If you love cats find this video... The Cat Returns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Returns

Judy & I watched this last night (rented from http://www.netflix.com).

It is a charming animated movie about cats and cat magic.

Read the review ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_Returns ), then
find the DVD; I think that reading the review will enrich the viewing.

- jeff -

PetnBlog : Using a Blacklight To Find Cat & Dog Urine Odor Spots

http://petnblog.preciouspets.org/?p=109

been wanting to buy one, but I think I can just use the one I have for
erasing eproms.

Should get some UV protection goggles, and be very safe.

There are plenty of people who say this doesn't really work, so best
try before buy.

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Appropriately labeled cat pictures :-)

Holly Lisle - a favorite writer

I've been digging around on her site. Ordered one of her ebooks, will order more.

I've been reading her since I discovered Diplomacy of Wolves. What I discovered (re-discovered?) on her site is that she also wrote Minerva Wakes... that's one of my favorites too but I hadn't kept in my mind that she was the author of it. I see that she also wrote Sympathy for the Devil... I don't know if I've read that or not... I read so much sci fi (technical term) there's no way I could keep it all in mind. SF, Fantasy, F&SF, sci fi; I read it all. Not much into "Thud & Blunder", unless it's comical. Sometimes I could really hate Unicorns.

But... Minerva Wakes... there is an aspect to that which targets something I really like... so I'm going to try for a series of posts here that outlines it.

Little Cat Has a New Game

As always she comes up to me and so respectfully and quietly says "ma"

Then it's "run away run away" "follow me" "lets go here... no here!"

The new game? It's "run circles around the vacuum cleaner".

This cat is so sweet.

jeff

Fried Green Tomatoes with TVP

Judy and I were out in the garden, looking at the tomato plant which was wilting and discovered it was nicely broken off at the base. You can see a plant is missing from the nearest cage...




so
Judy
says

"How about fried green tomatoes?


I thought that sounded great!



So later, I find her cooking and she has finally used the Martha Stewart Mandolin which I had bought for $1.25 at a rummage sale (the M.S. Mandolin was highly recommended on the Fatblasters email list).





By Golly it works as advertised. Had been "lost", but thanks to Judy, maybe it will now get some serious use.






So Judy's cookin' up a storm...

Yes folks, it's fried green tomatoes,

just like in the movie, but the meat is tvp (textured vegetable protein).

The Mandolin did a great job . Learn something every day.





Last of the tomatoes from the poor broken plant, cooking ->









and Now we are cooking the last of the TVP (which I buy from http://www.healthy-eating.com, which also happens to be "The Farm", the most successful "hippie commune" there is!).


Eat up, Comrades!

Magic Cat, Healing Cat

In case anyone thinks I am complaining about Ms. Pretty, let me be clear:

She is a Magic Cat.

She can heal us with her presence. It has happened several times. She knows when we are sick or feeling down, and she will come and sit by us or lean against us.

Yes, she has done some awful things in the distant past. She has given herself electro-shock therapy.