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Man Attacks Puppy
Slamnsam569, why not call animal control, and find out to which hospital they took the puppy? I hope you are able to adopt him, and give him a proper, loving home. :) Re:#1: Excellently put, LPR!— February 25, 2010 12:59 p.m.
Girl Talk
re: #6: Sounds like someone's off his meds schedule or at the end of the big bottle, diegonomics ;) re: #7: Altius, where do I argue against subtlety? Ironic that you would level such a complaint, as I am always arguing for more subtlety and depth in Hollywood product, in an age when everything must be s-p-e-l-l-e-d out--and twice--just in case the customer missed a doobluh awntawndruh. No, I was responding to Barbarella's revelation that her writing had to be "scrubbed," which suggests she had a very different focus and purpose with the original piece. While I actually like what resulted from the "scrubdown," I would--again--think that a piece or two on her philosophies around the concept of domination, and how it informs her life in specific ways, would be fascinating. Also, it would be interesting to know what the limits are in terms of what topics and in what depth/kind of treatment the Reader will allow.— February 25, 2010 10:40 a.m.
Reader Hood Cats
Oooh, not only the digs is plush! I can feel that silkiness right through the screen! Hilari-mouse set to her mouth--clearly, Mongoose be takin' no s*** ;)— February 25, 2010 7:34 a.m.
South Park Cat Tales: The Nip Trip Re-Posted (#8)
"Mica, Mongoose, I only have one question: what took you so long? Maybe one day we should all get together and have a party when the Uprighters aren't around." Stella, while we haven't heard from you, it sure seems like you've been getting some kind of education...;) Who is Mongoose, though? Is there another cat blogger on this site that we havent't ferreted out? Mica says he'd love to have a party with you and any cat friends. He's got a large bag of organic catnip of very fine grade, and would be happy to share it. ;)— February 25, 2010 4:41 a.m.
South Park Cat Tales: The Nip Trip Re-Posted (#8)
"What I do know about it is that it smells like a human orgasm looks: funny and fantastic." Hmmm. Stella?...— February 25, 2010 4:28 a.m.
Tundra # 6
"Tundra’s face and head now bore deep, permanent grooves where scar tissue would never allow fur to grow back. He even had a small notch missing from the tip of his left ear, a cat status symbol as distinguished as a broken nose or a cauliflower ear is to a Golden Gloves boxer. I noticed that Mushroom had a bigger notch missing from the base of his right ear. I wasn’t sure if it had always been there and I had never noticed it or if Tundra was responsible for the missing tissue." Whew! [deep intake of breath] Quillpena, I'm going to have to agree with Grant and Adam on this one. I'm going to put my two cents in here, because I care for cats, but also because I have very much enjoyed your writing to this point, and feel I owe you some honesty. This paragraph makes me sick to my stomach, as it would any veterinarian, by the way, which is where both cats needed to be taken. A vet would tell you: Did you know that even one single bite or scratch that a cat gives another is full of millions of virulent bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection? Both cats suffered deep grooves where hair couldn't grow back? They--and you--are lucky, very lucky, neither became gravely ill. "Fortunately neither cat was ever gutted on the lawn." I can't tell if you are being serious, or funny, or ironic, --I guess it doesn't really matter. Besides the danger of being "gutted," either cat, with the vigorous kicking--with highly unsanitary claws--could have killed the other through damage to internal organs. They could have been in great suffering without you noticing--esp. Mushroom, who you did not observe closely on a daily basis, since he wasn't your cat. I'm assuming all of this is some time ago, and fervently hope that you got them to a vet. I think it was ok to try and train Mushroom away from the yard, but I thought you were trying to prevent fights, not encourage them! Quillpena, I hope you have learned to respect these animals more, and no longer see them as little toys to manipulate. They are flesh, blood, and living minds that are more sentient than you seem aware--and they depend on you and April for love and care they cannot provide themselves, since we have made them helplessly domesticated some thousands of years back.— February 25, 2010 3:39 a.m.
To Stella from Mica: Tales of Beyond the Front Door
Right, I didn't at first recall, but when I did, decided that one big "duh'oh" was enough for one day ;)— February 25, 2010 3:22 a.m.
Sometimes, You Can Go Home Again
Hi Steve, found my way back here so no need to send a link. Again, beautiful writing, and I would pay to read your published memoirs, as you excel at this genre--in the "Buttons" blog too. Keep writing, friend! ;)— February 25, 2010 1:51 a.m.
Head to Head
"...unscrupulous bait-and-switch tactics that have become a vogue, if not a full-blown genre, ever since The Sixth Sense. All it needs to become a genre is a label: the gotcha genre, the pull-the-rug-out genre, the nothing-as-it-seems genre, the just-fooling genre. (Suggestions wanted.)" Suggestions wanted, really? Ok, my two cents, then. I don't think this filmic (also textual) device merits an entire generic class unto itself! We could perhaps consider it to be a subgenre, but we run into problems here, because this device can be used in any film or text, no matter the genre--romantic comedy, horror, suspense, etc. etc. So it is a generic device, rather, in both senses, and in my opinion, you've already designated it, Duncan: It's the old "bait-and-switch" tactic, and now [cue fanfare] if you must-- the "bait-and-switch" multigeneric device. ;)— February 24, 2010 8:16 p.m.
To Stella from Mica: Tales of Beyond the Front Door
re: #9: Oh my gosh, now I see your photos embedded--how wonderful! I never saw that blog either--will have to amend that and give it a read ;)— February 24, 2010 8:03 p.m.