Anne Laurie is still locked out of the blog due to the vagaries of Verizon, but she asked me to share this update from heroic cat rescuer Marc:
Per the prediction, the barriers did not last a sustained assault by the Kitten Kommandos. I came home last night to find that Miri [the mama cat — ed.] had not attended to one or two of her kitts – you can note in the picture that a litter box has replaced the cardboard box against the wall, and the other cat bed is missing – off drying (hand wash cold, don’t wring, air dry) after being blessed with orange poo. (I know, TMI, but I couldn’t explain it more…delicately.)
So, the litter box is in place, and I’m hoping they get the idea. Otherwise, I’ll have to watch them like a hawk and rush each into the box before feces occur. They are adorable, and I’ll try to get individual head shots to show off their superpowered cuteness. I hope they get the concept of the litter box before they go on a grand tour of the condo, since all my carpet is the same color…and I want to keep it that way.
You can’t spell homeowner without a ‘meow’.
– Marc
Here they are breaching the barrier:
And here’s a further update from Marc:
I was at the other end of the condo, and Miri started calling to me. It was similar to her ‘play’ meow, but not quite. I got up from the computer, and found the first picture scene in progress. I quickly scooped up the runners, and put them back into the area I’d set up as kitten corral/playpen. I turned around to make sure I’d caught them all, when the second picture scene happened. I now know who lead the jailbreak. I’ve fortified the defenses, but I know it is only temporary. I fear I will soon have free range kittens. Pray for my white carpet…it may not survive the onslaught.
At least they won’t chew the shoes up like a pup would:
This is a cute little guy / gal, but I foresee a visit from Stanley Steemer in Marc’s future:
Open thread!
Germy Shoemangler
I’m seeing an ad on this balloon-juice page: a photo of Glenn Beck holding a small electronic device in his hand. The caption says “It’s a compact power breakthrough that you almost have to see to believe.”
I wonder what on earth he’s hawking now!
Woodrowfan
that made my day, thanks.
Betty Cracker
@Germy Shoemangler: I haven’t seen that particular ad, but Beck is all about supplying doomsday preppers for a profit. It’s probably a gizmo that allegedly repels starving urchins with an electrical force field.
Germy Shoemangler
@Betty Cracker:
Perhaps it amplifies his voice.
Cats! What a dramatic prison break. Also, I like how Marc can distinguish between the different meows. The “play” meow, the “feed” meow. Learning cat is like learning Latin or Mandarin.
Betty Cracker
@Germy Shoemangler: I’ve become pretty fluent in dog over the years. One of my dogs has an amazing vocalization range. She clearly has so much to say and sometimes seems frustrated when we don’t get it. I’d love to put one of those collars from the animation flick “Up” on her.
OzarkHillbilly
@Germy Shoemangler: Bomb Triggers.
Tinare
Aww. I know litters that I fostered understood the litterbox pretty quickly. Mom does it, so they follow. And they were pretty much the size of Marc’s crew when they started to use it. So hopefully the carpet will be largely spared. They are some seriously cute kitties!
MattF
@Germy Shoemangler: I saw that a couple of days ago. If there was ever any question about Beck’s completely shameless grifting, we have the answer. Next up, I’m guessing, is perpetual motion: “Scientists just can’t figure it out.” Because…
PurpleGirl
The kittens are adorable. I love pictures of them at this stage — walking on their sturdy little legs, learning to climb (and succeeding), interpreting their world, watching each other in preparation of play. Wait until these scamps start having their itty, bitty kitty committee meetings to plan mayhem. Then watch out…
OzarkHillbilly
@Betty Cracker: My lab is the same. He even purrs.
Amir Khalid
@Germy Shoemangler:
Anyone who lives with a cat can learn to understand their different vocalisations. If the stupid human gets it wrong, the cat won’t hesitate to correct him/her.
debbie
First, pillows will never hold anything or anyone in for long. Second, Miri’s up on the bed. The kittens are imprinting that there’s a world beyond that tiny space.
benw
Marc is a brave person to corral kittens on carpet! My experience with foster kittens has always been in a room with tile flooring. That said, we’ve never had to do anything about kitten litterbox training. At most one or two messes on the floor, and then mama cat takes over and they’re flawless after that. 4 (or 5 or 6) little poops in the box, every morning. As for washing up bedding, carpets, etc. I can’t recommend Nature’s Miracle enzyme cleaner highly enough. It’s the only thing I’ve ever tried that really took the smell and stain out of the offended surface.
debbie
@Germy Shoemangler:
He’s even hawking solar-powered refrigerators for his emergency food supply. Ironic, considering his constant making fun of anything remotely green-related.
ruemara
It could be my current catless state but those could be the world’s cutest kittens. Thank you for sharing stories, Marc. Um, good luck with the white carpets.
jeffreyw
@Germy Shoemangler:
It’s a wireless pizza ordering device.
Major Major Major Major
Kittehs!
I woke up at 5 and couldn’t get back to sleep so now I know what it’s like to live on the east coast.
I think I’m getting a tattoo tomorrow, though, that should be… fun.
MomSense
Want all the kittehs. They will have no trouble finding loving homes.
Bobby Thomson
British politics has certainly gotten . . . interesting in the last 24 hours. #Hameron #piggate
Roger Moore
@Germy Shoemangler:
It’s actually very different because there is no “cat”. Adult cats rarely communicate with each other using meows; they basically do it only for humans. Because of that, there’s no standard set of meows that have established meanings. Each cat more or less makes up its own set of calls to communicate with its humans. When researchers play back cat meows to test subjects, only the cat’s human can reliably recognize their meaning. Other cat people who are unfamiliar with the individual cat are stumped.
Elizabelle
Miri Monday.
Any day is a good day to start out with Miri and the kitten escape artists. Good luck, Marc.
PurpleGirl
@MomSense: The cat rescuer I know in CT has helped a shelter in northern Alabama by taking kittens and cats from the shelter. She can find homes for them in CT and the surrounding areas.
scav
@Germy Shoemangler: A clock?
elmo
@Roger Moore: Interesting. I have two littermate cats, though, who definitely communicate with each other vocally. They’re mostly inseparable, and when they’ve been apart too long they call to each other until they’re together. And I can tell the difference between the “Sister where are you” meow and chirp and the “oh hai where’s the canned food” meow and chirp that I get.
In 25 years of rescue, I’ve never seen a pair of animals this bonded, though, so maybe there’s something unique about them.
elmo
Oh and also plus and besides which, carpet in general is of the Devil. White carpet is an abomination and must be destroyed by any means, so that it can be removed and God’s own hard flooring can take its place.
Anyone who has personally demo’d carpet in a rental apartment knows whereof I speak.
TaMara (BHF)
I concur with Tinare, my foster litter caught on almost immediately with the litter box, so I think you’ll be ok. My biggest concern was losing them in the big house. Those tiny things could and did hide in the most ingenious places.
Thanks for the pictures and the story, started my Monday off right.
Major Major Major Major
@elmo: My cat has a neighbor cat that hangs out by one of the screened-in windows and they definitely meow at each other. Not the same sort of meow that he gives to humans, more of a yowl, but still, cat noises.
Roger Moore
@Bobby Thomson:
#BaeOfPigs
TaMara (BHF)
@elmo: Hmm, my cats all talk to each other. But my momma and son combo had the most interesting vocal range.
For the rest it seems to be a simple come play call and a you’re annoying me meow, that soon turns into a hiss if it’s ignored.
But I agree with Roger Moore, most of their more complicated calling is for me.
PurpleGirl
@Major Major Major Major: How are you? Maybe it’s me but you’ve missing for a few days, right? Hope things are going well for you.
Patricia Kayden
Orange poo is a small price to pay for those feline cuties.
Major Major Major Major
@PurpleGirl: Another meds adjustment. Slept most of yesterday. Not legally allowed to drive or ride my bike for six months so life is a bit slow… I’ll make it through.
OzarkHillbilly
@scav: I already said Bomb Triggers.
Mike J
I can’t believe we haven’t had a post about the bae of pigs.
Colm Tobin @colmtobin 16h16 hours ago
Actually, it’s about ethics in pig necrophilia. #PigGate
WereBear
SQUEE!
I love the scampering with their tiny tails making exclamation points.
I agree that litterbox training with Mom on the premises proceeds smoothly. It’s an outgrowth of their instincts, and so providing the right setup is 90% of the job, done.
White carpet? That’s just asking for trouble, from any source. And I’m not a fan of any carpet, but, we live in the third floor apartment, so it’s practically the law.
Some tips:
Kittens and efficiency
It’s an ironic title :)
Calouste
@Mike J: It turns out the only thing that was wrong about Balloon-Juice’s signature phrase was the species of animal.
SFAW
I imagine this has been mentioned on one of the 273 other Marc-and-kittens posts, but since I’m TL:DS (Too Lazy: Didn’t Search): in what part of the country is Marc located?
This is just an idle “what-if” type question, because our three other cats would be less-than-welcoming to a new arrival. But I really like the coloring on that dark orange one.
Of course, I also really like the look of the Ford GT, but I probably ain’t gettin’ one of those, either.
It would probably be best (for me) if Marc is in SoCal. But I gotta ask. (Not that anyone else in this joint has thought of that already)
JPL
Cute overload. I think Cole should foster a litter of kittens.
Randy P
@Betty Cracker: No need. Dogs use body language extensively, and I’ll bet you are already reading it unconsciously (ears, posture, tail, how they move).
@TaMara (BHF): somebody actually did research on that. Apparently meowing is a language they use for us, not each other. As a result, every household develops a different private language. Owners can understand their own cats’ meows but not others.
Amir Khalid
I have a query re tomcats.
I came home tonight and found one of the cats from next door apparently trying to woo Bianca. She was spayed a decade ago, long before he was born, so there’s no chance of him getting any joy. Needless to say, Bianca doesn’t care for the attention, and she reckons he’s trespassing on her home space. He thinks — well, he’s being a guy, and you know where some guys keep their brains.
So anyway, my question is: generally, does a tomcat know if a female’s been spayed, and avoid wasting his time on her? Or does lust triumph over all?
MomSense
@PurpleGirl:
The dog rescue group where we found our pup does the same thing. They find puppies and adult strays, too in Alabama and find homes for them up here.
Shana
A couple of suggestions for Marc until the kittens are litter trained:
Incredible! cleaner. I can only get it at my local Bed Bath & Beyonds but it works really well for stains and deodorizing.
Have you considered putting down a clear plastic sheet like for painting over the carpet in that room until they’re trained?
Free advice and worth every penny.
D58826
Needed the kitty pictures after reading this on KOS
Every time I think this country has hit rock bottom there is a new story such as this to prove me wrong. Then of course you can read about all the cheery things that the GOP clown card riders are saying. What a way to start a Monday. I think I run for president with a platform of more Friday’s and fewer Mondays.
WereBear
@Amir Khalid: He might be going by visuals, though they have incredible sense of smell and that’s what usually “draws all the boys to the yard.”
During mating they are very attuned to driving off rivals, and so it might be that, too. Which would also get Bianca upset.
WereBear
And this is my husband’s drug of choice to help the poor effects of his auto-immune disease in check. We need to invent new words, because I object to the epithet “bastards,” “rats” are at least efficient scavengers, and I’m sure “slime molds” are vital to the eco-system somewhere.
Roger Moore
@Amir Khalid:
Generally yes. Females release pheromones when they’re receptive, which they shouldn’t do after being spayed. I think some toms are either so randy they don’t care or possibly are fooled by some other female’s pheromones in the same general vicinity.
Interestingly, some trap/neuter/release groups have recommended modifying their fixing procedures for feral cats, so that males would only get vasectomies and females would only get tubal ligations. That would give them normal sexual responses but prevent them from having kittens. The idea is that some of the fixed cats would wind up having unproductive sex with non-fixed ones, reducing the overall fertility rate more than they would if they were fixed so they no longer had interest in sex.
WereBear
My carpet cleaner of choice is Zout. Quick and amazing… not just getting stains out of carpet, but lifting out any … detritus… that may be a part of the problem.
WereBear
@Roger Moore: Doesn’t solve the hormone/fighting problem, though. They might wind up with higher vet bills… or higher suffering rates.
CONGRATULATIONS!
@Amir Khalid: I had a similar experience about a decade ago. Semi-feral unaltered stray. ALL MAN. He was hilarious in his over-the-top testosterone way. I was probably the only male human he ever let touch him.
At any rate, he knew my girls were girls, but they weren’t receptive. They, much to my surprise, didn’t really seem to have a problem with him hanging out in the yard just so long as he wasn’t trying to mount them or anything – and I never saw him do so, so I think he probably never tried.
He liked the company and so did they. He vanished a few months later, coyotes likely got him. This is a bad place to be a feral cat.
So, to answer your question, they know, and so far as I could tell they don’t try unless the female is giving off that special smell.
Amir Khalid
@WereBear:
The thing is, he’s not the only tomcat in the neighbourhood, but he’s the only one who shows up here. I remember that before Bianca was spayed, lots of boys showed up. A few enterprising ones even sneaked into the house to look for her.
Roger Moore
@WereBear:
I think Cole got it about right on Twitter by calling them human filth. There ought to be some kind of regulatory response that can prevent this noxious behavior.
WereBear
@Amir Khalid: He might be looking for something else then… food, friendship.
Something more than what he has now; a life that’s nasty, brutish, and short.
Amir Khalid
@WereBear:
He’s not feral, actually. He has a home next door.
gene108
A couple of summers ago, I was lying on my sofa one afternoon reading a book, which is by the windows in my living room. The windows were open, as the weather was pleasant outside.
Through the window, nearest to my head, I hear a scratching and clattering noise and shortly thereafter a white cat’s head has poked its way through the window screen and was looking at me, wondering – what I cannot say, for the mind of a cat is its own to know – but clearly it was not expecting a human so close to where it had planned whatever daring deed it had in mind, when it boldly pushed through my window screen.
For it swiftly disengaged itself from my window and started to roam in the open spaces for a less human infested target of its daring plans.
rikyrah
Obama’s citizenship push stokes conservative fears
The administration is accelerating naturalization for millions of legal residents — many of whom will probably vote Democratic.
By Sarah Wheaton
09/21/15, 05:09 AM EDT
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The Obama administration and its allies are holding scores of events this week as part of a sweeping new initiative to nudge 8.8 million legal residents who are eligible for naturalization to become full-fledged citizens — and therefore, eligible to vote.
The not-so-secret expectation is that most of them would probably register as Democrats, given the demographics heavy on Hispanics and Asians — a fact that has not been lost on many conservatives.
“We’re getting lower-income people who are coming in and taking more services, and they’re drawn to the Democrats,” said Ed Martin, president of the right-wing Eagle Forum, which raised the alarm last year in a report titled “How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party.” “That’s what Obama knows, and that’s what the Democrats know, and that’s what Republicans should know and should be fighting back against it,” Martin said.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/obama-citizenship-immigrants-naturalization-democrats-213810#ixzz3mO3QAQHi
NotMax
Will the last one to leave Russia please turn out the lights?
D58826
@Roger Moore: Maybe a stake and a good roaring fire????
gelfling545
That reminds me that I need to get on the phone to Stanley Steemer. Between an elderly & ailing dog last fall & a new puppy in January the living room carpet has seen some rough treatment.
WereBear
@Roger Moore: Mmmm. Like.
WereBear
@Amir Khalid: Oh! Then he’s looking for companionship, no doubt. Human, feline; I had cats who loved our rabbit.
WereBear
@WereBear: I wrote:
How to tell if our cat is cheating
It’s an affectionate cat’s nature to find more.
WereBear
@rikyrah: Funny how anything humanitarian and right and good dooms a Conservative Republican Party.
SFAW
@D58826:
Two stakes: one vertical, eight feet tall, the other a bit smaller and pointier, but used to ensure that the “test subject” doesn’t squirm around too much IYKWIMAITYD.
rikyrah
Will they ask Jeb about this, or pretend that it’s not happening?
PS- did you know that the Son had a Mexican Middle Name too that he has since ‘dropped’?
George P. Bush ‘reboot’ of land office has campaign, family ties
Many of agency’s top jobs weren’t publicly posted
By Brian M. Rosenthal
September 18, 2015 Updated: September 20, 2015 4:35pm
AUSTIN – Less than a year after being elected to lead the oldest state agency in Texas, Land Commissioner George P. Bush has dramatically remade the General Land Office by ousting a majority of its longtime leaders and replacing many of them with people with ties to his campaign and family.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/politics/texas/article/Bush-reboot-of-land-office-has-campaign-family-6515179.php
PurpleGirl
@SFAW: IIRC, Marc is somewhere in Colorado. If Anne Laurie was able to access the internet, I’d say send her an email and ask about where Marc lives. I also think he will be trying to find homes for the kittens and Miri because he has other cats and a limit to animals in his housing development. He kept her (temporarily) because all the local shelters were full.
PaulW
@rikyrah:
This needs to be investigated by the DoJ. The whole thing reeks of nepotism, corruption, under-the-table stuff. Wouldn’t be surprised to find kickbacks and bribery happening behind closed doors.
Roger Moore
@WereBear:
No, but I think they’re placing the highest priority on reducing the number of unwanted feral kittens, which seems reasonable. Secondary problems like marking aren’t a huge concern for ferals, either.
SFAW
@rikyrah:
I’m shocked, SHOCKED to hear that there’s wingnut welfare going on in that establishment.
And what was George P. Bush’s “Mexican Middle Name” — Pendejo? Puto? Pinche?
SFAW
@PurpleGirl:
Colorado is “close enough” re: knowing what part of the country. (Un)Fortunately, I’m near Anne Laurie (geographically), so I don;’t have to figure out how to get one of Marc’s cats here. Which is probably all for the best.
Thanks!
Amir Khalid
@SFAW:
The P is for Prescott. He still uses that middle name. The expunged middle name is his mother’s maiden name, I think, which would be Gallo. But I can’t confirm it from George P’s Wikipedia entry; it is expunged there too.
SFAW
@Amir Khalid:
You know who else had an American supporter named Prescott Bush?
Be that as it may, I think Pinche Pendejo is more suitable for most, if not all, of that family.
ETA: The males of course. And Babs, too.
lurker dean
@D58826: all hail the free market sociopaths.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/business/a-huge-overnight-increase-in-a-drugs-price-raises-protests.html
rikyrah
Carson backs religious test for presidency, despite Constitution
09/21/15 08:40 AM
By Steve Benen
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution is unambiguously clear: “[N]o religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
As of yesterday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson either doesn’t know what the Constitution says or he simply doesn’t care.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would not support a Muslim as President of the United States. Responding to a question on “Meet the Press,” the retired neurosurgeon said, “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.”
He also said that Islam, as a religion, is incompatible with the Constitution.
It was a bizarre exchange to watch. “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd asked Carson, currently a top-tier GOP contender, if a president’s faith matters. “Well, I guess it depends on what that faith is,” he replied. “If it’s inconsistent with the values and principles of America, then of course it should matter. But if it fits within the realm of America and consistent with the Constitution, no problem.”
Following up, Todd asked, “So do you believe that Islam is consistent with the Constitution?” Carson replied, “No, I don’t, I do not…. I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/carson-backs-religious-test-presidency-despite-constitution
D58826
@rikyrah: With an absolutely straight face and his usual moronic stare Bobby Jindhl said he has no problem with a Muslim as president as long as he takes the oath of office on the Bible.
How did any of these clowns get elected to pull the mike and cookies wagon in kindergarten let alone a real political office. (sigh)
rikyrah
Fiorina went to the Mitt Romney Candidate School.
Will remind people that Benen is the one who wrote the Weekly Lies of Willard Romney Column during the 2012 election season.
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Caught in a fib, Fiorina refuses to acknowledge misstep
09/21/15 10:00 AM—UPDATED 09/21/15 11:02 AM
By Steve Benen
At last week’s Republican debate, Carly Fiorina described a Planned Parenthood video showing “a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’”
There is no such video. It does not exist. This pesky detail has since touched off a striking series of events.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/caught-fib-fiorina-refuses-acknowledge-misstep
SFAW
@rikyrah:
Did Chuckles Todd bother to ask the World-Renowned Pediatric
PsychopathNeurosurgeon exactly WHY or HOW Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution? And, if he DID ask that question, did he ask how that same reasoning would not apply to our own Talibangelicals (of all flavors)?Seems like some pretty basic questions, but I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to watch Chuckles to see if he asked either of them.
SFAW
@rikyrah:
It wasn’t a fib. She’s a fucking liar, not a “fibber.”
Thoughtful Today
You’ve discovered the essence of conservatism: Fiction.
Ella in New Mexico
@Germy Shoemangler:
Ad-Block Plus. Save yourself the retinal damage.
Germy Shoemangler
From the AP:
Shakezula
Mr. S. works for a place that sells all sorts of organic, animal-safe cleaning supplies and since we have cats, we’ve tested a few.
I’d be happy to donate a few bottles of carpet stain remover if you can figure out a way for me to send it.
kc
Omg, the cuteness!
Germy Shoemangler
Photo of dog standing guard over dog trapped in cistern:
http://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2015/09/18/dog-stands-guard-for-week-protecting-trapped-friend
Elizabelle
@SFAW: I think Marc’s in Arizona, one of the big cities (Phoenix or Tucson?), but don’t quote me.
WereBear
Durn it. I’m safe, then.
Daffodil's Mom
Oh gosh….
Also, those white kittens are already showing signs of their Siamese-ish father. They will have some VERY interesting markings as they mature, and darken, probably in stripes and splotches just like one of ours.
ENJOY!!! ;~)
Tenar Darell
Thanks! I need the cute kitties today. Going to my father’s doctor with him, and it’s just one more of the many signs that things are changing. I really don’t like these changes.
Here, have a Betty Davis song. Funk out to this. ;-)
Tom
@Germy Shoemangler: For me, the important part of understanding ‘Cat’ is the body language. I’ve gotten pretty good at interpreting the non-verbal signals (ear, tail, eyes, etc.).
As a bonus, it helps you be more observant with humans.
rikyrah
the kitties are cute.
rikyrah
I really can’t wait for Pope Frankie and watch the GOP try and clown him.
kc
@Roger Moore:
I’ve read that a lot lately, but I swear my cats vocalize to one another more than rarely. Not as frequently as they talk to me, but still …
rikyrah
I still think Jeb is the Establishment Candidate, and he still has over $100 million dollars….so, I don’t count him out, even if he is pitiful.
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Put a Fork in Him
ByJOSH MARSHALL
Published SEPTEMBER 21, 2015, 10:16 AM EDT
Jeb Bush says a new TV ad attacking his brother, put together by an outside Democratic group, is “disgraceful.” This comes after Jeb himself put out a meme after last week’s debate embracing his “he kept us” safe line from his exchange with celebrity businessman Donald Trump. It’s hard to see what exactly is “disgraceful” about criticizing the record of a former president just because he happens to be another candidate’s brother. Indeed, as Amanda Marcotte notes here, the “he kept us safe” line is problematic on the merits, unless you consider the catastrophic 9/11 attacks the world’s most epic presidential mulligan. Even post-9/11, which of course is what the defenders want to focus on, getting the country embroiled in the catastrophic and terrorism irrelevant Iraq War doesn’t look like such a great idea in retrospect either.
But for the purposes of 2016, I’d argue that all these substantive points are borderline irrelevant.
As I noted in yesterday’s post, Jeb Bush has a respectable presidential resume, vast sums of campaign money and at least some remaining powerbase in the critical state of Florida. Basically the one, single and only thing that he needed to focus on in this campaign was banking all the money and establishment support that went with his name while basically never mentioning his father and brother and finding a way to convince people he was, as he put it once, “his own man” rather than the warmed over ‘younger brother’ who now, painfully, happens to be almost exactly the same age his dad was when he ran for President in 1988. (Yes, Bush would be just a few days shy of 64 if he was sworn in in January 2017. His dad was 64.)
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The Americans United for Change’s ad, which Jeb calls “disgraceful” is a rather transparent and, it would seem, extremely effective effort to pull Jeb into focusing even more of his campaign on talking about his brother and his generally discredited foreign policy.
And of course, Jeb’s falling for it totally.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/put-a-fork-in-him–2
schrodinger's cat
Cute kittehs! Want!
J R in WV
@Major Major Major Major:
Hi Major^4 !
I often have that kind of problem, awake at a stupid time of night. If there are B-J regulars commenting, that helps a little.
How’s your brain? Hope you’re feeling OK, not as fantastic visions and all. I haven’t seen any comments by you lately, so do let us know how you’re doing.
Best of luck!
JR back East