[This post is the last in the Friday Cat Blogging 3 category; the next cat post will inaugurate the Friday Cat Blogging 4 category. See also Friday Cat Blogging 1 and Friday Cat Blogging 2. ]
Friday Ark
Carnival of the Cats
Carnival of the Dogs
Montana Bloggers' Rascal Fair
Click to go to the Flickr photo page
Cat Translation Dictionary from The Presurfer
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark
Montana's own blogging carnival: The Rascal Fair (in verse, no less)
Benedict XVI known for love of cats:
"I went with him once," said Konrad Baumgartner, the head of the theology department at Regensburg University. "Afterwards, he went into the old cemetery behind the church.
"It was full of cats, and when he went out, they all ran to him. They knew him and loved him. He stood there, petting some and talking to them, for quite a long time. He visited the cats whenever he visited the church. His love for cats is quite famous."
Have a happy snuggly furry weekend!
Clicking takes you to the Flickr photo page
Sister Garrote of Forgiveness and Brother Trebuchet of Kind Equanimity wish you a most excellent Friday. Both are named members of the Unitarian Jihad, an extremely radical group, whose manifesto (reported by Jon Carroll) reads as follows:
Greetings to the Imprisoned Citizens of the United States. We are Unitarian Jihad. There is only God, unless there is more than one God. The vote of our God subcommittee is 10-8 in favor of one God, with two abstentions. Brother Flaming Sword of Moderation noted the possibility of there being no God at all, and his objection was noted with love by the secretary.
Henry and Lucy would like to remind you that this Sunday, April 17th, the Carnival of the Cats will be here at Watermark. They are always very excited when the cats are here. Submit your entry to me, or to cats (at) isfullofcrap.com, or even better, use the Carnival Submittal Form, which can be used for almost any carnival on the web; I'm using it to send this post to the Carnival of the Dogs.
Lucy and Henry hope you will not be as absent-minded as their human, who kept forgetting and forgetting to schedule their haircuts. Do you think there are still dogs in there?
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The person who lives with these cats is very, very tired.
While she rests, entertain yourselves at the Carnival of the Cats, the Carnival of the Dogs, and Friday Ark.
When one wins an award for blog bling, one expects to get some bling for it, yes? So I made a Blog Bling Award Badge, for Writers Edge to use for future awardees:
Heh. Mine will appear on the sidebar shortly (probably before this one scrolls off the page.) Thanks, Georganna!
Yesterday marked one year of the Carnival of the Cats:
I started cat blogging, and joined the Carnival, on April 9 last year, three months after I began blogging -- I had no idea I was in so close to the beginning of the Carnival. My long-time readers will know that it earned me a mention in the New York Times, almost more excitement than Spike and Boo could bear. Go give Laurence a Happy Anniversary greeting -- he's the one to thank for all these kitties.
I have been passed the stick -- twice! -- and I promise to get to it, soon.
YAY! Tild ~ has cool She-Blogger stuff for sale!! I want the tote, the mug, and the T-shirt. Especially the tote! Going off to count the jar change . . .
Last, but far from least, heart-felt gratitude to all of you who help to keep my spirit healthy with your encouraging comments and emails. Most of you know, I hope, that it is only my variable energy that makes me inconsistent in replying; it is not for lack of appreciation. Selva brought tears with her testimonial on Flickr (I've never had a testimonial before.) This young artist, whose work I much admire, said:
. . . If I had one chance to be transformed whole into verse, I would want it to be by her hand.
"transformed whole into verse" -- isn't that fabulous?
And others whose work I greatly respect have also left me gifts. It
is so easy to feel insignificant; to doubt my own efforts. These
reassurances mean the world to me.
Thank you.
Blue & his buddy
Spike & Boo
Henry & Lucy
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.
[click photos for larger image]
.m notices that there are several similar black jungle cat photos on flickr [Black Cat
1;
2;
3 ]
There are cats, and then there are Cheetahs. [via Life In The Present]
There are even cheetahs on flickr.
Apparently nobody ever warned this guy that cats and guns are a volatile mix.
Here's another story about cats and guns that I hesitate to link to (some will find it upsetting) but it raises some serious issues, about how we do, and do not, value our wild and domestic cousins.
ADDED 12 March: Don't Shoot The Cat
CAT TOWN pays tribute to Jerry Orbach.
Library Cats Map, via scribblingwoman
CATDVD, via Blogywood
Smart Cat Door, via Lifehacker
The Magic Kittens, via ollapodrida
Fluffy Kitten Name Generator, via The Generator Blog
This week's Carnival of the Cats: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.
Montmorency gave a cry of joy -- the cry of a stern warrior who sees his enemy given over to his hands -- the sort of cry Cromwell might have uttered when the Scots came down the hill -- and flew after his prey. His victim was a large black Tom. I never saw a larger cat, nor a more disreputable-looking cat. It had lost half its tail, one of its ears, and a fairly appreciable proportion of its nose. . . A cat & dog story, from Philobiblon
[Click images for larger size]
Here we have the modern spinster family. Clockwise: Boo; Spike; Blue; and Lucy & Henry wrestling. It's a busy, active, conversational family, with the usual jealousies and affections. Yesterday the New York Times had an editorial, My Little Chickadee:
A team of Dutch scientists, testing a European relative of the chickadee, has found that some birds are shy and others are bold, broad personality differences that have a genetic foundation. . .
We take the range of personalities among individuals in our species for granted, yet it seems surprising to think of similar diversity in other species. Many people find the implications of that genuinely shocking. If bird personalities have a strong genetic and evolutionary basis, there is good reason to suspect that human personalities do, too. . .
Humans do not like to think of themselves as animals. Nor do they like to think that their behavior may have genetic or evolutionary roots. But the richer perspective - morally and intellectually - lies in examining and coming to terms with the kinship of all life. There's a certain tragic isolation in believing that humans stand apart in every way from the creatures that surround them . . .
My great hope is that we are moving past this isolation; that as we
learn more we will be better able to recognize how our relatives, near
and far, are, and are not, like us; how we are all part of this
family that is part of this planet that is part of . . .
Well, I don't know what we are part of, that's the mystery, isn't it?
MetaFilter discusses animal consciousness; Tool Use in Corvids; Animal Cognition & Learning; Tool Use in Animals.
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.
ADDED 13 March: Strangechord has kindly posted the NYT piece, which is now archived.
This is a Reasonable Facsimile Of A Cat -- it's in the rules, really, check it out
(rule #3.) Actually, I could do lots of these, and I might, if
the real cats keep hiding from the camera. If you must have real ones,
though, Hanan sends this one.
We also have this Bulletin: a flaw has been identified in a piece of cutting-edge feline technology. And, from my Friday Cat Blogging mentor, a link to A Mapping of the CAT BRAIN.
Here is a beautiful RFOAC. And lots of real ones (via Look At This.) And lots more. Finally, Your Random Cat Name, via The Generator Blog.
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark. Have a pettable weekend.
Boo and Spike wish you a happy Friday
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.
Not
one, but two packages! One, from a long-time reader, with the cat breed
playing cards. I giggle every time I look at these. The cards fit in the
hand very nicely, better than the usual rectangle. And you are likely
to see more of them; I think the cards would make great icons for
Friday Cat Blogging posts, don't you?
The other, another magical care package from non-blogging poet friend Cindy (she is truly gifted at gifting, as well as at poeming.) This time, Alaskan Fireweed Honey soap and Tasty Tangerine lip balm.
I haven't tried the soap yet (it smells . . . gosh, it smells edible)
but the lip balm is lovely. Then there are those plastic castanets maracas from some tiny musical country. Henry wants them. He always thinks toys are for him. Especially toys that make noise.
And that's not all:
She
included several postcards -- three of which are waiting for tomorrow's
post, stamped and addressed to my senators and congressperson (we only
get one out here) -- click the card to go to the site and learn about
this inventive idea to waste our money and destroy the wilderness at
the same time! Let's build a dangerous and destructive road where boats
do better, cheaper, safer! Oh yes! Let's!
You can send a card to your representatives right from the website. Spike and Boo ask you to do it in the name of reasonable government and for all the wild Alaska creatures this insane idea would displace.
It's Friday. Go peruse this week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; and Friday Ark.
This is from Hanna (click the image to go to her site for the large, readable one):
I love this story, and cats' tendency to develop attachments to creatures of other kinds. I have a few more of these, and they will make a nice post all together, one day. But not today.
What I especially like about this story is this:
Tigger is a nasty old cat, who will bite and hiss and scratch, but he just melts around Annie . . .
This week's Carnival of Cats; Carnival of Dogs; Friday Ark.
but her email and other site are deceased
so I hope she will forgive me
Welcome to this edition of the fashionable, famous, Carnival of the Cats, a collection of the fluffy, the fantastic, and the fabulous!
The Web has been generous to us this week, offering lots of kitties:
Edible Kitties
Softie Kitty
Continue reading "Chocolate Cats; Lucky Cats; Cats Cats Cats" »
Disreputable cats:
Weird cats:
Dead, but angelic, cat:
All photos linked to original -- thanks lonita, MonkeyFilter, and Look At This. Entertain yourselves with visits to this week's Carnival of the Dogs and Friday Ark. Here is the current Carnival of the Cats, but be warned -- this presenter specializes in offensive humor. It is funny, and it is offensive - not for children this time. This Sunday's Carnival will be at Music and Cats, and next Sunday will be here at Watermark.
May the sun shine on you this weekend!
Hanan sent me this, special delivery:
Cats and . . . has an orange tabby and a grey tabby, just like mine -- except hers have tails:
Then there's this (via MetaFilter -- great comment thread on this with lots more links):
Do not miss Cat Lap Dance (flash, via MonkeyFilter)
Toast lands on the butter & jelly side; cats land on their feet. When you strap buttered toast to a cat and drop it, what happens? via Google Blogoscoped
Also via Google Blogoscoped, Katzencontent ("cat content"), a regular feature in German blogs.
Pets In Uniform via Look At This
Best of all, this free screen cleaner, via lots of folks, but sent especially to me by Ivy and someone else, but who, who was it?? Where is my brain??
Some of it (my brain) got lost doing this. Cats, you want CATS?!? You say you want to learn about code and stylesheets and why- things- don't- work?? [Thank you Joe, and Belinda ; remaining flaws are down to me.]
This week's Carnival of the Cats; Friday Ark; Carnival of the Dogs
Finally, a blog contest I might win! Lauren is doing the Feministe Anti-Awards, a game of speed and wit, and preferably a boatload of pictures.
I am entering in the "Prettiest Cat" category, and can't lose. Looky here:
So, there!!
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Ooops. That was "The Prettiest CAR" category.
Never mind.
[heh]
A dupe or tool for another, a sucker, as in You always try to make a cat's paw of me, but I refuse to do any more of your work. This term alludes to a very old tale about a monkey that persuades a cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire so as to avoid burning its own paws. The story dates from the 16th century and versions of it (some with a dog) exist in many languages.
Heh. Our own Montana Cat's Paw
Don't miss this charming photoset/ slideshow, from Cilest
Carnival of the Cats; Friday Ark; Carnival of the Dogs 2004 Review
Thanks to Music and Cats for the lovely inspiration. Happy weekend!
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