Animal stories and news
Wicked as in “cool”, that is. This little gal was named Nightshade by the wonderful staff at the San Francisco SPCA, and we’ve decided to call her Nightshade Jenny, Jenny as in Pirate Jenny from Threepenny Opera.
She’ll need time to get acclimated and has a quiet room to do so, always with one of us in it with her, she’s a shy little thing that one. Hopefully, the pictures will do her justice, she is absolutely gorgeous. But then as Leonardo Da Vinci said, the smallest feline is a masterpiece.
Everyone does it. It’s only a problem when you actually do it on purpose, and a sickness when you work at making it into a language.
Baby talk. Whether with infants or pets. Maybe it starts with the ‘shorthand’ people develop when they live as a couple for a while, sharing an ever increasing frame of reference. I was reminded of this while watching “date night” with Tina Fey and Steve Carell, a pretty funny and fresh take on marriage.
Here, in the realm of jellybeansofdoom, Tito and Maz Whang do it in their own way: the cooing, meowing, purring and other vocalizations.
And I’ll confess we imitate them, only to have them both look at us as though we speak in a heavily accented version of cat. Silly humans and their funny walk…
For having led such a sheltered life (by comparison), Maz speaks in harsh tones (unless he’s cold, in which case he whimpers ‘sotto voce’). His language is positively Klingon and I’m certain I heard him more than once calling Tito a p’tahk, whatever that means.
But where it gets really questionable is when I find myself (this is hard to admit, gimme credit) pulling the covers away from Maz’ sleepy head and whispering…. Buh-ghee! Buh-ghee! Ghoo! Ghoo-ghee..?
No, I don’t even know what it means but it does make us both feel good. I think.
Oh and speaking of Kajagoogoo, this guy wouldn’t last a minute around cats with this hairdo, and that’s before he put beads in. Hey, you know, I guess I do remember the ‘80s after all…
We were working on a post for the boys when the computer ran amok and I wound up wearing my tech hat for a while. The boys will have a proper starring roll tomorrow.
Instead, here is a beautiful video of a hanglider soaring with a hawk. The first portion of the video was filmed at Torrey Pines, near San Diego. The second part was filmed over Blossom Valley just East of San Diego, CA.
Lastech and I have always enjoyed the Mean Kitty song. I decided to take a new peek at their youtube channel and found several videos that I really enjoyed. Their youtube channel is called TheMeanKitty. Please pay them a visit.
First is the Mean Kitty song for anyone who may not have seen it.
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San Francisco is an extremely pet friendly city and it shows. On any given day, we can find scores of dog walkers at the various parks with their furry charges. Since we live fairly close to McLaren Park, we like to go visit the duck pond and watch the dogs swimming and playing.
While it’s a holiday for some, for the rest it’s another Manic Monday and some humor is certainly needed. I’ve heard it said that cats are aliens. They are certainly strange… and funny.
This video proves that cats can be VERY strange.
And to cap it off, we have cats with thumbs.
It’s Terrible Tuesday and I went off in search of a bit of music. I was in luck. I had plenty to choose from. Hopefully, if anyone is having a terrible Tuesday, this will bring a smile to their face. Singing animals can always make me smile.
Here is a great bit of music from Litterbox, the cat rock band.
Just to show that she can compete with cats, here is a cute dog named Lila singing along to the radio.
But wait! There’s more!
This is Lolita singing Bodies by Drowning Pool.
Last, but certainly not least is Prince, the singing toad.
Well, for most of you, it’s the middle of the week, aka humpday. Here’s a bit of humor to get you through the rest of the week.
For our wonderful friend and cat mum Flumptytail…
And now, by request… More dog
And now for the “aw” factor. According to the AP:
A dog left for dead on a railway track in Poland has been given a second chance at life thanks to the kindness of a local animal shelter and vet. The 4-month old can now get around with wheels replacing her paralyzed back legs. (Aug 18)
Since I’ve been harping on owls lately, I thought everyone might get a laugh out of this pic.
One year ago today, we made our first post, Welcome to JBoD. The blog has been a work-in-progress ever since.
For those who may not know, jellybeansofdoom is named after our kitties and their jellybeans, that come with claws attached.
These beans belong to a very sweet natured, but very paranoid kitty named Tito. Tito is a domestic shorthair and we found him (as a kitten) at the SFSPCA. It was love at first sight.
These beans, on the other hand, belong to the class clown named Kitsune. Kitsune is fearless to the point of lunacy. We would find him hanging from the chandelier if we had one.
Kitsune, also called Kitsy or Mazuzu Whang? has no baby picture as he was an adult when we brought him home. His wrinkly breed is called Sphynx.
Of course, none of this would have happened without the bestest kitty on the planet. We lost him to lymphoma a couple of years ago, but he is still a part of our lives.
A friend made this for us. It’s so very true.
