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*steals the gang*
*wack, wack, whackwhackwhackwhackwhackwhack*
Brings gang back
Oh my! Since I already have the Gang in my name, Pounce! I won’t take them, just bringing them to the sharing circle.
I busted out laughing……thank you, Instinct
ROTFL!
These kitties are soooo awesome and cute !! too much cutiness in one area !!!
I want the one in the middle. Or the white one on the right. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeese! I must have a kitty!
POUNCE!!!!
How adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pounce!
That’s..Pounce..Pounce..Pounce..Pounce..Pounce..Rubia
π
The Gang is precious π
LOL π
Gee HM you are fast as lightning!!!
*opens eyes in awe*
Because I’m kung fu fighting
but it was a little bit frightning
yeah yeah
and you did it with expert timing π
Here comes the big boss, lets get it on
You forgot the “Hoo”‘s and the “Hugh”‘s *recorder plays that oriental stuff here*
Good morning y’all! Great! Now I have that song in my head!!! Hoo Hoo Hoo HOOOOOOOOOO!!
What an absolutely beautiful “Gang” today! Talk about “striking a pose”! Purrrrrrfect picture!
We have the gang…so where is Kool?
Perhaps he is “Hollywood Swinging”?
***there’s a party going on right here, a celebration to last throughout the year…….so bring your good times and your laughter too…..we’re going to celebrate and party with you……come on now…celllllllllabraaaaaaation……****
COME ON!
WOO HOO!!!
(it’s a celebration)
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Can’t stand that song!!!
Sit down and listen to it then. π
Oh, well I guess that is better
Kool’s horn section plays with my church’s band/choir when they are in town. You might not like the singing but the playing is great.
Too late ladies – me, TDK and the refresh button are relentless this time of day! lol
π
Hi, HM, how are you doing?
I’m good. Keeping it fluffy!! π
*sitll on drugs for sure*
π
I meant
*drugs are not doing it for me neither* π
There’s a perfect Pink Floyd song for me……Comfortably Numb
Hello…… is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Ahhh, the good ole days!
Is there anyone at home…
…but I can ease your pain, get you on your feet again.
I………….. have become comfortably numb.
Pipa’s mum better be ready with the COA today! Looks like we will need it again.
This gang is absolutely darling!
TG for the COA and the bouncy castle. This gang of kittens is making me swoon. Fortunately I grabbed a Godiva Double Chocolate Mocha from the grocery on my way to work. I need to cuddle the two that looke like they are going to be pointed.
…thud…thud…thud…thud…thud…I’m going to have a concussion soon if group tdk’s continue…but then i’ll have pierce to feed me chocolate ice cream and massage my aching head…
Did someone say Pierce??!!??
π
Did someone say chocolate ice cream??!!??
Did someone say massage?
I’ll Take one of each please!
Pierce, chocolate and the kitties…so much fun! Love how they are placed..dark, light, dark, light, dark. I love their expressions and want to take them all home. Sylvester would either be not amused or having a ball. Would be fun to find out.
Sorry I haven’t been on much. Busy with trying to find a job. Signing up with so many agencies but no job possibilities at the moment. Hoping for a miracle at this point.
Scharffenberger mocha freddo is needed today. Eggs, bacon, toast, and fresh orange juice too. Happy “Hump Day”.
Still have my fingers crossed for you. Hopefully the perfect job is just around the corner.
Hey Karin, hopes and prayers are with you π
Be out there soon and maybe we can get together for coffee or something
Hi all….I got a job offer! 30 day trial period at a very nice hourly rate and then if I like the job and they like me we renegotiate the salary. YIPPEEEEEEEE! I am doing a happy dance!
Working for a technology firm that will be moving next year to my side of the Bay which will make for an easier commute. Company has all new management and gearing up to make the company be more productive. Right now it is a “sleeping” company and the sleeper is about to wake.
Yea, Karin!!!
–Very,Very Happy for You Karin–
–CONGRATULATIONS-
Congratulations Karin!! Wow, I guess that was just around the corner. I’m so happy for you, I hope it all works out like it sounds and you will be a very happy woman. We knew you could do it! π
Yay Karin – congratulations! *clinks glasses of something yummy in them with Karin* May this next chapter in your life be happy. Pass this lady a kitten =^..^=
WHOO HOO!!! Congratulations!!! And an extra bonus that the company is actually moving closer to you!
* Clinks glass of bubbly with Karin, Joan and all the rest. Joins in on the happy dance! *
Awwwww – 5 more fluffy, fluffy babies! Pipa’s Mum – I hope you have lots of CO airbags today!
Not to worry!!
*passes COA to everyone*
please take one and pass them on!
btw, pipa, if it’s not too personal, how’s it’s going with “this could be the one” ???? i’m rooting for you…
Oh–My–where to look first–I feel faint—
*THUD*
Oops – didn’t pass the COA fast enough! *Puts TDK pillow uner Linda’s head, waves chocolate croissant under her nose and hands her one of the fluff balls*
*POOF!*
My COA works!!
**POUNCE**
Ha, Ha, Ha…
*laughing as I grab 2 light colored kittens and run away*
Love these kitten bundles!!
*looking back over shoulder for the sharing circle following me*
—bonk—THUD–*running into closed door*
*brings kittens back*
There’s a new sheriff in town….
Oh no there isn’t.
***runs for cover, all the while holding on tightly to the gang***
**Trip** Grabs kittens flying through the air. Listens for “poof” as the COA catches LeeAnne.
Returns kittens for others to cuddle
Good comeback ppearson π
Heeeeeyyyyy…. HM took my clipboard and my wack-bonk stick. π
You know how she is, sneeky little devil. She just want’s to schedule herself for all kittens all the time, π
Sweet fuzzers! Those mischevous faces! They are adorable!
what a great theme we seem to have this week.. multiple kittens! π
Remember HM 2 hour check out ……….. I want the one in the middle what a little sweet pea………………..
my babies joined the breakfast club, hey how do I get the red link I was not paying attention that day π
Are you referring to the link on this Web site?
Paste your catster URL into the box here under URI.
OK, Brandi Lee has ‘Fuzz 3’
*checks off on list*
And HM has Fuzz 1, 4 and 5. HM is special. π
Please Sir…
Can I have one?
*Pleading Spanish eyes*
Weeeelll, I guess. You can help out HM with her ‘burden’ and have Fuzz 1
Thanks! π
*burries nose in fluff*
Ple-e-e-e-e-ease, say ‘si, si
Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me!
Will my tardiness be excused if I bring little miss Sally Semi-meezer and a keg of Shiner Bock?
Instinct is special a new word for greedy? No fair one to a customer so there is enough to go around. I’ll take anyone of the fluff babies that is left there isn’t a bad one in the bunch.
No, HM had a bad day yesterday so she gets special consideration π
I see that no one has claimed #2 yet, so check me off please!
Powder Puffs of Fuzz! They look mesmerized. I wonder how many boys and girls in this brood. They are absolutely adorable. Plenty to go around.
smellycatslaw all five have girl names if any of them are really boys are they gonna be ticked off.
I have been wanting to ask what does your name mean?
Am I blind? It just says “The Gang” the other names are from yesterday, aren’t they?
Smelly Cat is a song that Phoebe sang on the tv show Friends…. singing “Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, what have they been feeding you, Smelly Cat, Smelly Cat, it’s not your fault” Since smellycat was already taken I just kept adding words until a user name was excepted, hence, Smelly Cats Law.
Loved it when she sang that!
I often wandered about that too, now I know. Very original of you.
I knew the smelly cat was Phoebe’s song but I broke the word as smelly cat slaw which didn’t make a bit of sense. I thought it was some terrible recipe!
Hey Susan where exactly is Kennesaw? I’m originally from Savannah and never heard of it.
Kennesaw is just NW of ATL, just outside the Perimeter. It was the location of the Confederates’ last stand before giving up Atlanta to Sherman. The mountain there also provided the two given names to the iconic Baseball Commissioner who rescued the sport after the Black Sox scandal. (I’m a history junkie originally from Athens; that’s how I know.)
Still, don’t feel bad. I’ve known enough Benedictine alums to know that a Savannahian’s world ends along Albermarle and Victory! π
AAAAHHHH Victory Drive! It ain’t what it us eto be. Thanks for the info Ginny and Susan. My brother was born in Atlanta, but I’ve only been there once and that was when I was still a kid. I’ll take Savannah any day of the week over Atlanta.
that’s “use to be”.
The train that the union swiped from the rebels and the rebs got it back is in a museum in Kennesaw. The yankee’s fought their way over the mountain for days before finally entering Atlanta. I did get a bit of jolt when I moved here and they told me that was a mountain it looks more like the mole hill after seeing the Rockies, Tetons and Seirra Nevada’s.
Morning all, hope that it is a great day;D
This is the week for bunches of kittens! When I pick up my new monitor today, it will be nice to be able to actually see the pictures…too dark on this one. Enjoy today, and remember to Keep It Fluffy
WOW!! You TDK’ers are really fast here!! I thought I was right there to be first in line for these lovely babies.
Which one to cuddle first? I think the second from the left with the dirty nose, but it’s a tough choice.
Hi, KM!
Hi, Alex!
I brought fresh-baked pastries and asti spumante (Italian sparkling wine).
MMMMM Asti Spumanti. Its tea time somewhere in the Empire so I’ll have a glass and a pastry.
Yum!!!
*picks a pastry*
It’s 16.33 here, so what the heck… *fills up a glass with spumante*
Yeah, what she said!! π
They are all so cute. Look they all have the same nose. i want them all. they are saying please take me home. =)
Instinct – May I please check out the little gray and white one, 2nd from the left? I spent this morning doing the first half of a motorcycle course, and now I’m tired and could use a good snuggle with a fluff ball! I promise to have her back within the allotted 2 hours! π
Suuuuure π
*Checks out kitten -code name ‘Fuzz 2″ to Rubia*
*Curls up happily with “FUZZ 2”, and accepts a glass of Asti Spumante * Thank you Instinct and Ann F! Now this is the way do afternoon tea!
Darn, you beat me to it. I thought I was first, but alas it wasn’t meant to be. I shall wait my turn like a good girl while sipping on some Spumanti and munching on a pastery. Thanks Ann F, I needed that.
Uh OH – I’m late getting FUZZ 2 checked back in! Many apologies! Who’s next on the list for FUZZ 2?
*Sheepishly hands FUZZ 2 over to the next person *
That would be me! Thanks Rubia, I’ll trade you some Baileys so that you can still have that warm fuzzy feeling.
I have nothing to trade with, but I’d love some Bailey’s!!
i want one! so cute and fluffy!!!
Ohhhh, they’re all pretty bundles of fluffiness! Little silvery babies!
Aren’t they adorable? So many little kitty faces to kiss, so many squirmy kittens to cuddle! I’m in luv….
Not to undermine their fierceness, but I’m really not afraid of this “gang!”
**No Meat For Me: Sexiest Vegetarians Named**
Thousands Vote Online For Winners
POSTED: 11:56 am PDT June 26, 2007
When it comes to eating vegetables, apparently there’s no one sexier than country singer Carrie Underwood and Jay Leno’s bandleader Kevin Eubanks.
They’ve been voted the World’s Sexiest Vegetarians for 2007 in a monthlong poll on Peta.com.
Eubanks had help winning People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian man. Jay Leno has had a weeklong rally urging “Tonight Show” viewers to vote for him. This was Eubanks’ first win.
Tonight Show viewers logged on in large numbers, pushing Eubanks ahead of his competitors. PETA said Eubanks is long known for his buff body, in addition to his musical skills.
“Every night before the show, I make sure [my] guitar is perfectly tuned. And every day, I do the same for my body — with healthy, vegetarian meals. It’s the easiest way to stay fit and feel great,” Eubanks has said.
Underwood didn’t need any help. She’d won the title two years ago.
Underwood said she is a lifelong animal lover.
“I quit eating beef when I was about 13,” she has said. “I do it because I really love animals and it just makes me sad,” she said. “I don’t like to watch commercials where they have meat. It weirds me out.”
Red-carpet runners-up include Heroes hottie Milo Ventimiglia, dashing actor Joaquin Phoenix, sexy sleuth Kristen Bell, Spider-Man 3’s Bryce Dallas Howard, 30 Seconds to Mars vocalist Jared Leto, and Die Hard beauty Maggie Q. Tens of thousands of votes were cast.
Previous winners of PETA’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian contest include Prince, Natalie Portman, Shania Twain, Chris Martin, Andre 3000, Tobey Maguire, Josh Hartnett, Alicia Silverstone, and Lauren Bush.
Meat is sexy!!
I agree!! Here have some extra crispy bacon……
Are we talking about cows here? or Pierce perhaps?
someone said Pierce again??
Geez! I’m going insane!
Ummm…I didn’t, I said bacon!! I see the resemblence though……… π Sizzly bacon = Pierce!!!
Maybe I’ll make a bacon sculpture of Pierce!
Pierce!!!!!!!
If I can’t get in line for a kitten, can I get Pierce instead? I can plead and whine like everyone else!
no, no, no, pierce is mine, i have him trained just right, i’d probably give everything in my bank accounts away if he asked while giving me a back massage…
JCL
I guess you saw that I never won this award before.
Two reasons: 1. I eat meat 2. Ain’t sexy!
“Y’all take care, and don’t fur-git to clean your paws before — and after dinner.” — The CatWrangler from Louisiana
Wow, what a week on TDK! Bundles of babies everyday. Who could ask for more.
Instinct, I will take whoever still needs cuddling ASAP as I could always use a good cuddle!
Five adorable bundles of fluff – and leftmost and rightmost have BIG feet to grow into. Sooo cute!
Quite interesting…
**Drivers Officially Divorce Their Cars**
Motorists Partner With Community Car
UPDATED: 5:06 am PDT June 27, 2007
MADISON, Wis. — Some Madison area residents said that they have a solution to the rising cost of gas: Divorce your car.
Six residents did just that in a ceremony Monday. The six signed divorce papers to give up their cars and instead take part in the community car program.
For a small annual fee, drivers can reserve a community car whenever they need one, and have gas and insurance paid for.
AAA officials said that Americans spend more than $9,000 a year on car expenses. That’s the second-highest household expense, coming after home expenses, like mortgage or rent.
AHHHHHHH! ***thud***
Uh Oh – Another one who didn’t get her COA!
*Puts pillow under Sheba’s Mom’s head, and waves glass of Asti Spumante under her nose so that the bubbles tickle*
Here you can share FUZZ 2 with me!
****uhhhhh*** wow, thank you Rubia! Wine at 7:50 AM, does the trick! Will have to hide it from my boss, however.
Fortunately, it is virtual wine, so it should be easy to hide away! π
Just get him a glass as well.
Okay, three days in a row, I can now totally handle passels o cute-
*thu-ploof*
Waiting for my turn with these adorable gray/white puffballs, I offer orange chocolate chip bread, berry-flavored applesauce and any sort of fresh-squeezed juice that anyone wants.
Well, that all sounds too good to pass up! I’ll take orange juice.
Me too with a splash of Absolute please! It is almost noon here. π
Certainly…here’s your splash!
**Indonesian VP OKs marijuana as spice**
The Associated Press
Published: June 26th, 2007 09:23 PM
Marijuana possession should remain a crime in Indonesia, but chefs who use the herb as a traditional way to season curries should not be arrested, the country’s vice president told local reporters.
Cooks in parts of Indonesia – a nation that executes drug traffickers – say they use tiny amounts of crushed marijuana leaves or seeds as a spice in certain dishes.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Vice President Yusuf Kalla said there was “no way” Indonesia would legalize or decriminalize marijuana as some countries in western Europe have done.
“It is all right to use it as a food seasoning, but it should not be fully legalized,” Kalla was quoted as saying by The Jakarta Post.
Kalla did not address the problems such a stance might pose to police tasked with arresting marijuana users. Officers have never previously cracked down on the use of marijuana in the kitchen or said the practice was a particular problem.
Kalla and the police chief both reiterated their support for the death penalty for drug traffickers, noting that neighboring Malaysia and Singapore also execute offenders.
Reminds me of an old episode of “Nash Bridges” in which the guest stars were Philip Michael Thomas (Don Johnson’s old partner on “Miami Vice”) and Tommy Chong (do I REALLY have to say how he partnered with Cheech Marin?).
There was one scene in which Chong (playing a confidential informant) led Cheech into one of those “marijuana clinics” that were legal in California at the time in order to question a witness who hung out there. As the two stood in line to talk to a “pharmacist,” Chong asked Cheech “What’s your drug of choice these days?” Cheech’s sardonic reply: “Rogaine.”
JCL
LOL! Love it!
I remember that episode! Didn’t Chong also reprieve his famous line ‘Dave’s not here, man’? 8)
If I may please reserve the fluffy little charmer in the middle of the photo for two hours, I will supply virtual mimosas for all TDKers. And several slices of lemon poppyseed cake.
Lemon poppyseed cake???
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
–debsterwiz–
Be careful w/the poppyseed cake if your having any blood work done at the docs.
You can end up w/a positve results of drugs in your system,or throw off results of other certain test results
Just like Elaine on Seinfeld! haha!
Yup if you are going for a whiz quiz skip the poppy seeds.
The Gang is adorable! I’ll take any one of them please, for a snuggle. I can’t stop looking at them.
I brought some hot Apple turnovers, tea and fruit juice to the share circle. Help yourselves.
Sis!
Look! I got Fuzz 1! Let’s share.
How are you today?
And how come i know that I’m going to love whatever a hot apple turnover is!!
*hug*
Hi Pipa’s mum,
Thanks, I don’t mind if I do, share “Fuzz 1”. They’re so cute. I can never get enough kitty cuddling. I’m doing ok, except for my cough. It started driving me crazy last nite. Need to go to town I guess and pick up something for it.
An Apple turnover is like an apple pie but like a small individual pie, slightly rectangle shaped with sealed edges.
Hi Renee – I get that horrible cough too! Zicam does a throat spray that does seem to help. I think they have a daytime and a nighttime version.
Thanks Rubia, may check that out.
Give her the kitten for crying out loud! I’ll have one of each please.
ahhh
Hi Brandi Lee when I click on your name it doesn’t do anything.
Brandi Lee, I had a little trouble when I did this, too. I had put a comma where there should have been a dot. Make EXTRA sure that you have every single letter and sign correct, then it’ll work.
What a sweet bundle of babies! Just what I need this week.
I apologise if this seems tedious. I am posting it on the 3 online communities I connect with and would like to share.
Last night the world lost a sweet 7 year old boy who had been struggling with an inoperable brain tumor for over a year now. I only knew Justin through some musician friends of mine who put on a benefit last year that helped raise a good deal of money to help this family pay for medical expenses. My part was small, but rewarding to know I used what talents I had to help a local family in need and someone so young having to deal with this. I wanted to share this story I was given about the roll of children in need and how they help us when we think we are helping them. The first website is to Justin’s page. The second is to a beautiful story about prefection. Thank you Justin for helping me get a little closer to perfection.
http://www.justinfund.com
http://www.danschmidt.org/Perfection.htm
Jennifer, That was a beautiful story about perfection. Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, they are so fluzzy (fluffy and fuzzy, that is)! I have a weakness for grey/silver/blue cats. Hi Alex! I hope your summer is fun and Star and the babies are doing well. Hello Kittenmaster. I appreciate you. I took Danni to House of Mews last night. I know she will end up with a good home but it is still hard to give them up. It’s like they get a claw hold on your heart and tear a little piece of it away when it’s time for them to go. My daughter said something to me years ago when I always wanted to keep “just one” of the fosters. With all of the wisdom of a 14 year old she pointed out that if I kept even just one out of each litter I fostered then soon I would have no room to foster anymore and that would be one less person helping homeless cats and kittens. Sounds more like a lecture from a mom to a child than the other way around, doesn’t it? Savannah (the mom) will be spayed and come back to my house to rest for a while before she goes to the House of Mews. Happy Wednesday everyone!
Your daughter is wise beyond her years. She is right, you can do more good if you can help more litters.
I love the way your daughter described letting go of the foster kitties to keep helping others. I, too, would find it very hard to let go.
Check out this adorable pet slideshow from Woman’s Day Magazine. 27 beautiful pics! Click on the photo of the kitty to get started…
http://www.womansday.com/article.asp?article_id=10559
wonderful! you have almost all my favorites, sept some oranges, white w/ orange tips, and blacks/ black & white patches. heck, i lovesssss all colors! beautiful gang!
OMG!! I don’t care who took it, but I’m gonna steal it away! Love the little seal point looking one second from tha left, it’s just adorable. I may however be convinced to share given the right set of circumstances. hint hint *** I’m starving, these doubles can kill a person*** Food, I need food and drink of course. Somebody please help me!!
Cleaver
Here Cleaver, have an apple turnover and your choice of drink or tea.
Thanks Renee and just in the nick of time too. I was starting to get queezy and blurried eyed. Thought I was gonna need the ever so handy COA.
Help! It’s the Fuzzies!
OMG – utterly adorable!
HI everyone!!
Good afternoon KM
Hi Alex!!! How is Starr and the babies? Headbonks from my guys!!!
and hugs to all!!! Enjoy your day!!!!
Love Terri
I found this at Recipe Zaar–thought it sounded nice for the 4th of July.
Really Great Old-Fashioned Lemonade
Lemons must be at room temperature before squeezing out the juice. For pink lemonade add in a few drops of red food colouring, and for honeyed lemonade substitute liquid honey for the sugar.
make 5 1/2 cups 10 min prep
1 cup fresh lemon juice (juice of 6 lemons)
3/4 cup sugar (or more to taste)
4 cups cold water
1 lemon (sliced into to rounds)
ice cubes (lots!)
1 drop yellow food coloring
In a large glass pitcher combine the lemon juice and sugar; stir vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Add in the cold water and food colouring; stir well.
Adjust the sugar to taste.
Add in lots of ice cubes.
Add in the lemon slices and serve.
A little Southern Comfort and we’d have mint juleps!
JCL
That sounds great right about now — except it’s 2:29 in the morning — and I’m stuck at my office!
I’ll have to try some later today! After all, it does get a wee bit warm down here in the summer time. (Lord, God help me — I’m starting to sound Irish — and I’m from south Louisiana!)
What a great picture! Totally lovin’ The Gang today. Looks like the share circle is extra fluffy today. Incredibly busy at work; if anyone wonders what year-round school people do all summer, you’re welcome to shadow me for a day!
Hey Instinct – do you think you can help me with my magic wand? I think it needs a flame-thrower to keep people at bay so I can get work done. Coming to TDK during work time doesn’t count since I consider it therapy…
YOU DID A GREAT JOB TAKING “THE GANGS” PICTURE. THEY ARE ALL LOOKING AT YOU. THEY ARE JUST ADORABLE!!!
*takes ear plug out*
Say what???
(Debbie — all caps used on the Internet is the equivalent of shouting, please bear in mind as you comment
so what she is excited
–LETS not be judgemental–
JCL
Debbie, I thought the same thing when I first saw the photograph.
Heck, just try lining up five kids for a photograph — and people wonder why there is always a high turnover rate at those little photo studios in places like WalMart and such!
Awww, Debbie is just very jazzed about the incredibly cute kitties. Sometimes you can’t help but shout it out!
yep, it’s litter week. If this was me fostering I’d be up to almost twenty kittens with still Thursday and Friday to go. I think this page is hitting the kaboodle stage!
More litters pls Kittenmaster!!!
hint, how about a meezer or manx week? cheers
For anyone who cares: Paris Hilton is scheduled to be on Larry King tonight at 9PM.
NO ONE CARES!!
I can only imagine what she’ll talk about: “I broke a nail and not a manicurist or nail tech in sight”, “orange is just not my color”, “the other women kept teasing me”, blah, blah, blah…
No, it will be about how she found God in prison and she has turned her life around.
Then we will get a Lifetime movie about the whole thing
Yeah, you’re probably right! Like she needs more money……geeeeez!
I think she supposedly “found” God a week b4 going to the big house, I remember reading she was carrying a Bible with her everywhere she went…….crazy rich troll!!!
I’m sure if she “found” God, she will “lose” Him pretty quickly now that she is out. There’s a lowlife in Memphis named Danny Owens who owns a bunch of topless bars and who has been in jail several times over the years. I can’t remember all of the specific charges but I’m sure it had to do with drugs and prostitution. Everytime he goes to jail he finds God and every time he gets out he loses Him again.
OH WOW! Now I can get on with my life!!!!!
JCL
“Darn — I MISSED IT! I was going to schedule my life just around Larry King earlier tonight and … and … what? Oh … who? WHO? Paris Hilton. Oh, I’m sure they have a Hilton in Paris! What? Paris Hilton — that’s her name? Who’s that? Has she ever sung with the Charlie Daniels Band before? Marshall Tucker Band? How about Porter Wagoner? Oh, that’s right — that was Dolly. Maybe it was Cool and the Gang! No? What did Paris do? What? She just got outta jail? She was in for HOW LONG? Oh my gosh — what did she do — commit MURDER? I spend way to much time on The Daily Kitten — I just can’t keep up with HARD news!”
The preceding was part of a real conversation I had with — myself! It’s goofy — just like the news!
Yeah for bundles of kitty joy!! I saw from my post yesterday that there are other librarians out there. I am in an academic library. I saw there were some K-12 and special librarians out there in TDK land. Yeah for librarians who loooove kitties! I only wish we had a library cat. I suppose I’ll settle for one of these cuties though. Could I please check one out?
For librarians and sympathizers: Book Cart Drill Team World Championships
from the June 27, 2007 edition – http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0627/p20s01-algn.html
Dewey Decimal divas
Librarians ditch their cardigans and don feather boas to compete in the Book Cart Drill Team World Championships.
By Elaine F. Weiss | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
Washington
The librarian from Ohio popped a wheelie on his book cart, and the audience went wild. The team of librarians from Texas wore red, white, and blue feather boas as they danced the boogie-woogie while pushing their book carts in pinwheel formation. The Delaware team outfitted their performance vehicles in silver lamΓΒ© and dressed in rhinestones, as they executed their signature “wave-canon” maneuver.
Welcome to the Third Annual Bookcart Drill Team World Championships, where librarians in elaborate costumes choreograph spinning carts, execute dance and gymnastic routines to jazzy soundtracks, and shake their booties to shake up the public perception of the stuffy librarian.
Last weekend’s world championship at the American Library Association’s annual meeting is the most high-profile, but not the only, event of its kind. There are more than 200 library cart drill teams around the country Γ’β¬β all part of an ALA image makeover and public outreach effort.
“It’s all about the image that librarians are stodgy, stern, always shushing,” said Caroline Langendorfer of Madison, Wis., a competitor in the previous two world championships. “Cardigans. Hair buns. I love shaking up [that] stereotype.”
Taking team names like the Book Pushers (Benicia, Calif.), Dewey Decimal Dancers (Frederick, Md.), Cartwheelers (Springfield, Ill.), the Rolling Tomes (Virginia Beach, Va.), and the Las Vegas Bookies, teams march in local parades, perform at state fairs and regional festivals, visit schools to promote literacy, and compete in state-level contests. And a few fortunate teams get to go for the gold Γ’β¬β the gold book cart, that is, at the ALA World Championship.
“This is a wonderfully weird event,” said Jon Scieszka, a well-known children’s book author who served as emcee and color commentator for the competition Sunday at the Washington Convention Center, which drew a standing-room-only crowd of more than 1,500 hooting and hollering librarians.
Mr. Scieszka has become an unabashed book cart team groupie; together with author/illustrator and fellow drill team aficionado Mo Willems, he’s made cameo appearances, in a bathrobe and crash helmet, at the previous world championship events. “It’s librarians performing ballet, crossed with NASCAR, the World Series, the Olympics, and Mickey Mouse on Ice Γ’β¬β all in an unholy combination.”
The teams approach the competition with a sly wink and characteristically solid reference skills. They consult the “bible” of the movement, “The Library Bookcart Drill Team Manual.” They also scout the competition in advance, watching videos of the other teams’ posted on YouTube: “We did a little stealth work,” admitted Janelle Wertzberger of Gettysburg, Pa. “We’re librarians, we know how to do research!”
Rules are firm: teams have just five minutes to decorate their carts (“The secret is to use magnets,” one contestant revealed, working like a member of a NASCAR pit crew to get her cart in shape) but the logo of the contest’s sponsor, Demco, a major library materials supplier, must not be obscured. The maximum routine is four minutes, with a half-point penalty on technical ability scores for each 10 seconds over. There’s also an artistic expression score from one to ten.
Teams practice several times a week for months, perfecting spins, passes, and special maneuvers with names like the Flower, Runway Promenade, Bette-Midler Walk, and the One-Point Spin.
Each team has a choreographer, like Katy Gibson, who put her team through a final rehearsal: “One, two, three, four, watch your line, turn on five,” she called out to the Book Divas from Houston, a powerhouse group of elementary school librarians that captured the Texas Library Association crown two years running, and placed second in the nationals last year. They’re aiming for gold this time and sponsored their trip to Washington by selling a Book Divas calendar Γ’β¬β like the English Calendar Girls, but everyone’s fully clothed Γ’β¬β posed in their trademark feather boas and appropriate book props for each month. At Sunday’s championships they were decked out in Rosie the Riveter costumes, their lead cart sporting airplane wings and a propeller, and the motto “Reading is Riveting” emblazoned on their shirts.
“Let’s practice our throws,” a member of the Readin’ & Rollin’ team from Milford, Ohio, said to her partner, as they shot book carts to one another in time to a spiced-up version of “Flight of the Bumble Bee.” “This is our toughest maneuver,” explains Marlene Noschong, and on the shiny convention center floors the carts were moving faster than the team was accustomed to (they practice on carpet) and their timing needed adjustment. Teams also adapt their performances to different venues: Parades, for example, call for different costumes and moves.
“The community loves us in the parades,” says Noschong of the Ohio troupe, which performs in parades for the Cincinnati Reds Opening Day and the Fourth of July. “They don’t expect it. And we reach people who don’t necessarily come into the library, but now they see us in a different light. It absolutely has a positive effect.”
The Delaware Diamonds team, resplendent in black outfits with silver rhinestones, had a case of the jitters, and with good reason: It was their debut. It’s a statewide team, drawn from 55 librarians who answered the call to try out. Regulations cap teams at 12, and the test was to do the hokey pokey with a straight face. The state librarian of Delaware, Annie Norman, made the cut, and on Sunday all aglitter, she waited nervously for the Diamonds to take their first bow: “We were trying to get rid of our stodgy image,” she laughed, “and now we’ve gone straight to an eccentric image.”
“I think it means a lot to the community, seeing librarians spoofing themselves,” said Deidre Ross, director of conference services for the ALA. She started the world championship in 2005 when she realized how popular the drill teams were becoming in local communities. “You don’t picture librarians doing this.”
With the “graying” of the library profession Γ’β¬β half of all credentialed librarians will reach retirement age in the coming decade Γ’β¬β there is hope that this new fun and funky image of the modern librarian will help recruit young people to the field.
When the carts got rolling, the competition was stiff. Chris Rich of the Readin’ & Rollin’ team brought the house down with his finale: an audacious one-wheeled spin, the triple Lutz of book cart stunts. Everyone grooved along to the “Jungle Boogie” beat of the Gettysburg Gett Down With Your Funky Shelf team performance, and they won high artistic scores. The Delaware Diamonds were stunning in their Busby Berkeley tribute, complete with a feather-fanned dancer sashaying atop a runway of book carts. And the Houston Book Divas stole the crowd’s heart striking that famous Rosie the Riveter muscle pose.
When the scores were tallied, it was close, but the Book Divas rolled home on the golden book cart (it’ll be shipped to Houston, where celebrations are planned). The Gettysburg Funky Shelf took the silver-painted cart, and the Delaware Diamonds captured the bronze.
“I was dazzled; it was fantastic,” exclaimed Holly Bunt, director of the Western Reserve Academy library in Hudson, Ohio. She and her colleagues immediately began thinking about forming their own drill team. That’s the way the drill team idea seeds itself across the land.
“It shows we can do more than sit at a desk and check books in and out,” said Ms. Bunt. “It shows we have creativity and coordination.”
I have a friend downstate who is a former elementary school librarian who did a book cart rap with her assistant for their students. We’re trying to talk her into putting it online.
I’m asamg1 AT yahoo DOT com
I’m particularly fond of the Rolling Tomes, but that may be my age…
Hey Lara! I’m one of those academic library kitty lovers! (waves) We should exchange email addies, you, me, Fogfoot and who else…Ami F?
I’m mizsiobhan (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Oh, I have to add… my library designed a Soapbox Derby car that beat the pants off the Engineering entries, all three of them! Woohoo! Librarians rule. We had a poster session at ALA in 2005 on that car….
Hi Judy!!! (waves back!!)
I am at lursin (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
Hooray for librarians and kitties! ^..^
JCL
“Shhhhh! Be vey-ree, vey-ree quiet! We must sneak up on da wabbit!”
π
Getting 5 kittens to look at the camera at the same time is hard enough. But arranging them so you alternate between white and grey kitties deserves a standing ovation!
They are all so beautiful! My first response was a very loud gasp…I do love the little long hairs!
Great story on Beliefnet today–**The Cat in the Bag**
When my aunt’s beloved feline died, she prayed to see her pet again in heaven. Did this cat have nine lives?
http://www.beliefnet.com/nllp/Inspiration.aspx?WT.mc_id=Inspiration03&date=06-27-2007
I’m laughing my head off.
*head goes rolling across floor*
** Cleaver picks up HM’s head and puts it back on**
You really should be more careful with that thing. Thank goodness for the enclosed castle or you could have lost it for good. Here, have a Mamosa, it will make your head feel better.
Champagne and painkillers….ahhhh….Not to worry everyone, I won’t do an Anna Nicole.
Thanks, Cleaver – you rock!!
I’m here to please oh wise one! It’s the least I could do after letting your head fall off like that.
JCL
Same thing happened to me several years ago — when I laughed my butt off. I didn’t think it could go under the couch like that — butt it did! Thanks to my neighbor’s cat, Caboose, I found it. Now I wear suspenders! The End!
LMAO!!!!!
OOPS – Here in the UK, suspenders are lady’s garters!
That was purrrfect!!
Thanks Dee
I liked it!! Thanks Dee!
JCL
Thanks, Dee, that was a grrrreat story!
Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.
-Maurice Setter
I have not seen a post by Rainingwolf of Oregon, today; however, let’s all vote 5 times for Redford today and each day for the rest of this week. He is the orange cat with white face on the voting page and is lagging behind as # 2, today. I am trying to show the web address in the URL. I hope that it works.
The url web address did not show, so I am showing the web address for voting for Redford, the cat of Rainingwolf of Oregon, a fellow TDKer here: http://www.arcamax.com/catsanddogs/graphics-26901
I am sorry, but the address for voting for Rainingwolf of Oregon’s cat Redford will not work the way I am posting it. Perhaps, someone else can post it or Rainingwolf will post later today. I tried.
Wrong URL. It’s http://www.arcamax.com/catsanddogs/galpic-26901
WOW, all the beautiful babies this week – I guess THUD will have to be my response too. Yesterday’s gray girls look just like my Miss Pearl – pearl grey with grey/mauve nose leather and toes – one of her special names is Miss Lavender Toes. Love those kittehs. Hope everyone’s week is going well y’all.
Isn’t it sweet how we come up with so many lovey names for our kitties? Hermes has about a dozen of ’em…
Being all girls…they are just learning to not miss a camera shot / they are this good at this age..they will just get better
I neea cuddle, please pass me a kitten. It has been a mega bad day (it’s 17.25 here) and it’s not over yet. Help! Chocolate also in large quantities required urgently, a large glass of chilled white wine wouldn’t go amiss either (nothing oaked – I don’t like the oaky ones). Please take pity HM/Instinct/Pipa’s Mum and the rest. I am a kitten lover in need.
Here have a box of Godiva chocolate, a glass of pinot grigio and a couple of five fluffy kits.
You are so kind *slurps wine before diving into chocolates*
Nice vintage!
Can never turn down a kitten lover in need…..here, have a fuzzball, whoops! It’s squirmin’, hold on….
You have my pity, I’m going on 14 hours now and counting. I have two more to go and I’m outta here sitting in the sunshine sailing away with Captain Morgan! Yeah baby!! * said in the Austin Powers sorta way**
Polly’s Mum, Sorry you are haing a bad day. Here is a nice glass of Sauvignon Blanc and a creame puff with chocolate whipped cream and raspberries on the side. Sending you good thoughts and headbonks and purrs from all of todays kittens
See I can’t even spell need!
These adorable babies are bringing me out of the woodwork! (Long time lurker, first time poster.) I’m not sure there is such a thing as a kitten that is NOT cute, but these kitties are in a league of their own cuteness!
Welcome, Buda Baby.
Welcome to TDK Buda Baby. Sit, stay have a drink and some treats.
Welcome Buda Baby!
Welcome!! Here’s a mimosa to welcome you to our happy group!
Welcome to our humble community π
Welcome to a great group of TDK’ers.
Hi, Buda Baby, welcome to the cathouse of insanity! Tell us more about you or your cats, if you don’t mind.
Welcome to the vocal group. Glad you are out of lurkland. Tell us about yourself!
Thanks for all the words of welcome! Unfortunately I don’t have a cat of my own, but fortunately I can live vicariously through all of you!
I feel your pain Buda Baby, but I’m looking for another fuzzy butt at this time. My Princeton went to Rainbow Bridge a few years ago and it has taken me a while to be ready to get another. I have three small poodles, so it’s a little difficult to find just the right adult cat, which is really what I had wanted. Please feel free to continue living through us and join in on the fun.
Nice to see you! Take off your shoes and make yourself comfortable. Here’s Mimosa and some chocolate for you. π
How ADORABLE!!!! I can just imagine them running around playing. Live entertainment!!!
JCL
Hi, Kim. You should check out You Tube where they have numerous videos of kittens playing and doing goofy things. But here’s a tip — give yourself at least two to three hours because it’s addictive — just like TDK!
Right now I want to go home from work, and cuddle up with a good book and several kittens….
**UN: Half the World Soon to Be in Cities**
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q176SO0&show_article=1
**China shuts 180 food factories for using illegal chemicals**
POSTED: 2:58 a.m. EDT, June 27, 2007
BEIJING, China (AP) — China has closed 180 food factories after inspectors found industrial chemicals being used in products from candy to seafood, state media said Wednesday.
The closures came amid a nationwide crackdown on shoddy and dangerous products launched in December that also uncovered use of recycled or expired food, the China Daily said.
Formaldehyde, illegal dyes, and industrial wax were found being used to make candy, pickles, crackers and seafood, it said, citing Han Yi, an official with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, which is responsible for food safety.
“These are not isolated cases,” Han, director of the administration’s quality control and inspection department, was quoted as saying.
Han’s admission was significant because the administration has said in the past that safety violations were the work of a few rogue operators, a claim which is likely part of a strategy to protect China’s billions of dollars (euros) of food exports.
International concerns over China’s food safety problems ballooned this year after high levels of toxins and industrial chemicals were found in exported products.
Chinese-made toothpaste has been rejected by several countries in North and South America and Asia, while Chinese wheat gluten tainted with the chemical melamine was blamed for dog and cat deaths in North America. Other products turned away by U.S. inspectors include toxic monkfish, frozen eel and juice made with unsafe color additives.
Authorities in China have pushed for more stringent controls and increased publicity of their efforts to control the problem.
Han said most of the offending manufacturers were small, unlicensed food plants with fewer than 10 employees, and all had been shut down. China Daily said 75 percent of China’s estimated 1 million food processing plants are small and privately owned.
According to Han, the ongoing inspections are focusing on commonly consumed food such as meat, milk, beverages, soy sauce and cooking oil. Rural areas and the suburbs — where standards are likely less strict — are still considered key areas for inspectors, he said.
Meanwhile, another regulating agency, China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce, said it closed 152,000 unlicensed food manufacturers and retailers last year for making fake and low-quality products.
It also banned 15,000 tons of “unqualified food” from entering the market because it failed to meet national standards.
The report, posted on the administration’s Web site Tuesday, gave no other details and telephone calls to the administration were not answered.
If they closed 180 plants, there are thousands more. Putting formaldehyde (a carcinogen) in food should land somebody in jail.
At least they acknowledge the problem now. Hope they really make improvements too.
This isn’t fair! Three mornings in a row I am destroyed not by one cute little face, but by a whole gang of cute little faces. I don’t know how much more my nervous system can stand….
*reaches out and grabs all five bundles of fluff for a snuggle nearly turning into a puddle of mush when they all start purring*
whew… I’m okay now. *puts kitties back, grins and runs off to work before she is late*
tee hee
**Apple Juice Tantrum Causes Plane To Make Emergency Landing**
POSTED: 5:59 pm EDT June 26, 2007
UPDATED: 11:27 am EDT June 27, 2007
A child’s tantrum onboard a Delta commuter flight forced a pilot to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport.
Chopper 10 was over the scene.
The forced landing was caused by a fight over apple juice.
A 4-year-old wanted apple juice and when the stewardess didn’t get it quick enough, the child threw a tantrum, NBC 10 reported.
The Delta commuter flight landed around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The flight originated in New York and was headed to North Carolina before the incident.
Passengers were spending the night in Philadelphia, NBC 10 reported.
Authorities said there would be no charges filed in the incident.
I’m glad I wasn’t on that plane. Brats make me insane.
And what the heck were the parents doing while this was going on???
Perhaps drinking something stronger than apple juice.
Here’s another instant where duct tape would of fixed the problem………..
I meant “instance”!!!!
LeeAnne–isn’t that a Jeff Foxworthy joke? haha!
Yup, I think I would have pleaded Temporary Insanity and pitched the howler out the door. That’s inexcusable. Hope the parents were mightily embarrassed. I can certainly tell the child has the upper hand in THAT family.
You’re kidding. I hope the parents took that brat home and paddled its butt till it stood up to eat for a week.
My parents would have given me “the look.” You know which look. The one that says, “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.” That was usually enough to paralyze me into good behavior.
Oh, for the good old days of decent behavior from children and responsible actions from their parents.
My mother is 86, in poor health, about 5 ft 2 in tall and weighs about as much as one of my cats, but I swear, all 4 of her kids are STILL scared of her! Especially my 6 ft 3in tall weight-lifting brother! haha!
JCL
Once I was on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Lake Charles. It was an American Airlines Saab 340 turboprop aircraft.
I was seating at a window seat with a lovely view of the wing.
On the wing was one of the two engines that kept us aloft. It was noisy.
A few rows ahead of me was a not-so-cute little brat who was screaming and yelling at the top of his lungs from 17,000 feet. He didn’t seem scared — he just loved to hear himself scream and yell at the top of his lungs from 17,000 feet and feel proud of the fact that he could annoy everyone on board the aircraft.
This went on for the majority of the flight. If there was ever a time I would not have minded for the plane to go down in a ball of flames — that was it.
Until I can get the millions of dollars to purchase my private jet, and have pilots standing by, I’ll just drive myself — thank you very much!
Has anyone here been hit hard by the torrential storms in Texas? Over 19 inches of rain overnight? Incredible!
We’ve been getting some rain everyday, but nothing like our neighbors to the north and west.
Waco’s 30 minutes to an hour north of that area, and we’ve gotten soaked, but not that bad. There are some places in surrounding counties that got 10 to 12 inches. I work at the Waco paper, and we’re keeping pretty busy. π
Hey Catherine,
I work at the Dallas paper. We have really gotten rain, buy so far it’s been slow enough to run off. I have seen nights when I thought I would never get home. Highways were closed, and neighborhood streets were rivers.
Not this time, though. Thank goodness!
I love how they alternate in color in the picture. Gray white gray white gray.
Anyone want to volunteer to bail me out of jail when I KILL my boss. He’s being a pain in the behind!!!!!!!
Well, I don’t have the money to help with bail, but I could help move the body
Thanks Instinct, I might need to take you up on that!!!!
Any ideas on a good way to commit bossacide?
Tiptoe into the conference room when the jerk is meeting with HIS boss. Then, whisper to him, “The call came in. They say you tested positive.” Then tiptoe out.
I know of some nice Kudzu covered hillsides in Alabama and Tennessee. that and some Lyme and no one would ever find the body.
bwahahahaha! On a less capital punishment inducing note, you could always just go to his house and toss a bunch of fish in his crawl space and “liquid nails” the dor shut.
bwuhahahaha
Did you read the abouve article about the plants in China? Maybe a few pointers in there huh?
The hole is already dug…
π
I know I nice deep hole. No one will find him, we can take him and hide him for a whole year! Or until you feel like dealing with him again.
“The guy sure looks like plant food to me!” π
Audrey II FUZZ!
Again? Hmmmmm……I may have a little something for him. LOL
We’ll just use the whack-bonk stick, instant amnesia! He will never know what “hit” him.
Yeah yeah!!
And no kittens for him to hold!
JCL
Bogman’s mama — have you ever thought of using cat food and/or toothpaste from a rather large, communist, Asian country?
Anyway, I suggest you cuddle one night on your couch with Bogman, a remote control, and the film “Nine to FIve” playing on your VCR or DVD player. It has some rather novel ideas of how one might uh — you know — WHACK da boss!
Oh, I just want to kiss all those cute little noses!
Great photo of “The Gang”, not moving for one second! Even though they are similar, they are each different in their own way.
JCL
I saw that too, Maggie. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have!
**Where did the word “barbeque” or “barbecue” originate?**
No one really knows, but it appears a toss up between these two theories:
BarbacoaΓ’β¬βthe Caribbean word meaning a “framework of sticks” which suspended the meat over a flame to cook;
Barbe de queΓ’β¬βA French term describing the roasting of an animal from barbe (chin) to que (tail).
Commercial barbecuing began in the backrooms of meat markets around the turn of the century, when butchers cooked up the unsold parts like briskets, shoulder clods, and other meats they made into sausage. Barbecue can actually describe two different styles: grilling over a direct heat source, and cooking over indirect heat, more commonly known as pit or smoke barbecue.
JCL
“I’m hungry!”
Those kitties are too cute! Is it too late to steal all of them?
My best wasnΓ’β¬β’t good enough, once again.
The smallest kitten died relatively peacefully at the vetΓ’β¬β’s office about an hour ago.
Last night, she took 15 ml of KMR; this morning, she took about 5 ml KMR and 35 ml of baby food (pureed turkey). However, she still seemed relatively listless, and showed no nursing response when placed at her motherΓ’β¬β’s belly.
In addition, she seemed to suffer two small seizures early this morning, affecting her left side only. That alarmed me enough that we rushed to the vet. She had a much larger seizure on the way to the vetΓ’β¬β’s office. She experienced one large, dramatic seizure in the middle of the vetΓ’β¬β’s examination, complete with loss of bowel and bladder control, uncontrollable drool, shallow breathing, panicked meows, and lashing out at the nearest objects. Following her final seizure, her left eye bulged ever so slightly, and she seemed unable to walk.
We held off on all but palliative treatment, pending bloodwork results. All her bloodwork came back with normal results, with only two exceptions; a slight elevation of white blood cells, and roundworms. None of this helped pin down the cause of her symptoms, but the vet did indicate that meant the most likely explanation was a brain problem of some sort, isolated from her other systems. We discussed her condition further, and concluded that, regardless of the cause, sheΓ’β¬β’d suffered significant brain damage in the past several hours (nonresponsive left pupil, unable to walk).
I made the decision to end her suffering sooner, rather than later.
This evening, she will be buried in my yard.
The remaining kittens all appear as healthy as can be, with good appetites for food, play, and naps. Their robust health is a gentle balm to my heavy heart.
Anncetera, you have given us both good news and bad news. You are not a failure, you are a saint. {{{HUGS}}}
What MerD said!
Apparently that wee one wasn’t ready for this go-around of the karma wheel. Not your fault, that sometimes happens to the runt of the litter. I know it doesn’t make the hurt go away, but you did the right thing in helping her along her way.
Your heart was in the right place–it must have been a birth defect, the mom sensed there was something wrong with it. I have held a tiny body as it’s life slipped away–you let it know love in it’s final moments–take comfort in that. God Bless!
Anncetera, you did all you could. You are a wonderful person to care so for the kitties. Best of luck with Mama and the 3 kittens.
Oh anncetera, my heart is just breaking. Hugs to you, Please let her hold the bunch for a while…
A gentle {hug} for all you did and continue doing for the others.
You did what was best for her–she died without suffering more than she had to and knowing human kindness. Sometimes runts just don’t make it, there’s something congentially wrong. I hope that helps your heartbreak.
Your love and care gave this poor baby a much more peaceful end than she would have suffered in the wild. It’s not so much the quantity of a life as the quality. You made sure her short life was as good as it could be. She’s happy over the Rainbow Bridge now and Chester’s arms are getting really full.
Aww, I’m sorry to hear about the smallest kitten! My kitties send purrs & headbonks.
I’m glad to hear the other kittens are in robust health, though! May they bring you much joy and laughter.
The poor little one had a birth defect and that is something nobody could have changed. At least she was able to experience the peace of a kind, loving home for the last couple of days of her life, and that wouldn’t have happened without you. May the other babies help comfort you.
anncetera, you have done a wonerful thing by that little kitten, imagine the suffering had you not resued her. It just was not her time on this earth. It is still sad to see such innocents lost, take joy in the other kits and rest assured that she is smiling down you for your kindness.
Aww, sweetie. You fought the good fight. And now Chester is holding the baby.
Anncetera, your best was good enough. You provided safe haven and comfort and at the end you provided peace and an end to suffering. At least the mama and remaining babies are safe and in your gentle care. Place her in a sweet spot in the yard and if your climate is right for it, maybe plant a bleeding heart over her in the spring. The lovely flowers will forever remind you of her and serve as a beautiful memorial.
Sorry for your loss. You did your best and gave her the best life possible for her short time. I lost one of my kittens so know it is hard. Will keep you in my prayers that God will give you comfort in the lost of your little kitten.
Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. It’s hard, but the eventual severity of her symptoms ended up making the decision more clear-cut than it might have been.
My consolation is that she didn’t die alone, a prolonged death of suffering and confusion, at the tender mercies of some predator taking opportunity of her weakness. If all I could do was spare her that fate, then that’s a good thing.
The other kittens continue playing with enthusiasm. Late tonight or tomorrow I’m hoping to take pictures of them, as well as continuing to get them more accustomed to people.
Again, thank you all; the ones who don’t make it are the ones hardest for me to deal with, in terms of rescue work.
Bless you and the sweet kittens you are helping.
{{{{{ hugs}}}}}
–anncetera–
My heart aches for you & for your loss. I know the pain you felt in watching this poor baby slowly pass away. π₯
**{{Hugs}}**
JCL
Been there.
I don’t care how tough a person thinks they are, it’s still a difficult, emotional thing to deal with. I’m glad you can share with all of us here on TDK. So, I’ll send you an emaill-hug and keep you in my prayers! BTW, I truly believe that we’re gonna see our little fuzz-buckets again. We will. GOD Bless you, Anncetera.
So sorry to hear about the little baby, but I do think that you did what was in her best interest. You have been a life saver to those little ones, but no one can predict nor control somethings in life. Take comfort in knowing that she died a peaceful death with you instead of a slow painful one outside. You have done greta work and there are plenty of healthy fuzzbutts in your home right now to prove that. Keep up the good work and please keep us informed.
Your best isn’t good enough??
Please don’t do that to yourself. You did all you could do for the dear little one and then some. You are a hero to all of us on TDK. Enjoy your remaining brood and take comfort in the fact that the little ones suffering is over and she is purring comfortably in Chesters arms.
Bless you for all you do and continue to do.
Don’t you love these stories?!
**Ex-Marine, 72, Fghts Off Would-Be Pickpocket In Michigan**
POSTED: 10:42 am PDT June 27, 2007
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash.
He immediately grabbed the person’s wrist with his left hand and started throwing punches with his right, landing six or seven blows before a store manager intervened.
“I guess he thought I was an easy mark,” Barnes, 72, told The Grand Rapids Press for a story Tuesday.
He’s anything but an easy mark: Barnes served in the Marines, was an accomplished Golden Gloves boxer and retired after 20 years as an iron worker.
Jesse Daniel Rae, 27, was arraigned Monday in Rockford District Court on one count of unarmed robbery.
Barnes said he had just withdrawn the money from a bank machine and put it in the pocket of his shorts before driving to a service station in Comstock Park, a Grand Rapids suburb.
He remembers noticing a patron acting suspiciously, asking the price of different brands of cigarettes and other items. While turned away, Barnes felt the hand in his pocket, so he took action.
“I guess I acted on instinct,” he said.
Kent County sheriff’s deputies said the store manager quickly came around the counter. The three struggled through the front door, where two witnesses said the manager slammed Rae to the ground and held him there.
“There was blood everywhere,” said another manager on duty, Abby Ostrom, 25.
Barnes was a regional runner-up in Golden Gloves competition in the novice and open divisions before enlisting in the Marines in 1956.
After retiring as an iron worker, he now works part-time as a starter at a golf course.
Barnes said he’d probably do the same thing again under the same circumstances, if for no other reason than what he would face back home.
“I wouldn’t want my wife to give me hell for lettin’ that guy get my money,” he said with a smile.
I have a co-worker who is retired special forces, he fought off two guys who were trying to rob him. He put both down, then called the police and they were arrested. One of them filed assult charges against Lois! He did something like 30 hours community service, the judge said because he was special forces trained, Lois was considered a weapon. You see this guy, you would never know, he is very low-key, very calm.
What a bunch of crap – you know how to defend yourself but make sure you never use it against someone who is attacking you.
F***ing liberal judges
–I hear ya there Instinct
With you on that one, Instinct—anyone remember the case in NY of Bernard Goetz? He was the guy who foiled a subway attack by a thug–he wound up being prosecuted himself! a waste of the taxpayers’ money!
Not really sure it is “liberal” judges to blame so much as STUPID judges. Stupidity is non-partisan.
Somehow, even as a liberal, I just can’t feel sorry for the would-be robbers. You pick the wrong ‘victim,’ you get what you deserve.
Amen to that!
Ditto to that.!!
Once a Marine, always a Marine!
Semper Fi FUZZ!
OOH-RAH!
Gunny R. Lee Ermey would be proud!
Well, that’s one pickpocket who may seriously think again about trying to lift someone’s wallet!
Reminds me of a story that was in the news some time ago. A couple of men tried to rob a group of people who were sitting in a van at a gas station. The group turned out to be a judo team. You can imagine how that story ended.
I grew up in West Texas.
The attitude is burglers should be alarmed not houses.
Favorite security sign.
These premises are protected by Mr’s Smith and Wesson three nights each week.
You guess which three.
JCL
When the going gets tough — the TOUGH get going!
Send in the MARINES! “HOO-RAH!!!”
Check out this adorable baby hippo…
**Dwarf hippo baby attracts attention at Paris zoo**
http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/dwarf-hippo-baby-attracts-attention-at-zoo/2007/06/27/1182623950086.html
So this is what cocaine does to a cornfield, eh?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=464320&in_page_id=1770
WAHAHAHA! Interesting “Crop Circle”
–Corn fed idiot
JCL
Does this mean the price of ethanol is going up?
Like Judy, I always wondered how THEY made crop circles.
And now I know the REST of the story. Good day!
“Okay, gang – we’ve got her attention. Now, who’s going to grab the camera?”
Love your kitty “talking” to the moth. Mine like to “talk” to the squirrels and birds through the screen door.
Wow!
**Injured man’s awakening called ‘miracle’**
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-26-comatose_N.htm?csp=34
JCL
Cool story. Did you notice the judge’s name? Paul Katz. I guess he knows a thing or two about “nine-lives!” π
Well kids, it’s time for me to go home. Had fun today and still love that little #2 fuzzy. Take care and head bonks to all, maybe I will be back later, but I have a few things to do after work.
“Lets all set sail with Captain Morgan
and never leave dry land”
*** Cleaver waving bye as the ship sails away***
I don’t have any Captain Morgan, but I’m a descendant of him!
“Troubles, I forgot ’em
I buried ’em in the sand…”
Seriously???? The Pirate King himself! Cool π
Yup! My grandaddy was a Morgan. I always thought it was cool, too. I can also claim ancestry connecting me to Brian Boru, Pocahontas, and Thomas Jefferson.
On the side of infamy, Tom Dula was a great-great-great uncle. He is better known by the song that changed his name slightly: “Tom Dooley.” I guess there IS one in every family tree, but you’d probably say simply that it explains a few things!
JCL
Hi, Ginny. I saw the Kingston Trio in concert last fall and of course they sang “Tom Dooley.”
Looking back, all I can find are alleged moonshiners and such. Although I did find some ancestors who fought in the Civil War — or the War Between the States, (depending upon your point of view.)
You see, I’m a half breed — half yankee and half Southern. It’s quite possible that my ancestors faced each other on the same battlefield at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Apparently they couldn’t shoot straight. I should know this — because I’m here!
Now THAT is an adorable picture!
And now, from the WTF section of the news….
**Michigan Woman Claims Starburst Candies Are Dangerously Chewy in Lawsuit**
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Starburst Fruit Chews are exactly as their name would indicate: chewy. But one Boston-area woman says the candies are so chewy, they should come with a warning label.
Victoria McArthur, of Romero, Mich., is suing Starbursts’ parent company, Mars Inc., for more than $25,000 for “permanent personal injuries” she claims she sustained after biting into one of their yellow candy in 2005.
“I don’t know, maybe about 3 chews and it literally locked my jaw Γ’β¬Β¦ and it just literally pulled my jaw out of joint,” she told MyFoxDetroit.com.
McArthur’s lawyer, Brian Muawad, says the candies caused her to develop a condition known as temporal mandibular joint dysfunction. McArthur says she has had trouble chewing, talking and sleeping since the incident.
Muawad says McArthur offered to negotiate a settlement with Starburst’s insurer to pay for her rehabilitation, but the company said no way. A spokesman for Mars refused to comment.
McArthur says she just does wants to make sure nobody else meets the same end she did when she decided to indulging her sweetooth.
“I don’t want to see anybody else have to go through what I have gone through from eating a piece of candy that was supposed to be soft chew,” she said.
That is so funny! About 10 years ago when I was chewing on a Coffee Nip candy it locked my jaw shut and pulled out a filling in a back molar!
Yeah, I understand that, but you didn’t go and sue the company, did you?
It would never even enter my mind. When is all this absurdity going to end? Just by virtue of living your life, accidents like this are going to occur on occasion. I’m betting her talk of TMJ due to the candy is embellished.
I think you are being to kind π
??
I would have use the word ‘lie’ instead of ’embellished’
but you are nicer than I am π
haha!
I broke a tooth a few years on a Mentos – didn’t stop me from eating them – or make sue anyone!
Ooops, I meant It didn’t make me sue anyone. Man, is it time to go home yet?
–She should try eating grapes
Softer & healthier
Ha Ha–good one!
Athena, are you here? What’s the latest with your Rocky?
Rocky is continuing to inprove daily, actually think he has gained some weight he doesnt feel as skinny. He has started grooming himself again and actually showed a little intrest in playing. And has become very spoiled lets me know when he wants his kitty snacks, he gets them when ever he asks.
We do love our kitties dpn’t we? Love and purrs for you and Rocky from all of us, Athena.
–Great news about Rocky feeling better Athena. Your a great parent for getting him checked out so quickly. It made all the difference in his recovery.
Congrats to you
Smooches and head bonks to Rocky!
Ilove the internet, look what I found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO18k215gpk
–Thanks boyzandme–
All this talk this week about that song. I’d never heard it before. Thought it was cute
Anncetera, so sorry to hear about the little kitten; you showed the kitten a good life even it if it was short, and she has passed over the bridge to sit with Chester and friends.
Its sad that you can’t even defend yourself against ‘jerks’ (nicest thing I can thing of) who are trying to rob you and then to get sued by them is not saying much of the legal system.
Everyone have a Fluffy day, and enjoy the bunches of kittens that we have been blessed with this week (thanks KM) Ciao
What gets me is that they waited for him.
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police chased down an unfit thief on Tuesday after he ran out of breath and asked his pursuers for a “time out.”
“He was panting and gasping for air when we caught up with him after a 500 meter sprint,” Erwin Buenceso, one of the arresting officers, told local radio station dzBB.
Buenceso said the man and an accomplice broke into a house in the Philippine capital and stole two expensive mobile phones. Screams from the residence alerted a local police patrol, which gave chase.
The robber asked for a “time out” using hand signals.
After he regained his composure, police seized the two stolen phones and brought him to a station for questioning.
they are so adorable!!!
Also, am sorry to hear about Anncetera’s littlest kitten, but sometimes it happens, and you did the best you could.
Very interesting article!
**POUND PUP IN REAL ‘FIX’**
OWNER: NO ‘CUT’ FOR MUTT
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06272007/news/regionalnews/pound_pup_in_real_fix_regionalnews_aliyah_shahid_and_andy_geller.htm
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don’t throw the baby out with the Bath water..
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying It’s raining cats and dogs.
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That’s how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.
(Getting quite an education, aren’t you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a ..dead ringer..
And that’s the truth…Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !
and all of this is false too π
http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.htm
You had me going for a while, there!
Okay we looked, now give us the meat FUZZ
Alleymeese Allert!
Better late than never:
Brooke and Rose.
The rest are cutie pies, too.
**Fashion Designer Liz Claiborne dies**
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070627/ap_on_bi_ge/obit_claiborne
Sorry I’ve not posted-will be on very little for awhile-return of pneumonia-on 5th roundf of antibiotics, very tired and weak. But want to thank you for voting for Redford!
Healing prayers to you, Rainingwolf–we will keep Redford in 1st place.
We’ll keep voting for your handsome Redford. Hope you feel better soon.
You’ll be in my prayers, as well, Rainingwolf, and I’ll keep voting for Redford. ~Jo
Stay well and safe.. Don’t stay away long.
–Rainingwolf–
Prayers of Love & Healing to you
**{{Hugs}}**
id say its worth it
These guys in the gang are soooooooo cute!!!
Redford is still 220 votes short of number 1 spot. Can you vote for him. See my earlier post for URL
I agree, Polly’s Mum — RainingWolf’s pneumonia has returned — see above post — and the least we all can do is each vote 5 times a day for Redford. Assuming this contest lasts until the end of the month — there are only three voting days left.
Catherine of Waco, see my earlier post about the weather.
Hi everyone,
KM
Alex
Lurkers and newcomers.
Sorry about the baby kitty. I’ve been there, too, so I know how it feels.
The kitties this week have been awesome. But today’s blows me over.
Thud!!!!
I wanna take them home with me. No, no 2-hour limit for me. I want them FULL-TIME. Thank you very much.
Since they’ve been shared already, and everyone has gone home, I guess they ARE up for grabs. Right??
Everyone have a great day (what’s left of it).
Sneaks kitties off.
Caught you!
So many cute fluffies in a single picture. They look like they are waiting for some yummy treat.
tooooooooo cute, I
the middle one is staring straight up. try it again. π
omg toooooooooooooo cute! i just love the gang…great group photo π
Woodpecker Babies are here!!
Woody and Wendy are the new proud parents of recently hatched eggs. Check out the Woodpecker Channel and watch Mom and Dad as they take care of their babies–great visibility and sound!
http://www.wavelit.com/index.asp?ch=Wildlife&sh=woody
How did you get them to sit like that …. did you plan it that way to have black one to sit in between the tan ones. The light one to your left as your looking at the picture. Looks a little like a Siamese??
TO CUTE!!!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
SO CUTE I LOVE THEM ALL.
Well, well, well everyone has gone home and left the kittens for me. “puts kittens into a special carrier equipped with the best new toys and nip tosses them on shouldor and exits stage left” Good Night everyone I’m getting some snuggling tonight. π
Ahem…
Nice shot! Beautiful babies! May the Lord bless you and them always. π
Hey Sandi…..all’s well that ends well and I am ….huh THE END hehe…so you thought you’d get away with The Gang…not so fast my pretty….I’ll get you and your little gang too….your special carrier has somehow developed a flaw….an escape hatch for the kits and now there all snuggled up with me…. π Have a great nite all….see ya’s tomorrow!
hmmm must a been all the cuteness….that should have been “they’re all snuggled up with me”
YAAAWN…nite again…sweet dreams all….
Nighty-night to you too Kathy
G’night late owls
OK who forgot to feed the kittens? They woke me at 5am. starving!!
They chowed down on yesterday’s breakfast left overs and Yummy tuna and now were all snuggling with full bellys!!
have a great day everyone!! We Will PURRRR!!
ohh! what a bunch of cuties!!
Hello TDKers! These fuzzy lil ones have stolen my heart!!! I just want to take a nap with them!! I bet they’d keep me warm! π
I came across this and just wanted to share it…..
http://pets.yahoo.com/blog/catbehavior/1988/fun-with-catnip/
Have a great day all!!
OMG…these are the sweetest bunch of kitties! The one on the far left has the most beautiful face!!!
This is the sweetest gang I’ve ever seen and the only one I would like to join in. π Now it’s MY time to snuggle with them.
The Gang? How Cute!!! ^.^
MY
Hi, I had a mother that was a silver grey simese and had a small litter… a brother and sister grey tones… and the other were totally black….. they’re cute…