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March 21, 2012

Humpday Humor and Happiness

It’s Wednesday and the week is winding down. Maz Whang was off singing tra-la-la-la in the other room. I wish I had a recording of it, as it was funny. Oh well. Here is a bit of humor and happiness to make your day go by a bit a quicker.

Simon’s Cat always makes me laugh. Gentlemanly Tito is guilty of this trick. It’s one of the few evil things that he does.

As for the happiness part, the dachshunds have it. They just look so happy that it makes me smile.

What can I say? We’re Monty Python fans.

March 17, 2012

Caturday: some favorite kittoons pics and a great story

I have a thing for feral cats, and Rudha-an has one for kittens. Feral kittens, therefore, are our favorites. We’ll never know exactly where they came from, what they went through, why they are so scared of shoes, think of nothing but murder, and yet are so hungry for affection.

Each one has a story but they’ll never tell even if they could, we just wonder as they teach us to live in the moment.

This week, here are some of my favorite photos of our pointy eared people, followed by a clip of very funny story telling. About a sloth. Enjoy.

Miss Jenny and Mazuzu — Maz and Jenny in a tender moment

Mazuzu art deco — Mazuzu: art deco or fascist icon?

Jenny on kitchen chair — The Queen of Cool

And now, enjoy this very funny sloth story from Kristen Bell on the “Ellen” show.

March 8, 2012October 30, 2013

Tsula: A Happy Corgi

In the last year, we have had to write two sad stories about the passing of two wonderful Corgis. This is a happy story about the their pal Tsula, a Corgi who is still keeping her daddy company. Our friend Abra Crabcakeya misses his two Corgis fiercely, but Tsula provides comfort and companionship. She adores him and the feeling is mutual.

Tsula was born on August 15, 2005. She went to live with Abra when she was ten weeks old. She learned quickly to sit up on her rear with her paws up so that she could be seen when she wanted something. I wish I could see that. I had a dog that would do that. It was cute as heck.

Tsula has a great yard and has plenty of opportunity to engage in her favorite sport. She loves to chase chipmunks, rabbits and squirrels. She always takes time for a nap right after breakfast. She has to keep her energy up for the chase. Her number one favorite thing is being daddy’s girl and spending her time with him.

This was Tsula’s time to shine a bit. She’s such a lovely and happy little dog, that she deserved a bit of the spotlight. May she have many more days of varmint chasing ahead of her.

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012

Manic Monday and Good Advertising

I’ll be honest. I’m a Madison Avenue nightmare. Not only do I ignore most advertising, when I do pay attention I don’t bother to remember WHAT company was being advertised. Once in a while I surprise myself. I don’t jump to buy the product, but I pay attention. This advert from The Guardian, got my attention. It’s well done and smart. It stars the Big Bad Wolf and The Three Little Pigs.

February 27, 2012October 29, 2013

Manic Monday: Speaking of Noms…

Our last post was about the 3am terrors that I suffer at the paws of Maz Whang. When he wants his noms, he can be pushy (understatement). Well, here are some kitties who really want their noms. Cats have figured out how to manipulate their humans and they are perfecting the art.

Example 1: Turning on the cuteness

If that doesn’t work, try sign language

Then, if all else fails, they act like they are evil and possessed

February 15, 2012October 29, 2013

Maz Whang? Haz a Sexy

I caught Maz Whang at it again. I swear he’s really trying out for the calendar model thing. Here are his latest attempts. I actually think he’s rather good. I would prefer that he keep it tasteful though.

But he’s also taken to calling himself “Mazza”, Italian for “Mace”, thinking it more catchy. How do we know? He has… Peed his new moniker a few times in the litter box, promptly scratched over by Miss Jenny who doesn’t cotton to such things.

"The penis mightier than the sword, no?" in Ricardo Montalban's voice — “The penis mightier than the sword, no?” in Ricardo Montalban’s voice

February 14, 2012October 29, 2013

Valentine’s Day with Kitty Love

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. I’m not into gobs of pink and flowers and whatnot, so I figured I would just share a couple of videos featuring Oskar the Blind Kitty and his best friend Klaus. It’s definitely love. Please feel free to visit their blog or check out their YouTube page.

Oskar was born blind. His buddy Klaus lost a chunk of his ear. Both of these kitties were rescues and now they have a wonderful forever home.

Here are Oskar and Klaus having an epic door battle.

Here are Oskar and Klaus going for their daily walk.

Klaus isn’t in this video, but Oskar is having a lot of funny with the hair dryer.

February 6, 2012October 29, 2013

Manic Monday with Quail

It’s another manic Monday and that requires a bit of humor. I tend to surf the net until something catches my eye. That usually results in a snowball effect of memory jogs and link chasing. That is pretty much what happened in this case.

I found this video.

The above video immediately reminded me of my favorite Ab Fab bit that I just had to share.

February 1, 2012October 29, 2013

Miss Nightshade Jenny and the Art of Kibble Tossing

Kibble kibble everywhere, even in the water dish

Yes, Miss Jenny is a kibble tosser. She has made an art of it. Sadly, our feet are suffering. Kibble just isn’t fun to step on in the dark. It took a while before we saw how she did it. We knew it was her because we never had to clean up kibble before she came to live with us.

One day, I walked into the kitchen and caught her in the act. She stands IN the kibble bowl to eat. When she’s done eating, she makes a large leap to get out and the kibble flies everywhere. What a silly little kitty.

Non Sequitur warning

This was just too funny

January 20, 2012October 30, 2013

Friday Night Cats Blogging: Happy Kitties and a Happy Dog

Another Friday night has rolled around and it’s time for our pointy eared people to have the spotlight. Ok, it’s only Friday afternoon, but what the heck. Here they are enjoying their favorite pastimes. We have always had happy kitty cats. I think they are even more happy since Jenny’s arrival.

Now we would like to share this happy dog video. I think happy is an understatement.