"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Cats, Lists, Photo entries, Utter Silliness, videos, Words I Like on Jan 17th, 2008
1. Confession time! (oh, this is going to be fun!) I sometimes confuse or conflate various celebrities or famous people, because I don’t follow their doings closely and maybe they look kind of alike, or have similar names. For example, I can’t ever keep David Duchovny & George Clooney straight in my mind. Back in […]
Posted in biking, Cats, Photo entries, Playing With Weather, Sewing, Shopping on Dec 15th, 2007
I had no big hairy plans today, honestly. Maybe go for a bike ride and take some pictures, weather permitting, probably sit around in front of the fireplace reading and occasionally shoving a cat’s butt off my book. I didn’t expect to actually get anything accomplished. It all started out with me waking up early. […]
Posted in Cats on Oct 10th, 2007
I had to pill her this morning; it only went as well as it did because she wasn’t feeling so great. In any case, the pill went down her throat with only minimal trauma to all involved, and then I left her to her own devices until lunchtime. I buzzed home on lunch break to […]
Posted in Cats on Oct 9th, 2007
Sugar, AKA Smallcat, AKA Little Miss is sick. I took her in to the vet today where she was found to have a 105.4F fever. Doc Elliston gave her an injection of a strong antibiotic and sent us home with a pill for tomorrow, instructions to test her temperature rectally tomorrow, and orders to bring […]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Imports from old blogs, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Mar 14th, 2006
My cat has a coat of arms. Words cannot describe how much this amuses me. The Ancient Arms of Griswald! Frankly, if I were designing a coat of arms for Griswald, a large, plumy tail would have to feature into it somewhere. People frequently ask me if Griswald was named after the family featured in […]
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs on Dec 15th, 2005
Because then my recycling bin stinks of cat-piss and I have to hose it out before I can bring it inside, and frankly, I’m not enthusiastic about using a garden hose in the middle of December. Go figure. And then, because un-neutered cats’ piss is so pungent and adhesive, the bin is still smelly and […]
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries, Utter Silliness on Nov 15th, 2005
What you see here is the main reason people keep housepets. Because pets are goofy and often amusing. That thing on Sugar’s head? Is the plastic bag a column of saltine crackers had come in. We’d had soup and finished off some crackers, and Sugar felt compelled to grab the bag and run off to […]
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs on Sep 16th, 2005
A measure of how bad of a bike dork I am. Even the damn cat has a chainring tattoo. Er. Yes, I keep my bike(s) inside. And yes, I am concerned about the massive stripe of filthy grease on my poor cat’s haunch. I’m going to try to clean it off with a damp cloth, […]
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs on Feb 24th, 2005
I just got done scrubbing up my hands after having to do a detailed, amateur poo-nalysis on a cat turd. Griswald has been having some kind of bottom-system ittitation lately, and has been butt-scooting on the floor, which suggest either worms, anal-gland blockage, or something stuck in his ass-hair. I inspected his bum-fluff, and saw […]
Posted in Cats, Imports from old blogs on Feb 8th, 2005
Taste test of Natura's California Natural chicken-&-rice cat-food proceded this afternoon. Sugar liked it. She really liked it. Griz sniffed his bowl, then went to sniff hers, and she, without missing a beat or a bite, reached up with her near paw and whomped him on the head when he tried to stick his nose […]