I think I mentioned this before. My cat throws up occasionally. I gather from some friends this is normal for cats.

However, one friend I talked to said that throwing up hairballs was normal, not throwing up pieces of food, which is what my cat does. Anyone care to confirm if this is true ( Read more... )

During the recent 9/11 attacks it is estimated that about 3,000 people died at the world trade center. That's a lot of people, but I just wanted to see how that compared to various other things.

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I've been reading a lot of (democratic) political sites recently, and more and more of them are accusing the media and the white house of manipulating the discussion by framing the question. ( non-partisan discussion ahoy )

Sorry I haven't been around for a while. Life has been pretty busy. ( more feeble excuses )

While problems continue with my cat waking me up at night, she's still a great joy to me. Occasionally she will walk across parts of my body as I am sleeping. Perhaps this is for companionship, or in hopes of getting more food, or maybe just because I am a warm body. Sometimes she will knead the blankets with her little paws, or parts of me as ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got a shipment of stuff in from petco.com. Some cat supplies and toys. The toys included twelve little furry mice (nto real) for Gwen to play with, a fishing-pole-like-thing for her to bat at the end of which could be held or attached to the wall, and a small piece of cat furniture with several platforms for her to climb on. Well, it ( Read more... )

The good news is that my place wasn't flooded last night ( Read more... )

Last night I was up quite late because about 12' from my condo they were ripping up the street (as in RIGHT outside, just past my very narrow yard). They were jack-hammering away, having started before I got home. At about 11 PM I went out to find out what this was about, and apparently some water pipes had leaked and were flooding the houses ( Read more... )

Or something like that. Gwen kept me up most of last night with plaintive cries and walking across my bed ( Read more... )

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