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I forgot to mention- Oliver came back this morning after 40 hours missing. I was driving around town looking for him this morning for about an hour, came back, and there he was on the doorstep, sassing me for having the audacity to lock him out.

BONUS- No one has urinated on anything in three days.

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The cat urination problem has been solved temporarily, although not the way I wanted to resolve it. Oliver and Tunch got out a window last night at 7, and while Tunch came back at ten, Oliver has not been seen for a day now. He always was the wild one and always trying to get outside, so if he eventually does come back, I may find a good farm for him.

At any rate, the most depressing part is that I was always suspicious that my cats did not like me and just tolerated me, and then Oliver pissed all over my house for two weeks and ran away. What message am I supposed to take from this other than confirmation that he hated me?

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I am heading off to a massive costume party, so there probably will be no more posting until late tomorrow (after the football game). Hope every one has a good and safe Halloween.

Oh, yeah- I am going with a few friends as Da Bears fans from Saturday Night Live.

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I need help from cat owners regarding a recent unpleasant change in the behavior of my cat, Oliver. Two weeks ago, he started urinating at various places around the house. It started with a blanket on my bed, then a comforter, then a pillow, then some dirty clothes in a hamper, then a couch, and in the last few days he has nailed my sheets twice and tonight he nailed my bed again. I have not changed his diet, I have not moved anything, I have not changed his kitty litter, I have not moved the litter box, I have not moved the water dish. In fact, there is no reason at all for this behavior that I can tell.

Since it started, other than doing laundry every day, I took Oliver to the vet to see if he had a urinary tract infection. As he had nailed a blanked five minutes before leaving for the vet, they were unable to get a urine sample, so he went on antibiotics anyway. No change in behavior. The last few days, I have been keeping my bedroom door shut, but today when I came home from work, in the time it took me to change clothes and walk into the bathroom to brush my teeth, he came in and hammered the bed again (missing my last pillow, thank goodness).

My biggest fear is that Tunch is going to start doing the same thing because Oliver is doing this. So, what I need are any suggestions you might have.

*** Update ***

Oliver is neutered and approaching 1 1/2 years old.

*** Update #2 ***

He nailed my bed, with me in it, at 4:49 am. I am not amused.

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I guess Rush Limbaugh and Greg Easterbrook aren’t the only ones getting fired for their viewpoints:

Patricia Ireland, a prominent women’s rights advocate, has been dismissed after six months as chief executive of the YWCA of the U.S.A.

Dorris Daniel-Parkes has been named interim director by the National Coordinating Board of the YWCA, the organization said.

“We have the deepest admiration for Ms. Ireland’s dedication to women’s issues and social justice, but the YWCA has proved to be the wrong platform for her to advocate for these issues,” board chairwoman Audrey Peeples said in a press release.

True to Ireland form, it is someone else’s fault:

A former head of the Democrat group that calls itself National Organization for Women, she says right-wingers opposed her from the start because of her left-wing activism, because she admitted wanting to inject her politics into YWCA and because she lived with a woman in the 1990s while still married.

Once a victim, always a victim. Right, Patricia?

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