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Kitty, the blog animal
January 6, 2006
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As our little scientist, Ms Kitty, might explain -- colors have the ability to travel through substances, and also to be reflected...
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Kitty, the blog animal
January 5, 2006
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Kitty seems to be shifting gears in her scientific persuits...
If I am interpreting this correctly, she seems to be into
"couch discovery" mode.
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Kitty, the blog animal
January 4, 2006
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Kitty, the blog animal
January 3, 2006
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If I thought she wouldn't get lost, I'd take Kitty to the seashore and we would look for seashells -- but instead, we are sticking closer to home... Kitty has made
"green discovery number two"...
And what a fine discovery it is, Kitty...
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Kitty, the blog animal
January 2, 2006
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Kitty, the blog animal
January 1, 2006
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 31, 2005
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Here's Kitty, birdwatching
amongst the Pickleweed on San Pablo Bay...
Pickleweed grows in salt marshes, often where no other plants survive.
The plant's high salt tolerance is accomodated by roots which can keep a lot of salt from entering the plant, plus a filtering system which pumps excess salt to storage cells (vacuoles) at the plant's tips. When the vacuoles can't hold any more salt -- they break down, turning red and falling off -- leaving younger cells to take over pumping and storing salt.
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 30, 2005
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I just noticed Kitty's eyes and I think she may have already been doing a little
early celebrating...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 29, 2005
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Kitty was recently arrested and booked on charges of being way too cute...
When I bailed her out, they gave me a copies of her booking photos, both
front and side views...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 28, 2005
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With all the rain we have been getting, the sun is only a memory, and it
seems like years since we've had a nice day...
Kitty pretty much rotates between sleeping and eating, and she is pretty much oblivious to the soggy boredom... This photo is from a million years ago...
Yep, the sun did once shine...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 27, 2005
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It's probably my own fault for catering to her every whim, but our little
chow-hound
has perfected her own version of the game of cherades...
Unmistakeably, nuzzling up to the refrigerator means feed me...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 26, 2005
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I tried my best to get Kitty interested in her two new toys (a knotted-up shoelace and a toilet paper tube), but other than waking up a few times to stretch and beg for food, Kitty spent her entire Christmas day fast sawing logs on the couch...
I found this slightly more wide awake
photo of her in the archives...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 25, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 24, 2005
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It's Christmas Eve and it's the proper time to bust-out the
missletoe...
But as you might know, kissing a cat is problematic (hairy lips), so our equivalent is a kind word in her ear and a soft touch to her nose...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 23, 2005
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There wasn't much competition, so Kitty has once again won the title of Kittyland's
"top tomato"...
And it might be prudent to keep this quiet, but yours truly managed to win the title of "big cheese" again this year...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 22, 2005
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The weather-person is forecasting fair weather for Christmas, but right now it is
stormy weather...
...Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky
...Stormy weather
...Since my man and I ain’t together,
...Keeps rainin’ all the time
...Life is bare, gloom and mis’ry everywhere
...Stormy weather
...Just can’t get my poorself together,
...I’m weary all the time
...So weary all the time
...When he went away the blues walked in and met me.
...If he stays away old rockin’ chair will get me.
...All I do is pray the lord above will let me walk in the sun once more.
...Can’t go on, ev’ry thing I had is gone
...Stormy weather
...Since my man and I ain’t together,
...Keeps rainin’ all the time
[credit: "Stormy Weather" lyrics by Ted Koehler and Harold Arlen]
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 21, 2005
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This really-yucky wet weather we're having right now is going to bring a whole new and abundant crop of weeds for Kitty to chomp...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 20, 2005
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Kitty may not know her left from her right, but she
is a great dancer...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 19, 2005
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Kitty's reputation preceeded her arrival, and way back then I already knew about her great love for corn-on-the-cob... For Kitty, being served a little raw piece of corn was just a normal part of life... Normal, but still an important event... In fact, Kitty can get so enthusiastic about "corn-time" that she often cranks-up her special
spiral eyes for the occasion...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 18, 2005
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I had invisioned Kitty as an
Christmas ornament
hanging on our tree, but when Kitty saw the piece of wire I intended to use as a hook, she refused to go along with the plan...
Plan "B" is to invision her as a Christmas ball...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 17, 2005
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How anything could be late this early on a quiet Saturday morning is a question to ponder, but our full-size cat clock
says it is 7:13 a.m., and not a single word of KittyBLOG has been written... Kitty is finally in attendance, but her eyes are closed and she is sawing logs -- obviously without a single thought to clutter up her pretty little head...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 16, 2005
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It is just a local adventure,
but it is an adventure, none-the-less...
...it could be just behind the next blade of grass...
...and nothing is going to go un-noticed...
...and nobody is going to get away with anything...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 15, 2005
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In efforts to expand her horizon without actually going anywhere, I am thinking of giving Kitty a subscription to National Geographic...
I'll probably need to turn the pages for her, but I've measured, and the size of her head is just about perfect...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 14, 2005
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Eat food |
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Occupy Don's lap |
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Sleep all day |
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Beg for food |
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Hang out in weeds |
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Bounce pests |
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Thank folks for visiting KittyBLOG |
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Tell folks to tell all their friends about KittyBLOG |
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 13, 2005
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Kitty makes it look easy, but being a cat is probably not the easiest thing in life to be... Occasionally I give her a
"pat on the head"
for doing such a fine job...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 12, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 11, 2005
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Kitty only gets to travel with me in spirit, but I spotted this curious sign yesterday afternoon in the Marin Headlands, at the gate of the old Nike-Hercules missile launch station...
Actualy, they haven't used dogs as sentrys since the missiles were removed in 1974, but they've kept the sign in place none-the-less...
Here she is -- Kitty as a sentry cat...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 10, 2005
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I don't remember exactly when Kitty first decided to take over one of my
kitchen cabinets as her own personal little clubhouse, but she most certainly did -- case closed... end of story...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 9, 2005
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All this year Kitty has been looking forward to playing Baby Jesus in the school play, but in their efforts to be politically-correct, the Board of Education has changed the theme to something about Santa Claus and his whacky elves... Kitty is still included in the production, but now she has been reassigned to play the part of a
reindeer...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 8, 2005
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Finally, sunny California has gotten just about as cold and nasty as the rest of the states, and Kitty probably has been
dreaming of nicer days...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 7, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 6, 2005
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Although Kitty and I belong to the Church of the Holey Doughnut, we borrow many of our values from Christianity...
So anyway, for our Christmas card this year we have decided on the neglected theme:
Peace on earth, Good will towards all...
Kitty did the calligraphy...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 5, 2005
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It would be premature to say that Kitty has a new friend within her own species, but I've noticed that she has been allowing a pretty blue-eyed cat to walk across her territory...
This is certainly not typical behavior for our little
pestbouncer, but it is definitely a step in the right direction...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 4, 2005
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The little sign on my door reads
no solicitors,
and there she is -- our little pestbouncer at work enforcing the rule...
The other half of her job description is to make darn sure invited guests feed the parking meter...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 3, 2005
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Trying to figure out what is going on inside Kitty's little head is still not
an exact science... Attaching wires to her is out of the question, and all I've been able to pick up with a wireless interface is static, so I have gone back to simply listening very
closely and carefully... I'll keep you posted...
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 2, 2005
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Kitty and I got an e-mail yesterday from a fellow requesting a link to his memorial website for Scratchy-the-Cat, and I was happy to give him the link (at the bottom of the left column), but it started me thinking about the
transient nature of life
-- and how terribly sad I would be if Kitty ever died or just decided to "take a hike"...
Actually, I guess it would work both ways -- because really, being so dependent on me, I'm not sure what Kitty would do, or how she would cope, if I met with an early demise...
It reminded me that we should enjoy and appreciate every moment together, because it is impossible to know what fate will bring... Amen.
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Kitty, the blog animal
December 1, 2005
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It is a rainy day -- I've got the morning off, and Kitty prefers not to count or bless weeds in the rain, so, we are
stuck with eachother...
Left to her own devices, Kitty would do little more than beg for food for the next several hours -- but to avoid that, I'll need to keep her busy with games, puzzles, and if she is well behaved, I might even read her a story or two.
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 30, 2005
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And there are still some people in this world, despite overwhelming evidence, who refuse to believe in the overwhelming power of weeds...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 29, 2005
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I think I mentioned previously that Kitty did not come with an owner's manual, so it took some trial-and-error to figure out her gear-shifting pattern...
Finding the location of her
horn-button
was much easier...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 28, 2005
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Monday has arrived, and Kitty is once again hard at work doing whatever it is that a
weed inspector does...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 27, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 26, 2005
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One look... just one look into Kitty's eyes shows me she is already quite full of
holiday spirit... Better let me do the driving, Kitty...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 25, 2005
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I've sternly warned Kitty against making crank calls to the Butterball Turkey Hotline and bothering them with silly turkey riddles:
Why did they let the turkey join the band?
Because he had the drumsticks.
Why did the police arrest the turkey?
They suspected it of fowl play.
What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?
Plymouth Rock
Why did the turkey cross the road?
It was the chicken's day off.
Why did the Indian chief wear so many feathers?
To keep his wigwam.
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Kitty, the blog animal
Happy Thanksgiving
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Sometimes I forget that food is a prime component of Kitty's life...
And Kitty has standards -- fast-food and sudden-service just isn't her style... Here she is, dining by candlelight...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 23, 2005
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chomp...
chomp... chomp... chomp... chomp...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 22, 2005
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And there are many times when Kitty is in a
quiet mood...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 21, 2005
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Kitty enjoys weekends off from her weed job,
but the weekend-workers come in and never fail to leave the weeds in such a disasterous
disarray that Kitty really dreads going into work on Monday morning...
And it might take her until Wednesday (and a lot of cussing), but eventually she will get all the weeds sorted out, standing tall, and plugged in properly...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 20, 2005
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One of these days I am going to try to pin down Kitty's exact age, but I know she is over 10, but probably not yet over 12...
For the first two years of her life, Kitty was taken care of by some super cool people living upstairs, but you know how things happen -- people split and move on...
So... Kitty came to live downstairs here with me, and it's been pretty much one
continuous wild party since she arrived...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 19, 2005
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Well... like I was telling you, Kitty is just like a little person...
And she is definitely
my little friend...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 18, 2005
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I don't think I would call her
meek...
She is just very observant and quite careful...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 17, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 16, 2005
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Well, jeeezzzzz.... -- who would have thought there might be a conflict between Kitty's spiritual duties as Weed Goddess, and her occasional volunteer work as County Weed Inspector over at City Hall... But some bureaucrat spotted the
conflict of interest
and raised a big stink, so I think if she must make a choice, Kitty will let City Hall take a flying-leap.
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 15, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 14, 2005
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I think Kitty is struggling with figuring out whether
corn
is a weed or a vine...
I would like to assure her that it's a vine, but I know that's wrong without even Googling it, so I'm just going to try to avoid the subject, and
Kitty can continue to go on thinking that corn is within her realm... What she doesn't know won't matter... But hopefully, our corn crop won't be stunted by uncredentialed blessings...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 13, 2005
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A few days ago I mentioned that Kitty was a cat goddess,
but I neglected to report that her exact title, which closely mirrors her duties,
is goddess of all
weeds and vines...
Blessed be all weeds and vines... Amen...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 12, 2005
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I knew trying to sneak Kitty into the local movie theater under my jacket might be a mistake,
but the disappointment came when Kitty and I found out that they no longer show
Mickey Mouse shorts between features...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 11, 2005
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This photo of Kitty was
so blue
that it almost went to the delete folder, but then I saw it had qualities worth salvaging...
I succeeded at pulling out a lot of blue from your face, Kitty, but I left you a lot of blue in the background, because I know you like a lot of blue in your backgrounds...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 10, 2005
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Kitty enjoys all the rights and privileges of being of the human kind, however she also has a higher responsibility of being a cat goddess...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 9, 2005
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 8, 2005
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Here's
4; count em, 4 shots of Kitty
4 your viewing pleasure...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 7, 2005
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I've never been able to figure out the idiosyncrasies of how Kitty rotates, but
Flash® uses
time as an object
to calculate rotation. If you have Flash® (and nothing better to do), you can read how to make your own Flash® analog clock over at:
http://flash7analogclock.blogspot.com
The following is an exciting sneak-peek at it's javascript (actionscript):
// START OF .AS
time=new Date(); // time object
seconds = time.getSeconds()
minutes = time.getMinutes()
hours = time.getHours()
hours = hours + (minutes/60);
seconds = seconds*6; // calculates seconds
minutes = minutes*6; // calculates minutes
hours = hours*30; // calculates hours
sec._rotation=seconds; // gives rotation
min._rotation=minutes; // gives rotation
hour._rotation=hours; // gives rotation
// END OF .AS
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Announcement: More new photos have been added to my
"big site"...
You are invited to view 28 nice shots of San Francisco's financial district "in first light" in set #16 beginning at:
http://www.photoarrow.com/big/t01.html
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 6, 2005
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At the time when a cat is emotionally mature enough to understand;
a parent, guardian, caregiver, (or in my case; indentured servant), is supposed to fulfill their responsibility by sitting down with their cat and explaining a few of the delicate facts of life. Such as about that moon...
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Announcement: New photos have been added to my
"big site"...
You are invited to view 24 rather spectacular reflections in the Lagunitas Creek in set #15 beginning at:
http://www.photoarrow.com/big/q01.html
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 5, 2005
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No, I didn't feed Kitty all of those pieces of corn at once... I've just been too lazy to clean up after her...
Now, if you're brand-new to KittyBLOG you may not know that Kitty is exceptionally fond of raw corn-on-the-cob -- be it fresh from the field, or those yucky little thawed frozen cobbettes...
I often get some interesting reactions from people when I mention that my cat
really enjoys corn-on-the-cob...
Some people think it's really wierd, and other people think I'm just nuts, but it never fails to get some sort of reaction...
Actually, corn isn't really all that good of a food, because it really doesn't have much nutrition, and it is just starch -- and who the heck needs to eat a lot of starch? -- but Kitty just loves it, and when it comes down to it -- a day without corn would be unthinkable !!!
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 4, 2005
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I'm certainly no expert on the subject, but if love could be visualized, I'm pretty sure it would demonstrate itself in the form of
radiating ripples...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 3, 2005
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Ah yes, Kitty's window mounted
cat door...
From this vantage point Kitty can observe the world from both sides -- in and out -- without having to commit to either... It's also a good way for her to keep her butt warm...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 2, 2005
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Kitty is a durable cat, and I am exceedingly grateful that we have never had any reason whatsoever to visit the vet... But that almost changed a few days ago when I noticed her favoring her
right-front leg,
but she was still able to walk on it, albeit gingerly, so I decided to wait and see if it got any better -- and it has, so I am extremely happy about that...
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Kitty, the blog animal
November 1, 2005
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Well, that is the last time I go trick-or-treating with Kitty...
I tried to explain that the goal was to maximize our loot by knocking on as many doors as we could, but Kitty insisted in doing it her way by
lying in wait...
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