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May 8, 2004
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I have no idea where she learned "the raspberry", but when she
strings a bunch of p's, b's, t's, f's, and h's together, she can manufacture 'Thppft', 'Pbththth', and sometimes even 'Thbbfpt'.
I was telling her that the British like to accompany the sound with hand jestures;
such as patting the top of their head, or sticking their thumbs in their ears, but
here's a picture of Kitty demonstrating her own version of a basic
raspberry.
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October 25, 2004
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 10, 2008
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I've always suspected that Kitty thinks in an abstract manner, so when I recently visited the
Chihuly
glass exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco I got a glimpse of what her world must look like...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 9, 2008
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Explaining the concept of
work seems to be beyond Kitty's comprehension, so I've decided to
give her an illustrated lecture on the subject...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 8, 2008
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I have a well deserved reputation as a hermit, but Kitty continues to teach me that no man is an
island...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 7, 2008
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I knew Kitty wouldn't be very receptive to the idea, so I never signed her up for
swimming lessons...
Looks like these seven pelicans could use another member in their group so everybody would have a partner...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 6, 2008
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I went back into the archives to find the evidence... Yes, Kitty is a
murderer...
Actually, I think she was just looking for something to play with, but if I could I would remind her that
this isn't a very good way to make friends...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 5, 2008
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Well, no, Kitty didn't arrive on earth from
distant planet...
And even though I can't pinpoint the exact date, I remember when the family living upstairs brought her
home from the animal shelter... That morning, with breathless anticipation, the little girl from upstirs, Jolie,
knocked on my door to give me the exciting news -- they were going to adopt a cat... Little Jolie was quite the
organizer, so she had already telephoned the animal shelter to find out all the details of adoption and what they had
available. When Jolie told me that they had a black-and-white kitten, I stopped her in mid-sentence and told her
that she should get that one -- I don't know what overcame me, but I somehow strongly knew that the "tuxedo" cat would
be the best choice...
Whiskers, as she was formally known, immediately stole everybody's hearts -- including my own...
Eventually the family moved on, and I was awarded custody of Whiskers (interchangeably known as Kitty), and we
have been together ever since... It's been great!
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 4, 2008
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One of Kitty's jobs is to greet me when I get home -- that is, if she happens to be awake...
Yesterday I stopped to snag a photograph...
It's been a while since I've gotten a new shot of her... I guess I need to pay more attention
to my priorities...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 3, 2008
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Kitty doesn't have any idea what a cage is, nor for that matter -- which side is inside and which side is outside...
But yes, that's pretty good advice about minding your fingers...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 2, 2008
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In her old age Kitty is slowing down a bit, so these days we substitute the real thing for a wadded up piece of
paper, but believe me -- Kitty used to be keenly interested in murdering mice, rats, birds, and the occasional
lizard... When I wasn't looking she would sneak them into the bathroom
and tear them apart -- she could make quite a mess...
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Kitty, the blog animal
July 1, 2008
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I probably spend way too much time trying to figure out where Kitty's head is, but for right now I'm going to
put her in the
clouds...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 30, 2008
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When someone says they're from San Francisco, it usually doesn't mean that they actually live within the
city limits, but we all claim San Francisco as our own -- and that's our mayor,
Gavin Newsom... Most everybody likes the mayor -- and he is seems to be
doing the best job he can, given the complex set of problems that our City has. I am going to assume he also
likes cats, which is a big plus in my book...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 29, 2008
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Of course, food comes first, but after that all Kitty needs is a
quiet place...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 28, 2008
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Well, if you haven't heard, everybody is getting
married
in San Francisco...
It's a step in the right direction, but the new law has no provisions for guys like me and their cats...
Obviously an oversight...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 27, 2008
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And while her words are usually soft, the message is strong...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 26, 2008
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Kitty isn't too fond of swimming around in water, so I'm pretty sure she knows she isn't a
duck...
But there are times when she seems absolutely certain she is a little human being living inside a cat suit...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 25, 2008
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When Kitty gets me up early, her intentions are rather
transparent...
It's a two step process -- first food, and then it's back to Snoozeland for a few more zzzz's...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 24, 2008
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Kitty is still a bit fuzzy on the concept of a paycheck, but this big
building
is filled with cat owners, all working hard to provide kibble, corn, and canned cat food
for their respective cats...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 23, 2008
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Cats make the world a
happy place...
Kitty takes the job very seriously...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 22, 2008
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That's Kitty (at top-left) of course, but I met
the other two cats on my Saturday morning
walk through San Francisco's Chinatown... I've run across the handsome cat (at top-right) before --
it lives inside a restaurant and loves to catch the morning sun in the window... The black-and-white cat (bottom)
was just hanging out on the sidewalk -- I doubt if it has a home (or a big goofy guy like me to love), but it looked
well fed...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 21, 2008
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Leaves
absorb light... Kitty absorbs love...
Really, it's pretty much the same thing...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 20, 2008
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I don't know if I ever mentioned it, (?) but Kitty really loves corn... (!)
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 19, 2008
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Everybody is an art critic...
Lets see -- eyes too widely spaced, wrong color, strange ears...
Generally speaking -- too much horse and not enough cat...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 18, 2008
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I've never been able to pin-down the roots of Kitty's ancestry...
Photoshop is fun, but perhaps I need a better scientific protocol...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 17, 2008
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With Kitty there are no boundaries, no restraints...
She can go anyplace... All she needs is a quiet space...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 16, 2008
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(lyrics by Linde)
Lord almighty,
I feel my temperature rising
Higher higher
Its burning through to my soul
Girl, girl, girl
You gonna set me on fire
My brain is flaming
I dont know which way to go
Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
I feel my temperature rising
Help me, Im flaming
I must be a hundred and nine
Burning, burning, burning
And nothing can cool me
I just might turn into smoke
But I feel fine
Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like a sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky
With burning love
Its coming closer
The flames are reaching my body
Please wont you help me
I feel like Im slipping away
Its hard to breath
And my chest is a-heaving
Lord almighty,
Im burning a hole where I lay
Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love
With burning love
Ah, ah, burning love
Im just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love
Just a hunk, a hunk of burning love...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 15, 2008
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Kitty is a cool cat...
She has been taking up some of the slack recently for
Jimmy Hendrix...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 14, 2008
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Kitty has been lurking
with me in the beauty of the Lagunitas Creek...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 13, 2008
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For Kitty and me, the romance part of our relationship has never cooled off...
I think of her about ten-thousand times a day, and I'm pretty sure she does the same...
Kitty goes with me, e v e r y p l a c e . . .
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 12, 2008
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Yes, I suppose eyecolor is tremendously important... But if Kitty is
intending to get off the ground she might be forgetting a primary problem -- feathers fly much better than hair...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 11, 2008
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Just hanging around at the beach will most likely earn a non-surfing
dog,
cat, or human the title of a hodad...
But surf's up, and the waves are gnarly...
Off the Richter and off the wall, here comes a pounder...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 10, 2008
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I might be sticking my neck out on this one, but I'm going to guess
that the multitude of petals on a rose
make it the perfect symbol of love...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 9, 2008
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Kitty appreciates my humble gifts of kibble, corn, and cat food --
but I thought I would spice-up her table this morning with a bit of color...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 8, 2008
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I'm hoping that Kitty will be cool with the idea of a new food in her diet...
Sorry Kitty, I thought I was buying shredded-wheat...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 7, 2008
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And while Kitty may still not have the whole puzzle put together, she does have a general
concept of the plan...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 6, 2008
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Leash???
Kitty got no leashes...
Kitty don't need no stinking leashes!!!
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 5, 2008
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The Frank Lloyd Wright designed Marin Civic Center has a beautiful and dramatic
golden
spire, however I'm not quite sure of it's significance or what it it supposed to represent.
So to take advantage of my ignorance, I'm going to tell Kitty it's a golden monument to the cats
of our County...
And we have a lot of them...
Almost everybody living here is either a cat or a kitty...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 4, 2008
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Should I ever do anything to skew Kitty's love, and should she ever decide to leave me,
I suppose she might go join the penguins at the zoo...
My hope is that she won't like the water aspects of life as a penguin...
Warm and dry couches and laps are more Kitty's style...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 3, 2008
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I should have dropped off a copy of Kitty's resume at San Francisco's Legion of Honor...
Kitty can do motionless-and-still...
And When she gets her head in the right place she can even do stone...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 2, 2008
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Kitty, being an animal, listens intently to my reminiscences about the glorious days of
flower-power and letting it all hang-loose...
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Kitty, the blog animal
June 1, 2008
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I'm sure Kitty would love to be able to fly,
but she would probably need to flap those little ears awfly fast to get off the ground...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 31, 2008
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Kitty's beauty (and ears) radiate like fronds of a
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 30, 2008
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Deer are beautiful and peaceful creatures, much like Kitty...
But deer don't have access to refrigerators stocked with corn and tins of cat food,
nor sizeable sacks of kibble... No, Kitty, you'd better stick close to home and make sure your
owner (you know, that old goofy guy) gets plenty of love...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 29, 2008
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It's daybreak -- warmth and illumination
is on it's way and Kitty is here to make sure it all happens
on schedule... After all, there is kibble to munch, zzzz's to be performed, and humans to be
loved and reassured...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 28, 2008
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Yes folks, this is the entrance to
Roy's Redwoods...
It's part of our open-space lands here in Marin County, and when I'm not feeling too lazy I like to
hike to the top of the hill -- it's a great aerobic workout... I've always thought that Kitty would
apreciate the area too, but I doubt if she would do well on the end of a leash, so I'll just have to continue
telling her stories about the adventure when I get back home...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 27, 2008
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And while we've pretty much got human beings
mapped out,
cats remain in uncharted territory... A mystery for sure...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 26, 2008
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Well, the 100% fun store in San Francisco's Chinatown was locked-up tight
when I passed by on Sunday, but I'm assuming there must be a bunch of cats inside...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 25, 2008
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In Kitty's world there is no middle ground...
Things are either
one hundred percent,
or they are zero...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 24, 2008
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And while each new
sunrise
brings a new day, some things remain constant...
For Kitty -- there will be food to be begged for, laps to be sat on, poops to be pooped, perimiters to
be defended, stretches and yawns to be performed, and last but not least -- comfort to be offered...
Yes, it's the same old Kitty, day after day...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 23, 2008
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Well Kitty, it looks like you're just a few hairs away from
40 degrees...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 22, 2008
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It's like living with an inquisitive five-year-old child...
And I try to answer all of Kitty's
questions,
but she just keeps coming back with more...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 21, 2008
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Reflecting
back on our relationship -- I'd say Kitty and I have formed a strong partnership over the years...
Just who loves the other more is open to debate...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 20, 2008
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No, Kitty had to stay home... My guess is that sixty-five thousand
Bay to Breakers
participants would be too much excitement for Super-Kitty...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 19, 2008
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About the last thing Kitty needs is a
therapist...
And she doesn't have much use for the English language either...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 18, 2008
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We have no shortage of deer
here at Kittyland, but at nearby Roy's Redwoods they have more room to roam... Maybe I should put
a leash on Kitty and take her for a nature walk out there... Better yet -- maybe I should throw a
saddle on Kitty and ride her briskly to the top of the hill...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 17, 2008
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Kitty is a terrible speller... For all she knows, this could spell
c a t...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 16, 2008
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Kitty's tuxedo suit make bright
poppy fields even more outstanding...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 15, 2008
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Kitty lives day-to-day in the here-and-now, so she probably doesn't have much use for a
psychic reading...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 14, 2008
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Kitty and I are betting that the life of
Big Al
would have taken a different direction if, insted of a tommy-gun, he had had a cat to carry around...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 13, 2008
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 12, 2008
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Kitty's never been a mama cat, but she mothers me the best she can... She is important, like a
morning glory...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 11, 2008
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I know I keep telling everybody how smart Kitty is, but sometimes she does have certain limitations...
She seems to have a firm grasp of one and two, but
three might be slightly out of her realm...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 10, 2008
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It's always written in some
strange and beautiful language,
but it looks like Kitty has been writing poetry again...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 9, 2008
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Kitty actually can speak a few words, but to get her point across she generally uses
her eyes... They can radiate
as well as receive...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 8, 2008
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 7, 2008
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It's the same rusty old story...
While ladies and men might gravitate to the right,
cats and kitties will probably slink to the left...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 6, 2008
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Ever since she arrived, Kitty has been trying to sell me on the concept that the
sun revolves around her, and not vice-versa...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 5, 2008
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When Kitty was quite young she had whatever they snip snipped, so there is still only one Kitty...
One is a handful -- four would be a mob...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 4, 2008
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Up until now Kitty has just been ignoring her alter ego...
But the cat-is-out-of-the-bag, so to speak, and I think the best thing to do is just to let
them sort things out...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 3, 2008
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And while it looks like Joe's cat
could still be working on the concept, Don's cat doesn't spend much time proclaiming the obvious...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 2, 2008
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Being so black-and-white most of the time, Kitty likes to experiment with various accents of color...
This morning she showed up at breakfast with
shades of blue... Tomorrow it may be something else...
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Kitty, the blog animal
May 1, 2008
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Answering the call to all of Kitty's whims is usually a pretty easy job... When she requires a soft lap
all I have to do is sit down, and when she needs reassurance all it takes is a few strokes and a few
soft words... And although she knows better than to ask for sun on a cloudy day, she has no hesitation
asking that her sun be slightly filtered...
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