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Remember the “little black creature with big ears and golden eyes” that was looking for a home recently? Here’s an update from commentor Ruemara on Kage-Basho:

There’s the little pair of monkeys. They hit it off right away, no hissing, no nothing. Takkun had been lonely when our advanced senior cat passed earlier this year, but even before, Smudge just wasn’t the playful kitten type. Now Takkun has a playmate and we have a new alternate kitten in case the new advanced senior cat cannot fulfill his duties. Kage has been wonderfully sweet, a purr monster, so in love he licks his cone. I can’t believe he wasn’t snapped up, so thank you, SacreBlue.
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And now that I am flanked by kittens to the left and right as I play WoW, I have vibrating armrests.
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PS: Kage Basho=Shadow Patch. It’s shorter than Takkun’s name: Otajamakushi Taifu or Tak-kun.



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  2. 2.

    opie_jeanne

    Dear Annie Laurie,

    Thanks for posting this. The older cat, Takkun, looks an awful lot like our missing boy, Tommy, which is nice. I keep expecting to find ours on the front porch.

    I think I see him sometimes, out of the corner of my eye.

  4. 4.

    CaseyL

    D’awwwwww. It looks like the little guy found a perfect home – he looks sooo happy!

    Couple questions:

    How many cats are in Ruemara’s household? Who’s the snaggle-toothed one Kage is snuggled up with in the top photo?

    and: Why is Kage wearing the Cone of Shame?

  6. 6.

    WaterGirl

    opie_jeanne

    Tommy is beautiful. I didn’t know he was missing. I hope it hasn’t been long and that he shows up soon.

  7. 7.

    CatHairEverywhere

    What a great story and such cute kitties! I am so glad it worked out so well.

  8. 8.

    sacrablue

    I’m so happy my little baby has a new home. He only lived with us for 2 1/2 weeks, but I sure miss his kitten-ness. The four remaining felines are still looking over their shoulders, waiting for the tiny food thief. We all miss him in a major way.

  9. 9.

    Elie

    Opie_jeanne — and the snaggle tooth sweetie in the photo — uptop remind me of my dearly beloved Bill who passed last September. I miss him still. He will be in my heart forever and I look for him and the silhouette of his little head and ears on the end of my bed… I miss his weight on my feet and Alan my hubby misses watching tv with him on his chest, lying on the sofa.

    Deep love… we were blessed

  11. 11.

    burnspbesq

    So I updated (I’m not saying “upgraded” yet) to Lion, and the arrows at the top and bottom of the scrollbar are gone.

    Have click and drag in order to scroll.

    Did your kittehs steal my arrows? I can haz back pretty please?

  13. 13.

    burnspbesq

    In a piece of extremely good news for fans of the US men’s national soccer team, Jozy Altidore has been sold to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, where he might actually get enough playing time to realize some of his enormous potential.

  14. 14.

    trollhattan

    Fuzzbutts!

    In honor of open thread—friends were burglarized yesterday. With budget cuts, despite eyewitnesses and finding a gun and knife in their backyard, there will be no investigation, only the report filed over the phone.

    But, no new taxes! Whew, that was close.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    @ burnspbesq

    I saw this somewhere earlier today related to the move to Lion. I wasn’t sure what it meant since I haven’t upgraded yet, but it seems like it might be related to your comment. Maybe it will help?

    “If you prefer to scroll with a regular mouse in the customary fashion, go to the Mouse System Preference Pane and disable the top check box.”

  16. 16.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Hello all. I don’t post much but I am always reading. My 10 year old yellow lab, Mickey, was diagnosed with cancer this week. My wife and I are simply crushed. I know there are lots of animal lovers round these parts. He’s been with us for all but 5 months of our marriage. The tears have been coming in droves. I hate this. : (

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    Wifey will try to kidnap. You’ve been warned.

    @trollhattan: Cops are a bunch of lazy sociallists anyway. Who needs them when my taxes are soooo high? /wingnut

  18. 18.

    asiangrrlMN

    Awwwwww! I love a happy ending. Kittehs are soooo cute together.

    @opie_jeanne: So sorry to hear that, opie_jeanne. Tommy is gorgeous. I hope he returns home!

    @Yutsano: They’re in Cali, so they can rest easily. But, he’s adoooooorable! How you be?

  19. 19.

    FlipYrWhig

    Sympathy, hope, and good vibrations to everyone dealing with pet crises big and small. We’ve had many over the past two years and there’s little that feels worse.

  23. 23.

    Uncle Glenny

    Kage looks like the kitty I got when first went off to college; mine turned out to be part siamese. (And yes, this was in a frat house. DFH type.)

    I assume the cone is because he was just neutered.

    ETA spelling + this was in 1974

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    I’m impressed that you managed to keep the cone on him. We had to take it off Charlotte after she was spayed because it made her so frantic that at one point she was actually pushing with all four paws at once to try and get it off.

    Oh, and when Keaton had to wear the cone at the vet, he escaped from it so many times that they ended up having to tie it on him.

  25. 25.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Thanks already. It’s bone cancer and rather progressive. We don’t know if he’ll see Labor Day. He’s scratching on the couch now. Ugh……. We have walked thousands of miles and he has chased who knows how many tennis balls. He’s been at my side more than anybody since 2001. Fuck.

  27. 27.

    General Stuck

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    So sorry to hear this. Gotta be tough to go through.

  29. 29.

    cbear

    Old Dan and Little Ann-

    So very sorry to hear about your pup. There are no words adequate to the situation, but I can only hope you know that your presence by his side is the greatest comfort you can give him—and that in the future you will find some solace in having been there.
    Peace.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    @ Old Dan and Little Ann

    I am so sorry to hear that. It’s unbearable to think about losing our beloved furry friends. MIckey has been well-loved, and I know you will treasure every day you have left. i hope they sent you home with pred or some other drugs that can help Mickey feel better.

  31. 31.

    opie_jeanne

    Watergirl, he’s been missing since … mid-May. We papered the neighborhood, advertised, rang every doorbell within a half mile radius and called and called him. Crawled under the house, checked closets, etc. Called him outside neighbor’s garages and garden sheds all around our house.

    He may show up still. There are coyotes in the area but I am still a little hopeful.

  32. 32.

    Elie

    Old Dan and Little Ann:

    My prayers and thoughts are with you. You will do what you think needs to be done, once the shock wears off.

    No light, no love, is EVER lost from the universe. Remember that and it will help. Time is a construct and as you remember the good times, they are there, in front of you. You will always love him and he you.

  33. 33.

    Elie

    Opie_Jeanne —

    Take care and the best to you and mister Tommy. Wherever he is, he knows you love him

  35. 35.

    Elie

    Poem

    Your Blinded Hand – Tennessee Williams

    Suppose that
    everything that greens and grows
    should blacken in one moment, flower and branch.
    I think that I would find your blinded hand.
    Suppose that your cry and mine were lost among numberless cries
    in a city of fire when the earth is afire,
    I must still believe that somehow I would find your blinded hand.
    Through flames everywhere
    consuming earth and air
    I must believe that somehow, if only one moment were offered,
    I would
    find your hand.

    I know as, of course, you know
    the immeasurable wilderness that would exist
    in the moment of fire.
    But I would hear your cry and you’d hear mine and each of us
    would find
    the other’s hand.

    We know
    that it might not be so.
    But for this quiet moment, if only for this
    moment,
    and against all reason,
    let us believe, and believe in our hearts,
    that somehow it would be so.
    I’d hear your cry, you mine—
    And each of us would find a blinded hand.

  36. 36.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN: Like you wouldn’t make a road trip for a kitteh. Especially a black boy. Hell it’d be a good excuse to disappear with the ape for awhile.

    I’m having a very odd day. A Marine gave me a pass to a titty bar today at work. I have honestly no idea what to do with it.

  39. 39.

    Steeplejack

    “Licking the cone” should be a tag, although I have no idea what it should mean. It just sounds great.

    And how come the cone? I missed the explanation for that.

    And, Anne Laurie, your link-fu is seriously lacking tonight. Your “looking for a home” linky no work. I fix.

  40. 40.

    Elie

    Poetry sometimes says what cannot be said directly. For what has been happening to me, for what I have been seeing around me in the world — poetry fits. Its the only thing that fits. We are at the edge in so many ways

    Glad that this pleased you

  42. 42.

    Steeplejack

    @burnspbesq:

    I thought David Pogue’s article in the Times today would be helpful, but not so much.

    The final good news, though, is that you can ignore all of this. If you prefer the status quo, you don’t ever have to put an app into full-screen mode, or use a touch gesture, or open apps from the Launchpad. You can even turn off that reversed-scrolling-direction thing. Just this once, Apple isn’t dictating the way you have to do things.

    I thought he mentioned how to turn it all off, but no. Sorry. At least it appears that it can be done.

    ETA: Ah. What WaterGirl said.

  44. 44.

    Steeplejack

    @Yutsano:

    Yes. Want. I prefer patties to links (Jimmy Dean hot sausage), but I do want sausage. In fact, I am kicking myself, because I keep forgetting to pick up some at the grocery. (I get them occasionally when I am feeling immortal or wildly self-destructive [or both].) Would be great tomorrow, as I am off work and was thinking a big, leisurely breakfast would be quite nice.

  46. 46.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: Truth. But, he has a good home now, so no country-wide hijinks for me and my ape.

    WTH? Titty bar? Really? That’s amusing.

    Sausages: Always.

    @Steeplejack: STEEPMAN! How the hell you be?? I’ve meeeesssssed you!

  48. 48.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Ah, cherie, let’s remember the good times. I have missed you too. It seems like you are trying to get some better sleep hygiene, yes? I show up late, as usual, and often it’s only Yutsy and me fighting back the trolls of darkness.

    So what have you been doing? Other than the ape.

  49. 49.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Steeplejack: Totally took me by surprise. I thought it’d be the go-go girls. You decided to preempt my attack, eh?

    Sleep: Uh, no. I’ve not done better with it. I’ve mostly been reveling in the ape (though he’s in Ottawa right now) and getting ready for a visit from my mom.

    I took a break from the internets and politics, but I’m back in the swing of things. I’m even blogging again at my own place. Taking tai chi twice a week, and I’m starting to tutor some new students! I hope to start the sword form soon.

    What are you up to when you’re not working?

    @burnspbesq: NOM NOM!

  50. 50.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack:

    So what have you been doing? Other than the ape.

    I have to tell you, there were a few times I was afraid she wouldn’t come up for air there. Who knew Canuckistanis could be such sex animals?

    (waves at RedKitten & Comrade Mary)

  52. 52.

    Jewish Steel

    @Steeplejack: From a thread last night I saw that you had a niece (?) who was learning bass. Was it that you were looking for a book that would help her teach herself?

    Well, IANABP but the Hal Leonard series of guitar books is very nicely graded and doesn’t get super-hard after a couple of strings have been introduced. I would imagine the Hal Leonard bass books would be similar. She should have some success acquainting herself with the basics esp if, as you said, she already had some band experience in school.

    No replacement for a real bass teacher though. Preferably NOT a guitarist who also plays bass. A real bassist is a completely different breed.

  54. 54.

    Steeplejack

    @burnspbesq:

    Have recently become addicted to District Taco, conveniently located midway between the man-cave and Sighthound Hall, the brother’s Arlington manse. My standard order is three (soft) breakfast tacos–scrambled eggs, potatoes and chorizo. And their salsas are excellent.

  58. 58.

    WaterGirl

    @ opie_jeanne

    I am so sorry. My sweet boy went missing for two days once and I was frantic. We will hold out hope that Tommy will find his way back to you.

    @ Elie

    Your poem and your beautiful comments made me cry, sad but very comforting somehow.

  60. 60.

    burnspbesq

    @Steeplejack:

    Excellent. Anita’s is still the best Mexican food in the DC area, IMO. And I assume there are still thousands of Salvadoran pupuserias on Wilson Blvd.

  61. 61.

    WaterGirl

    @ asiangrrlMN

    Apparently I live in a cave, because I know nothing about this ape. Do tell!

    P.S. It’s nice to see you here again.

    J. Michael Neal

    Beautiful kitty! Also, checked out your blog the other week – I love the title!

  62. 62.

    Jewish Steel

    @asiangrrlMN: Well, I just got out of the hospital for that lung procedure I mentioned recently. In for 6 days. There were some complications that resulted in a trip to the ER last night. The anesthesia plus all that morphine locked up my GI tract something fierce. Now I know what it’s like to have impacted bowels. I am on the mend in earnest. All part of life’s rich pageant.

    How’s by you?

  63. 63.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack: And sometimes you gotta slow it down a bit. And LA does have one positive to it: it looks fantastic from the hills.

    @burnspbesq:

    And I assume there are still thousands of Salvadoran pupuserias on Wilson Blvd.

    You just made me drool you damn tax lawyer.

  65. 65.

    Steeplejack

    @Jewish Steel:

    Thanks for the input. It’s the daughter of a coworker. She has been playing a band instrument (can’t remember which one) and studying music in school, but she has developed a furious interest in bass guitar and apparently has one to play around with.

    I have played guitar off and on (mostly off) for 40 years and got back into semi-serious playing a couple of years ago. I was prepared to be amazed at the advances in teaching materials (books, CDs, DVDs) and have found a lot of good stuff, but I don’t feel confident to judge stuff for bass guitar. I have found some seemingly good stuff at Amazon, but I was hoping for a hard “Just get this” recommendation from a bass commando.

    I will check out the Hal Leonard bass books. Thanks again.

  66. 66.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I know you find that one a bit, uh, prickly, but I really, really like it.

    Listening to the Mavericks now. Haven’t listened in a while, and it’s lifting my spirits already. Back in a minute. Gotta make sure the brunette is still doing okay.

  69. 69.

    J. Michael Neal

    WaterGirl: I’m working on the next essay, but it’s taking longer than I wanted. It’s on the utter failure of business schools to execute their mission, and it’s one that makes me angry enough that I produce writing I’m not that pleased with. I may set it aside and work on something else.

    I’ve also been struggling badly with depression lately. I’m running out of money, despite my parents’ infusions, and the single biggest luxury drain is not one I feel that I can give up. So, it’s really stressful, and I tend not to get writing done in these situations.

  70. 70.

    Yutsano

    @Jewish Steel:

    More girl bass players! More girl guitarists!

    A to the muthafucking men. Especially drummers. I know women that can hit the skins like no one’s business and no one takes them seriously. Especially male percussionists.

  71. 71.

    J. Michael Neal

    C. Kevin: Nope. I’m not really a big fan of Brit’s, and I hardly get downtown much these days. That was probably my first trip to a downtown bar (as opposed to the Loon Cafe for the chili) in a couple of years.

  72. 72.

    asiangrrlMN

    @J. Michael Neal: Oh. Mah. Gawd. CUTEST KITTEH EVER! Is he yours?

    @WaterGirl: Well, I never thought it would happen to me…snicker. It really has been fast. He’s a Canuckistani, living in Ottawa. He visited me last month, and I’m going to visit him next month. He’s amazing!

    @Jewish Steel: Holy crap. That sounds intense. I’m sure glad you’re here and able to type.

    Me? I’m doing all right. As noted above, I’m getting my romance on.

  73. 73.

    Steeplejack

    @burnspbesq:

    I like Anita’s. Haven’t been there in a while–NGC (not geographically convenient). My usual is Taquería el Poblano in Arlington or Los Tíos in Alexandria.

    It’s hard to find a straight Mexican place here. They all advertise as Mexican but are secretly Mex-slash-[Salvadoran/Peruvian/Honduran/whatever]. Looking forward to making the pilgrimage to El Torero in Atlanta when I get down there (hopefully this year).

    ETA: I live between Wilson Boulevard and Culmore, a heavily Latino area, so I’ve got the pupusas and all that stuff close at hand. Good eating.

  77. 77.

    WaterGirl

    J. Michael Neal

    You went back to school for a new career and you aren’t able to get a job in the new field. That’s enough to make anyone discouraged. In my experience, depression is a whole different thing. That can be really tough. I figure you’re doing good if you’re still getting up every day and getting some exercise and you’re talking to people, even if it’s here at BJ.

    Sometimes I feel like I can write pretty well. On those days, writing feels easy and the words just seem to flow. Of course, some days writing feels like a struggle, so I have learned to just put it aside until another day – on those days, it’s just a waste of time for me to try to write something that matters. Often, the next time I pick it up, the words just flow.

    So sorry to hear you are running out of money. That’s got to make everything harder, which sucks.

  82. 82.

    Yutsano

    @asiangrrlMN:

    I’m sending her a pound of bacon, a bottle of scotch, and a dozen donuts!

    My goodness. Are you TRYING to break her mother’s heart? To think she raised such a nice little Jewish girl…

    BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    Okay, yeah, that’s win.

  83. 83.

    J. Michael Neal

    asiangrrlMN: Yep. That is Harry, full name Harold Alexander Neal. The fact that he looks like a miniature Eddie with two ears and four legs is not an accident. So far, my thought that black, male medium-hairs have good personalities is holding up, though Monster may disagree. She seems to be under the impression that one should not start playing with a twitchy tail.

    I should point out, though, that Harry is currently serving a timeout in the closet for playing with the phone cord. The kid has quite a set of lungs, and I can hear him from the other end of the house, over the sound of the air conditioner.

    Fuck, it’s hot.

  86. 86.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    What are you up to when you’re not working?

    Have been going through a bit of a diminuendo this summer. Ongoing dental surgery to finally repair some of the sequelae of my jaw being broken four years ago (compound fracture, complications). Skin cancer has recurred. Seems to be basal cell carcinoma–the very best kind of skin cancer to have–but waiting to hear for sure that it’s not the M-word. Usual work problems at the Big Box Bookstore. Oh, yeah, I guess my cover is blown now, because Borders is going out of business and I’m still employed. Draw your own conclusions.

    And I’m worried about my mom a bit. Have been having some trouble contacting her, and it’s hard to tell whether it’s my weird schedule or her sort of cocooning and going inward after the death of my father in March. I do have a brother who lives in her city, so there’s that as a safety net.

    And, oh, yeah, scorching hot weather here in NoVa lately. That pretty much covers it. Good times.

  87. 87.

    Old Dan and Little Ann

    Thank goodness for Wonder Year re-runs on the hub channel. Hysterical.

  88. 88.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Yutsano: You crack me up!

    @J. Michael Neal: Harry is a doll-baby. Do you have any pics of his face? I didn’t think the fact that he resembled Eddie was a coincidence. And, I gotta agree with Monster that her tail is her own (though I sometimes think grown cats do that on purpose to amuse the youngsters). Congrats!

    @Steeplejack: Wow. You’ve had your share of troubles, haven’t you? Glad you’re still employed, and I kinda figgured you worked at the Store Which Must Not Be Named.

    Sorry to hear about your mom. It must be rough for her. I’m glad that your brother lives in her city to check up on her.

    Heat Index says it felt like 108 here today. UGH!

  89. 89.

    opie jeanne

    @ Watergirl, Thanks for the good thoughts. I think the hardest part is not knowing. We are currently catless and will stay that way for a while so that we can travel a bit more and not have to annoy our pets with our absences. At least, that’s the plan for now. I know that in reality a cat will find us, just like Tommy did. We had him for nearly 13 years and the vet said he was about 2 when he showed up on our doorstep when we lived in the East Bay area near SF. He was living rough, hunting in the greenbelt, dodging not only coyotes but mountain lions. Yeah, we had those in the hills in Castro Valley. The kids told me that there had been posters up all over the area about a year before, of a kitten who must have grown up to look a lot like Tommy, but we never figured out who had lost him so he became ours.
    Out-maneuvering a coyote or two when you’re a 15 year old cat might be a bit more difficult than when you were young, but I think Tommy could do it if he had to and we really think he went looking for my daughter’s cats who had moved out the night before, after living with us for six months.
    The nice thing is that some of the neighbors are still looking for him for us. We have had two false sightings now.
    It feels like he’s still here, really, if only I’d just look in the right place.

  90. 90.

    J. Michael Neal

    asiangrrlMN: Hmmn. His face, you say. Actually, he has a habit of turning away from the camera just as I’m ready to shoot. But, I can give this, and this.

    Those are from his first couple of days here, and he’s added about a month’s worth of growth since then. He’s almost four months old now.

  92. 92.

    asiangrrlMN

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: Laughter really is a good medicine, isn’t it?

    @opie jeanne: Oh, your poor Tommy. I really hope someone took him in and he’s living the pampered life. Barring that, I hope he shows back up on your doorstep, and soon.

    @J. Michael Neal: Yes. Cutest kitten ever (I didn’t get my boys until they were nine months, so I feel perfectly comfortable saying that). He’s just melt-your-heart adorable!

    @Steepman, now that’s MY kind of bass!

  93. 93.

    opie jeanne

    Oh my Aunt Fanny! There was a stupid interview with the worst catcher ever on the Angels, and they asked him who he’d rather work for: GW Bush or Palin, and his answer was “Oh, that’s hard because I’m a fan of both!” The forum I frequent demanded he be DFA’d just for that statement alone.

  94. 94.

    opie jeanne

    J Michael Neal, That second picture! It’s adorable and he is smiling in his sleep! I might just melt.

  98. 98.

    Emerald

    @J. Michael Neal

    I remember you posted a pic of a little black kitty you found online that you said you were going to adopt.

    Is Harry that same little guy? You got him?

    That is one seriously cute kitten!

  100. 100.

    Steeplejack

    @asiangrrlMN:

    Every morning I look at the stats on the Weather Channel’s cable “WeatherScan” channel–local weather on an endless loop–and when they get to the “national cities” roundup I want to kick burnspbesq in the junk (good-naturedly, of course) because Los Angeles is always at 65-70°. And yet he had the nerve to whine about those few days a year when they get the Santa Ana winds or El Niño causes widespread jock itch or whatever.

    Meanwhile I’m looking at 99° tomorrow and 102° on Friday. With humidity. Grr.

  101. 101.

    Yutsano

    @Steeplejack:

    Meanwhile I’m looking at 99° tomorrow and 102° on Friday. With humidity.

    :: hums to himself ::

    O hai! 71 here tomorrow.

    @J. Michael Neal: Moi aussi. Early day tomorrow for learnin’ and stuff. Then it’s Friday. And I officially stop caring.

  102. 102.

    J. Michael Neal

    Emerald: Harry is not that same kitten. The rescue agency for that kitten (whose name was Harry; his litter mates were Ron and Hermione) was really slow about answering their email. In the meantime, I found a kitten named Rafiki, who was definitely second on my list, because he was listed as a long hair and I really wanted a medium hair. I went out and met him anyway, and it turns out that he really is more of a medium hair. I left with him on the spot. However, I decided that I really liked the name Harry for my kitten, and changed it.

    asiangrrlMN: Keep in mind that the definition of “the cutest kitten in the world” is the kitten you’re looking at right now. If you happen to be looking at more than one kitten right now, then each of them is the cutest kitten in the world. They are not tied for the title; each of them holds it individually. If that doesn’t make any sense to you, their plan is working.

  106. 106.

    Steeplejack

    I’m still up, damn it, but I may toddle off to continue my Justified marathon from the DVR. Finished Season 1 Monday night and have started plowing through Season 2. Good stuff. It’s not just hillbilly Sopranos, although, okay, it is a little bit that. But good writing and good acting. And real Southern accents. They may not all be Kentucky accents, but they are real, not some Hollywood dialect coach’s concoction.

  109. 109.

    MikeJ

    Six minutes until shuttle landing. The total cost of the “massively expensive” program? $200 billion since 1977.

    Compare that to the cost of invading Iraq.

  112. 112.

    stuckinred

    42 years ago I was in Sydney. We landed on the moon on the 20th and I had 2 days left on my R&R.

  113. 113.

    harlana

    How utterly sweet, all kitties should get along that good (they don’t but one can always dream). I LOVE IT! Thanks for the great pics! Warm fuzzies for days.

  114. 114.

    harlana

    And I love how kitty is so happy with his new home and bestest new buddy, he doesn’t even know he’s got a cone on his little haid. Bestest new buddy couldn’t care less also.

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    WereBear

    @ opie_jeanne – So sorry to hear. Good luck!

    @Old Dan and Little Ann: That’s rotten about Mickey. We can only be glad we had them.

    @ruemara: He’s a lucky little fellow!

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    WaterGirl

    @ opie jeanne

    It feels like he’s still here, really, if only I’d just look in the right place.

    Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you guys find each other again!

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    WaterGirl

    stuckinred

    wake up chumps

    you made me laugh! off to swim, even though the water was so warm yesterday it felt a bit like swimming in jello yesterday morning. i am ready for this heat wave to be over.

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