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Kitty, the blog animal
April 24, 2008
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Kitty has a new job scanning
San Francisco Bay for any signs of trouble...
She's on the lookout for oil spills, miscreant captains, and the occasional capsized sailboat...
Kitty's boss told her to keep her eyes open for terrorists -- they hired her for her claws...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 23, 2008
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When I look at Kitty and then look at a horse,
there seems to be a vague resemblance between the two
species... Kitty's ears are quite similar, but her head is more of a pumpkin shape...
The horse has a big schnozz, and Kitty has a little schnooze...
The horse's eyes are beautiful black and beautiful black, and Kitty's eyes are
beautiful tan and beautiful earth...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 22, 2008
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And even though I don't think they will be firing-off fireworks or having an ice-cream eating contest, today
is
Earth Day, and Kitty and I wish you a happy one...
I keep saying that I wish I could take Kitty with me on all my little outings, but the danger of losing
her is too great... But I'm sure she would have enjoyed getting her paws wet in the damp sand of a fine
beach I found on Sunday... Don't know what she would have made of the dog I ran across while on that
beach, however... The critter was running free having an exceptionally good time investigating all the
smells and generally having a good time all by itself -- no owner in sight...
Only birds, clams, and a crusty photographer... Ah, bliss...
Thank you Mother Earth...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 21, 2008
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Around here at Kittyland, Kitty is the one with the
bubbly personality...
(that's probably why I put three dots ... after every sentence)
But call it foam, froth, or suds -- Kitty keeps me in a pretty good lather 24/7...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 20, 2008
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Waking up with an "old-fart" like Don in his smelly underwear may not be as
glamorous as a dainty lady in all her frills -- but at this stage of her life I'm all Kitty has, and she doesn't
really seem to mind... In fact, I believe she is madly in love with me -- and yes Kitty, the feeling is mutual...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 19, 2008
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Even though numerous and bold signs proclaim our yard as Kittyland, the local
deer fall-by on a regular basis...
Yesterday I noticed this beautiful creature grazing close to the house, so even though I was shooting through a
dirty window that should have been washed four or five years ago, I think it came out pretty well...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 18, 2008
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And even though it was much to early yesterday over at San Francisco's
Conservatory of Flowers
for them to be open for visitors, I spooked around the exterior for a while and soaked up the atmosphere so I
would have something to tell Kitty about when I got home... Seems like they're always looking for
knowledgeable docents over there -- and I really didn't have Kitty's permission to do this -- but I slipped her
resume under the door and I'm hoping that the higher-ups will realize Kitty's potential...
The way I see it,
every garden needs a cat...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 17, 2008
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Of course, Kitty never really gets to go anywhere with me -- someone has to stay home and hold-down the couch --
but if she HAD been with me yesterday afternoon she would have met this interesting pair of
artists on a serene trail
at delightful place nearby named China Camp... Oh, we had a great time discussing everything from
George Bush to art supply stores, and about the only thing we didn't talk about was our cats...
By the way, if you'd like to see some amazingly beautiful paintings of Marin County, check out Ray Bailey's
art at: www.raybaileysart.com...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 16, 2008
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Morning,
noon, afternoon, and night... It's Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, and Kitty...
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Kitty, the blog animal
Tax-man cometh, 2008
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When I hit the magic number of 50, I realized that I no longer could decypher the
phone book and needed reading glasses... And here it is, ten years later, and reading glasses have become
a normal part of life... But even without glasses I can
clearly see the love Kitty and I share... Hope that's visible to you too...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 14, 2008
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Hey, reporter lady, that's
old news...
Everybody already knows that Don loves Kitty, and Kitty loves Don...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 13, 2008
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Even though Kitty had to stay home and dream about wildflowers all by herself -- when I got home
from Chimney Rock at Point Reyes yesterday the first thing I did was tell her about the fantastic
display the Douglas Iris is putting on right now...
But her eyes started to glaze over when I began reading her a long, long list of other wildflowers in bloom
out there right now -- yarrow, sun-cups, three varieties of indian paintbrush,
field chickweed, coastal-prairie larkspur, coastal wallflower, chocolate lily, cow parsnips, goldfields, lovage,
yellow bush lupine, coastal-prairie lupine, man-root, cream cups, california buttercup,
checkerbloom, blue-eyed grass, hedge nettle, cow clover, owl's clover, and narrow-leaf mule's ears...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 12, 2008
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Kitty, being my main squeeze, probably doesn't appreciate me looking at the other
attractive beauties in the neighborhood...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 11, 2008
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 10, 2008
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When it comes to making a safe and pleasant environment for Kitty, we have no shortage of
rules...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 9, 2008
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I'm pretty sure that a ride on a San Francisco
cable car would be much too frightening for Kitty, and I'm almost certain they
don't allow her species onboard -- but I think she could probably find a seat if she ever decides to get real brave,
dress like a tourist, and travel incognito...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 8, 2008
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Nobody is happier than me that Kitty hasn't murdered a
bird in years...
But she has a violent and lengthy
criminal record... She used to be fast enough to catch them, but she seems to be slowing down with age --
and believe me, Kitty, I know the feeling...
And it would have been fun to take her to the beach with me
yesterday, but I thought that, as usual, she had an appointment in Dreamland...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 7, 2008
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Each Spring, on-or-around March 15, Mission San Juan Capistrano welcomes home their famous and faithful
flock of swallows,
who spend Fall and Winter in-and-around the delightful city of Goya, Argentina...
And every year about this time every fourth-grader in the State of California is bound by some kind of
state education mandate to study the colorful and historic Missions of California -- doing reports and constructing
a model of the mission of their choosing -- we have a total of 21 missions here in California...
And of course, as you know, Kitty is in the fourth grade this year, and her styrofoam and carbroard
mission model is nearing completion -- a thing of beauty and creativity...
I'm afraid however, she has bogged down on her mission report to the point of hopelessness...
I've been helping her as much as her teacher will allow, but I'm probably
just confusing the issue by bringing home oddities such as blue geese on the ends of fruit boxes -- supposedly from
Capistrano... As any fourth grader worth his or her salt can tell you, a
blue goose is a bunch of advertising non-sense...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 6, 2008
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Being the consummate nature lover
that she is, Kitty probably knows both the botanical and common name for this beautiful flower (I found it inside
Marin County Civic Center), but so far I haven't been able to coax any information out of her... Looks
like it's in the Calla Lilly family, but it sure is an oddball -- just like our little family here at Kittyland...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 5, 2008
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Yesterday I was spooking around the Marin County Civic Center and spotted these two
birds in the patio area
out by the fountain and pool, and beneath the towering golden spire that was designed by the master of architecture
himself -- Frank Lloyd Wright... And although I don't know who fabricated these ostriches, the artist
gave them a job -- full time employment, so to speak -- of beautifying and giving the area some character...
Not that the Marin County Civic Center doesn't have enough character and beauty on it's own, but these birds
definitely add something...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 4, 2008
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I'm not exactly sure which is whispier,
whispy clouds or whispy Kitty...
Kitty likes to get me up early so she can get a little bit of food and head back to bed...
She uses a variety of tecniques for rousing-me-from-the-dead... And the method I most enjoy
is a soft wet kiss on my nose -- while my least favorite method is a bite on the elbow...
This morning she gave me a whispy fop on the head with her tail, and I'm pretty sure it was no
accident... Oh cats, you never know what they're going to come up with next...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 3, 2008
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No, Kitty never gets to go anywhere with me, but when I got home yesterday I had to tell her all about it...
I found this
poppy
yesterday in Lucas Valley, about 25 miles north of San Francisco. See you there...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 2, 2008
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Oh, Kitty keeps busy all day just being -- but obviously
she has absolutely no idea of what it means to be as
busy as a bee...
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Kitty, the blog animal
April 1, 2008
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Yesterday afternoon, after all was said and done, I got a brilliant idea... Why not take a short cruise to the
top of the hill, Mount Tamalpais, and soak up the sunset...
And although the sunset proved to be slightly lack-luster, I did find this
lupine wildflower standing tall,
enjoying the afternoon, as I certainly was, too...
side note: When I get to heaven [ ? ? ? ] I'm pretty sure "the big guy" is going to admonish me
for a lifetime of the "over-and-misuse-of-commas", "three-dots-after-every-sentence", "creative-spelling" and various other grammar violations committed during my lifetime...
...but getting back to the story: You see, here's the problem -- all this time I've been thinking
that Kitty was the most beautiful thing on this earth -- but now I've fallen in love with lupine wildflowers...
I'm not sure how I'm going to keep this new-found love a secret from Kitty... I hope she will eventually
understand...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 31, 2008
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Kitty's pretty smart, so I'm not exactly sure if she fell for the idea, but
yesterday I soaped-up our front window and proclaimed it
modern art...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 30, 2008
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Of course, Kitty never gets to go anywhere, but the next time I go to the isolated little coastal town of
Bolinas I think I'll take her along so she can help out on the
price of gas...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 29, 2008
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I guess I should check my reading-glasses -- and I'm hoping that's the problem... If it's not, I may have
to send Kitty in for some minor
adjustments...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 28, 2008
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Kitty is around all the time -- so much in fact, that I'm afraid she has now become permanently
round...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 27, 2008
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It was so long ago that I took these two photos that I can't exactly remember if Kitty was just yawning, or
going ape...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 26, 2008
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Kitty can radiate and she can just as easily absorb...
It's kind of a
give and take situation...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 25, 2008
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I'm the big guy on the right, and of course that's Kitty on the left -- she's my
trainer and keeper...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 24, 2008
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And while there is nothing worse than Monday mornings, it's just a normal day for Kitty...
There will be humans to claw; corn, kibble, and canned cat food to munch; and enough naps to last a month of
Sundays...
Yes, Kitty really knows where it's
at...
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Kitty, the blog animal
Happy Easter, 2008
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This morning Kitty's eyes are big as
eggs, so I guess it must be Easter...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 22, 2008
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Kitty is still as saucy as a Spring-chicken, but she is getting up there in age and
slowing down a bit... For years she would bring me presents of unfortunate mice and
birds that she would catch, bring inside, and proceed to rip apart on the
bathroom floor... These days Kitty gets all her food catered and served -- not quite
the same for this bobcat...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 21, 2008
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We have a dandy crop of weeds around here at Kittyland this year...
And as the plot thickens, Kitty is spending a lot of time at the
movies...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 20, 2008
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Over the years Kitty has gradually become less of a cat, and more of a regular
little person...
I probably should warn her that being one of our species isn't all it's cracked up
to be...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 19, 2008
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Although we usually avoid membership in any organization,
Kitty and I are both card-carrying hermits... And while regular society grinds and clashes, Kitty and I
like to sharpen our skills at being all alone...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 18, 2008
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I've always been a card-carrying batchelor and a dedicated hermit, so
before Kitty entered my life (sounds religious doesn't it) this place I live was just a place -- not something
that I could really call a home... But then Kitty came along and changed everything...
She is my
beacon...
I no longer have any trouble finding my way home...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 17, 2008
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I'm all in favor of Kitty getting a job, but I should warn her that being a
fisherman
isn't always a 9 to 5 job with two 15 minute breaks and a two martini lunch hour...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 16, 2008
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Kitty is my able and loyal assitant here in the IT department of Kittyland, but when the
work (?) is all done, and if the sun is warm, it's time for a little
snooze...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 15, 2008
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I am going to guess that Kitty would rather stay home and dream about it, but if she were
a dog I'm sure we would be spending this weekend having a good romp on our beloved
Mount Tamalpais...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 14, 2008
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Yes folks, that's Kitty, and on the left is her
fiddle...
Her favorite tune? -- Oh, Get Me Some Food...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 13, 2008
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This morning I didn't have any new photos of Kitty, so I went looking through the files for something interesting...
I found this old shot of her wearing her colorful
eyeglasses...
But then I couldn't think of anything half-witty or cute to write about her...
And now it's four hours later and I still can't think of anything to write, so folks, I'm afraid I'm going
to have to just leave it at this...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 12, 2008
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Yes Kitty, that
fast water
does kind of look like cat fur, now doesn't it...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 11, 2008
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In Kitty's world, a
sunrise,
is just as good as a sunset... Both make a great excuse to go take a colorful nap...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 10, 2008
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If Kitty were made of metal she could get
rusty,
and if she were made of wood she could get dry-rot -- or God forbid -- even termites...
But fortunately Kitty is made of that indestructable material called love...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 9, 2008
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There is the outside world, and then there is Kittyland -- where just a casual glance
is confirmation that our love transcends all...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 8, 2008
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Kitty is familiar with the vast forests of tall weeds we have around here at Kittyland,
but I'm pretty sure she has never seen a real
forest with weeds quite this tall...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 7, 2008
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When I got home from my nature hike yesterday I showed Kitty how creatures that live
in-the-wild have to round-up their own lunch...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 6, 2008
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Some day I'm going to have to take Kitty along with me on one of my
nature walks...
I could show her ferns with multitudes of "ears"...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 5, 2008
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Kitty got her vacation photos back from the drug-store, and most of them aren't half bad...
But LORD, spare me from a grueling slide-show --
I might have to arrange it so there's just nobody home...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 4, 2008
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Now, I'm pretty sure they don't make hot-dog
mustard
out of the yellow mustard that grows around here this time of year, but if the Food Channel
ever needs an eyewitness report, Kitty is ready and standing by...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 3, 2008
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Kitty is rather shy and sometimes likes to stay in the
in the shadows,
but there is no way darkness can obscure our love...
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 2, 2008
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Kitty, the blog animal
March 1, 2008
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Kitty has been
thinking about it, and with all due respect to
Rodin's The Thinker,
I think she has decided to just stay home and mull it over...
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