Skeezix Pink

Today is turn your blog pink Wednesday to honor Skeezix.  Our blog has been pink for a while, so we didn't need to change it.

On June 18 we wrote a Farewell Skeezix post and created an original graphic to go with it.

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And we made another graphic in his honor for his Mousebreath Skeezix Interview last Friday.

So we've pretty well covered anything we would write for today.  Yes, we could write more, but there are so many tributes posted to him today, we suggest you visit and read their Skeezix stories.  Unless, of course, you haven't already read ours; then just click on either or both links to see what we had to say. 

We might have already mentioned this, but it won't hurt to repeat it:  Skeezix, you will not be forgotten. You are missed by so many and our hearts hurt for your Food Lady and Mr. Tasty Face. 

Skeezix Interview

Thanks to his Food Lady, we were fortunate to be able to interview Skeezix the cat, a fellow Mousebreath columnist and an expert interviewer in his own right.  Skeezix ... Beloved Iconic Fashionista can be read exclusively at Mousebreath.  As always, he was positive and upbeat.

Our eyes have leaked as we published this interview.  As many of you already know, Skeezix joined a host of his friends at the bridge on Tuesday.  We posted  a tribute Farewell Skeezix Wednesday.  He touched so many hearts.  It will be impossible to forget him. 

For sometime we've been getting Google+ sign up blocks when trying to watch a YouTube video. Recently we noticed our Picasa storage usage jumped from 8 mb to 334 mband wondered what Google was up to this time. 

Well, today we learned Google is at it again, trying to force users to join Google+ against their will.  The past 2 years we've had to upload photos to Picasa by hand because of some glitch.  Today we were not allowed to access Picasa at all.  We were blocked by a demand to join Google+.  Is Google+ really so hard up for members they must use such tactics?  We do not want to join!  Jan does not want her personal information posted online for anyone and everyone..  Nor do we want to use Google + photo storage.  We deliberately post small photos and don't want them blown up for any purpose online.

If any of you find yourself in the same situation, we found a way in to Picasa  At least for now.  It sounds like Google is getting ready to close this too.  But read this article and save this link for when you need it or you'll be forever blocked from accessing your own photos in Picasa. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/new-google-account-users-forced-join-google-84916.  Oops, that is a related article.  This is the link.  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57572553-93/google-now-redirects-picasa-web-albums-to-google-photos/    But next time you sign in, they will try to force Google+ on you.

We have questions for those of you who use Wordpress.  When you uploaded your old Blogger posts, where did your photos go?  Did they stay with Picasa and Wordpress just picked up the links to them?  Or did Wordpress copy them into their own or some other photo storage?  Or don't you know?  If you don't know, you might want to find out in case there is ever a problem.  And even if it doesn't matter to you, we'd sure like to know the answers because we have blog photos in Picasa since 2005 and we'd hate to lose 8 1/2 years of photos on our blog.

Farewell Skeezix

Skeezix was an old buddy, one of those who helped establish the CB (Cat Blogosphere) back in the days when there were few cat bloggers..  We didn't meet him till a couple of years after we started blogging and we were hooked on his perfect spelling / English (smile), his escapades, his love of pink, his crazy fashion sense, his big muscles ... We just loved him. 

We never dreamed that one day we would work together.  He was a fellow columnist for Mousebreath.  In fact, his Food Lady is the managing editor.  He was the dance choreographer for those fun holiday dance videos.  He made us all look like we actually knew how to dance. 

We knew he was sick with cancer and might not have much time, but we were hoping he'd have much more time with his family.  He was special to them, not just an advertising gimmick.  A few months ago we felt incredibly sad for him.  A picture of Skeezix and his Food Lady was to be on a bag of Purina Cat food.  The day the photographs were taken he had goopy eyes (if we remember correctly) and Mao or Tripper (sorry, our memories are a bit defective at times but we think it was Tripper) took his place.  Until recently we had hoped he would get another opportunity.

We cried when we read the news on his blog Skeezix's Scratching Post yesterday.  Skeezix was a small kitty, only 8 years old, but he had a huge personality and was loved by more than just cat bloggers.  He will be missed.  And even though most bloggers are already aware, we wanted to post a memorial.  His family is in our thoughts.  Hugs for the Food Lady to share with Mr. Tasty Face.  

Farewell, Skeezix.  You will not be forgotten.


Note:  There are a number of graphics already being posted on FB and the blogs, but we wanted to take the time and effort to make one for our own post.  You can use this graphic if you want. We put our name on this type of graphic anymore because we would sometimes find them posted on other blogs with someone else being credited for them.  Not maliciously,  Bloggers just assumed someone else had created them..