I took Jesse for a walk tonight, because he was being a complete and utter pain in the ass about it. Whining and whining, so on and so forth ( Read more... )

People often find this hard to believe, but I did not grow up with cats. There were cats on my street, but my family were dog people. When I was born, we had a dog named Tippy. Tippy was a boarder collie and a sweet dog. Before Tippy, my parents had a cat named Jinx, which I think is a bad name for cats, because Jinx got hung on his own collar ( Read more... )

I've been listening to a lot of audio books lately. It helps to drown out the ringing, which is not going away. But, I'm not complaining. I've been doing enough complaining lately.

My latest book is Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World It's a pretty good book, much in the vein of Marley and Me, except that Dewey is some ( Read more... )

Anyone on my FL play Sims 2? Well, that was a silly question, what I should have said was "How many of you on my FL play Sims 2 ( Read more... )

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet someone who needs a punch in the face

Seems sorta silly to have not updated this since Thanksgiving and now to be saying, "Merry Christmas," but I did want to send along seasons best, no matter what you celebrate ( Read more... )

X-posted to cat_lovers

You know, my cats are for the most part, a bunch of idiots, but sometimes, they do things that have me almost convinced it's all an act.

Case in point...today. A new neighbor came over to use our phone and got to talking to Todd about internet and other things. I was changing the liter box, as I do every other day. This is not a ( Read more... )

Yes, I made meatloaf and despite the smell of hot, burning, blacktop tar filling our apartment, the stench did not get into the meatloaf. It was actually pretty tasty and we've got plenty left over for another meal and a couple of sandwiches. Plenty of left over whipped potatoes too ( Read more... )

We're having the driveway blacktopped. Okay, the landlord is having the driveway blacktopped. It is quite hot outside today, so our windows are open to let the breeze in. The whole house now smells awful ( Read more... )

A very large bug got into my place today. And by large, I'm talking large by New England standards. It was maybe 2" long, rather beetle like with a fair amount of legs (six maybe? I didn't stop to count or buy it shoes, so I can't be sure) waving antena. It reminded me of a large, ugly roach. I have no clue what type of bug it was, I don't ( Read more... )