And thanks for the kitty. That kitten looks like my late and lamented Tom did, when he first came to live with us. Same markings. Tom also had claws like eagle talons and fangs like a tiger. Not that he used them against anyone - just that they were SO BIG. He even startled the vet at his first visit, But he was a Good Boy. Not a lap cat, he was an adjacent cat. He is also the one who believed anything his woman was drinking had to be better than water in his bowl, even when the brandy made him sneeze and screw up his face. He also learned how to turn on the hot water tap in the bathtub because he wanted to watch it; not touch or taste - just watch.
It's always fascinating to watch kitties or doggos discover the magic of mirrors. I'm very happy about the quolls' successes being reintroduced to the wilds of Australia. Thanks for the good news, Martini, it's very much needed right now.
Well while you were doing that we were witnessing a locker room celebration that was not attended by Las Vegas resident Kash Patel as my beloved Hurricanes won la Coupe Stanley right tin his hometown and he was a continent away at Fat Donny's Bouncy House Fight Club Party. Or so I assume. Perhaps he was simply passed out drunk at the Poodle Room. Point is, he was somewhere that was ELSE!
Happy 11th birthday to Donna Rose! I remember when she was born... and have a happy memory of holding hands with her at the March for Our Lives. She was probably the chillest preschooler I had ever met.
HuffPost: "Aside from the green hue of the water, the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years, the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets. Visitors took notice of the floating material on Thursday.
A man who gave his name as Sean told HuffPost that he had experience working on swimming pool coatings in the past, and did not seem surprised to see the peeling. “This is an epoxy,” he said of the coating. “This is something you would do on a concrete — on a shot concrete sort of pool where you have leaking. And then you spray this out. But in a pool, you’re dealing with a whole lot less square feet. So you can do special treatments on it … so it isn’t going to come back up.”"
Ho shoot !! I had put your visit in Montréal in my calendar... misplaced it really, for next week !
Hope you enjoyed. Montréal is not as it used be (less clean, I'd say), but still a very nice, friendly city. Used to live 2 streets from Parc Lafontaine. Miss those days.
Your hed gif source: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/copy-cat
And a meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/3aae8e59-7ebe-46dd-b232-8e53fd29aad3?utm_source=share
Best mirror comedy since Lucy and Harpo.
Kitty Fu Fighting!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjnFXgdyyLw
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fiercest kitt(eh) of all?
Duck Soup, mirror scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0aLg
Nice news about the quolls. Thanks.
And thanks for the kitty. That kitten looks like my late and lamented Tom did, when he first came to live with us. Same markings. Tom also had claws like eagle talons and fangs like a tiger. Not that he used them against anyone - just that they were SO BIG. He even startled the vet at his first visit, But he was a Good Boy. Not a lap cat, he was an adjacent cat. He is also the one who believed anything his woman was drinking had to be better than water in his bowl, even when the brandy made him sneeze and screw up his face. He also learned how to turn on the hot water tap in the bathtub because he wanted to watch it; not touch or taste - just watch.
Good morning to you! You made mine brighter.
He sounds like a character 😻
That is no ordinary striped fucker!
"How do that other cat know what I'm gonna do?"
The growth of human habitats
Will sometimes take a toll
On places that our wildlife live
Just like the eastern quoll.
But being good curators
Can help our small friends thrive
With careful care and humane work
We all can stay alive.
🥰
It's always fascinating to watch kitties or doggos discover the magic of mirrors. I'm very happy about the quolls' successes being reintroduced to the wilds of Australia. Thanks for the good news, Martini, it's very much needed right now.
Who’s the silliest of them all?
When Rosie was a wee koteb she would see her reflection in the sliding glass door and PUFF GIANT KITTY ARCHED BACK CRABWALK.
"Why skibbidy-paps no working"!?
Cat the Ripper was overwhelmed with zoomies and skippity paps yesterday. I suspect that felonious feline nicked them all.
"This kitty in the mirror is almost as annoying as Harpo Marx pretending to be in the mirror in 'Duck Soup'!"
'Duck Soup' is one of my all-time favorite anti-government, anti-war movies.
Hail Fredonia!
The hed gif reminded me of Harpo Marx's self-parody of his movie mirror scene. He did it with Lucille Ball on an episode of "I Love Lucy":
https://youtu.be/79EnDc-Ucv8?si=ALWA7JQCVwlTTohb
That was great too!
Feline Fight Frenzy!
Kitties are insanely cute and fun to watch, and insane.
I can't believe that's the same Donna Rose I met in a bar in NH long ago when you were trying to keep Mika from stealing her!!!
I totally agree with Vance this time. And thanks for the Montreal pics!
JD is no more a Catholic than Trump is a Presbyterian, or whatever he is this week.
PS I lurve me some Alexandra Petri. She's the primary reason we subscribe to The Atlantic.
Well while you were doing that we were witnessing a locker room celebration that was not attended by Las Vegas resident Kash Patel as my beloved Hurricanes won la Coupe Stanley right tin his hometown and he was a continent away at Fat Donny's Bouncy House Fight Club Party. Or so I assume. Perhaps he was simply passed out drunk at the Poodle Room. Point is, he was somewhere that was ELSE!
Queue this to loop 300x.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iJzTboXjds
Happy 11th birthday to Donna Rose! I remember when she was born... and have a happy memory of holding hands with her at the March for Our Lives. She was probably the chillest preschooler I had ever met.
When are you coming to Palm Springs?
Happy 11th to Donna Rose. It was truly a pleasure meeting you last summer in Anacortes.
I still have a pic of Lula holding Wee Sammy. Of course, both are adorable.
HuffPost: "Aside from the green hue of the water, the product of what is reportedly one of the largest algae blooms in recent years, the “industrial-grade swimming pool topping” that Trump chose is already peeling off in sheets. Visitors took notice of the floating material on Thursday.
A man who gave his name as Sean told HuffPost that he had experience working on swimming pool coatings in the past, and did not seem surprised to see the peeling. “This is an epoxy,” he said of the coating. “This is something you would do on a concrete — on a shot concrete sort of pool where you have leaking. And then you spray this out. But in a pool, you’re dealing with a whole lot less square feet. So you can do special treatments on it … so it isn’t going to come back up.”"
“If the Titanic is going down,” JD Vance wrote vis a vis the Catholic Church, “I’d rather be on board than hop on a lifeboat.”
There's still time for you to hop on board the Titanic, JD. We'd all be cheering you on.
Hmm…staying on a sinking boat about to go into freezing water, or sitting in a nice dry (and much warmer) lifeboat.
Am I, like, missing something here?
Yes, you missed his hair shirt, despite all his efforts to show it off.
Nice to see in the pics someone else wearing their Harris shirt. I wear mine all the time.
I'm going to need some names next to those faces at the pizzeria. I've got some guesses. I think I might recognize a couple of them.
There is no way anyone would give JD a spot in one of the insufficient number of lifeboats on the Titanic.
Ho shoot !! I had put your visit in Montréal in my calendar... misplaced it really, for next week !
Hope you enjoyed. Montréal is not as it used be (less clean, I'd say), but still a very nice, friendly city. Used to live 2 streets from Parc Lafontaine. Miss those days.
Hope you really liked it !