Fu Manchu was licking the last couple of drops of milk out of my cereal bowl and occasionally backing away from the bowl and circling it, growling. I couldn't figure out what he was growling at--the other cats weren't even nearby.

Then I realized.

He was growling at his own reflection in the spoon.

Fu Manchu is convinced that every bowl in front of him is his food bowl. If I am eating and he climbs up onto my lap, my bowl is in front of him. Oh, Fu Manchu, the silly things you do.

• + Fu Manchu has discovered he can fit between my keyboard tray and my desk. Small paws attack pens.

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• Fu Manchu has the rapt attention of the cats in the house. They follow him around--just to make sure he's not sneaking up on them.
• Are you happy? ping.fm/KBQjb
• - Girl fainted on bus, faceplanted, had small seizure. Paramedics helped her out.

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x-post LJ, FbWhy yes, I do have some more ridiculously cute kitten pictures. We estimate the kitten is now about 4 weeks old. His new trick is squatting and peeing if we hold him in place in his litter box. I have hopes that he will ever be house-trained. Alas, this only works for pee. His claws are very clawlike; I have to wear a gardening glove ( Read more... )

x-post LJ/Fb--

Yes, our house was hit by a tornado. Thirteen years I lived in Kansas, right in Tornado Alley, without a problem, though there were plenty of times that we headed to the cellar when I was growing up. Then I grow up, move to Minneapolis, buy a house--and then get hit by a tornado. Ridiculouser and ridiculouser ( Read more... )

We are now a three cat household. Or rather, a "two cat and one very tiny kitten that I really hope makes it" household.

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Dear World, I appreciate the get-well gift, but eep!

• 10:22 Foundling believes that my proper place is in front of the computer, and his is on my lap in front of the computer. But I leave every day.
• 11:06 I do love ping.fm/ATOLg - never shop online without checking it!
• 11:07 Oh do I ever want this t-shirt to be reprinted - ping.fm/YkTD1
• 11:23 Join the marrow donor database. Usually costs $50, is free ( Read more... )

• 11:12 Dear Spam: "Powder for custard launcher"? Really? Custard launcher? Oy.
• 11:25 Photo of the space shuttle before dawn (APOD): ping.fm/isSyQ
• 13:42 - Although I can work on writing stuff here, I do not have cats that pester me for attention. ::misses cats::
• 14:56 From the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks: bit.ly/xlUxI

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• 14:22 My cats are cute, but not that cute: ping.fm/UzO5W
• 14:26 ping.fm/cgbUs
• 14:34 Beautiful, surreal (and a couple borderline NSFW) paintings on wood (via BoingBoing): ping.fm/B2vki
• 23:08 + Had lovely eve at the Chatterbox, drinking root beer and playing hand & foot.

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