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Joey, Misty & Tyson
Location: McKinney, Texas, USA
These are my foster kitties Joey, Misty and Tyson. They are about seven weeks old in this picture. We were at a friends for a play date and they seemed to want to pose for pictures. Needless to say, the camera was pulled out rather quickly. Tyson must have whispered a good joke into Misty’s ear because something got here laughing hard (that or when we said “Say Cheese” she thought we asked who wanted cheese).
Author: Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
Tom is the owner of 4 amazing cats, and using the Daily Kitten he provides a place for cat and kitten lovers to share the love for their own cats and kittens.
They look like a handful — a very cute handful!
Good Morning !!! Fresh hot croissants with butter, fresh strawberries, and piping hot irish coffee for everyone !!!
Mmmm,sounds wonderful to me,very yummy. But HM is going to want some MEAT. 😆
Ok, add thick-sliced bacon cooked to your order…
I was going to offer my favorite local sausage–Chappell Hill’s Pork and Venison sausage. Then I remembered that a lot of that recalled pet food got fed to hogs. Couple that with the aversion many people have to venison–yeah, Cheri, I’ll take some of that bacon after all.
Where do I get in line?
I’ll take an order of Irish coffee please! Extra whipped cream if you don’t mind
And bacon doesn’t come from hogs? Try turkey sausage — it’s got a lot less fat anyhow.
Andi, don’t confuse me with the facts! 😀
I have no aversion to venison or hog. And virtual fat/calories don’t count
OMG! how do ya get smileys like that? :O
Here you go!
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies#What_Text_Do_I_Type_to_Make_Smileys.3F
And then there’s:
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/emoticons/?view=uk
:mrblue:
Nope! Didn’t work! :’-(
THANKS SO MUCH!
now, I can really be the smiley master!
🙂 😮 8) 😥 💡 🙂 80
😡 😈 ➡ 🙄
😆 ❗ 🙁 😳 ❓
Gaiaonline.com emoticons! *gasps* Kittttties… These kities remind me of “Bad Cats” (the book) for some reason….
Thanks, Cheri. Sounds yummy! The Irish coffee will sure to hit the spot ion a morning like this! It’s pouring down rain in buckets here today! I can offer some home made breakfast sausage I made this morning.
I made waffles!! Will be serving them with warmed maple syrup and mocha lattes!
Count me in on the waffles, add some strawberries with bacon on the side – fried crisp please!
I have some apple cinnamon coffe cake for later ..
Oh Great! I’ll have croissant, strawberries and some irish coffee please. Oh, and some bacon too. Thanks. I have some eggs benedict to contribute, cooked to order.
I’ll bring BLT’s for lunch!
I’ll bring grilled cheese in honer of the cheese lover kitten today
New York Extra Sharp, please–when I bite into my sandwich, I want it to bite back!
Wow! How do ya get yo smiley’s like that?
Look up, at your last post. 🙂
I’m sorry that I’m so curious…..
hey-you think that I’m a girl,right?
Someone said that I was a very caring boy-Alex is a boy or girl name-My REAL NAME IS aLEXIS! 😉
Don’t ever be sorry about your curiosity. That’s what helps you be so smart! 🙂
I can guess which one of these kitties is the talkative one 🙂
There’s one in every crowd! ! !
Look how sweet…I really need to get myself one!
Or THREE!! 😉
when and where do i pick up the one on the right?
Omggggggg!!!!!!!!! they are sooooooooo cute……….Bless!
🙂 My thoughts exactly!!
Amazing snap!
Adorable babies… Makes me want a kitten…
Meows, purrs and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
Nice impromptu photo! And your subjects are very adorable.
“WAIT!!! I wasn’t ready!!!!”
How adorable they are and what big ears! They are very snuggleable. I think I’m going to faint from cuteness.
So sweet. I am going to sit here with them on my lap until Huddy’s Mama shows up with her backpack.
Why wait? Or do you WANT her to catch you snitching them?
Not snitching them, just cuddling them until she can get here and sharing with anyone that wants to sit on the floor with me and pet the kittens. When HM shows up we’ll load them into the back pack and off they go
Can I hold little Tyson?
Sure pull up some floor and take a kitten break with me.
don’t ‘cha just LOVE kitten? 😉
HM will be late. She told us her MRI was today. Sure hope she gets good news.
LOL – yeah, I think she heard “Who wants cheese.” That’s the face I always make when I want cheese.
I think that caption is one of the funniest I have encountered here. Who wants cheese indeed.
You can’t say the “C” word out loud in my house. You’ll be attacked by 3 crazy fuzzbutts!!
Ditto in my household LeAnne!
I had my parents over the other night for burgers and asked if they wanted cheese on theirs…..BIG MISTAKE! My middle one, Harley, screamed and followed me around till I gave him some! Never a dull moment….and I love it!
Your Harley is like my Merlin! They are so worth it!
Hello everyone!!! HAPPY Friday to you!
I am on my way to work now…. will miss being a part of TDK today. 🙁
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Here is the latest from Itchmo…
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All Blue brand can dog foods
All Spa Select brand can cat foods
All Blue Health Bar treats.
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Somebody PLEASE make this insanity STOP! Good Lord, when IS it going to stop?? Ever??
Ditto!
Oh my, someone catch me, I’m about to swoon from cute overload. I just adore it when wee ones open their mouths so big!
“I like to SINGA! About the moon-a and the June-a and the Spring-a….I like to singa… and pop a kitty in the backpack, la la la la…..
Someone will getcha for snaggin’ the kits!
But what a great pic! It’s like someone’s just waiting to make rabbit ears behind another one. Just love the laughing cat…
Bugs Bunny!
Joey has the most beautiful eyes. I think he stole my heart!
Hehe! That’s a cute bunch of kitties! I don’t think I could foster. I’d never want to give ’em up! Joey (at least I’m assuming that Joey is the one if front) looks very fuzzy! And Misty looks like she’s about to take a playful bite out Joey’s ear. 🙂
Can I share please?
Georgie’s mama, lets you and me sit across from Judy, Great Dane and Ppearson and tempt the little ones to come over to our laps. After all, we’ll bring the the yummy treats for the kits! They’ll have to come over!
I have brought the toys that are feathers on the bouncy wires. We can have the kittens running back and forth until they are tired and settle down for naps
I brought little catnip mices!! my babies love them!!!
Bizzy balls! I brought the bizzy balls!
I have catnip spray. You can spray it on anything the kits like to play with. Stoned kitties! Oh oh.
I brought a couple cat cubes……My boys go nuts with those!
OK, I’m lost. What is a cat cube????
Here is a link to the kind of cat cubes my kits have.
http://www.target.com/gp/search.html/602-5496205-9303041?field-keywords=cat%20cubes&afid=google&LNM=cat_cubes&LID=1126934&ref=tgt_adv_XSGT0602
That picture defines extreme cuteness. I love that you take them on a play date to get them socialized. Joey looks like my Bob and Tyson is a twin of my Newbie, when they were kits.
Happy Friday to all.
Tyson looks just like my Atticus at that age, too! That was the same look on his face when I rescued him during Hurricane Charley in 2004, with the plan being to take him to the no-kill shelter the following morning. I guess I have poor follow-through, eh?
Hard not to when the baby has a face like Atticus, Newbie and Tyson.
ha ha ha Dee. I suspect we all are poor at giving away cats who have chosen us.
Happy Friday to you, Elene! Looks like the hubby and I will be making another rescue run this weekend. Some meezers and himmy’s? need to go from Ohio to Powder Spgs, Ga.
They still need someone to go from Lexington, Ky to Danville Ky Sat evening and from Athens, Tn to Chattanooga, Tn at noon and from Chattanooga, Tn to Adairsville, Ga around 1:30 Sunday. We’ll take the last leg to their final destination.
I can provide a contact to anyone who may be interested.
Sharon, how many will you be transporting on this long trek? I have to commend you and your hubby for such wonderfully incredible dedication to the cause.
Can you imagine what this world would be like if everyone was as kind and warmhearted as the folks on this site. My goodness, it would be stupendous.
Elene, sorry to hear about that little one you’ve been looking for. And that is the very reason we do what we can. To balance karma. For every one we can’t help there are more that we can.
The report on this transport trip is this: At this time we plan on
>transporting 4 cats and 3 kittens (6 carriers) who were taken from
>high-risk situations in OH and have been temporarily boarded or
>fostered until they can move to rescue as well as one cat from TN. We
>have space for them in Powder Springs, GA (metro Atlanta), but we
>have to get them there. Our temporary fosters and the boarding
>facility have been very kind in boarding them, but we need to free up
>space for other cats at risk in the local shelters. PLEASE HELP!!
They are dividing into two trips of 6 carriers each. And I do think we are a stupendous group-individually and collectively.
Huge hugs for all the wonderful things you do to help!!!
***HUGS***
You had no luck with that Himalayan, right? 🙁
No, never saw it again. My son, who never thinks the worse, thinks it probably died of infection to the eye injury. So sad because s/he was so scared. I do keep an constant eye out for him just in case.
So sorry to hear that. An animal in a lot of pain, even if normally friendly, can often be elusive and secretive. It makes it very hard to get them the help that they need.
I would just like to know who owned the poor baby. I kept looking for notices of a lost Himi but there weren’t any. More than likely he was a drop off or a left behind. Usually pet cats don’t make it in the wild, and suffer untold misery, but people continue to discard rather than take to a shelter.
Doesn’t that make you crazy? Everytime I see a stray I just want to cry. And seemingly sensible people continue to do that!
Awwww- I’m not trying to be rude ,but whatever it is that you’re sad about, I’m VERY sorry!
🙁 🙂
thanx for your concern that is showing us you are a carring boy.
ummmm-I’m not trying to burst your bubble, but Alex is a boy and girl name. My real name though is Alexis.I am unfortunately a girl……. 🙁
Unfortunately? “I am woman hear me roar!” Remember me, Alex? I’m the middle schooler with all of the children (the teacher). Welcome back and we all hoped you had a very special birthday! 🙂
oh-ya, I remember you! 😉
I’m sorry about that- I’m only 11 and so I get a ‘lil’ sassy on the internet………… 😉
Then you’ll fit in well here! 😉
What a great picture! The guy in the front looks like my Jiggs when he was a baby.
Hey!
my mom let me be a littlelate for school to study for my test today but I have to go now 🙁
She usuallly lets me stay home all day in this situation.
sup, Joan! 🙂
I got back from school 25 min. ago!
Hi Alex –
I was away all Friday afternoon. If you go back and read this, hope you had a great weekend!
Awwwa! How sweet. Joey’s eyes make me think about a nice nap curled up with these fuzzbears!
I have to go to school! 🙁
my mom let me be a little late to study for a test today,
but usually she lets me stay home all day in this situation. 🙁
Looks like Mischief’s grin is contageous! It reappears on another kitty 2 days later! So cute, I just want to scoop them all up and hug them!
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hi! 🙂
my mom told me last night that ny dad was snoring so loud last night, that he didn’t wake up when she tapped him(hard)
or anything! so, when he was still sleeping, my mom got her brown eye-liner and wrote ‘poop’ on his head! 🙂 🙂
Oh my gosh, they are just adorable. I want to hug & play!
ha ha! 🙂
Three pretty kit’s, Made me smile on this Dark & rainy day.Cheri’s croissants w/ butter and orange marmalade and a hot mug of coffee.
would make me feel better!
Hi Everyone!
So glad it’s Friday! Bob and I are almost ready for our “big” move to the next street over. I went over with some things last night and discovered a bunch of black ants. Eeewww! What sort of ant killer stuff do you use around a kitten? I thought of going over tonight and spray raid or something and then washing the floor Saturday before I move Bob over, but I don’t know if just spraying once will be enough. Are the little ant trap box things harmful to kittens? It’s not like I can ask Bob to stay away from them (Well I could….) – he’s into everything!
Any suggestions?
hey! 🙂
I would go with ant traps before spraying. At least ant traps you can hide.
I found a bat in my front stairway this morning! I named her Becky after my friends who’s nickname is “bats”.
I love bats… they are so interesting… and eat lots of mosquitoes…..
I agree. They’re very cool creatures.
Once I saw where you can buy a bat house to hang on trees to attract a colony. I’d love to get one! Maybe when we move out of out townhouse….. I can’t even put up a bird feeder. Can you imagine the uproar if would put up a bat house? I can just imagine! 😈
Well, bats scare me-probably b/cuz I have never seen one,though. If I may ask, how do ya get those COOL SMILEY’S? I’ve always wondered how…….
Alex, there are several sites that have all kinds of smileys available. Google smileys and some should come up that you can pick from.
See above.
Oh! I thought those were just like annoying pop-ups that gave you a computer virus or something! 😉
oh- well I don’t really know………
I use hotshot clear. It doesn’t have a strong smell, The Ant Traps and bait (like TERO) take a while to work. If you have the time, I would do a fogger and get the whole place. Then after it has had time to do its job, steam the carpets and mop the floors really good. I haven’t tried it yet, but I have a friend who swears that cornmeal will kill ants. They eat it and when they drink it swells and gets them. I would try this outside if you can find where they are entering the building.
A dear friend just moved with her cat… and she uses boric acid crystals. She spreads them on the carpet and all around the doorways and windows. SHe uses a broom to ‘push’ the crystals into the carpet. Wait 24 hours…. then vacuum. Some will remain and it keeps all creepy crawling critters away… and it’s safe for the animals. She has does this here in Arizona and in Hawai’i.
Also.. before you take Bob to the new place, spread your dirty clothes all over the floor in every room. It’s a familiar smell and will help Bob adjust to the new place.
Again – this is what I have learned from a friend with cats. I have had my cat for only 2 years.. and have not moved in that time.
Boric acic crystals worked WONDERS a few years back when we had fleas. That and a good vacuum.
Also change the vacuum bag when you are finished.
And put the used bag in the OUTSIDE garbage!
Where can I get boric acid crystals? Will these work on fleas?
You can get them at Walgreens
Boric acid kills a bunch of bugs, including cockroaches! They get it on their feet, then clean it off….BOOM dead! 🙂 Not sure about fleas, if clean themselves, then yes.
20 Mule Team Borax. I used it in college to keep the roaches out of my room. Nice to know it works on ants too
Another pet friendly item is any orange citrus spray cleaner. I found out by chance when I used it on ants and had nothing else to use. Even used it outdoors and it worked there too. Don’t know if it works on all ants, but mine never came back. 🙂
What brand? Details, I need details!
Great Dane, the ants are splitting up and moving their nests this time of year. If this pile of ants is outdoors, just leave them be and they’ll move beneath the ground and disappear for another year. Don’t kill them if you don’t have to.
Great Dane – if possible, set up a room just for Bob. Put your dirty clothes, his favorite toys, food, litterbox in there and sit with him until he is comfortable. This has worked with all my cats everytime I have moved. Of course each one is different but they are habitual types and some get more nervous than others at change. Warmest wishes for happiness in your new home!
BE SO CAREFUL WITH THE RAID!!! You can’t be sure you’ll get it all and kittens are into everything! We use the Grant’s bait trays, but recently I got the book Grandmother’s Critter Ridder and there are several methods to use.
USE BAY LEAVES. THE ANTS JUST DISAPPEAR, WE PUT ONE LEAF IN EACH ROOM ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO WHEN WE MOVED IN AND HAVE ONLY HAD TO REPLACE 1 IN THE BASEMENT. BEEN LURKING FOR SOME TIME AND REALLY LOVE THIS SITE. CATRANCHER HAS ALL MY SYMPATHY. TAKE CARE, YA’LL.
Welcome Karen.
Welcome… glad you posted. Please do so again…
And thank you so much for that tip~ Boric acid, traps, bait, poisons, sticky strips, we’ve tried everything and nothing has worked. Welcome!
I take a spray bottle w/a few drops of Dawn dish soap & mix it w/tap water. You can spray it anywhere. It’s always been a ‘guaranteed to work’ solution for ants. And you don’t have to worry about washing things down afterwords. Just spray a ring of it around the cats dishes outside & they stay away.
What an awsome thing! I did not know that, THANKS!
The ideas here get better and better. I have a ffriend in Alabama that grows bay laurel in her yard, I am going to have her mail me some leaves and see if that keeps the spring ant invasion out of my house!
Fresh parsley works for ants too. My Mom swears by it too!
My mom uses pennyroyal. It is usually blue in color and it is natural poison to the ants. It is in a sugar form and they take it back to the nest and it kills all in the nest. I have used it and it worked wonders. I usually find it at a natural foods store.
pennyroyal? what’s that. I too have recently had a problem with the small marching army of ants. Started in kitchen got rid of those and then about two weeks later I found them in by bedroom. I mean there’s no food or water in there, plus they were crawling in and on my laptop. Gross!
I would just be sitting there checking emails, the daily kitten etc. and would catch them crawling up onto my laptop keyboard. UGH!
Almostg knocked my laptop on the floor three times when I caught them crawling on me. lol
And the next thing you know, they’re in your bed, while you’re sleeping.
Really? Gotta try that.
Splenda will kill them too, but I’m sure it’s not safe for the kitties.
Welcome, Karen. I love your idea about the bay leaves. Next time we have a home invasion of ants I’m going to try them. THANK YOU! 😆 💡 😆
CAddycat- how do ya get those cool smileys?
could ya please tell Elane from portland that I’m a boy?
She told me in one of her comments that I was a really sweet boy. I ttold her that I’m a girl And that my real name is Alexis-I’m a girl. 😉
Look up at your first post, Alex! 😀
I know,I know……. 😉
Hi, Karen! Join us!
I use the ant traps and I have 3 cats. I just put them when they cant get them, under the stove, fridge and inside the cupboards. Best wishes
HOW MUCH FUN WOULD THAT BE!! THEY ALL LOOK SOOOO SWEET 🙂
**10 New Uses for Coffee Filters**
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Use Coffee Filters to:
1. Diffuse the flash on a camera. When you’re taking a close-up, soften the brightness by placing a coffee filter over the flash.
2. Strain wine from a bottle with a broken cork. Place the filter over a pitcher or a carafe and slowly pour the wine into it.
3. Serve popcorn or other snacks. The filters act as disposable bowls, so there’s no dishwashing.
4. Make yogurt dip. Use a rubber band to secure a paper coffee filter over the mouth of a deep cup or jar. Slowly pour 8 ounces of plain yogurt onto the filter. Let drain for one hour. In a bowl, mix the thickened yogurt with 1 small minced garlic clove, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve with crackers.
5. Heat up leftovers in the microwave. Use a filter as the protective covering over a bowl or a plate.
6. Prevent soil from draining out of flowerpots. When repotting, place a filter at the bottom, over the drainage hole, then add the soil.
7. Prevent scuffs and scratches on fine china. Use flattened coffee filters as spacers when you stack your dishes.
8. Protect hands from Popsicle drippage. Slide the wooden stick of an ice pop through a coffee filter so your hands stay mess-free.
9. Serve pita sandwiches. A circular filter is the perfect size for carrying a sandwich on the go.
10. Clean windows and glass when you’re out of paper towels. Coffee filters leave no lint or other residue.
I use them to strain anything in the kitchen. And I think I’l try one as a dye catcher next time I wash a hand-dye fabric.
Wow – Thanks Dee! These are great suggestions. I’ve used filters as a bowl for microwave popcorn at work, but I’ve never thought about all those other uses! 😀
Heh, heh, heh…I won’t go into details as to what I’ve had to use them for…suffice it to say I’ve had recurrent kidney stones…
when I worked in a restaurant, we used them to clean all the mirrors since they would not leave any streaks
Oh my!! this trio made me laugh out loud AND snort!! :)) Thanks lil’ kitties, I needed that today!
Oh my! A cute overdose. Three very different kittens, yet all adorable. They all do have the big almond eyes and huge ears though. Sweet boys!
AWWWWWW! so cute!
This quiz has been around for a while—will take just a few seconds and is VERY freaky!
http://www.tallrite.com/LightRelief/freakyquiz.htm
I guess I’m one of the 2% 🙂
Dang… I’m of the 98% ilk….
I’m also part of the 98% crowd.
I’m the 2% i guess. I couldn’t think of any “d” countries so I mad up one called, Determinia. So I guess thats what Messed my scores up. Don’t blame me, I’m only in 5th grade…. 😉
The country of determined people. There’s a good place to come from! I could only think of Denmark! lol!!!
…a kitten eating nectarines…
Yeah, I thought of a kitten eating nectarines, too! Great minds think alike!
WOW – I got the same answer, Ginny!
Thanks for the break – crazy Friday here at work.
Hmmm …… 2% too.
😎
I’m one of the 2% too.
There is a math trick concerning the magic number 9 I learned in elementary school. The sum of the digits of a multiple of 9 is 9.
So unless you make a math error you or use a different alphabet you will have D as first letter of the country to spell. Not a large pool of options from there.
Since Dubai is recently in the news that might change the odds a bit.
Inchworm eating a melon in Dubai anyone?
An iguana in Djibouti eating an avacado! No, that wasn’t really mine, but I thought of it later! hehe. I’m one of the 98%. Funny image, though, isn’t it?
I’m in the 2%. They only got one out of three right. 🙂
Iguana eating Apples in Dijibouti
So I’m weird
No comment… 🙂
Feel free. When people tell me that I am weird, I generally thank them
Whoa…hadn’t seen that yet when I posted. Kind of freaky! Great minds, I guess.
something like that 🙂
Kangaroos in Denmark eating oranges. I got 98%. Did I pass?
an ardvark in ethiopia eating kiwis
Oh My!!! We ARE a freaky crazy group!!!! 😉 I LOVE IT!!!
how cute, the one in the middle looks like he is laughing!!!
*Is it safe to rabble-rouse again?(cautiously peeks around corner)*
Today’s trouble-making poll question:
What’s the best pet name you’ve ever encountered?
For me, it was probably my college friend Ty’s cat B.C. It stood for “B*****d Cat.” (Named by Ty’s dad, who hated cats)
Along that same line… HT Slick for a dog. The dog was hanging around my friend’s truck at a work sight… and he started with “Hey There Slick”… the day stayes was known as HT
My parents had friends who’s Doberman was named Rolex…he was a “watch” dog!! That still cracks me up! I think it’s great!
a long time ago, my friend had a sealpoint meezer named Puppy. For 38 years I’ve honestly been able to tell people my friend’s Puppy had kittens.
OMG… this one just cracked me up!
LeeAnne, you reminded me of a German Shepherd we once had. Her lack of intelligence, coupled with her propensity to do what dogs do best (not THAT, Instinct–I’m talking about a girl dog here–she was drooling!!!) prompted us to call her “Rosa la babosa”
*For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, a “baboso/a” is someone who is so dumb he/she doesn’t even realize when s/he is drooling*
My brother is 11 years older than myself. During college, he had a really dopey friend named Bill. My brother decided that we should name our newly acquired Beagle-mix puppy Bill because it was one of the dumbest (but sweetest) animals EVER! So as a little kid, when I would be calling for my puppy, my brother’s dopey friend would always say, “What?” It was just like Fred and Fred on I Love Lucy!
My parent’s himalayan is named
Hydey-Ho Leonardo
Does anyone else name their cars?
I named my first car The Nude. That way I could take my friends out in The Nude. I always went out to lunch in The Nude. etc…
My Dodge Pick-up was Buck, because: It was a great truck.. it ‘took a lickin’ and kept on tickin’.. the person who said that was John Cameron Swayze… and Cameron Mitchell played Uncle Buck in High Chapparall.. back in the TV dark ages. My Jeep is Billy, ’cause he climbs like a mountain goat…. My HD is Ruby… just because….
*singing VERY off-key*
“John Cameron Swayze
I know it sounds crazy
But my wristwatch is busted, beyond repair.
A cowboy stomped it flat,
And I freaked out over that,
And now I am headed for the e-lectric chair!”
Or does anyone else listen to Moe Bandy?
I named my first car POS.
LOL Dee!! Have you ever heard the song by Adam Sandler called “I have a POS car”.
I had a 4 door, 4 cyl, Chevy Celebrity I used to call the “Granny Mobile”, it just had no “pick-up-and-go” to it at all……I call my truck “The Z” and my 21′ travel trailer the “Barbie Camper” cause I’m always one of the tiniest at campgrounds sitting next to these huge bus looking motorhomes!
I love that song! It reminded me of my first car: a 1973 Gremlin! Please don’t hate me!
Hey Dee! One of my brothers had a Gremlin, I loved that car!! I remember one of my little friend’s Mom drove a Pacer, the aquarium on wheels, when she’d take us to the mall, we’d hit the floorboard and have her drop us off far from the entrance!!!
I just bought a new car and didn’t tell my husband until I got home! I thought he was going to KILL me. but I love my new little Suzuki Reno!! It’s burned orange and my dad says I am his Cinderella so now I have my own pumpkin!
The Nude. Love it!! Hubby named his truck Betsy after his Grandpa’s ’47 Chevy named Betsy. I’ve have two black vehicles named Black Beauty. I call the jeep Bebe because its blue and its a box. We had a red turbo Colt we named Red Rocket. Okay I’ll stop now (but I do have more…) 😉
My daughter’s best friend’s boyfriend has a car that has been painted and Bondo’ed so many times that it has no one dominant color. In fact, when he got a ticket a few months ago, the deputy could only put a “?” in the blank marked color. The students at their high school call his car “the gay pride of ____________ (insert town name here)” because it is so multi-colored!
I have a blue Voyager and like any good trekker it’s V’ger Blue.
I used to call my brother’s Ford Maverick the “Klingon Battle Cruiser.” This was pre-Worf, when Klingons were still the enemy and NOT respectable. My Pinto was the “Kobayashi Maru”–fitting, huh?
My first car was a Mercury Bobcat (cousin to the Pinto), had more rust than paint on it. It was called “The Thing”. It had a wire hanger holding the trunk shut…it was a sad little car, but it got me where I wanted to go!!!!!!
Ginny? Does that mean you reprogrammed it to win?
Naah, it means it left me stranded in enemy territory without hope of rescue.
Actually, my 1980 Pinto was a good little car until it was caught up in a multi-car pileup on the H-1. I got rear-ended and shoved into a concrete wall–front end AND rear end damage, all on the day I found out I was pregnant with my first child. Fortunately, my only injury was a mild case of whiplash.
Never could figure out why the insurance co. didn’t total my car. They insisted on repairing it, but it took over a month and never ran the same. Since I was about to leave Hawaii, I just sold the thing.
My first car was a 72 Duster with a V-8 🙂
I loved that car. I joined the Navy and my parents sold it “You don’t need it anymore”
Ahhhhhhhhh!!!
Ah…. Mopar!!! The car of my dreams is a ’69 Hemi ‘Cuda….
ohhhhhh, nice
I could go for that. Or, as I have said before, a nice ’69 GTO
The one car I will never drive now is a Mustang. Been turned into a freaking preppy car – sad
I had a silver Nissan in college that I aptly named ‘Silver Bullet’. Over the years, the name changed to ‘Silver S#4!’
Man, I loved that car!
I had Red Datsun 280zx that I loved. Unfortunately, every time I fixed something on her, something else broke. So I named her Pandora
My hairdresser had a beautiful Lhaso that she named Houndini—
just always liked how original the name was (and the dog) 🙂
My father had a dog named
Didhebitecha
That’s funny
and kinda scary…………. 🙂
I really like the name Romeow for my next kitty.
I know a lot of us feed out pets Purina products—here is an email from Purina.
April 25, 2007
Dear Valued Purina Consumer:
Nothing is more important to Nestlé Purina PetCare Company than the health and well-being of the pets whose nutrition has been entrusted to Purina products by their owners. The loss of a pet or a pet’s illness due to pet food contamination is unacceptable to us, and a tragedy for those involved.
We want to take this opportunity to provide you with some valuable information about the recent limited recall of two Purina products – ALPO® brand Prime Cuts wet dog food and Mighty Dog® brand pouch-packaged dog food – and the possible confusion surrounding wheat gluten as a safe and good ingredient used in pet foods.
Nestlé Purina associates, most of whom are pet owners, feed Purina products. All of us are working diligently and with a total commitment to address and resolve this situation; to respond to concerns of consumers, customers and veterinarians; and to take the necessary actions to protect the health and well-being of the millions of dogs and cats who eat Purina foods.
We want you to know that wheat gluten, in and of itself, is not the reason for the recent recall of ALPO Prime Cuts canned and Mighty Dog pouch products. According to the FDA, the recall was due to a contaminant, subsequently identified as melamine, which was found in specific lots of wheat gluten.
Wheat gluten is a rich natural protein extracted from wheat or wheat flour. Purina has been using wheat gluten in its products for nearly twenty years without incident. In fact, the same quality wheat gluten that is used in pet food products is also used in human foods. Because we believe you might be concerned or get asked about the role of this ingredient as a result of the recall, please click here for a summary of the current facts surrounding this issue.
On April 16, the FDA announced that a quantity of rice protein concentrate also was subject to melamine contamination. Purina does not use rice protein concentrate in any of its U.S. or Canadian products. We do know it as a commonly used pet food ingredient and normally another good source of protein when not inappropriately manipulated through contamination.
We also want you to know that our already rigorous evaluation and food safety program for our raw materials has been reviewed and enhanced to now detect melamine. Despite the fact that melamine is a completely foreign substance to food and should not be found in wheat gluten, we are now testing every lot of wheat gluten received for the presence of this contaminant. Further, we are implementing additional technology to further screen our pet food ingredients.
We encourage you to review “;The Facts about Contamination and the Pet Food Recall,” and share it with those you feel may be interested in the information, in order to provide clearer information surrounding the recall, wheat gluten and its important role in the production of our pet foods.
We pledge that Purina is doing everything possible to continue ensuring each ingredient that goes into our products is safe for pets. Please know that nothing is more important to us than protecting the health and wellbeing of the millions of dogs and cats who eat Purina pet foods. We continue to cooperate fully with the FDA during its ongoing investigation and rest assured, we will continue to take the appropriate actions necessary. This is a responsibility all Purina associates take very seriously.
We are confident that consumers can continue to place their trust in Purina products.
For more information and answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please click here.
Sincerely,
The Employees of Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
tee hee!
**Are Women Cats?**
If men are dogs, the natural question is: are women cats? Well, let’s consider the feline temperament:
Unpredictable. You never know what’s going to tick off a cat. On the other hand, affection and attention often comes at odd moments. Sound like anyone familiar, guys?
Fastidious. After eating, drinking or even touching you, a cat immediately tries to remove all traces with thorough washing. The lady in your life feels the same way. With a dog like you, who could blame her?
Grace. Lithe and precise, cats can glide up on you without you ever knowing.
Cats are also famous for their jealousy. Add another cat to your one-cat household and see what happens. The fur will fly and you’ll find yourself caught in the middle. So how do people of such different temperaments get and stay together?
If we knew that, we’d know everything.
How true!! Love it!!
That is funny. When I was wee little girl I really thought all cats were female and the dogs male. 😛
OMG Elene, I thought I was the only kid who thought that. I also thought that there was a tiny monkey in the cigarette lighter and he would heat it up with a match and push it back out. I was a weird little kid.
I love the “tiny” monkey in the lighter. A sure sign of a wonderful imagination 😆
I still think that-
My mom still calls both of her dogs she’s and both of my cats he’s. I think she’s confused!
I think the reason women love cats so much is that they remind them of MEN. After all, men can’t (usually) cook, need to be waited on, need to be coddled, have to be picked up after, and some times are out at night til all hours. Add to that the fact we baby them, and there you are !!! Men don’t like cats cause they are jealous of them. !!!
I love this quote!
I’ve never understood why women love cats. Cats are independent, they don’t listen, they don’t come in when you call, they like to stay out all night, and when they’re home they like to be left alone and sleep. In other words, every quality that women hate in a man, they love in cat.
— Jay Leno
Hi Alice, I was lucky enough to meet and marry a man who loves cats. He says they’re tiny women in fur coats.
I love white eyeliner kitties!
Aww. How sweet! Three beautiful and handsome lil kits.
Happy Aloha Friday TDKers.
They are going to have a ball with that beautiful furniture. Arn’t they sweeeeeet.
**Nude Man in High Heels Causes Lockdown**
Thursday, April 26, 2007
(04-26) 14:40 PDT McMinnville, Ore. (AP) —
A man wearing nothing but women’s high heels was the cause of a building lockdown by police in downtown McMinnville. The unidentified man was spotted sitting on a bench on the basement floor of a nearly vacant medical building Wednesday afternoon.
After a call to 911 dispatchers, two McMinnville police units responded and were assisted by deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriffs Office and the Oregon State Police. The building was locked down and surrounded, but alas, no naked man.
The man was described as 40 to 50 years old, bald or with short white hair, of thin to medium build.
He was last seen running down one of the building’s hallways in the heels, police said.
That reminded me of David Niven’s reaction to the streaker who interrupted Niven’s Oscar presentation:
“Isn’t it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings.”
Lockdown? Honestly, what did they think he was going to do?
Good morning almost afternoon to all! Happy Friday everyone!!
I want these little fuzzbutts all to myself. Super cuteness x3!! What a great picture too!!
There’s a new thing going around with these crazy kids nowadays. Has anyone heard this one??? Kids are taking the cold medicine Coricidin D to get a “high” at school……..there’s a middle school in my area had to rush 3 kids to ER because they overdosed on it. What on earth is this world coming to??????
What’s worse is, a couple of months ago there was a rash of ambulance calls to the HS my husband works in because students were lacing OTHER students’ lunches with drugs and causing collapses and erratic behavior.
My husband says there ought to be a three-tiered education system: the college-prep track, the vocational track, and the Department of Corrections track. It’d never fly–it makes too much sense!
It’s not a new thing. When my now grown younger son was in high school, he and his friends had a party here, and thank God my hubs and I were always home to watch over them. One boy was in the kitchen, looking ill, and another was in the sunporch, making no sense. When we demanded to hear what they took, Walt called poison controll, while I found out who took what. We allowed no illegal drugs or alchohol, but one of the geniuses had everyone bring and down a box (A FULL BOX) of Coricidin D.
It took two cars, and another not involved friend to cart 11 kids to the emergency room. We all spent the night there, and the kids drank charcoal for hours. One of them was a tiny girl, who was diabetic, and she could have died. Everyone ended up okay, but we found out the boy who told them to do this was suicidal, his girlfriend was pregnant, and due in 2 months, and he hadn’t told his parents. The police came, found out what they took, laughed, said it was stupid, but legal. Watch out for whipped cream cans, too. If they go flat too fast, you could have a ‘huffer’ trying to get high by inhaling the propellant. Parenting is very scary. Said son, and his brother are now adults, and still talk about how awful the charcoal was.
Wow! All this drug taking craziness just wears me out! The worse thing you could do in school (apparently a long, long, time ago) was chew gum in class!! It was such a big thing when you got away with it too!! Now you have to worry about the drugs, the weapons, the awful mouths some kids have nowadays and the pregnancies……glad I was in school way back then……….
Chew gum in class and smoke in the girls bathroom under the air vent.
They drink Robitussin too to get high. I don’t understand why they feel they have to numb themselves up so much. Maybe too much pressure these days? Thye’re hurting themselves.
How horrible! I was in high school in the early 70’s and all we had were some stoners and they’d usually just fall asleep in class.
Not a new thing, unfortunately. They’ll just be adding that to the things you have to be 21 and having to produce I.D. for at the pharmacy, if they haven’t already. They already do that with sinus medications.
I got asked for my I.D at the pharmacy, until I became known as a regular. That was just to buy my diabetic supplies! And I’m not a kid.
Because junkies use the needles. Had the same problem buying one needle to inject glue behind bubbles in wallpaper!
I know what you mean Sharon. They give me a hard time when I buy my syringes but they give junkies free syringes , if they bring in their dirty ones. Maybe I should tell them I’m a junkie! lol
They actually scan our licenses when we buy the sinus medication.
And then we have to sign for it.
Finally!
**Gene explains why people are night owls**
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/27/nclock27.xml
YAY! Did you read my post (late yesterday) about Michael Vick?! Shocking!
**ASPCA ASSISTS IN INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING MAJOR DOG FIGHTING RAID**
The ASPCA is proud to be part of a team of animal welfare agencies that participated in a major dog fighting raid by federal authorities earlier this week.
The raid took place simultaneously in Pass Christian, MS, and St. Bernard Parish, LA, and resulted in 45 dogs being seized for examination and evidence. Dr. Melinda Merck, forensic veterinarian with the ASPCA and the premier “Animal CSI†in the country, was part of an elite team including staff from the Louisiana SPCA, the St. Charles Parish Humane Society/Animal Control and the Humane Society of South Mississippi.
Merck, who uses her forensic abilities and veterinary training to “sweep†a crime scene and provide evidence to investigators, is currently documenting the medical condition of all the animals seized, and will spend several days with the team preparing evidence. “This is one of the most complete examples of a dog fighting operation that I have ever seen,†says Merck. “Not only are many of the dogs scarred or wounded, the sites were loaded with dog fighting paraphernalia, such as weighing scales, treadmills, chains, weights, and dog-fighting journals—you name it, it was there.â€
Merck reports that it took the team 12 hours just to process the scene, and it will also take time to sift through the evidence. “In examining the live dogs, there are clear signs that these puppies and dogs were being kept in extremely neglectful conditions, to say the least—they are thin, and very little dog food was found on the premises.â€
If Michael Vick gets in legal trouble again, they may have to transfer him to the NBA!
On another note, did anyone else see a news item about a shelter that was broken into and the only things stolen were about 8 pit bulls? I know I saw it somewhere–was it here?
Here is a Michael Vick update…
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6743208?MSNHPHCP>1=9331
What do you expect from an area where they capture wild hogs, saw off their tusks (their only form of defense) and release them into a pen with pitbulls to rip apart? Small children are taken to these events and toothless hags defend it “good, clean, family fun”. Talk about throwbacks! Rural Georgia, the land that evolution forgot!
My favorite quote from the movie Gettysburg (when the confederate generals are sitting around the campfire discussing Darwin’s theory):
“You, sir, may say that you are descended from an ape. You may say that I am descended from an ape. But I will meet at dawn the first man to claim that our beloved General Lee was descended from an ape!”
At least we Georgians have family trees that branch. When we used to travel west we’d remind ourselves that when we crossed into Alabama, we needed to set our clocks back 20 years!
JCL
What a sad thing for this area of St. Bernard parish in southeast Louisiana and Pass Christian, Mississippi. After all, it was in this area where Hurricane Katrina hit back in 2005.
Very sweet!
**ASPCA SUCCESS STORY OF THE WEEK: THE COMEBACK KIT**
This tranquil tortie was adopted from our 92nd Street headquarters in New York City before we could say meow! Two-year-old Cristy was swooped up into her forever home by Barbara Glover, one of the ASPCA’s experienced cat volunteers who fell in love last summer when she fostered the gentle feline.
“I took her in for five weeks,†Barbara says, “and she did very well with me and my two adult male cats. I cried when I had to take her back, but felt there was no way I could care for another cat in my studio apartment.†Barbara tried to spend as much time as she could with the shy kitty, petting and brushing her and “talking her up†to potential adopters, but this smart girl seemed to have already made up her mind. “She hugged the wall when other adopters were around and refused to be picked up,†Barbara says. “I finally became so attached to her—and she to me—that I took her home for good!â€
After only two weeks, Cristy, who was rescued by ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement officers when she was just a kitten, is blossoming with her two new brothers and her human companion. “She’s doing great,†Barbara exclaims. “She’s playing like crazy and finally acting like the kitten she probably never got to be.â€
That’s what happened with me and my tortie Yow. I took her home to take care of some medical problems she had, Yes I babied her and fussed over her but I felt like I needed to take her back to get her forever home. I went to the shelter and talked to her because she had withdrawn but finally the head of the shelter said “Come and get your cat!”.When I got there she was still a little testy with me but when I told her to get in the carrier that she was coming home she seemed to understand and did exactly that. Now she’s a snuggly sweetheart.She still hisses and spits sometimes to remind me but she doesn’t mean it.
Click to see how your Rep voted yesterday to restore a 34-year-old ban on the commercial sale and slaughter of America’s wild horses and burros.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll269.xml
This is good. Thanks, Dee! Mine voted YEA. Fantastic!
Not mine. They were probably sitting at the table with bibs on or out in the filed wearing orange hats hoping to shoot them. *sigh*
Hello precious babies from Zip-cat in Las Colinas!!!
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him,
“Can I also sit like you and do nothing?â€
The eagle answered, “Sure, why not?â€
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.
haha!
Inside every older person is a younger person —
wondering what the hell happened.
-Cora Harvey Armstrong-
I think that alot these days!! Time flies when you’re having rum…I mean fun!! ha! ha! ha! Isn’t 40 the new 20????
Gawd I HOPE SO!!!
I hear 60 is the new 45. Hope so,says this old body with a trapped kid inside,
Awww! That’s a cute trio! I want to snuggle them all. 🙂
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
-Gloria Steinem-
…..these kits are great….the one at the front has great FB’s…the one in the middle sings opera…and the one at the back is lookin’ for Superman!……….fuzzaduzzduzz……
OOOH they are so cute! Misty looks a lot like Mischief from a few days ago.
What do you call a monkey in a minefield ?
A Baboom! 😆 :greenie:
Also, for the fellow dog lovers…
http://dailypuppy.com/index.php?itemid=1048
awe
I’m a certified cat person but I have to say that little Laverne is adorable and such personality!
Update on Sheep as poodles and Daylight Savings time letter from the other day….
The Sheep deal is a hoax and the letter was written extremely tongue-in-cheek by a lawyer….
Per Snopes
I knew I should have double checked! But when an online news org reports it I usually believe it! Well, that and Paul Harvey–haha!
Toldja Dee. I only believed it because Paul Harvey said so.
That said, it was a very funny hoax! 🙂
Patient Joey leads the pack
With quiet eyes to charm
Tiny Tyson sits in the back
Cute face that can disarm
In the middle, wanting a snack
Is noisy Misty raising the alarm
Applauding……love it MeezerMama!!
Very charming!
**Man charged for spending misplaced money**
Fri Apr 27, 3:55 AM ET
LA VISTA, Neb. – A La Vista man was charged with felony theft after he spent $80,000 his bank deposited by mistake in his account.
George J. Costa, 45, is charged with theft of lost or mislaid property. It is a crime to take money that’s been “delivered under a mistake.”
More than $106,000 was deposited into Costa’s account between August 2006 and February after a Pinnacle Bank employee mixed up account numbers, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
The bank was able to recover $26,000 from Costa’s account after the mistake was recovered.
“‘Finder’s keepers’ and ‘possession is nine-tenths of the law’ aren’t legal principles,” said Sarpy County Attorney Lee Polikov.
Costa’s lawyer, James Martin Davis, said Costa is willing to work out repayment in civil court but shouldn’t be charged criminally.
“If somebody sticks money in your pocket and you spend it, you can’t be convicted of theft,” he said.
–What a precious handful of fuzz. It doesn’t surprise me that the lady of the trio would be the one to speak her mind first. I love the differences in them. Have a beautiful friday all TDK’s.
Great verse!!!! Hey, Kittenmaster, are there any plans to publish the kitten pics and some of the poems or stories submitted by tdk’ers? These little gems definitely need to be on the title page..!
Kittenwar can’t be the only site out there with publishing ambitions, surely?
The kittens are adorable! The one in the back looks my PJ, when she was a kitten.
Joke of the Day
Two caterpillars are sitting on a leaf, when a butterfly ZOOMS by and startles them.
One caterpillar turns and says to the other one, “You’ll never get ME, up in one of those things! ” lol
Should of said, “looks like my PJ”. Sorry, typo.
Two bugs having a conversation:
“My uncle was flying the other day, minding his own business, when he hit a car windshield–SPLAT!”
“Bet he won’t have the guts to try that again.”
ba-doom, CRASH!
JCL
Rim-shot!
Joey, Misty and Tyson
A lovely kitten bunch
I bet they never leave the foster house
But that is just a hunch,
They are at that silly kitten stage
When they all have great big ears
But my goodness, what a pride
Of lovely kitten dears.
Which kit is which, I ask
To me it is not clear
Except that Joey and Tyson
Are separated by sister dear.
One thing, though is obvious
Although they all be foster
Joey and Tyson are lying loud
If they ever say “We bossed her”.
That was great! Very witty!
Wow! I like it!! Such talent!!
Bill,
I love your posts, I always will
I read your words and see the passion eyes of May
Oh, but am I ever gonna your post today
I was on your side Bill, when you were snoozin’
I’d never scheme or lie Bill, there’s been no foolin’
But kittens and quips won’t carry me ’till you post, Ivory Bill!
I got the poetry blues!
Post, Ivory Bill!
I got the poetry blues…
*Apologies to the 5th Dimension (although revenge is fitting for saddling us with the insipid “Aquarius.”)
Argh! That song is stuck in my head now!!
JCL
I know! It’s in my head, too.
“This is the dawning of the age of….” Somebody help me — PLEASE!
*clap,clap,clap*
that was beautiful!
bravo,bravo! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Pretty kitties. Looks like Misty is singing.
made this a few weeks ago–very easy–great indulgent breakfast!
Grilled Chocolate Sandwiches
Serves 4 | Prep Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: : 15 minutes
ingredients
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons milk
4 large slices challah or Italian bread, (cut 3/4 inch thick)
4 ounces thin semisweet chocolate bar
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
In a large, shallow dish, whisk together eggs and milk; set aside.
Form two sandwiches with the bread and chocolate (break chocolate as necessary to cover bread without extending over edges); dip both sides of sandwiches in egg mixture to coat.
Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat; transfer sandwiches to skillet. Cook, pressing occasionally with a spatula, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate. Cut in half, and dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving.
Per serving (1/2 sandwich): 350 calories; 19.9 grams fat; 9.3 grams protein; 36.5grams carbohydrates; 2.9 grams fiber
OH MY GOD!! I’m making this tomorrow morning….what a wonderful way to start a day….CHOCOLATE!! Thanks Dee!
Isn’t it funny how they suggest that a serving is 1/2 sandwich?! They don’t know who they are dealing with!
BTW, did you make the Blarney Stone cookies??
OH! Yes!! They did not last very long either!! They were delishhhh!!!
There is no such thing as 1/2 a serving when chocolate is involved!! It’s ALL or nothing………
Too cute for words!
**Best & Worst Places for Sleep 2006** (USA)
http://www.shuteye.com/pressrelease8.asp
I couldn’t help but think of “My Cousin Vinnie” where Joe Pesci couldn’t get a decent night’s sleep in Alabama until he’d been thrown in jail for contempt of court. The prisoner riot that night made him feel like he was back in NYC and he slept like a baby!
*Really, folks, I have nothing against Alabama! My granddaddy was an Auburn grad and was best friends with “Shug” Jordan from their college days until Shug died. I just happened to think of the movie, that’s all. The other ‘bama post was one of those next-door state things. Honest!*
*shuts up before digging the hole any deeper*
Cute overload, what faces!
Anyone else out there willing to do the China boycott thing? For one week, don’t buy anything made in China–will mean you have to stay out of Walmart completely! Also will be boycotting the 2008 Olympics in China.
I already do and have for years. I only go to Walmart for cat supplies when I can’t get to Petsmart (which is about once a year) because they pressured many manufacturers to use China or they wouldn’t carry their goods.
I already boycott Wal-Mart. They are bad for the economy and communities. I try not to buy things from China, but that is because I am against sweat shops.
The Chinese have outlawed adding melamine to food and are cooperating with US investigators to get the problem under control. The greed of these corporations is terrible. They should be the focus of your anger.
The people of China are just coming out of an oppressive regime. Their government did not allow them to practice religion and all property was the state’s. The road ahead will be a bumpy one. Capitalism is new and will inevitably spawn greed in some people. They are not the only country where someone’s greed caused tragedy.
This is true. Walmart has its whole infrastructure in China!!! Corporate offices, shipping, production, inventory….. Everything!
😯
Count me in…. I ALREADY BOYCOTT WALLMART…. as well as products manufactured in China. They have a lot of human rights violations / issues. Be aware: Products from other countries will cost more.
Hard to boycott EVERYTHING!!! I think 75% of the stuff in my house is made in China. Esp. my Coach purses. I have considedred boycotting WalMart but haven’t yet thought of boycotting the Olympics. Will make it a point to do so.
Happy Friday, TDKers! Today’s kittens look like a great set of mischief makers–smile makers too. I’m thinkingof getting a backpack but my Thundercats might get jealous. 😉
I know this site is for kittens but my Aunt desperately needs the power and comfort of all TDKers right now. She just learned her Yorkie, “Tinks” has cancer. The poor dog has been in so much pain! She is my Aunt’s baby. It took my Aunt many years to commit to an animal friend and now…Tinks will be going over the rainbow bridge this afternoon to join my Taffy, Kitten, and Keebler. Help me send loving warmth her way at about 2:30 pm EST today.
Thoughts and prayers headed your way. Kitty purrs and kisses to your Aunt and Tinks. May Tinks rest in painless peace….
Prayers of healing for your Aunt–just know her baby will be happy & out of pain at the Bridge, one day to be reunited.
OMG! you live in pheonix,AZ?that where I’m from and thats where all of my family lives!OMG!
DO you like it,there?
Wait-iforgot to put a smiley! 🙂 🙂
Oh, how sad. My thoughts and prayers and with your Aunt and little Tinks. At least she won’t be in pain anymore.
I am so sorry for your Aunt. I know there will be no consoling her at this time, but I pray that her time of deep grief will not be too long. I know it will help having people she loves validate her feelings of terrible loss.
So sorry for your Aunt’s grief over the loss of her furry loved one. It is so hard to let them go, but kind to end their suffering. Purrs and prayers go out to her.
Sending lots of hugs, prayers, healing thoughts.
Many good thoughts and prayers are coming your way. My Snowman just went over the rainbow bridge last week (yes, I still cry for him). Your Aunts dog will be in the best of company.
Prayers to Auntie and Yorkie!
Healing and comforting light and energy to your Aunt. My Heidi dog will be there to show Tinks the ropes.
Loving thoughts and prayers to our aunt. May she take comfort in knowing that she gave a little creature love, devotion and protection. This makes her a very special person. Her little Yorkie was very lucky to have had her as his mistress. May she have an open heart to help give another little creature her heart sometime in the future.
Hugs and kitty head bonks to your aunt.
I have been watching and reading this site for a long time, but this is my first comment. Please have your aunt reat “Snowflake in my Hand”. It will make her cry, and laugh, and realize all our babies are but snowflakes.
I love all the comments, recipes, etc, but I don’t get on line until after 4 pm CDT at work, and by that time all the goodies are gone, and everyone has vacated the site.
Welcome, Artistabobbi. I’m glad you posted. Please don’t let your work schedule keep you from posting. I’m sure we represent all kinds of time zones around the world. I like to go to the previous days posts for any late additions.
Welcome Artistabobbi – love the name. Don’t forget there are still the mountain and pacific time zones and there are many goodies there too. Also, some TDKers can’t get on at work and come visit during the evening hours.
Yes like me and boy am I posting really late tonight ….these three are just the cutest! love the little miss in the middle…..and why shouldn’t she be the most vocal she has to compete with the two MALES of the group… 🙂
We do have a full 24/7 virtual kitchen staff who will be glad to get you goodies anytime. 🙂
hi everyone,hope all is well with you all,for those who are grieving I send my prayers for your hearts to be healed,and for those that are going thru some heavy trials may the lord carry you thru it.BTWmy favorite of the three is the singer,she’s just precious.Also anyone that didn’t here yet ,we have a new baby in the house besides my tuxedo baby girls.going to update their pictures also.to see the newbie just click on my name.
It’s break time.
Here are the Alton Brown chocolate chip cookie recipes. All are from the ‘Three Chips for Sister Marsha’ episode. Take your pick Thin, Puffy or Chewy.
http://www.foodnetwork.com
The Thin
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
2 ounces milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Hardware:
Ice cream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda in a mixing bowl. Combine the egg, milk, and vanilla and bring to room temperature in another bowl.
Cream the butter in the mixer’s work bowl, starting on low speed to soften the butter. Add the sugars. Increase the speed, and cream the mixture until light and fluffy. Reduce the speed and add the egg mixture slowly. Increase the speed and mix until well combined.
Slowly add the flour mixture, scraping the sides of the bowl until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for more even browning.
Remove the cookies from the pans immediately. Once cooled, store in an airtight container.
The Puffy
1 cup butter-flavored shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Hardware:
Ice cream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine the shortening, sugar, and brown sugar in the mixer’s work bowl, and cream until light and fluffy. In the meantime, sift together the cake flour, salt, and baking powder and set aside.
Add the eggs 1 at a time to the creamed mixture. Then add vanilla. Increase the speed until thoroughly incorporated.
With the mixer set to low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the shortening and combine well. Stir in the chocolate chips. Chill the dough. Scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 per sheet. Bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown and puffy, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool and store in an airtight-container.
The Chewy
2 sticks unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Hardware:
Ice cream scooper (#20 disher, to be exact)
Parchment paper
Baking sheets
Mixer
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Melt the butter in a heavy-bottom medium saucepan over low heat. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking soda and set aside.
Pour the melted butter in the mixer’s work bowl. Add the sugar and brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugars on medium speed. Add the egg, yolk, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Slowly incorporate the flour mixture until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Chill the dough, then scoop onto parchment-lined baking sheets, 6 cookies per sheet. Bake for 14 minutes or until golden brown, checking the cookies after 5 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet for even browning. Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
Teresa—where is the “thin” version of the cookie? Or is the irony that there is no “thin” when eating cookies?!
Dunno. I tried posting everything yesterday. I think that post is in the spam line. I posted the ‘thin’ recipe first. After I posted these two I tried the ‘thin’ again and got the ‘You already said that.’ message. I’ll try again tomorrow. If it doesn’t work then I guess you are right about eating cookies.
here is my version which is a combo of a few other recipes I have tried over the years
1 cup butter
2 cups flour
1 tsp. soda
1 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups blended oatmeal**
12 oz. chocolate chips
1 Tbs lemon juice
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey Bar (grated)
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla
Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and lemon; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey Bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
** measure oatmeal and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Oh my Gosh you all are making me hungry! 8)
**Gives in and runs to eat chocolate**
See article on National Key Deer Refuge and if you will there is a click on to take action. They are going to use federal money to trap and kill ferals on federally protected land.
http://www.alleycat.org/
Thanks Elene, I sent my letter and told them that my family and I will stop vacationing in the Keys unless they stop the killing. Alley Cat Allies is one of my favorite charities and they do great work with ferals.
Done! Our local TNR group is AZCATS, of which I am a member.
Have seen the perition but now the hubby will give up key limes for pies for a bit. Thank you for the update, Elene.
Thanks for that, Elene.
“Beware of people who dislike cats.–Irish Proverb”
AMEN!!! I’ve learned that one the hard way through the years!!
Smart people, the Irish (can you tell I’m of Irish heritage?)
I agree on the intelligence of the Irish, don’t they have some of the best proverbs.
Mary, I’m part Irish too, never did think there were monkeys in the lighters, but probably because my dad used matches to light up.
Hi Elene, I forgot to mention that the “monkey lighters” were the old-fashioned push-in cigarette lighters in the car which my parents always used.
I did think you meant the car lighters because you couldn’t see the flame.
**Report: Crying No Longer Taboo At Office**
Tears At Work Once Seen As No-No
POSTED: 5:11 am PDT April 26, 2007
UPDATED: 5:32 am PDT April 26, 2007
In “A League of Their Own,” Tom Hanks told us there’s no crying in baseball.
But there’s more and more crying in the office. The Wall Street Journal reports shedding tears in the cubicle is no longer seen as a no-no.
Jean Twenge, an author and psych professor at San Diego State, said young workers are more comfortable in showing all sorts of emotion.
She added many Generation-Y’ers burst into tears at negative feedback. Even guys need to reach for the hanky.
Some see male tears as evidence that men are getting more in touch with their feelings.
Or it could just show that we are turning into a nation of crybabies who can’t handle problems.
I mean really, what kind of a person crys because they are told “you need to do a better job”.
I finally saw part of an American Idol a few weeks ago and everyone kept saying how mean Simon was – I had worse things said to me by my college professors that what he was saying to those so-called singers.
Maybe people should quit getting in touch with their feeling and get in touch with life – i.e. the world doesn’t care how you FEEL and isn’t going to hold your hand, so deal with it
Men crying at work…. wtf
Depends on how and why it’s said. Unfortunately I cry when I’m extremely angry. Very embarraskin’ as Popeye would say. I guess crying is better than getting violent.
But I’m not a Y’er or even a generation x’er. I guess I go back to a Greek alphabet.
I’ve cried when I am feeling angry too, Sharon. I think women are socialized to not express angry in the way men do. We female (babyboomers, anyway) have been raised to internalize anger so it is experienced as sadness and not communicated well to the person we feel angry toward. When asked if we are angry, we might even deny it. Got to be confusing for the men in our lives!
I agree about the internalization of anger in women of a certain age group. I have that problem big time. I’m sure that is why I am suffering from deep depression. Can’t get the anger out that I feel toward the two cell-phone users that rear ended me, nor the insurance companies that dragged out settlement until I lost everything and was deeply in debt. My psychologist is trying hard to bring it out, but is having mixed results. We keep trying every Monday morning.
I’m sorry to hear that you lost everything after being rear-ended in a car accident. Glad you are getting supportive therapy. Medication can help too. Depression is another one of those issues that has a stigma to it. A lot of people think a person who is depressed is just weak and needs to “buck up” or “get over it.” Unfortunately, many depressed people feel that way about themselves and don’t seek help. Please continue to take care of yourself–and check TDK frequently to get those smile muscles working! 🙂
Agreed, depression is a whole different subject than simple oversensitivity.
Elaine, Kitten Wisperer is right – take care of yourself physically as well as mentally because the two are tied together.
We had a woman join my martial arts class once who started training to try and get control over her emotions and her anger. It took her a while, but it helped
I don’t know if it would help you or not but I thought I would tell you about it
I am on meds and can’t do much in the way of walking or exercise because of the injuries and pain. Do my best, but the 4 years of pain have taken their toll on me. I was a very young at heart and body 58 and now feel like an oldish 62. Thus the anger at all responsible, but can’t really express it so it stays doing its damage. I am working on getting a life again because it really was good 4 years ago.
my name is elaine her name is elene
Hey-Is sent you a comment if ya scroll alot higher-I’m a girl…………… 😈
I admire men who are able to cry, but it depends on the situation. Tears can come from joy or being moved in a powerful way. Being able to express those emotions is an important part of being human. I think men have been socialized to not express their emotions in this way and to become distressed when they see women crying. Again, depending on the situation, it doesn’t automatically mean that the person has lost control or is weak. I have some trouble seeing why a woman or a man would cry in a work setting at being told they need to do a better job, but I wouldn’t be more judgmental or critical of a man who does this than a woman.
My view is that we are creating a whole society that is afraid to say the truth on a subject because it might be considered “offensive” It now seems that the worst thing that can be said about a politician or a leader is that “his statement was offensive†and if you are offensive you had better apologize right quick or you’ll be hung out to dry.
The fact is that the only way something is offensive is if you LET yourself be offended. Someone can call me everything in the book but an American citizen and not one word will hurt me if I don’t allow it to. Remember the old saying of “sticks and stones….”
The only way words can hurt if you let them and by doing that let the people saying them have power over you and turning yourself into a victim. We are so afraid, as a country now, of offending someone we won’t even use the word ‘terrorist’. It’s now “extremists†or “insurgentsâ€
Yes, there are times that I have cried. I cried when I thought my cat was lost forever; I cried when I saw a friend get killed; I ever cried at my wedding when I saw my wife in her gown for the first time.
But I will sure as heck never cry because someone tossed a harsh word my way.
Maybe I am an archaic male. I can fight, fix a car, cook, do construction work, I believe in opening doors for ladies and putting the hammer down on thugs. But I don’t believe in crying because someone said something mean. We are better than that as a people, it’s about time we started showing it.
Those who claim that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” have never had a dictionary thrown at them!
Sorry, Instinct, I was simply too weak to resist the temptation to be a little silly. You know me…
LOL, love it 😀
I was not attempting to defend men or women crying at work in response to being told they need to do a better job. The article Dee posted doesn’t describe an actual situation where this might have happened so we don’t know if a male employee burst into sobs in a fetal position on the floor or if someone heard him crying in the mens room after being told he needed to do a better job, or a tear just trickled down his cheek. I got caught up in your last sentence where you seemed particularly annoyed that a man might cry in response to a harsh word. I don’t think we disagree about oversensativity being a problem in society today. I do think men and women have been socialized to view the acceptability of crying in very different ways.
BTW, you don’t sound like an archaic male at all. Your examples of times you’ve cried made me a little misty, especially when describing seeing your wife in her wedding gown for the first time. I admire your expression of the emotion you felt at that time and in the other examples you gave.
Sorry if it sounded like I was attacking you, I wasn’t. I was just venting about, as you put it, the oversensitivity of todays society and all the law suits and rehab visits that seem to go with it 🙂
No worries. Great issue to discuss and cordially done!
Instinct is definitely a man among men and right on so many things-even if I lean the other direction sometimes. But there are times when you can be worked ragged to the point of exhaustion, be the only breadwinner and know your whole family needs that paycheck to keep a roof overhead and have some power-hungry jerk threaten and blackmail and extort and everything else, just for kicks, and you finally just get so d*** mad and here come the tears. No sobbing-just pure liquid anger seeping from the eyes.
But, Instinct, I hear you on the rehab part. I work for behavioral health providers and so many people feel broken.
I have to agree with Instinct, in the sense that we are WAY oversensitive. I can’t joke with a male coworker in any sort of way that might be construed as sexual, regardless of the fact that both he and I are ok with it, because someone who overhears it might be offended. I have to say too that ANYONE crying in response to something in the office, short of a death is inappropriate. Well, and being laid off or fired… since all of us need our jobs or we wouldn’t be here. If your job is that stressful to you or you feel that emotionally involved, I am not talking about healthcare or emergency service provides here, it’s time to look for another job…. My two cents.
Last Saturday was San Jacinto day in Texas (when we celebrate the capture of Santa Anna in the war for Texas Independence), which means it was also Aggie Muster. For those of you not in the know, it is the annual gathering of Aggies (Texas A&M) graduates worldwide to mourn the loss of those who passed away in the previous year.
I first learned of this tradition when I was in the military (which is replete with Aggies–Gen. Patton famously said that a brigade of West Point graduates would win the battle, but a handful of Texas Aggies would win the war).
When I first became aware of the existance of Aggie Muster, I asked an officer what it was. His response was to ask me two questions: “Have you ever seen a grown man cry?” When I answered “yes,” he followed with “Have you ever seen a hundred?”
No further explanation was needed.
Instinct–are you taking steroids? haha!
Nope, I just have the strength of ten because my heart is pure 😀
I cry when I’m very happy. I cry while watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition—I even cry when someone wins the Showcase Showdown on The Price is Right! haha! (If you say one word, Instinct, I will give you something to cry about.)
Hey, I cry at movies sometimes. Like the part in True Grit where John Wayne is charging the bad guys and his horse gets shot
*sniff*
Get choked up just thinking about it….
How ’bout the Bill Maudlin cartoon where the dogface broke the axle on his jeep and he has the .45 muzzle flush on the hood and is about to pull the trigger?
Man, if that doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you just don’t have a heart.
*removes tongue from where it has been firmly planted in cheek*
Did you guys ever hear Bruce Dern tell his story about going into a club and some guy punched him yelling, “That’s for killing John Wayne!”. He was the first person to ever kill the Duke in the movies.
**Scientists Puzzled By Bee Deaths**
POSTED: 8:13 am PDT April 27, 2007
UPDATED: 8:20 am PDT April 27, 2007
SEATTLE — Honey bees all over the world are dying at an unprecedented rate and scientists aren’t sure why.
Scientists believe a fungus that killed off bee colonies around Asia and Europe could be responsible for the collapse of bee colonies in the U.S. and Canada. Others believe a parasite could be to blame.
It’s estimated more than a quarter of the country’s bee colonies — 2.4 million — are disappearing.
Farmers depend on bees to pollinate crops, and finding healthy bees is becoming harder.
“If we eventually lose enough of our honey bees, then we will not be going to be able to pollinate the crops,” said Dr. Eric Mussen, a bee researcher.
Consumers are likely to feel a sting at the grocery store.
THANK YOU, TERESA. AS MOST ON FEEL IT’S LIKE HAVING FAMILY AROUND ON THIS SITE.
Okay. I went back to the blogger awards and they now have a submit button on the comments. Of course had to add my 2cents worth! 🙂
When you say that you’re ‘psychomama in calif.’, does that mean ya live in California? I’ve always wanted to be in Hollywood,California…….. 😉
No, you don’t.
And, yes I am.
AHHHH!AWESOME!
I think I do want to be there instead of being here in Louisiana- SO BORING!
If Huddy’s momma doesn’t get here soon I will have no choice but to take all of these precious little gems home with me for some serious cuddling and kissing. Hurry up HM, I mean it!!
Anybody want a peanut?
😀
ya startin’ ta make me HUNGRY!
I belive HM said she was off work today, getting an MRI of her neck…. so I think the pitchfork is safely parked for now. Grab those kitties and run !
HAHA!
Q : How many men does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A : One – he just holds it up there and waits for the world to revolve around him.
Q: How many TDK’ers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Two, but they have to be VERY small!
*retreats and finds a VERY good hiding place*
Uh- i don’t get that one……
😉
Aren’t you a little young to be so sarcastic?
*wink, wink, nudge, nudge*
I really didn’t get that last one though!
🙂
ROFLMAO……
How many women does it take to change a lightbulb?
One. ONE!! And do you know WHY it only takes ONE?
Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb. They don’t even know the bulb is BURNED OUT.
They would sit in this house in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it OUT. And once they figured it out they wouldn’t be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they’ve been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past SEVENTEEN YEARS.
But if they did, by some miracle, actually find the light bulbs, TWO DAYS LATER the chair that they dragged from two rooms over to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!!
AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE CRUMPLED WRAPPER THE STUPID @*!#$% LIGHT BULBS CAME IN! WHY?! BECAUSE NO ONE IN THIS HOUSE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!!
IT’S A WONDER WE HAVEN’T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12 FEET DEEP THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE HOUSE. THE HOUSE!! IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS…I’m sorry…what did you ask me?
rotflmaoastc!!!!!
*kowtows and chants “We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!”*
I’m with Ginny on this one. So much for my programmers joke.
But did you hear about the redneck version of the light bulb? It takes two to change it, six to fight about it in the parking lot, and one to write a country song about it.
You hit the nail on the head for my repressed anger! 😈
How do ya make those cool smiley’s?
😉
Hi Alex,
I use this web site to help me.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies#What_Text_Do_I_Type_to_Make_Smileys.3F
Heard this one, but it was an old vocalist joke. It was how many Sopranos instead of men. It’s so fitting. No one shoot me, I’m an operatically trained 1st Soprano myself.
For those of us who are ADD
Q:How many ADD kids does it take to change a lightbulb
A: Let’s go ride bikes!
**Bull wanders into garage, attacks car**
2 hours, 56 minutes ago
HEBRON, N.Y. – A woman pulled into her driveway and spotted something big inside her garage. That something turned out to be a bull. And an angry bull at that.
Mabel Washburn says she drove to a nearby relative’s home in rural Washington County to call police after coming face to face with the bull on Wednesday afternoon. When she returned to her home near the Vermont border a few minutes later, the bull was still there.
The 81-year-old woman says the animal then rammed its horns into her Ford Escort a couple of times. She blew her horn at it, but the bull chased the vehicle as she drove away.
She says the bull, which had gotten loose from a nearby pasture, eventually wandered into a swamp.
Sheriff’s deputies ticketed the bull’s owner for allowing it to get loose.
Washburn says it’s not the first time she has found livestock in her driveway. Last fall a horse got loose and wound up on her property.
RE: Split fingertips. A while back I read somewhere about a variety of cures for splitting fingertips. I thought it might be on TDK since everyone here is so good about sharing remedies. If it was here, does anyone remember what day? Or what some of the home remedies were?
Actually, even if the discussion wasn’t here to start with, can anyone suggest something for my poor husband, whole fingertips are starting to crack and hurt?
Darn cute kittens today – I love the ones who open wide and sing to you.
I’ve always heard SuperGlue works wonders—and is not supposed to sting…
Dee has a good idea. There is glue that is used for stitches. If it’s painful try burn meds like carrycyn or tetrasil or silvadine (I’m sure non of those are correctly spelled). What is the cause? Dryness, chemicals or fluids, chemo meds? Try topping off with fingertip protectors.
EEsh! I’m so sorry-my dad has those same problems-I’ll ask him and get back to ya l8r when he gets home,which is like at 6 to 7:00. Maybe you should try the doctor,or lotion,or listen to Dee.
Has this problem started after he began using any chemicals, creams, gloves or anything else he hasn’t used before this started? Maybe he is allergic to a certain product. There is a certain hand cream by a very famous cosmetic company that makes my fingertips split. Make a list of everything that he is in contact with and one by one omit a product for a week or two. It may take months to figure out which product it is. In my case I figured out it was the hand cream because when I ran out of it my fingertips would heal. When I bought more and began using it again my fingertips started to split. Or he try ‘Bag Balm’ it’s in a green cube shaped tin with a cow on it at the drug store (first aid aisle??). I hear it’s fabulous. Burt’s Bees also makes good skin care products. Burt’s Bees is in health food stores and on the web. Of course there is the dermatologist but you already know that.
Oops – Or he can try ‘Bag Balm’…
**Thief betrays himself to get free beer**
Fri Apr 27, 11:45 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German phone thief led police right to his front door when they called the stolen mobile to say he had won some free beer and he willingly gave his address.
“An officer called and said, ‘You’ve won a crate of beer’,” said a spokesman for police in the eastern town of Neustrelitz Friday.
“Then he asked where he lived so he could drop the beer off, and the guy told him. I think the man was drunk.”
Drunk-probably! 😉
Three stooges fuzz
Wut? 😉
OK everyone! I have a confession to make- my real name IS NOT ALEX! ITS ALEXIS! My computer teachers say that we shouldn’t give away our real names on the internet, but not only do I trust ya’ll,
there are about a million Alexis’s in the world, so ya’ll don’t know which one i am!
Last year, I had Alexander and Alexandra (no relation) in the same class–both went by “Alex”
I have also known “Alex”‘s who were: Alexis, Alexandria, Alix, Alexei, Alejandro, Alejandra, Alexsander…
the list goes on and on…
Your computer teacher is right, Alex. You can probably guess that my real name is not Kitten Whisperer. 🙂 It is very important for kids, or anyone else for that matter, to stay safe. People who want to take kids or hurt them will often seem very nice and understanding on the internet. Kids can be very trusting and it makes it easier for a bad person to take advantage of them and get them to give out their personal information like names, address and so on. Make sure your parents know you are putting comments on the Daily Kitten website and that it is alright with them. Stay safe, OK?
OK,fine…… 🙁
Pleased to meet you. My name is Jennifer. It’s very sad that there are people out there that could use our personal information against us.
I’m very glad you have joined us on our site. The people here are wonderful. You never know who might be lurking though.
you do have a point…… 😳
Alex, I thought you were a girl when you said you got $200.00 worth of new clothes for your birthday. 😛
You were asking earlier about how to make smiley faces like the green one. There is a site that had the instructions, but I don’t remember what it was called. I’m sure someone here will have that for you soon.
I am a girl! 🙁
Wow-@ 9:30, there were only 25 comments- and @ 4:15, there are 320 comments! 😀
We can’t help it. With some many beautiful kitties here, we all have to write some version of “Awww… how cute!” 🙂
We are a chatty bunch…. 😆
LOL! 🙂
They are Beautiful!
On another note–I made a decision 3 years ago to go back to college and become a teacher–God help me. Today my final test are done and I have added my last endorsements to my license. I am not only an English Lit. teacher but now can teach history, government, civics, and economics! My intellectual pussycat (Teaser) is celebrating. She is sitting atop my copy of Beowulf and Basil has a paw on Chaucer. It is time to broil some snapper and celebrate!
Wonderful accomplishment. You deserve the snapper and a big hug too. I am adding my virtual bear hug for you 😛
Congratulations! Teachers deserve a special place in heaven. The job is tough, the rewards few and the pay is low. But the lives you touch–priceless!
From one teacher to another—CONGRATULATIONS!
There will be many days when you question why in the world you decided to teach. This is my 17th year and I have never regretted it at all. I just want to share with you what happened to me yesterday. An 8th grade girl that I had secretly labeled as ‘TIMS’ (thorn in my side) because of all the hell that she has put me through all year) wrote a letter during her English class addressed to me. In it, she explained all of the drama going on in her home (teen sister’s pregnancy, drug use, etc.) and how she feels that her life is such a facade. She even mentioned that she has thoughts of killing herself. I talked with her for over an hour about, well, everything. She seemed shocked when I told her about the similar events that happened in my family when I was her age. I explained to her that it took me years to realize that my sister’s ‘mistakes’ made me choose to make better choices because I saw how her choices changed her life. Anyway, this morning she saw me in the hall and hugged me. She never said a word. I certainly didn’t because I was shocked (she’d be what you’d consider a very tough girl).
That is why I teach!! *she says while bawling like a baby*
Congratulations. (or, as it seems to be the newly-accepted spelling), congradulations.
I am reminded of a long-should-have-been-forgotten line from Chaucer — “and gladly learn, and gladly teche.”
CONGRATULATIONS! MY SON IS IN HIS 1ST YEAR OF COLLEGE AND PLANS TO BE A TEACHER. HE WILL BE COMING HOME FOR THE SUMMER NEXT SATURDAY AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THE CHANGES BEING AWAY HAS MADE IN HIM.
Now, that’s funny!
Beautiful trio of kittens today! Also wanted to thank everyone for such a chatty day and the cause of many smiles, at least on this end of the computer. I haven’t been able to talk for the last month because I have been ill with who knows what but I could laugh a little today, and the coughing was well worth it. So again thanks everyone, only the man above knows I needed it today.
Glad you are getting your laugh back. You must be on the mend!
Hiya howdy to all TDK’ers. I am glad to be back. Vacation, work, and my Joshie’s illness conspired to keep me away.
I do wish to share one significant thing. Joshie was finally diagnosed with hyperthyroidism by a vet whom I trust. The important thing is that the vet knew a way to treat the condition without pills. There is a veterenary phaarmacist who compounds tapazole in a transdermal lotion. Instead of forcing the baby to swallow a very bitter pill, a lotion is rubbed into the ears. No fighting every day!
I bring this up because there are other TDKers whose babies have the condition. The lotion works great, and the daily pill fight is over! This is really important since tapazole/methimazole is a mainernance med; the beastie will have to take it for the rest of his life.
Joshie is on the med, and the transdermal is working. No more daily slashings!
As for the results — Joshie at sixteen is bouncing around like he did when he was eight. This compound, while a little pricey, has given me my baby back. I no longer cry daily for my baby; his med has made him into a “real kat” just like he used to be. I am presenting this because I know that at least one other TDKer has a baby with this issue.. I urge those who have the issue to bring the transdermal compound up with their vet. If your vet is unaware or unreasonable, get a new one.
Again, as for my dear Joshua (for whom I was crying daily as I watched him die—) now that he is for sure going to be ok since he is without a doubt getting the correct dose which is going where it is supposed to, not to the floor, HE IS SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVEN!!! He has not bounced like this for years. I have my baby back!!!
This terribly written post is made for one reason — if you have a thyroid cat and your vet does not know about the transermal compound —GET A NEW VET!!!!
Thanks for this important information, Ivory Bill. It sounds like your Joshua has regained several of his nine lives. I’m happy for both of you.
ithink i’ll try to get a smiley:lol:
:.)
why can’t i do this?
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies#What_Text_Do_I_Type_to_Make_Smileys.3F
ya just need ta space them out……
I am the smiley queen,ya know! 😆
scrool down for proof!
I’m already too obsessed…….,anyway
Beautiful fur babies! Looks like they are very
well mannered.
Oh my! Just TOO cute! I can tell which one is the ‘ham.’ lol They are all so precious! May the Lord bless you and the ‘three little kittens’ always. 🙂
Three times tne fun . They are tooo cute!
Okay, we’ll try this again.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies#What_Text_Do_I_Type_to_Make_Smileys.3F
And/or:
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/emoticons/?view=uk
The green one is on the first one. 😉
morning…..
morning………. 🙄
WHy does everyone think that i’m a boy?
➡ 🙄 ❗
I’M A GIRL! 😈
❓ 🙂 8) 😮 😥 💡 🙂 8o 😡
Good Morning Alex girl 🙂
Hey! sup 🙂
Hey Girl! You got it! ‘Mornin’ Alex.
My sister’s name is Alexandra. She calls herself Alice. I don’t know why she does that….. I think Alex or Alexandra is a prettier name. I like the name Alexis too.
My name is Helena, but don’t tell anyone.
Thanks! I think that is a really pretty name! 🙂
Alex,
Kitten Whisperer is right. Careful in the Internet. By the way if you want the green face and still can’t find it, type as follows
:
mrgreen
:
Only put them all together, not on separate lines like I did. (I did that because if I put them all together you’d get the face on this post.) go ahead and try it, but dont forget to put a spacer before and after the space or it will not come out.
don’t worry-i’ve learned my lesson. I told my parents-they told me to stop-but I didn’t get in trouble.
And thanks for the tip!
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to sum it all up, I said -well ,can YOU FIND IT OUT?
I said,”Hi, how are you today?”
YA wanna know what I don’t get,
why do we have to learn about
composite
and
prime
numbers
?????????
we
don’t
even
use
it
when
we
are
adults
and
you
probably
don’t
know
what
I’m
saying
,,,,,,,
do
you
know
what
i;m
saying
????????????
OF course not!
I don’t even know what I’m saying,
anymore
i’ve gone
crazy!
ahhhhhhhhhhh
:
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Alex, You’re too nutty today! 😆
I know-I can’t stop it!(LOL)
🙂
but I’ll still try my hardest…..
oh my goodness…they sure are cute. what a great photo!!! 🙂
they are all so different looking from each other… but so sweet!