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Support Local Business: December 16, 2008
December 16, 2008 – 6:04 PM | 38 Comments
Support Local Business: December 16, 2008

Just a few notes and comments to take our minds off evil little troll moles that THINK they can step up to Dr. Robinson, AND WILL REGRET IT FOREVER…
Reader Shonda, who’s based in Philly, has …

Nikolupdate II: No, This Is Not Turning Into “One Of Those Cat Blogs”
October 21, 2008 – 9:32 PM | 37 Comments
Nikolupdate II: No, This Is Not Turning Into “One Of Those Cat Blogs”

But I thought you’d want to know, per Matt, that Nikolai has had a bath, behaved himself very well in the process, and is settling in nicely:
After surveying his new home, Niko has found his …

Proshai, Nikolai
October 21, 2008 – 1:04 PM | 37 Comments
Proshai, Nikolai

I am so very very happy to announce that Nikolai has just left for his new digs.   Leila and Matt will take excellent care of him (starting with the bath that I, without a …

On a happier note
October 20, 2008 – 1:01 PM | 25 Comments
On a happier note

As of this writing, $69,702.
Please draw the appropriate parallel between this nauseatingly cute photo of Hobeshka and Josef and my warm fuzzy feelings for all of you.   (Note: parallel should not contain humping.)

Nikolupdate
October 20, 2008 – 10:32 AM | 57 Comments
Nikolupdate

“In Soviet Russia, cat adopt you, okehhhhh?”
Niko is coming home to my apartment this afternoon.   This is not going to make me very popular with the ranking felines, but the kind woman at Feline …

So…there’s this cat.
October 19, 2008 – 3:41 PM | 83 Comments
So…there’s this cat.

No, not that cat.   Or that other fat cat.
This cat, to the right here.
Some [epithet] left this cat in a carrier on 9th Street in Park Slope on Friday and didn’t come back for …

Update: 10/7, 12:30 PM
October 7, 2008 – 12:28 PM | 24 Comments

$36,400-ish right now; awesome work, my friends.   Keep pushing; only $330 left on the poetry challenge (don’t forget, a forwarded receipt enters you for a mini-prize, described below), and it’s not far to 40K, …

Support Local Business: July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 – 8:17 AM | 32 Comments
Support Local Business: July 16, 2008

Simon Tofield is back, with his cat, in “TV Dinner.” Do not drink hot coffee while watching.You may, however, make fun of me for having the premiere date of Tofield’s latest entered into my Outlook …

Notes from the Western Slope
June 24, 2008 – 10:53 PM | 13 Comments
Notes from the Western Slope

Congratulations on buying $8000 worth of fireworks, guy who lives one block from me, but do you think maybe you want to save a few of them for the actual Fourth Of July, instead of …

I love Simon Tofield
March 5, 2008 – 8:46 PM | 32 Comments

The genius behind “Wake Up Cat” is back with “Let Me In.” Miss Alli had it on in the bullpen, and I heard that distinctive “mrow” and without even looking up asked her, “‘Wake Up …