Sunday, June 5, 2005

If looks could kill...

You know what's really fun?

Administering eardrops to a cat. Twice a day.

Robin wasn't very enthusiastic about my decision to stick a flashing box in her face immediately following her ordeal. If she understood the concepts of "photograph" and "Internet," I'm sure she'd be even less appreciative.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Pondering the unknown

I also experienced both amusement and pride upon discovering that Mr. Slam appeared in someone's random compilation of messed-up cats.

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Thursday, November 25, 2004

Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving, and I didn't want the cats to feel left out. So Robin got an extra plate of food, and Mr. Slam got his favorite human food: lettuce. He is an odd creature.

And once he had wolfed down his bounty of greens, he immediately pushed Robin away from her food and dug in. He's also a bit of a jerkass.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

As she is sometimes known to do, Robin engaged me in a deep philosophical discussion this evening. For tonight's topic, she chose the pursuit of happiness.

She hypothesized that each individual's happiness balances out over the course of one's life, and that for every moment of joy one experiences, one inevitably suffers an equally intense moment of sadness. Yes, I know... a rather tired argument usually based on cliche and mostly disproved offshoots of the algebraic varieties of game theory. But she did her homework on this one and was able to back up her argument with a mathematical model that conclusively proved her theory. Until I pointed out her incorrect calculation of an inverse cosine function.

I don't have the answer either, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with Fritos.

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Monday, November 3, 2003

Must smash all that is good and pure

This photo pretty much sums up my cat better than words ever could. As you can see, there is a reason why his name is Mr. Slam.

And yes, he does have a first name. It is Mr.

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Tuesday, September 2, 2003

CAT-astrophe averted

It's hard to believe Mr. Slam and Robin are from the same litter. Well, they're both pinheads. That's about it. But their pinheadedness is markedly different.

On Monday, Mr. Slam saw the open front door... and an opportunity. An opportunity foiled only by the flimsy screen door. His response? Head-butt screen door, try to slip through the brief opening he just created, narrowly fail, meow pitifully, repeat. Since the front of the house is enclosed by a white picket fence, I eventually granted the cat his wish, and he lunged after a lizard. He missed, but seemed more than content to chew on plants, purr and roll in the dirt, all within the safety of his fenced-in playground.

Deborah then decided that Robin would love to join her brother. Yes, Robin, the cat who spends most of her time asleep on the bed or the back of the closet... she will LOVE the outdoors.

Debz carried the cat outside, dropped her on the ground, and the damn cat inexplicably bolted. She wriggled halfway through the fence, got her ass stuck for a couple of seconds and then was free. And terrified. She ran around the back of the house, puffed her tail out and yowled. Fortunately, she allowed herself to be rescued.

Mr. Slam continued searching for his lizard.

Pinheads.

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Thursday, July 17, 2003

Eeeewwwwwwww

My cat Robin had to undergo an unfortunate procedure called an Express Anal Flush earlier this week. That can't be pleasant for either cat or vet.

I felt the need to share because that's the most disgusting thing I've heard of in awhile. Plus I haven't written anything this week.

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Friday, June 13, 2003

Friday the 13th

I woke up this morning with a black cat stretching across my legs AND a bit of a gastrointestinal problem. Coincidence?

Damn cat.

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