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Late Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  May 23, 200812:27 am| 23 Comments

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As I write this, there are approximately two to 375 cats in heat outside serenading me and my rather neutered house cat. I just went to bed an hour ago, and Tunch was more than eager to wake me back up.

At least the Alaska Experiment is interesting television.

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  1. 1.

    Tom in Texas

    May 23, 2008 at 12:29 am

    The Minnesota Bobblehead.

    And wtf is “rather” neutered anyway? Kinda like rather pregnant?

  2. 2.

    Jess

    May 23, 2008 at 12:29 am

    My new kitty, Maya, is serenading me as well, while chasing a piece of spaghetti around the kitchen. She’s lucky she’s so darn adorable, otherwise her life would be in serious jeopardy.

  3. 3.

    Incertus

    May 23, 2008 at 12:34 am

    Heh. The Clinton campaign got busted organizing a “protest” in Florida at an Obama meeting.

  4. 4.

    SamFromUtah

    May 23, 2008 at 12:36 am

    Isn’t it amazing how much noise one cat can make? There were two of them fighting out in the alley behind my house a while back and damn.

  5. 5.

    Jess

    May 23, 2008 at 12:42 am

    Isn’t it amazing how much noise one cat can make?

    Isn’t it? Here’s a quote I particular like from Barbara Holland’s book, “Secrets of the Cat”:

    “A catless writer is almost inconceivable; even Ernest Hemingway, manly follower of the hunting trophy and the bullfight, lived waist-deep in cats. It’s a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat…”

    So true.

  6. 6.

    KRK

    May 23, 2008 at 12:51 am

    approximately two to 375 cats in heat outside serenading me and my rather neutered house cat.

    Don’t give yourself too much credit. They’re there for the cat.

    You’re familiar with Cat Man Do, right?

  7. 7.

    cbear

    May 23, 2008 at 1:37 am

    approximately two to 375 cats in heat outside serenading me and my rather neutered house cat.

    “Serenading” you???
    How do you know they’re not Tunch’s buddies and they want in the house to exact retribution for the neutering?
    I tried to warn you about this several weeks ago—how would you feel if someone cut your balls off? Me, I’d be looking for some payback….bigtime payback.

    My advice? I’d make damn sure Tunch didn’t have any access to the house keys, and I’d sleep lightly tonight. Very lightly.

  8. 8.

    Conservatively Liberal

    May 23, 2008 at 1:48 am

    My advice? I’d make damn sure Tunch didn’t have any access to the house car keys, and I’d sleep lightly tonight. Very lightly.

    Toonses requested the fix, ummm, correction.

  9. 9.

    Chuck Butcher

    May 23, 2008 at 1:49 am

    A couple cats got with the program in my backyard one night, so I sent Gus out to deal with it. 150# of Pyrennes charging gave them other things to think about. He’d never have caught them, but they made damn sure of it. It got very quiet and Gus was real proud of himself.

    Nah, he ain’t very fast but he’s damn impressive and has a bark that makes things vibrate, like window glass and bad kitties’ insides.

  10. 10.

    Ninerdave

    May 23, 2008 at 2:12 am

    Some late night reading for you John.

    A look at the Mage in Wrath of the Lich King

  11. 11.

    Conservatively Liberal

    May 23, 2008 at 2:25 am

    Nah, he ain’t very fast but he’s damn impressive and has a bark that makes things vibrate, like window glass and bad kitties’ insides.

    Nothing left but twin trails of urine leading out of the yard? I had an Afghan Hound once that like treeing cats that wandered in the yard. He liked mailmen too, so I had to relocate the box outside the fence…lol. If I saw a blonde streak heading for the front yard, I knew I had better get out there right away because the yard was ‘his’ turf.

    I had Taj for 14 years before he passed away. I want to get another Afghan, but I need some land with running room before I do. They love to run, and if you don’t give them the room then they will run every chance they get (usually away from you and to everyone else!). Great dogs though, high spirited and always ready to go. Their coat needs brushing at least every other day, though they are well worth the work.

    One time Taj was sprawled out on the floor in the living room sleeping. My roommate noticed that one of his cats kittens had crapped on the floor, so he picked it up and rubbed its nose in it. The kitten yowled, and Mommy cat came running out and jumped on Taj’s face. That poor dog didn’t know what hit him. Momma cat got a few swipes in before my roomie and I separated them.

    We laughed our asses off afterward, and I had to calm and reassure Taj that he didn’t do anything wrong. They had never fought before, but Momma cat always gave him a wide berth. She (and her kittens) were the only cats Taj would tolerate. The kittens loved him, and would curl up and sleep with him when Momma cat was doing her thing.

  12. 12.

    Adam

    May 23, 2008 at 2:44 am

    Weird, a bunch of dogs outside my window just woke me up

    Gonna try to get back to sleep… right after I read about the mage changes. I swear.

  13. 13.

    Prospero

    May 23, 2008 at 3:18 am

    Some late night reading for you John.

    A look at the Mage in Wrath of the Lich King

    I heard warriors are getting Wide Stance at level 80.

  14. 14.

    Chuck Butcher

    May 23, 2008 at 4:11 am

    Those cats have never been back.

    Ah Gus is real mild, he doesn’t care about people unless they act stupidly, then he just gets between them and the object (a drunk trying to talk to my wife while she was walking him). Our cat thinks she runs him, he knows better but she was here first.

    I had a lady friend, a long time ago, with a pair of Afghans, pretty dogs and fast. Nice dogs but they need a lot of room. Pyrennes are guardian dogs, they don’t run around much, a lot of laying around watching is their game. I’ve never seen anything cross Gus, not dogs or people and he pretty much doesn’t give a damn as far as I can tell. Since this breed was intended to deal with wolves in the Pyrennes mountains I’d guess starting something with one would be a very bad idea. Some pics of Gus on my blog under “Label” ‘Pyrennes’.

    I had a Pyrennes/Scotch Collie (Lassie) cross for 13 years (20yrs ago), he went 135# and he was real mild also, but I do know for sure that crossing him was a bad, bad idea. One man that needed it very much took one shot to the thigh and that required 65 stitches at a hospital that wasn’t worried about “pretty,” he spent 180 days in jail to go along with it. Damn dog went through a plate glass window to get him, fast, incredibly powerful, fearless, and you could trust him with a newborn baby – literally and not mine. We had some times…there are some good stories.

    Oh cats, Demian (P/SC) did catch them, regularly. Catch up, pin with his mouth at a haul ass run, then jump back and bark at them to see if he could get them to go again – nope, lay there with dog spit on them until he got bored and left. Probably real rough on their hearts. A cat needed a 40′ head start and a tree withing 10′. He was damn fast, got the best attributes of both breeds, but he did need room.

  15. 15.

    OriGuy

    May 23, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Interesting rumor. The Edwards campaign needs office space. No word if they need red staplers, too.

  16. 16.

    Chuck Butcher

    May 23, 2008 at 5:06 am

    My pal Hart Williams on Hillary’s FL/MI speech. Hart doesn’t wear any gloves in the ring…

  17. 17.

    TR

    May 23, 2008 at 6:34 am

    Interesting rumor. The Edwards campaign needs office space.

    Hmm. Could just be for his new college initiative.

  18. 18.

    Krista

    May 23, 2008 at 6:40 am

    Our Lhasa didn’t like other dogs (he’d never been socialized properly around them), but he looooved cats. Anytime he’d see one, his ears would perk right up, as would his tail, and he’d get this stupid, big delighted grin on his face. The love wasn’t always mutual, unfortunately, and he got smacked around a few times.

  19. 19.

    Jess

    May 23, 2008 at 7:33 am

    As a teen, I adopted a very cool coonhound/lab mix from the local shelter, and he LOVED cats. Started adopting the local strays and bringing them home, much to my mother’s delight (not!). She ended up with about 12 cats at one point. Not to mention the raccoons and possums…some people just give out that ‘mom’ vibe, I guess.

  20. 20.

    MR Bill

    May 23, 2008 at 7:33 am

    I too have the cat in heat calling, yowling, at my poor confused neutered male cat. Puck, a handsome but clueless siamese manx, just can’t figure it out..one can see his confusion.
    Between the cat and the wretched whippoopwill that is in the woods only a few yards away, I have to keep the fan on to sleep…

  21. 21.

    MR Bill

    May 23, 2008 at 7:34 am

    uhh ‘whippoorwill’. . .

  22. 22.

    Mary

    May 23, 2008 at 11:36 am

    You’re back!

    /duct tapes BJ to the Internet

    /shakes fist at GoS

  23. 23.

    cleek

    May 23, 2008 at 11:37 am

    try to keep the cats out of the server room, next time

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