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Friday Cat Blogging

[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

Friday Cat Blogging

      
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Cat Translation Dictionary from The Presurfer

Taggregator ~ Cat

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!

Carnival of the Cats #56

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Boo and Spike welcome you to the 56th Carnival of the Cats, and are pleased to present their own versions of Flickr's new photo badges. You should see new Spike and Boo portraits each time you reload the page.

On behalf of all carnival hosts, I strongly encourage participants to use the Carnival Submit Form, created for us by Ferdinand The Cat. An excellent carpal tunnel prevention, it greatly simplifies carnival organization.

We have a busy carnival this week:

Unitarian Jihad

 
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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.

Carnival of the Cats

 

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?

Mrowyal Hellowr

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Friday Ark
Carnival of the Cats
Carnival of the Dogs

Friday Cats, on Thursday

 
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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.

Cats & RFOAC's

   

RFOAC's:

Felix
Joe's RFOAC
Amanda's Cat 
Brown cat pouch
anniebee's cat photos
The Cat Extending Project
Fuzzy Cat Hat knitting pattern
Embroidered kitty photo albums (hover over three)

This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.

Blog Stuff

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:

People have been catblogging for as long as there's been blogging. When was the first instance of catblogging? I don't know... maybe someone can research that or claim it for themselves.

But blogging is inherently a sharing experience. It's a virtual soapbox upon which we climb and shout to any and all who will listen. Whether it's politics, opinions about our industry, funny observations that we don't have a watercooler to share them by, or just stories about our kids, cat owners just can't seem to keep those sneaky little felines out of our blogs.

But I stand by my principle of catblogging: "Without cats, there is no catblogging. Without catblogging, blogging just isn't worth the effort."

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.

Bookends

Blue & his buddy

Spike & Boo

Henry & Lucy

This week's Carnival of the Cats; Carnival of the Dogs; Friday Ark.
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