When they were deep enough in the woods to feel safe, Nine’s mother built a fire ( Read more... )

I don't know if this comes directly after the previous scene, or if there should be something in between.
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Not sure where this is going: ( Read more... )

Ran out of cat food (wet *and* dry) last night:

(opens can of tuna)

Carter: Yay! OMNOMNOM.

Narly: I -- I don't know what that is. No. Just no.

This morning:

(opens can of salmon)

Carter: W00t!eleventy1111!!

Narly: (runs and hides)

Another cat-themed vintage SF story. I think Captain Wow has the best name in the story.

After reading a little about Cordwainer Smith, I tried to find an online copy of 'Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.' I haven't, but by googling that phrase I have warned Nostrilla's defenders of my interest in their planet.

ETA - but I did find The Dead Lady of ( Read more... )

Why have I not seen this before? Even from the clips I found on youtube, I'm grinning -- Samurai Jack-style animation, filled with little details: Pangur Ban has one blue and one green eye; Aisling can't pass between iron bars (or into a monastery, most likely), so she sends the cat into the building, turned to knotwork under her singing, as a ( Read more... )

Two managers in my office, discussing a possible new hire:

"So, he was an elderly man?"

"I couldn’t get a bead on his age."

"But he had a 'grim reaper' personality?"

"Not his personality, his appearance. Like, dyed jet-black hair, black suit, black tie, white shirt, really tall and skinny… he rescues cats."

"He’s Superman?!"He didn’t look as ( Read more... )

The CNE Air Show is in full roar. Narly doesn't seem overly disturbed but he is curious enough about the sounds to watch the window instead of the Grenada Sherlock Holmes dvds playing on the tv.

Tesla reminisces about the pet cat he had as a kid.

My god, it's like a live-action version of Lackadaisy; and that is one patient (and stylin') Abyssinian modeling it all.