From commentor Faisal:
My friend’s cat, Steve*, went missing this afternoon in Alphabet City in Manhattan. She is as distraught as one might expect. If you’re looking for an excuse to start another open thread, or are just feeling generous towards strangers, could you post something about the enclosed?
* Really
ETA: See Comment #13.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Good wishes for a kitty return from too far away to beat feat helping in person. Thanks Anne Laurie for the post.
Violet
What a pretty kitty. I hope he gets found.
SectionH
Can you post a link Facebutt will like? I’ve plenty of friends who might repost, and one in Boston who absolutely will, and I’m sure has plenty of ppl in NY rescues I don’t know.
Yatsuno
I believe Johannes and La Caterina are still doing their stray kitteh work in Nyc. Maybe they can keep an eyeball out/spread the word.
Redshirt
Not an aggressive enough lover, apparently.
Violet
@SectionH: The whole picture and phone number is an image–a Missing poster. Download it and you can upload it to wherever to put on Facebook.
Dee Loralei
I hope he gets found. Poor boy.
jenn
Thinking good thoughts Steve-ward – Steve, go home!
SectionH
@Violet: I’ll try again. I did click on the image, but… ?
Violet
@SectionH: For me, if I click on the image it opens as a full link to the jpg. So if that’s what you want, you can try that. If I right click on it, I get lots of options, including copy image, save image as, copy image location, and so forth. Hope that helps.
rikyrah
Steve looks sweet. I hope he’s found.
Steeplejack
@SectionH:
Right-click on the image, then select “Save image as . . .” to save it to your computer. Then you can put that on Facebook or wherever you want.
Faisal
I just heard from my friend that someone called, and the cat is now home and being delivered unto a bath. I don’t know if that call was from one of ours, but even if not, thank you to everyone who helped get the word out. I believe this can now revert to an open thread, discussion of the appropriate Burkean response to vagrant cats, or Anne Laurie can delete the post, or what have you.
Princess Leia
@Faisal: Glad to hear it!!!!
Faisal
P.S. As you can see, Steve is a completely appropriate name for a cat.
kc
@Faisal:
Aww, that’s god to hear.
kc
@kc:
GOOD. Edit feature not working for me …
Redshirt
Seems False Flaggy.
lojasmo
Wow. Very good news.
Punchy
No wonder it got lost! It rides on the top of SUVs, apparently. Your friend the driver likely went Spanish Train around an S-curve and exceeded Steve’s paws’ coefficient of static friction.
seaboogie
Great couple of weeks for cats named Steve! Maybe shelters should just give all of their felines this moniker.
PurpleGirl
Such stunning eyes — natural eyeliner. Wow.
I’m glad to hear the cat has been found.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@PurpleGirl: I hadn’t really noticed the “eyeliner” bit before, but yeah, really.
Yatsuno
@Faisal: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
/Kermit
SteveStinks
Thanks to all. This is Steve’s owner — he is indeed home safe and sound and very filthy. I really appreciate everyone’s compliments, support and reposts. Steve seems very pleased with himself and his outdoor accomplishments because he is a jackass. Thank you again, for real. Those of you that like his eyeliner can follow his instagram hashtag at #thedailysteve. He is vain.
Jewish Steel
@Redshirt: All a little too pat, I agree.
I’ll have something up on youtube in a while…
SectionH
@Violet:
@Steeplejack:
Thanks. I feel like an idjit, but until a couple of days ago, I was working on a srsly old machine. (Bought it in 2005…) So I have something new and shiny but there are a few wtf’s going on.
Anyway, posted on Fb.
And OMG, NY Steve’s home now? Yes!!
(Also too, I’ve had panic attacks about more than one of my kittens…)
hamletta
I used to have a calico with eyeliner like that. She was named Priscilla, after Priscilla like Elvis liked her.
Paul in KY
@SteveStinks: Glad he is back safe.
The Pale Scot
I have a sense of Déjà vu here, lost cat, and the 2 posts above, like this has happened before. I had to check the date to make sure my browser wasn’t doing the time warp.
zombie rotten mcdonald
@Faisal:
Steve is a completely appropriate name for a cat.
Meh. Princess Monster Truck, now THERE’S a name for a cat.