pictures I forget about…
Quick Metsie! Stash the evidence before Mark finds out!
of the cats and my family…
lol yea right, we know. We won’t tell about your secret identity…
all right, I used to be a man…but the surgery came out really good
Evidently!
o.O
ya know guys, just dropping a hint about a new picture or two I posted on vox and you gotta take it 2 far I really never wanted to tell you about the man thing, but its out now….
well I’ve been Vistafied and hopefully my PC is happy again….
Hi everyone! Hope you all had good weekends. Our Saturday was interesting. In the morning I did my training with Kazi as usual, then towards mid morning she started to yelp sometimes when we touched her or she moved, we didn’t think anything of it as she tends to be a drama queen at times. By lunch she couldn’t sit down and could hardly walk. PANIC STATIONS!! Lucky our vet was open and saw her straight away. She hurt her back somehow. He doesn’t think it’s as bad as she was making it out to be (drama queen). She got an anti-inflammatory shot and medicine to take this week. She’s a lot better already (she gets stoned from her medicine though, which is interesting)
Oh poor Kazi and her mom. Sometimes when they’re sick it’s harder on us. Hope she feels good soon.
Hiya everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. It’s been crazy here with our planning/packing for our trip. CBF has been amazing and is keeping us on schedule through pure grit and determination.
All the Pirate talk made me think of the Pirate Castle http://www.thepiratecastle.org . An actual castle, run by pirates that works with disadvantaged kids. Had a friend in college who volunteered there over a summer and loved it. Also, e used to play a game with our kids that all the pirates lived on the other side of the cemetery, and that they drove red or black pick up trucks. Our boys would pretend to blast all of them with cannons!
Hey Daddy, I knew you couldn’t leave. Once you go Buddy, you never go back.
Kazi was running around a bit this morning, so that’s good. I was so freaked! I though it was her hips. I was imagining hip replacements and such. It was really bad timing too. My good friend of over 20 years was over. I hadn’t seen her for about 4 years. I paid her practically no attention at all. Luckily she loves pups and understood (she only came to see me to meet Kazi anyway).
I love your new cat picks, Metsakins. Especially the “still life” one.
Hiya everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. It’s been crazy here with our planning/packing for our trip. CBF has been amazing and is keeping us on schedule through pure grit and determination.
All the Pirate talk made me think of the Pirate Castle http://www.thepiratecastle.org . An actual castle, run by pirates that works with disadvantaged kids. Had a friend in college who volunteered there over a summer and loved it. Also, e used to play a game with our kids that all the pirates lived on the other side of the cemetery, and that they drove red or black pick up trucks. Our boys would pretend to blast all of them with cannons!
Welcome to MOnday..
Annie if your reading this you’re in all our thoughts….
Helene is feeling
but also :-ା
It’s a roller coaster ride again.
Hopefully, by the end of the day, she’ll be :-, (tiny smile)
Sorry Laney…
I have good news, Marc is showering on a regular basis!
Hola, mi amigos! (don’t ask, Spanish just happens sometimes)
Well, I actually left the house Friday night. A good friend of mine from school is in for a month or so while her hubby is in Iraq, and she and another friend from school were going to a club to see a Texas country band play (TX country is a little more rock, so I like it much better than the whiny, twangy country). Turns out it was a local band that’s somewhat famous, at least in the Texas and underground country circles. (Can country be underground?) I’ve heard them before, and my cousin & his fiance’ are really good friends with their family – two brothers who each have their own bands, both fairly successful. So I’m at the club, shooting tequila (but not too much), and guess who I see…Mr. H. Cow Orker. Yep, that’s right. He tells me hi, talks to me for a few minutes, but that’s it. He didn’t talk to me the rest of the night, dammit. I was very displeased. He didn’t even check to see if I’d be okay to drive home, something most men I know do without fail. (BTW, I was fine by the time I left, but still, he could’ve checked.) Oh well, at least I got to spend some time with friends I seldom see. I also saw my cousin’s fiance’ there. She couldn’t drive, so I was gonna take her home; then we decided we’d go to “The Pond.” It’s this large piece of land hidden by trees owned (I think) by the brothers who were performing. It has an RV on it, hooked up to electricity and everything, and a fairly large pond, completely man-made, and completely cement. It was the cement factor that made me brave enough to jump in, despite the fact that it was full of fish (so many we could see them swimming around the dock – until we disturbed them). The water was so warm, despite the fact that it was 5:00 AM. So I finally make it home around 7:30, sober, no hangover, but unbelievably tired from swimming, which I hadn’t done in a VERY long time. It wasn’t that kind of swimming where you just laze around in the water, floating, but real swimming. I enjoyed that part of the night immensely, but of course I’m still extremely disappointed about Mr. H. C.
Oh crap! That was REALLY long…SORRY! I’ve been rambling quite a lot lately.
Laney, I’d tell you a really whitty joke to make you :-, but I’m awful at those. Sorry, I’m not much help.
Metsie, congrats on the clean hubby. Is he feeling better?
I’m really bad at helping people feel better in general, but I wish there was something we could do for Annie.
Anyone else notice the new “ICK” category?
The trout leeps belong on there too!
Quiet over here today guys.
Hubby a lot better, but still weak.
Brie – sorry about your cow orker…
Good riddance to him Brin, I say.
Hey Helene, have you tried the ol’ positive thinking thing? (like, this is good, that is good – it’s not an instant fix but can help build confidence and self esteem – start small, any little good thing is still a good thing). Or you could become obsessively optimistic like me and say “at least” all the time. eg At least I have food to eat, at least I’ve got my kittens or at least a piano didn’t fall on my head. Of course, your friends and family may get sick of hearing those words – but, whatever works, right? Anyway. Just a thought.
Fred, it’s not easy to do when the thoughts in your head are going in a circle. I envy you though. Thanks for thinking of me.
I’ve got no time to read everything right now. I’ll catch up tomorrow. I’ve just been busy and wanted to let everyone know I didn’t disappear.
hiya peeps. fantas-tick day isn’t it?
LOL between the outdoor/v/indoor debate and the ticktock it’s a commentary day!
Hugz to everyone and hope there’s something to make you smile out there in the wide world today. Oh and PS: check my vox (much) later today as I’m gonna post some Kewuuute pics today. (but first I gottsa work sorries).
Laney, I completely understand the whole circling thoughts thing. I don’t know how many times people have said this exact phrase to me, but it never helps: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Problem is, what may be small stuff to one person may be huge stuff to another. But most people don’t seem to get that.
Hi everyone! Not dead yet, but I’m sure I will be wishing for it about mile 20 on our trip. We are packing away, everything takes so much longer with the special needs kiddos. We are set to leave Friday morning, I want to get out the door on time instead of around noon, which is when we traditionally leave. But I think I have thought of everything. We have sunscreen, snacks, clothes, what am I forgetting??
Helene, hang in there. One foot in front of the other. I was totally crackin up about what you said to CBD- he is one of those guys who is tough and manly on the outside and totally squishy on the inside. (sorry CBD) I think he likes it here at Buddy where everyone is nice:)
Brie, your life sounds so fun and exciting! Last night we watched Dune and folded laundry. We were trying to remember what made it pg-13 because we thought the boy would like it. But it is too gory. I forgot all the gory bits. All I remembered were the hilarious eyeballs and whats-his-face saying
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
Well, there you go Laney, that can be your mantra for today.
Metsie- maybe Marc is showering because he found out your secret. I am wondering what that could mean…
Yea, I’m with you guys on the whole thoughts issue. Last night I was stuck on the fact that I MAY have lost the tracking reciept to a package that MAY have gotten lost in the mail. Notice the “mays”, I told my boos, he shrugged and send don’t worry about it, we’ll deal with it if it’s really lost. (and he wasn’t in a coffee cup either)
Sometimes I think about quitting my job so that I won’t have these worries. HA! like it would be as simple as that. I’d be home wondering if I paid the bills or some such crap. and visual that friggin’ stop sign. HA! Okay…I’m done now.
Fred…I don’t mean this to offend you in any way. Its hard to imagine the sort of stuff that people can get stuck on. Last night, when I woke up thinking aboutthis stuff, I did, however, snorgle an unwilling kitty and that was distracting. Ouch.
sorry guys TMI…
Hello peeps,
Woke up today with my mind totally racing and quickened breathing, tried sleeping some more, only to dream about people yelling and rushing. So I got up a few minutes ago to see SO leave for work, chatting a bit helped me a little. So I’m going through the usual suspects (CO, SOMC, ICHC)this morning to make me smile. That cat cam helped. I should have my mom order it. Their cat is outdoor-indoor, which I personally don’t think is a very good idea, but it’s not like I’m going to convince them, they both grew up on farms where they had barn cats. The only cats we ever had as a child were pure breeds and those did stay in.
So anyway. I don’t know if I’ll be going into work today or not. We’ll see.
And as a government worker, I totally resent this :
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/07/16/i-r-hard-vorker/
LOL!
Lanie, I r govment wkr too!
Laney he clearly works in the USA not Canada (and possibly at motor vehicles)
Fixies, hope you’re bringing the Stupid Bup on your trip :
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/07/15/oh-hai-iz-all-paked/
Fixie, trust me, my life is far from exciting. My little adventures like the one this weekend happen only once in a blue moon. BTW, does anyone know exactly what that saying means? What’s a blue moon, and how often do they actually occur?
Brie,
lookie here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon
Bri, re: blue moons:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/3305141.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/moon/3304131.html
a commentraversey over Once in a blue moon.
Puddin?
I can has chocolate, plzkthx.
Metz – check out the site, Big Ben is up!
psst.
sqwerrly handzies here:
http://metz340.vox.com/library/post/why-dont-you-take-that-pig-to-the-zoo-we-had-so-much-fun.html
wheeeee!*running to http://www.cutebabyfix.com
oh hai… been so long since I checked in. But don’t look now, cuz I’m lurking!
Metzeee- cute offspring!
*bows* thankee kindley
made him myself.
(bad joke I know but it’s the only one I got)
Giggle, *snort* you guyz gotta see this:
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070716/480/a4679e40fcc94940b60828ae86268883
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070716/ap_on_fe_st/odd_elvis_rock_1;_ylt=AgipJjnKdMCkhvK1yGQthDlsaMYA
eeeeek.
busy
busy
busy.
CBD- pirate CASTLE??? OMGPONIES!!1!!!
Fred, glad that Kazi’s doing better!
Metsies, snorgle an unwilling ketteh? you survived? ouch!
k. more 2 say… but… time’s up
Hey Norty and Oakie and CeeCee, all you guys been really quiet lately.
Norty,
It’s possible to snorgle an unwilling cat. You just need to have a larger interpretation of “snorgling”. My SO calls it “cat chocking”
I added a new post to “Stuffed,” but it’s not really much.
not much????
only teh schweeetrest kitr & dogge pic evah!
Leek leek leek
Holdingks steeel Iz not dun yet!
I wish I had a rock with Elvis on it. The price I’d get for it would probably cover the coming semester’s books at least
Stupid German. The pack I need to buy is $200. Ouch.
Anyhow, I agree with Brin, I wish we could do something for Annie. I wonder how she’s doing…
I was gonna send Annie some mint jelly when she gets home, I know she doesn’t make that and I’m making a batch on Friday. Food is very comforting, I always give food when someone loses someone. (Which would explain why I’m so fat but that’s another story.)
On the lighter side, Marc had some hallucinations from all the painkillers in the hospital. I was scrubbibg the kitchen floor when he got home today. He says “All I’ve suffered and I’m still having hallucinations. Right now, I’m see you on the floor scrubbing it, so I know its a hallucination.” and I said that’s right, I’m in the office looking at cat pictures on the computer, you’d better go lie down.
We could all take photos of ourselves holding up a sign that saids Love or Hugz or something. and send them to her. CHeesey I know, and not really enough.
Gotta run folksies I prolly won’t be back til tomorrow as my night compu usage seems to be curtailed right now. Grrrrr (at Hubby)
Food is always nice. I know when my mum was active in the local Le Leche League everyone would take turns making dinner for whomever had a new baby. We also were in charge of providing breakfast foods for some friends when the father of the household passed away from cancer. Not having to worry about it makes things easier. Too bad we’re all over the country
Maybe Zee’s picture idea will be of some cheer. We could also put together a scrapbook of pictures of cats and warm wishes and things. We could all email to one person pictures, notes, etc. and they could print it out and send it to her.
Or how about a couple of posts for her on our stuffed and shaved? or everyone post something on their vox, so when she checks her neighborhood, she’ll see all our posts.
Also, I just updated my craft blog. No kitties this time, but pictures of me being antisocial
(Not really, it just looks that way. This is why younger sisters should not be given cameras)
Also, I just updated my craft blog. No kitties this time, but pictures of me being antisocial
(Not really, it just looks that way. This is why younger sisters should not be given cameras)
Almost forgot the link
Oops, double comment
What about us who have no Vox’s? Could you guys link something to ours so that she’ll be able to find our posts?
We could make a special vox group just for us?
With links to those who don’t have access to Vox or those who don’t have access could email pics or notes for us to post on their behalf?
Or maybe we could all email her? Her email is in her Vox account.
Thread jack -
it seems I did lose the rcpt to the package that did get lost in the mail. My boss is still calm, saying he’s sure the package or the rcpt will show up and I’m physically sick over this. Took 1st ativan of day….
But see, you weren’t crazy, you knew! And knowing prolly helped you prepare. I hope it will turn up Mets. Good Luck!
Metsies, I feel you, I’m having a difficult morning too.
ok.. I’m kinda back…
ooh! I love the picture idea!!! not knowing much about vox.. but can we flood her inbox with all sorts of stuffs???
or, I also love the idea of our own vox er whatever’s… my home computer can no longer take opening poor buddy’s page!!!
re: my last post… I opened the page in the morning, didn’t get to type till the afternoon, but the time stamp on it still said the time I’d opened the box!! how funny!
I haz interveiw!!! Friday morning… pray if you think of it.. doing the same job I’m doing now.. for a diff’n org, so… I won’t be flooded with all the extras this job has!!!
Actually, I was thinking we need to move this thread to another picture b/c it takes a really long time to open and post…we could hide in another thread and tell people where we’ve gone?
I wonder if it would be possible to have this post into several pages. Then we wouldn’t need to load the whole thing. Theo? Teeeeee-hooooo?
I just checked and we’re at 3524 comments.
posting stuff on here has caused the internet to shut down on my computer, but I have to say I don’t want to get rid of the posts, I still go back and read some of them from time to time.
I was thinking maybe we could move to Mr. Lee’s post…
Vox Buddies?
Boxies?
Doxies?
*(snort)*
Don’t ask it’s been a loooooong night and a loooong day & it’s only noon. I need a nap.
we could use the co chat room, or at least Meebo to create our own chat room?
They do retain the records so we could post a message that the others would see even if one of us were “alone” in the chatroom.
There’s also Yahoo groups. They’ve got message boards and such.
Just some thoughts. I’m having trouble loading this thread too, and if I give up and exit before it’s fully loaded all heck breaks loose on my computer…veddy veddy strange.
I would vote for moving to Mr.Lee’s page, if we need to move. I would miss the Budster tho. One of the beauties of this is the post record! I also think if we move, we should definitely ask Theo/Meg what their suggestions would be. We have hijacked their blog for our own social network.(There you go Meg, your next big idea- cute social networking.) I don’t know about the chat room thingy, they bug me. I think the other fun thing about this is the potential for new COers to stumble upon it. If we move it to Vox or somewhere, it becomes a closed group, which is not as much fun, because then we can’t make subversive comments about it. Check out the end of the Tick thread for what I mean…
Just for the record which one is Mr. Lee?
We could certainly move to the tick thread- no one would bother us there…
Mr. Lee is the cat cam guy. I suggested that instead of the tick b/c I kow looking at the tick bothers Laney and Metzee.
Teho – I think we need help. Please.
i liked the tick post but don’t really want to look at it day after day :p
If we move, I vote for the cats-in-sinks overload post. It has some commentroversy and features another “hefty” kitteh
you liked the tick post?
don’t ya know that my uncle’s cousin-in-law’s sister’s bestfriend’s dog got bit by a tick once?
That’s it, Metsie. You’re really starting to tick me off.
LOL I found one in my daughter’s head once. Ick.
It left a sore spot for a while and for forever she was going around telling people to be careful not to touch her “tick bump”. heh, wonder where she gets the weirdness from…*looks at husband thoughtfully*
and it was funny either he got lyme’s disease and rocky mountain spotted fever and the bite became infected and his system turned sceptic and then their house became infested with ticks and no one would visit them and they lost all their money and…
but they couldn’t live at the shelter b/c of the tick infestation
the end
do ya still like the tick post cause I have more
wasn’r funny no was funny
Metsie, saying we need help is a vast understatement, and I doubt T(Ed.) would be able to fix our problems no matter how hard he tried.
the only help I want from Teho is about moving the thread somewhere (if he could find that mail rcpt that would be good too)
Metsie, you’ve artickulated your feelings very well.
Oh if only Theo could help us all.
*bows to Theo*
Metsie, re the receipt. Perhaps it was filed by mistake with something else? Maybe check the papers of stuff that you might’ve had on your desk at the same time you got the receipt & it got stuck to/with something else & put in that file? *hoping for you*
Metzee – been checking files all day. Boss still calm. Now I’m thinking to check the laundry.
Oakie is there something is partickular that your trying to get across?
That reminds me, I have a friend who calls kitties tiKKies. I always thought it was cute… UNTIL NOW! hahaha
I made this a while back just in case we ever needed it…
http://cutetalk.informe.com/index.php
I agree this post is taking a while to load.
Ok,I got us into this mess, and I’m not saying it is my decision, or anything, but a couple of things: We need to wait until Annie gets back. She does not need to hit Buddy and find us gone. Also, I am going to be gone on Friday for nine days. I don’t want to come home to no one on Buddy either. I say we move to Mr. Lee on August 1st unless Meg or Theo have any objections? That way, everyone has time to find out, lurkers will find out, and we are still where others can find us on CO. I think it would just not be the same if we left CO, thanking Russia kindly for making us a forum. If Theo doesn’t get back to us here, I will send him a message on Vox, and get his input. Does this sound good to everyone? I’m not trying to be obnoxious, but everyone is so nice here, we may never decide what to do:)
LOL I second CBF’s ideas.
Mebbe we can give Annie the honor of being “last”?
Just a thought don’t smack me!
I like grapes
I love that idea Metz! I would gladly let Annie be last, and she could leave a post telling folks where we went. Only I won’t let Helene be last. Won’t.
CBF excellent idea. I was thinking about Annie. Obviously the last post on this thread would be that we’ve moved to another thread.
PACKAGE WAS FOUND..!!!!!!
TUNA DANCE
Whooooooot!
Go Metsie it’s ya birthday!
Go Metsie!
Yeah!
Ok I gots to go home now. Won’t get to chitchat til tomorrows sorries folksies.
Last note: PLZ help me to decide which of my zoopics I should submit for consideration here…if they be wort it. Kthxbyeeee!
(I just can’t decide)
how does it work?
wow, that posted really late; was supposed to come after russia’s comment
I think that CBF suggests some good ideas. Of course the forum can always be used as backup or as a separate venue, especially if we decide we’re superheroes and need a top secret really obvious hideout.
August 1st works for me
Also, Brin, the forum works like most any other forum online. Here are the FAQs:
http://cutetalk.informe.com/faq.php
I’m only registered in a few forums online, but all that I’ve seen (I think) use this format. It doesn’t take long to figure out.
and of course, just got home and found the rcpt for the package….
Metsie- Major Tuna Dance!
I’m impatient peeps, so I’m gonna give Teho a shout, K?
sure okay w/ me
Nah, it’s not the Buddy Thread that’s slow, the wholes Internet crashed because of Eric Tipton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCyAHJ27Uw
It’ll just take a couple of months for the chipmunks to get back up to speed…..
CBD oh noes!
Go away for a day and everyone’s planning a desertion!!! Reminds me of something that happened to my hubby. He went on yr 9 camp (aged 14), when he got home, no one came to pick him up so he walked home where he find strangers in his house. His parents bought a house and moved while he was gone – and they forgot about him! Loving family, what!
I’ll put 1st August in me calendar.
Fred – we were gonna leave a note!
poor hubby!
ok, the interwebs crashing video KILLS me!!!!
whewe…. wiping away tears of laughter again…
August first moving date…
that was a random grape-ing… was that to go with teh cheese carrie?
fred! that’s aweful!!! and I was upset that my parents re-wallpapered the house when I went to camp!! lol
metsies, the receipt found you!
August 1 if it is ok with Theo and Meg. I sent him some email, but he hasn’t got back to me, so we will wait until he has time to mess with little ol us. I have had much more time to post this week than I imagined, but I will be leaving tomorrow and I need to pack the car today. Take care everyone, and keep the fires burning bright!
Sometimes, if I come upon a conversation that is getting too wild and wooley or wicked I just randomly grape it.
Is that a bad thing?
Buddy is fat ya know? But, so am I and about 80% of the world and who cares! Do they do Gastric Bypass for kitties, I think not! FAT CATS AND FAT CHICKS RULZ! Ask my hubby.
I agree Carrie! But see, this thread is so not about Buddy anymore, we just hang out here. Welcome to the club, if you want.
Good Grief –
OK Peeps, I haven’t poked my head in here for a good while now, but wow, this thread is Out Of Control. It looks like I *WILL* have to close down the Buddy Party, after all. TypePad is begging for mercy, and so is my FireFox.
BUT DON’T PANIC — I HAVE CREATED A POST ON MY VOX for the discussion of potential alternatives, so even though this ol’ thing is closed, you can GO HERE:
http://teho.vox.com/library/post/closing-the-buddy-thread-at-cute-overload.html
Once a suitable new home is chosen, I’ll re-direct the link, and call it something like “The Un-Official CO Fan Forum”. Okey dokes?
UPDATE 6/20/2009 — this has been replaced by the Cute Talk Forum, officially/unofficially, for years…