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Yesterday, @tgarnsl floated the idea that our kitty is actually Napoleon Bonaparte.

Proposition: Kitty is Napoleon

Evidence:

• does what she wants
  
• starts fights
  
• doesn’t listen when she’s told it’s time to stop fighting
  
• still wrangles treats out of people
  
• would probably escape captivity to stir up trouble
  
• needs attention

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I've long since mastered the trick of sleeping through Grrlpup's alarm -- I'm a light sleeper, so yes, that is a trick that required mastery -- but Simone sees Grrlpup getting up as reason to go into paroxysms of yelling about the world. And that I haven't been able to sleep through, or even return to sleep after. So much for catching up on sleep, ( Read more... )

While we were in Colorado and Wyoming, everyone we met asked if there was a new dog on the horizon. (I was startled every time. Were/are we associated with Louie that strongly? Or is that just standard catching-up small talk?) But, as it turns out, there was a new dog on the horizon, and we would be fostering/guardianing/adopting her the very day ( Read more... )