When my husband and I got together, we knew that we would never have children together. We were both in our mid-40s, plus I have two sons from my first marriage and he has three, so our family was already going to be a large one. We also had between us a rather large assortment of animals, but somehow another pet didn't seem as daunting. So, when ( Read more... )

My work at the West Campus Learning Center at our local community college has me finishing up each day at 7 p.m. Since I usually feed our cats in the evenings, they've started congregating at the front door around then, greeting me with vociferous demands that they be fed immediately. I resist following orders, especially from the non-human members ( Read more... )

Today, Muffin, one of my sons' cats, came home (to my sons' house) from the Broadway Animal Clinic, where he spent nearly three weeks following surgery to prevent him from being blocked by kidney stones. Although Muffin is only three years old, we've had to rush him off to vets twice, because he's developed blockages. The care Muffin received at ( Read more... )

Via dancinghorse:

( lolcatz )

When I visited my dad at Thanksgiving, there was a new kitten in the house. The kitten's name is Vinton.

( I've tucked a few photos of my dad and the kitten under the cut... )

One of asakiyume's daughters created this animation for the song "Can't Stop Me Now" by Queen.

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Being on Facebook is exposing me to even more of all the fun, er, distractions that can be found on the web. For instance, one of my friends there posted a link to this photo article, Friday Watch: All Dogs Go To Heaven . . ., which was in the Silicon Valley WatcherNow, I remain a neutral observer on the issue of what happens to us after death, but ( Read more... )

I wasn't planning on posting again this evening, but then I came across this video in Will Shetterly's RSS feed and, given my last post, it was just too apropos to pass up, even though the language sometimes edges past my very staid limits *g*:

( Watch The Mean Kitty Song )

I just learned some very disturbing information, thanks to crinklequirk.

( Result under cut )

I spoke with Ian earlier this evening and he said that Muffin is doing much better. Thank you to all who expressed concern or otherwise thought good thoughts for Muffin.