Archive for the 'Cats' Category

Mar 08 2008

Suburbaland Who’s Who

Categorized under Cats, Fun, Home

The Northern Boreal Tree Panther
The Northern Boreal Tree Panther inhabits a small territory south of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Its habitat consists of large, sheltered interior spaces lined with an abundance of cotton and other materials, combined with limited exterior locations in and around cedar trees.

The Northern Boreal Tree Panther’s diet consists of […]

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Dec 23 2007

Intruder Alert!

Categorized under Cats, Home

Toute la famille is gathering chez nous for Christmas. Tonight we’ll have four overnight guests, and tomorrow it will be up to seven. Oh – and there’s a dog. An adorable ten-month-old labradoodle who stands about three feet tall and is still in the throws of full hyperactive puppydom.
The mini, however, is not impressed. He […]

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Nov 26 2007

Another Spiffy Day

Categorized under Cats, Photography

Very early in the first year of my BFA program in photography at Concordia University, we were called upon to produce a small portfolio of new work. I had started classes a few weeks late because I’d been out of town working all summer, so I was at a big disadvantage. Anyway, the Saturday […]

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Nov 23 2007

Ernie

Categorized under Cats, Photography

Long before there were lolcats, there was Ernie.

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Oct 20 2007

I can has waste land?

Categorized under Cats, Fun, Writing

Corprew Reed, over at Corprewland, has painstakingly re-written T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” in LOLcat-speak. (Found via Stony Curtis). Below is my side-by-side comparison of the beginning of the first section (IM IN UR WASTELAND BURYING UR DEAD). I don’t think I need to tell you which version is the Eliot one:

For the whole […]

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Aug 16 2007

Bathe The Monkey

Categorized under Cats, Home

When I got home from work last night the cat (who is tentatively called “The Monkey”) was still there, and he still had a stinky bum. So I gave him a bath.
I filled a plastic tub with warm water (about six inches deep) and a bit of mild dish soap. Needless to say, The Monkey […]

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Aug 15 2007

Here comes trouble…

Categorized under Cats, Home

Yesterday, while I was at work, Martine phoned to say there was a stinky kitten hanging around the house. He was a cutie but he had a stinky butt, as if he had rolled in some poo or maybe had an accident with his own (he has long and thick hair, particularly in the nether […]

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