Merry Micah Monday

Hey, Micah here.  I don't know about you but we can really use something upbeat and fun around here, so although we didn't have a post planned for today, I found these funnies in Jan's email and decided to post them. Even if you've read them before, they might still give you a chuckle. 


Did I read that sign right?  Toilet out of order. Please use floor below.

In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out.  

In a London department store:  Bargain basement upstairs.  

In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring it back or further steps will be taken.

In an office:  After tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board.

Outside a secondhand shop:  We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines, etc.  Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain?  

Spotted in a safari park:  Elephants, please stay in your car.  

Seen during a conference:  For anyone who has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the 1st floor.

Notice in a farmer's field:  The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges. .

Message on a leaflet:  If you cannot read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons.   

On a repair shop door:  We can repair anything. (Please knock hard on the door - the bell doesn't work.)
  
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter. Someone caught this in the SGV Tribune and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says.  Really? Ya think?

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers.  Now that's taking things a bit far!

Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over.  What a guy!

Miners Refuse to Work after Death.   No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant.  See if that works any better than a fair trial!

War Dims Hope for Peace.   I can see where it might have that effect!

If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile.  Ya think?!

Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.   Who would have thought!

Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide.   They may be on to something!

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges.  You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?

Man Struck By Lightning:Faces Battery Charge.  He probably IS the battery charge!

New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group.  Weren't they fat enough?!

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft.  That's what he gets for eating those beans!

Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors.   Boy, are they tall!

And the winner is.... Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead.   Did I read that right?

Have a nice Monday.

Oh, and if you need some more smiles, stop by the Tabby Cat Club.  Oui Oui is hosting the Bed Wars today.

Prancer, Pip and Puddles

This week we have the cats from the Prancer Pie blog as our interview guests.  We're sure you'll learn some things about them you didn't know - or have forgotten.  Stop by Mousebreath to read their story, The 4 Ps ... Prancer, Princess, Precious and Princeton.

As many of you know, Princess left for the bridge very unexpectedly last Saturday, so this - her last interview  - is dedicated to her. 

Prancer will be visiting the vet Monday and his mom is very nervous after losing Princess last Saturday when she took her to the vet, so purrs would be welcomed.  

Today, March 15, is a very special day for the Dynamic Duo of Puddles and Pip.  They have brought so much joy (and mayhem) to our lives that Blogville's Mayoress Madi has declared this Pip and Puddles Appreciation day.  And they are being awarded the following Blogville honors- Pip will be bestowed the title "Blogville King of Cheeseburgers"  and Puddle with the title "Blogville Queen of Merriment and Mayhem."

We are so happy for both of them, knowing full well they deserve this honor - and more.  For example, Puddles should have her driving privileges restored in North or South Carolina (or both?) and anywhere else she's currently only licensed to walk, not drive.

Pip and Puddles, we will never forget the day you came to visit and we had so much fun (and only caused two accidents).  Riding the rails at Six Flags Over Georgia, speed-boating down the Flint River with the wind blowing Buddy's ears, pigging out at an all you can eat catfish buffet, and sharing Cheetos with the feline Funny Farmers (who had enough sense to not ride in a sports car with Puddles driving).  Sometimes we go back and read 6 Flags and 5 Fruitcakes again.  We don't ever want to forget that perfect day. And we only received 3 letters of complaint after you left.  That's probably a record for you two.

Mr. Pip and Nurse Puddles, thank you for being our friends.  We will always treasure your friendship.

Enjoy your special day.  Tomorrow Madi will send you a bill for the party damages to Blogville. :)


Today is another special event at the Tabby Cat Club -  Beware the KittIDES of March!!!  Hosted by Sparky.  Stop by and check it out.

Spencer Seeks Someone Special

Hey, Merci here today.  Our friend Gracie was contacted by someone who needs a home for his kitty.  She passed the information on to us and we're sharing it with you.

(Above) is a picture of Spencer, my 10 yr old Tabby.  I live in Los Angeles, CA and I'm getting married and moving in with my wife who has two dogs that are not cat friendly.  I want to find a great home for Spencer as he has a special place in my heart.  He is an indoor/outdoor cat, LOVES to cuddle at night and gets along with other cats.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jeff    

Please pass this information on to help find Spencer a home.  You can contact Jeff by email.  Just put this together in email format.  jeffreyschlosser  AT gmail DOT com 

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Dennis the Vizsla Dog's brother Tucker can use some prayers.  The infection in his foot is not healing and he is losing bone mass. 


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These are the awards Percy, Micah & Rusty received for participating in the Tabby Cat Club Caption This Event the other day.  See, you all thought Percy and Rusty were really miffed at Micah, but since Jan said they could only have enough time to post one photo, Percy came up with a way for all of them to participate.  Pretty nifty, huh?  They all got an award.

Percy and Rusty Are Miffed

Percy: Rusty and I are feeling a bit miffed because today there's a special event at the Tabby Cat Club and a certain latecomer member has taken over our whole post.

Rusty:  Well, to be fair, Jan did say she could only let us use the computer for a few minutes, so whichever one of us found a photo suitable for captioning first would get to post.

Percy:  Yeah, but he's been getting a lot more posts than we have for a while.  We need to have a serious talk with him!

Rusty:  Well, it will have to wait, as he's sawing wood and wouldn't hear a word we say.

Percy:  Sawing wood?  Oh, you mean snoring.  Okay, but when he wakes up ....

Rusty:  Well, even though we're not included, stop by the Tabby Cat Club.  Yep, it's Caption This day there.  You don't have to be a TCC member to visit or comment.

Birthday, Contest, TNR Seminar

Today is Gracie's 4th birthday and she's having a party at the Tabby Cat Club.

Happy Birthday, Gracie.  We're grateful for your friendship and look forward to helping you celebrate many more birthdays. 

Have you gone by Fur Everywhere and joined the "Name Our (New) Blog Contest" yet?  Well, what are you waiting for?  We made a submission.  You're next.

We're including this poster from Toby Franks for those of you who live in the Akron, Ohio area.  This is a good chance to learn from experienced TNR (Trap Neuter Return) trappers about this humane and effective method for controlling feral cat populations.

It's a PNG file and will supposedly by easy to post to Facebook, so feel free to print ... copy ... share the flyer.

Reverse Motivation

When we stopped by da Tabbies o Trout Towne, we found they made a slew of Rezzo Lou Shunz. And then we realized the object of this is to only make ones you can't and won't keep. Kind of reverse motivation.  We can do that! 

JFF: So our first rezzo lou shun is to never pick on Jan again because she's perfect.

And we individually resolve to...

 Percy: ... stop picking on Micah and welcome him into the funny farmers..

Micah: ... stand up to psycho Percy and punch him in the snooter!

Rusty: ... share my doghouse  / clubhouse with the dogs.


Cyndi:  ...I can't think of anything.  Guess I'll have to resolve to make lots of rezzo lou shunz.

Cameron:  ... be the perfect kitty living on a funny farm.  Oh, wait, I am perfect.  I know.  I'll learn to count past my toes.

Buddy: ...stop leading Merci and Sam in a howling spree whenever the phone rings so Jan can hear and callers don't think they've dialed the wrong number and reached Riot Central.

Merci: ...stop wagging my tail and putting out the heater pilot lights.  Oh, I haven't done that this year.  How about if I start listening to Jan when she calls me to go out and when she calls me to come in, I'll stop staring into the distance as if she doesn't exist?

Sam: ... stop staring pitifully at Jan as if I haven't been fed in a week whenever she sits down to eat. I guess I should give up eating cat toys too.  *  What, Jan?*  Oh, okay, I promise not to eat any more bedding until I can afford to purchase a replacement from my own funds.

Well, now that's done we can set about not keeping them.  We had no idea we were missing so much fun every year.  So what rezzo lou shunz did you make to break?

Oh, and Percy, Rusty & Micah posted their New Year resolves at the Tabby Cat Club Friday.  Want to know what they're up to?  Go read what they plan to do in 2013.

Graphic by Zoolatry

Prayers for Mr. Pip, who continues to have serious health problems. Stop by with a kind word. 

Have a Blessed 2013

Our message is simple - thank you for being our friends.  We have enjoyed several years of blogging and hope to be around for many more, but as 2012 draws to a close, we thought we'd have some fun with rhyme.

It's hard to believe it's already New Year's Eve.

We've been blogging so long we've run out of song.
So we'll just post a banner cause Jan lost our nip nanner. 
(oh, sorry, our mistake - we never had one)

To friends far and near, we consider you dear.

Many blessings we purr and our woofies concur.-

At midnight we'll drawl, Happy New Year to all!

Oh, & we're at a party over at the Tabby Cat Club.  You don't have to be a tabby to come by and say hello.

Have a happy, healthy 2013!

Funny Farmers -
Merci, Cyndi, Percy, Cameron, Buddy, Rusty, Sam & Micah
- and Jan

Mayzie, Shrunk the Pig, TCC

We don't want to forget to mention Mayzie's Wag n' Swag fundraiser..  It will run through this week.

The fundraiser is to help furry victims of Superstorm Sandy.  Stop by Mayzie's blog for complete details.

Hey, we got the Honey I Shrunk the Pig award from Miss Bassie.

It's because we're a multi-animal household but we think it's cute. And of course we're soooooo deserving. :)

We'd like to pass it on and hope these bloggers haven't already received it.

•  Team Tabby

• da tabbies o trout towne

• A Tonk's Tale

• Alasandra, The Cats & A Dog

• The Island Cats 

Thanks for sharing with us, Mizz Bassie.

Oh, and we - Percy, Rusty and Micah - would like to remind you The Tabby Cat Club is holding an Open House tomorrow (Thursday, November 15) to celebrate our 1-year anniversary.  Plan to stop by.  If we know Gracie, there will be lots of food and fun.

Good thing Gracie's mom takes care of the food and Jan only had to make the header.  If Jan was fixing the food,  you'd all starve unless you like peanut butter and crackers.  Jan forgets to cook.  Can you believe that?  Is it any wonder we furries are all skin and bones?.  No pot roast, no mashed taters and gravy, no chicken and dumplings, no cheesecake with real whipped cream ....  We better stop here.  We're getting hungry.  Maybe we can call for take-out and delivery?  Hey, guys, any of you know where to find a dollar around here?

Plan to stop by the Tabby Cat Club tomorrow. 

Giveaway, Halloween and Suka

It's been a while since we've had a giveaway but we have one for our readers now. The book Paws to Reflect by Devon O'Day.  It contains 365 spiritual devotions for animal lovers.

Over the years, Jan has often said that God has used us or TWCB (Those Who Came Before) to teach and encourage her.  She used to write her own spiritual-related stories and we were often embarrassed by Miss Tattle Tail ... er Tale.  So Jan was pleased to receive a copy of this book a few weeks ago and we are thrilled to have an opportunity to give another copy away.  If you love animals and enjoy a daily devotional, you will enjoy this book.  If it doesn't interest you, perhaps you know someone it would.  And it would make a great Christmas or other occasion gift.

You can get a look into the book and read some sample devotions on Amacon com.   At Amazon, above the book on the left, click on "Click to Look Inside."

We HATE those "giveaways" where the blogger makes readers jump through hoops to enter, using raptocopter or whatever it is, so you have to leave a comment, like their facebook page, follow them on twitter and tweet about them, do a blog post, bake a souffle, buy a horse trailer, subscribe to their blog posts,  visit the shop and write an essay on which product you like best - you get the idea.  We don't have that kind of time.  Occasionally we might leave a comment, but that's it.

We think a giveaway should be just that, a giveaway.  So we are going to do one.  Of course, if you'd like to subscribe to our blog posts, follow us on twitter, do a blog post telling everyone how wonderful but humble we are, and bake us a tuna souffle or a salmon nip cake with real whipped cream icing, we will kiss your paws with joy.  But those are not requirements. 

If you would like to participate. just leave us a comment saying you'd like to win the book.  Be sure to leave some way we can contact you, such as a link to your own web blog or an email address, should you win.  Because of postal rates, since we will be mailing the book to the winner, we will need to restrict entries to the US only. 

You do not need to be a pet blogger to enter. This is open to anyone who would like a copy of Paws to Reflect devotions. 

Entries will be accepted through Saturday, November 3 at 11:59 PM EST.  The winner will be announced on Monday, November 5.


Don't forget to vote for your favorite Halloween Real and Photoshopped contest entry (one vote for each).  Voting ends at midnight tonight.  So go by the Tabby Cat Club and cast your vote. (A reminder, if you voted Friday, please go back and re-vote.  The polls went berserk and kept dropping the votes, so voting had to be changed to comments and was extended this extra day.

Just yesterday, Suka's post was on his failing heart and already today he is gone.  Purrs and pawhugs to his grieving family, including his friend / sibling Porgy the parrot.  K will do a post tonight or tomorrow.  They are not in the storm's path but Khyra mentioned on Facebook K lost power right after letting her know about Suka.  You can leave a comment on Suka's Just Sayin' blog.

We think we covered everything.  Jan is exasperated.  She cut tree limbs over the weekend and we had winds last night that blew them every which way.  She had to fetch and carry, then beat them down with a rake to make them behave.  A while ago she found them all over the place again.  Some even blew across the yard and into our pen.  

So if you'll excuse us, Jan needs to get cracking on hanging a blanket over the window with the ac unit before those branches blow inside.  Okay, the leaks aren't quite that big but the wind blowing in is sure cold. And you know how klutzy she is, so we're going to have to go snoopervise.

The cold and wind are an annoyance to us, but we are concerned and praying for those northeast of us who are / will be getting hard hit by Hurricane Sandy.  Be safe!

CEO Clooney & Sec Neytiri Chat

We Funny Farmer Felines are pleased to have Clooney and Neytiri of Clonney's Num-Num Fund as our guests today for our Mousebreath interview.  If you want to know what secrets they divulged, go by and read their interview CEO Clooney, Secretary Neytiri & Assistant Duckie.  And then stop by their blog to say hello.

Oh, and we don't want to forget to remind you all that voting for the Tabby Cat Club Halloween contest will be available until midnight Sunday.  There are 2 categories - Real and Photoshopped.  One vote per category.  You had to be a TCC member to participate, but you don't have to be a TCC member to vote.  Voting polls are in the upper right sidebar.

Our Percy, Rusty & Micah weren't given computer time to participate so we were all thinking of doing our own Halloween post.  Last year we made Jan a bag lady.  This year we are thinking about making her a witch since she's not good about sharing the computer time.  But then she's the only one who around here that can pop the tops on the food cans, so we'll have to do some more thinking on that.

All of us Funny Farmers have a question.  Many of you are involved with either a no kill shelter or some form of rescue, so even though you don't live in the state of Georgia, you might know someone who does live here and is familiar with the specifics of rescue laws in the state of Georgia.  (An attorney familiar with this subject would be nice to ask but we don't know one and we have some questions.)

We don't mean just someone familiar with the laws on the Dept of Ag site.  Those laws are for all shelters in the state, but local shelters can add to them. We are interested in the specifics of legally pulling animals from any Georgia shelter.. We're not going to explain, but we hope if you can think of anyone, you'll let us know. There's a mailbox in the sidebar with our email address.

Have a good weekend!

Hamdsome Warrior Sibling

Hi, it's Micah, the new Funny Farmer, again.  Even though my arch enemy Percy is a member, I've joined the Tabby Cat Club,  Rusty is too but we haven't actually met yet so I don't know whether he's friend or foe.  But if I'm going to live here, I want to do something besides hide under bedroom furniture.


Be sure to stop by Gracie's blog and read the latest installment on the Blogosphere Trip of 2012.

Thanks for coming by.  Hope you'll all be my friends.

Oh, would anyone like a handsome warrior sibling?  If so, I'll be glad to ship Percy to you. 

Percy Eyes Micah

Hey, Micah here again.  I'm the one in the PTU trying to look nonchalant.

Jan stuffed me in a prison transport unit yesterday and took me to the vet.  I was afraid she was going to leave me there but she didn't.  The vet said I'm long, lanky and handsome.  Yep, that's me, the 8 pound growling curiosity of the Funny Farm. 

The vet looked in my mouth and said I'm still young, probably about 2 years old.  That answered Jan's question as to whether I'm too young to have developed yet or already .... you know, missing some parts. (And she wondered why I didn't want to go to the vet's.)  I won't have to go back unless the owie on my foot doesn't heal. 

 

When we got back to my room, I stayed in the ptu. Percy kept a close eye on me and even slept on my ptu for a while. He makes me nervous so I'm still hiding a lot. We had a knock-down rolling on the floor cat fight Monday night with lots of screamed threats and bunny kicking, and another this morning. 

The Tabby Cat Club celebrated Tocktober today.  Be sure to go by and check out the tocks.

And Carmine of Fur Everywhere,one of the TCC members, was having oral surgery today.  There's no update yet as we post this, but hopefully there will be good news soon.

Rusty and Percy go Fisheye

Hey, today's post is hosted by your  two favorite Funny Farmers - Rusty and Percy. 


**Oh, come on, guys, you don't have to throw Jan's stinky socks at us.**

Okay, we need to revise our opening.
Today's post is brought to you by OUR two favorite Funny Farmers, Rusty and Percy. 

**Low flying shoe. Duck, Rusty!**

Okay, Okay,  I'm Rusty, and he's Percy.  

We asked Jan to help us with today's event at the Tabby Cat Club where Kizzie is hosting a Fisheye Lens event. We never learn! Wait till you see what Jan did to our handsome faces at Fisheye Lens Percy & Rusty.

And check out the other strange-looking fisheye lens kitty photos at the Tabby Cat Club. 

Guillotine Blogger WV

Hey, Merci here with today's news from the Funny Farmers.  It's really too hot to type but I have a mission so I got stuck with the post. Well, actually it's a mission for all of us but those lazy bums um, hot and tired furries forgot we were supposed to meet at the typing chair at 12 noon and they're all sacked out.  So here goes, but this is from all of us.

This is what we think of Google / Blogger's illegible word verification.  Send it to the guillotine!  The mess across the center is an actual word verification.  Even borrowing Jan's reading glasses and magnifying glass didn't help us. So we made this graphic to help spread the word that readers are tired of dealing with it.

Please note that Eric and Flynn are correct in their comment that this wv is easier to read than most.  But that's because it's been blown up in this post.    

Blog owners can't see wv on their own blogs; they must be signed out, clean their cache and cookies, then go to their own blog and click on comments.  If they use the full page comments, wv will not show up until after they click to publish, so be sure to actually leave yourself a comment.

It doesn't matter whether you did not have wv on in the past.  Blogger turned a lot on by default when they made the big switch to the new interface about 3 (?) months ago.  We can not stress this enough: CHECK YOUR BLOG FOR WV!!!!!!  

Well, if you really don't want comments or visitors, don't check.  Leave wv on.

We continued to visit and read but Friday we visited yet another kazillion blogs with wv on, many of them with the big SURPRISE wv after we wrote a comment and clicked on "publish."  We reached the snapping point.  We are now in process of deleting blogs using wv from our Google Reader and moving their blog link to a WV folder in bookmarks so we don't bookmark them or visit again. Not even if there will be serious illness or a death because, frankly, they've put out the UNWELCOME mat and we can't leave a message anyway.

Kimo & Sabi, Bogden - old or new friends, they're removed from our reading list.  We're not being mean.  We have been blogging about this for months.  When we were still able to struggle through, we left hundreds of comments and wrote innumerable emails (if we could find an email address).  Now we're pulling the plug.

We've seen long discussions on facebook about hating wv and not leaving comments on those blogs that use it, so we know we're not alone.  But are you willing to do something about it besides complain?  We made the word verification guillotine graphic.  You are welcome to use it if you want to help stop the spreading use of this frustrating, time-wasting menace.  There is a smaller size in our sidebar.

Guillotine Blogger word verification!

UPDATE:  A suggestion for setting changes to stop the spam when word verification is off is in tomorrow's post, WV Support and Riding Thunder.  

Yesterday was Gracie's mom's birthday.  Percy and Rusty asked Jan to throw something together to post on the Tabby Cat Club since her mom has helped her set up and keep the TCC running.  This is on the TCC but we didn't do a post yesterday so we thought we'd share this today.  One can't ever have too many birthday cards and we do love Gracie and her mom. 

Smiles and Tears

We haven't posted in several weeks and would not be posting today but we have a special purpose or two. Reason #1 is that today is ML's birthday and we couldn't let her day go by without wishing her a howling, meowling great day!

Yes ... what the graphic says.  From all of us at JFF.  (We love the graphic, but we're kind of curious as to why ML's kitties are on the card we're sending her.)

While we've been gone, there has been a lot of bridge activity. 

The CB and Tabby Cat Club lost Captain Casper yesterday.

Sammy passed away suddenly on May 18th.

On May 15th Gentleman Beau left the care of Rose & the Royals to be with his Mom Cathy.

Fin of Housecat Confidential held on as long as she could but she was ready to leave on May 7th. 

There were more losses, including a few woofies but we don't have a the info handy or a graphic for them. Purrs, woofs and hugs to the family of each furry.  They were each loved and are all missed. 

The 2nd reason we are posting today is to announce the Funny Farm Felines' first interview is now posted on the cat ezine Mousebreath. (We woofies are thinking of suing for discrimination.  We could be good reporters too, but no woofies allowed.)  The lovely Parker (affectionately known as Parker Pie) is their first subject.  We hope you will stop by to read Parker's story and then drop by the Perfectly Parker blog to leave lots of smoochies for her and her family.

UPDATE:   When we corresponded with Parker's Mom last weekend, we weren't aware Parker would be leaving quite so soon.  She will be helped to the bridge tomorrow.  Thank you, Mom Helen, for working with us and thank you Skeezix & Food Lady for expediting the post yesterday so we didn't have to ask Jan if she knows how to post to Wordpress.  (She doesn't!  Yet.)  Parker, we love you and wish you a peaceful journey!

We hope to be back soon, but you all know how life can interfere with the best intentions of two-leggers and furries.

Occupying Rusty's Doghouse

Hey, Rusty here again, still occupying my doghouse. 

We have another stand-off here.  Last week Jan wanted to put Sam in my doghouse because he ate half a stick of butter.  He claimed extenuating circumstances, that one of us kitties knocked the butter dish to the floor, the lid came off ... and, well, what was he to do when faced with temptation?  That's easy.  He shouldn't  have eaten forbidden food in front of Jan!

The same day - yes, the very same day Jan was caught with her thinking cap off and Sam has been trying to put Jan in my doghouse ever since.  Aside from the fact Jan wouldn't fit through the entrance, this is private property and I'm guarding it.  The dogs had their chance to claim it, but they're all afraid of it.

Do you remember when Buddy was wearing the cone and he cone-butted everything as hard as he could to get it off which destroyed the protective strip around the plastic?  Jan had to take the cone off and walk him with a harness because his neck had a big bloody owie.  It didn't take long before he was dragging her down the road cause the harness strengthens his chest muscles.  When his neck healed, Jan put him back in a halti for walks.  He was doing so well, she decided to stop using the halti and walk him with his collar and leash.  

Sam and Buddy wearing their haltis.  Merci doesn't wear one.

And he was a good boy - for Buddy.  He didn't tug until he choked or try to pull Jan down the road (usually) and Jan thought he'd finally settled down.  He was even paying attention and anticipating turns, stops and starts.  Jan was so pleased with him.

Until last week when she found the underside of his neck wet, took off his new-in-January collar and used a mirror to see his raw and bald again neck.  Buddy is out of the collar and back in a harness and so far behaving himself on walks.  His neck is healing well.

So what's the problem?  Well, Sam insists that if eating butter is a doghouse jail offense, so is Jan not standing on her head when she leashed Buddy so she could have noticed the raw neck sooner.  And he keeps trying to push her into my doghouse.

I think they need to build themselves a jail to resolve this issue.  Or maybe put Jan in stocks in the dog pen.

How do you think we should resolve this?  Before you answer, remember me moving over to let prisoners inside is not an option!


It's G-rated bath day over at The Tabby Cat Club, hosted by Mousie. Percy and I are members, but do you think Jan could come up with an entry for us? I'm almost tempted to move over and let Sam try to push her in my doghouse. I said almost!

Dog vs Cat, TCC and Dr. Seuss

Hey, Merci here with today's post.  I don't know if it's my turn yet but the typing chair was empty when I came by so I hopped on and here I am. 

I have a funny video for you today.  We all just love it.   Dog versus cat. Which do you think won?

This doesn't happen around here.  Sam does leap and bark at us cats to try to make us run so he can chase us but we've never paid attention to him.   Well, as long as his one-ton brick paw doesn't land on any of us.  That would be hard to ignore.


If the video doesn't play, click here.


The Tabby Cat Club (TCC) is having a Sisfurs and Brofurss~Love ‘em or Leave ‘em. Or something like that. Rusty and Percy are members, so we'll try to come up with something.  Stop by there tomorrow and check it out. New tabby members are always welcome.


We are so grateful to all who have responded positively to any blogger's suggestion to turn off word verification. We noticed Blogger has now taken out the black background behind the non-word but it still took us half a dozen tries on one blog this morning so we could let them know they had wv on. We were sure we got it right the first time. We were absolutely positive we had it wrong on the last try but it posted. It would be so much easier if all blogs had an email contact in the profile or in the sidebar so we could avoid dealing with wv.

If any blogger can't find the hidden word verification off button, we posted the directions on Monday.

We are going to try to remember to accept Zoolatry & Amber's Dr. Seuss Day Challenge on March 2nd. Actually, we're going to try to remember a lot of things, but since we inherited Jan's memory, don't count on it.  sigh

Well, Jan wants to use the computer and threatened to sit on me if I don't move, so I guess this is it until next time I find the chair empty and manage to get in a post. 

Farewell Opus

We are sorry to have to say good-bye to our old friend Opus from Cat Naps in Italy. We were aware he was having ups and downs and his family was taking things one day at a time - even half a day at a time - but it was still a shock to receive the news Friday.

Opus had 16 good years with his family and was greatly loved. He is now greatly missed. We send lots of hugs, purrs and woofs to his human mom and to his Aunt Gracie kitty and her humans.

Because of the loss of his good friend Opus, Ruis' birthday party has been postponed.

Opus was a member of the recently formed Tabby Cat Club. Percy and Rusty are sad to lose a brother tabby. Socks is hosting a Sleeping Tabbies Saturday at the club today and Gracie has requested members participate, even though she will not be able to attend.

This seems to be another low point around the CB with long-time bloggers Parker, Dr. Tweety, Ginger Jasper, and Daisy Mae Maus having serious health problems. If we left anyone out, we apologize.

We're beat, so we're going to set this to auto post and hit the sack.

Ducks, TCC, Rusty & Percy

We just loved watching this video of an officer protecting a mama duck and her babies as they crossed a busy Interstate. Thank you, Officer!.

If the video doesn't play, click here.

Calling all Tabbies!  The new Tabby Cat Club is accepting members. To join, just send a photo of yourself so Gracie can make you a badge and include a link to your blog.  You can grab her email address from her personal blog or the club blog.

Rusty's badge.

Percy's badge.

We're looking forward to seeing more of our friends there.

In case any of you have noticed we haven't been around much lately, there's been a lot going on.  Jan's been a laggard.  (She says she's been under the weather, but aside from the 50 degree cold in here a couple of times lately, we haven't seen any weather flying loose in the house.)  She's been working on designs for a couple blog sites - including Furriends of the CB auctions and this new Tabby Cat Club (good practice for her) - and  a t-shirt logo for another one,  Plus trying to catch up with our  her own commitments.  It's been hectic around here. 

So please forgive us if we aren't able to leave comments for a while.  Jan is a voracious computer hog!  But some of it is to help us, so we're not going to say it's all Jan's fault again.  Even though it obviously is.