breaking bad

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Me-usings and Me-emories

30 April 2015 - Periodically one should take inventory of life's pluses and minuses, in case an attitude adjustment is warranted.  A string of misfortunes isn't a pattern; it is a random sequence, as is a rash of good luck.  The fates are not "out to get us", but they are indifferent to our trajectories.  So let's get on with living:  find a patch of sunshine with a wide-angle view.  See the big picture, and chuckle to yourself for we are amateurs in harlequin suits.

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Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Taking initiative is to

steal another's thunder.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - oppurrtunity, seizing the lap, the head scratch, the belly rub

worry thwart

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Me-usings and Me-emories

29 April 2015 - Unless a peep is suffering from an anxiety disorder, (s)he is largely oblivious to the vertical surroundings.  It is my observation that remaining still on a perch three feet above my peeps' heads will render me invisible to them.  If I were one of my larger (and wilder) cousins, that would be a life-shortening mistake.  Fortunately for them, I have no sinister intentions, unless you are uncomfortable with eavesdropping and covert surveillance.  I am just maintaining homeland security...so get used to it.

 

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Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Fear trumps reason.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

phrase of the day - having kittens, feeling uneasy or uptight about a situation (being neutered helps lessen this feeling)

the golden ruler

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Me-usings and Me-emories

28 April 2015 - One can't help but feel like royalty lying against this over-sized pillow, but that doesn't necessarily imply that my sleep will be untroubled.  Stress accompanies responsibility, and as alpha cat I must constantly defend my claim.  There is a stray tom...I admit to taking an instant dislike to him...that would love to dethrone me.  The peeps have noticed him as well...it would be impossible to ignore his plaintive braying.  To minimize my anxiety I have ceased to acknowledge his presence, but I know he is out there.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Leadership can sap the soul.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - supurrior, the cat that oversees the running of the household

staying hydrated

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Me-usings and Me-emories

27 April 2015 - It is hard to get excited about a rainy Monday morning, although the sound of the water droplets hitting the roof are very soothing...so much so that there seems little point to stir myself into action.  Although I prefer sunshine, its warmth and upbeat attitude, I do not begrudge the occasional wetness.  Give me verdant surroundings any day.  There must be ecosystems that thrive in desert harshness, but you won't find this cat among the fauna.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Don't take for granted

clean water.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrosper, what felines do when given a loving home

lacking luster

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Me-usings and Me-emories

26 April 2015 - It definitely isn't the cookie jar (not that I was "caught"), but had I persisted I might have found something edible (probably with a long-past expiration date) amongst the mess.  The drawer was most certainly left open for my entertainment, not that everything has to be about me.  With objects that rolled and rattled, I deduced that it was the peeps' toy box, although they might be a little old for such things.  To really up the fun factor it should have contained a snatch of chicken feathers.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

No play is a meager existence.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - furolicsome, frisky, playful, acting kittenish

pretty please

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Me-usings and Me-emories

25 April 2015 - A sure spot to observe animals is at the local watering hole.  Mine includes, for convenience, a yellow bowl, seen behind me in this photograph, but the most desirable, I swear it tastes better, is the H2O that comes straight out of the faucet.  I have even been known...very uncatlike of me...to let it stream over my head.  The one snag is that the free-flowing option requires the intervention of a peep, never the most reliable, which is why I must keep an eye peeled for an appearance.

 

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Thoughtfulness is appreciated

and sometimes contagious.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - accomewdating, kindly obliging a cat's wishes

sizing up the situation

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Me-usings and Me-emories

24 April 2015 - We cats don't care for expanses of water, so I am not overly concerned with the approach of swimsuit weather.  However the thought does prompt one to do an assessment of the winter-fed body.  No one can be objective when it comes to his own physique, but I think that I look pretty good for a late-middle-aged specimen.  The rib cage is still wider than the waist...at least from this angle.  I think that I will keep on doing what I am doing:  eighteen hours of snoozing is something of a workout.

 

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Even the brain benefits

from exercise.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - phissical, using the minimal amount of labor required of a cat to accomplish something

time to wake up

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Me-usings and Me-emories

23 April 2015 - It is unfortunate that the only home we have is celebrated just once a year.  What we do the other 350+ days has far more bearing on Earth's health.  Today's headlines will no doubt report the number of tons of trash collected in her honor, but why was the garbage there in the first place?  At least we cats dig a hole and bury our waste.  If the dumping ground is not in their backyard, many peeps don't seem to care.  Flinging refuse out a moving vehicle's window seems to be the national sport.  If I were king of the forest, I'd ban styrofoam and slap each dullard with community service...but I am not likely to be elected on that platform.

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Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

At some point one has to admit

the experiment has failed.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrsnickety, very concerned about personal hygiene and over-all cleanliness 

lofty thoughts

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Me-usings and Me-emories

22 April 2015 - What can I say:  preferring a higher perch is in my genes.   Not that I encounter things, here in our domicile, that are on either side of me on the food chain, but it is nonetheless comforting to stretch out and survey my surroundings from this vantage point.  My nose can still detect the smell of cedar in the air, so my imagination is hardly required to visualize myself up a tree, unnoticed, reconnoitering the forest floor.  Tales have reached me of a prior occupant who rolled off this limb while sleeping...but I am willing to bet, if it's true, that he landed on his feet, startled but otherwise unharmed.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Does a fear of heights make

one vertically challenged?

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - culmewnation, the satisfying attainment of the top, typically involving leaps across chasms and up sheer faces

temper, temper

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Me-usings and Me-emories

21 April 2015 - We cats have no trouble communicating "enough", and it can be said nicely or, if we are running short of patience, not.  Truthfully I am an easy-going creature, mostly riled by pushy individuals of my own kind.  When one of these has me in high dudgeon, I can hiss and spit and vocalize like a Persian prima donna...but that isn't who I am.  When I am not coursing with adrenaline, I am a gentle and sweet-natured beast.  Just ask my peeps.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Even the meekest can be

pushed too far.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - in-fur-iate, to make a cat mad (not wise)

paws and consider

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Me-usings and Me-emories

20 April 2015 -  What a feat, pun intended, of engineering our lower extremities are.  We don't think much about them, doing a perfunctory cleaning on occasion or tending to a ragged nail.  But otherwise they serve us, largely unthanked.  Running, leaping, or out on a mundane walk, they cushion our impact upon the ground, taking the pounding without complaint.  Through thick waists or thin, they bear us on our "weigh".

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

"Give yourself a break"

isn't to be taken literally.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - da-feet-ism, the practice of  reflecting on what the peep just said while grooming the paws

a peace of the action

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Me-usings and Me-emories

19 April 2015 - Every now and then, one should back up and see the big picture.  Too much peering into the mirror will only confirm the hair loss and yellowing teeth, but the concerns seem all too silly, and self-centered, when one focuses elsewhere.  This time of year one can't help but notice the explosion of activity and color, occurring whether or not we acknowledge its presence.  The beeps are not singing for my ears, but how lucky I am to overhear.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Walking softly has

many applications.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrlease, the closest a cat comes to emphasizing a request

the jar was round upon the ground

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Me-usings and Me-emories

18 April 2015 -  Whichever peep (I am betting the shorter one) placed this object upon my occasional, but still special, perch was clearly not thinking...how else to explain its intrusiveness into my space.  I especially dislike its gaping maw...only a string of drool is missing.  If I were not such a tolerant creature, I would nudge it over the edge, and I admit to the satisfaction of envisioning the crash.  Then the thing would know who is in charge around here.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

A come-uppance keeps

the state steady.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - retrimewtion, a cat's rendering of justice, ranging from pouts to slashes