all in favor

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Me-usings and Me-emories

31 May 2017 - As you can see, the door onto the screened porch was eventually opened for me.  But can you not see why I enjoy being out here?  This picture just captures the visual, delightful as it is, but the smells are equally important for a cat.  I can sense from this lofty perch the past or present presence of that mangy interloper,  catch the aroma of rain and wet dirt, detect the odor of plants drooping in the sun.  If I remain here long, I will add to the array my distinctive perfume… but only peeps with hyperosmia (or dander allergies) would ever know.

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Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Whet those senses.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - suppurrtive, an "I've got your back" thing (as long as it's mutual)

what a kitty

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Me-usings and Me-emories

30 May 2017 - Yes, I was just out there yesterday, and the day before.  But were you not just in the kitchen, and there yesterday and the day before?  So I guess I fail to see your point.  Sometimes I enjoy chillin' in the house, sometimes I like being outside in the heat.  Your real beef, I suspect, is that you have to open the door for me.  But when something is truly impossible for one to do, helping that someone is not enabling him.  Rather it is a kind service that you offer.  Perhaps an attitude-adjustment is needed?  Whatever, would you please let me out?  I promise not to bug you again... for at least ten minutes.

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Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

What goes around,

comes around.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - kitticism, a small expression of disapproval (just watch my tail to gauge extent)

hold your heeps

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Me-usings and Me-emories

29 May 2017 - We are all creatures of habit, fond of our routines... which is why I hang out at the peeps' sink.  Sooner or later, one of them will materialize, and I can cadge a drink from the tap.  True, if I partook from my bowl, I wouldn't have to wait for a serendipitous appearance.  But if I curl up on the handy towel, I really can get comfortable, making what might otherwise be a chore into an hour at the spa.  So, no, in a quiet, low-light room with creature amenities I don't mind biding my time for the fresh stuff.  Besides I occasionally get to enjoy a startled look on their faces.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

What is the rush?

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

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word of the day - kitty pool, the spot in the wash room favored by the cat

separating the we from the chafe

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

28 May 2017 - The Great Outdoors!  Although I admit preferring it from inside a screened enclosure, as Nature is rife with buggy creatures that make a cat's life miserable.  I suppose purists would scoff at my unwillingness to experience the entire picture, but those laughers can scratch at their welts and rashes while I repose untroubled in the shadows.  From this position I can still smell the roses, still get sprinkled with pine pollen, still hear the cacophony of wild creatures... and I am not changing the soundtrack by inserting myself into its midst.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Make memories.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

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word of the day - purrickly, prone to take umbrage due to sticky weather and biting insects

I'm a limber Jack, and I'm okay

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Me-usings and Me-emories

27 May 2017 - No doubt the shorter peep thinks that my spinal twist is part of a yoga workout, but my curved posture is required for a complete grooming.  From this overhead angle I do suggest the dark side of yin-yang.  Anti-heroes are popular in the current mythos (what will become of Luke Skywalker?), but I have no such delusions despite the hidden treacheries of the yin.  I am merely a cat with a supple back, sufficiently foolhardy to bathe in full view of a camera.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Be careful whom

you turn your back on.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - acrocatic, performing amazing physical feats (and always managing a four-point landing)

layabout

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Me-usings and Me-emories

26 May 2017 - Is the shorter peep trying to be a tuxedo?  From the looks of her wardrobe she does favor black.  But I enjoy her lap, regardless what color it is.  And I know that we are a team even without her wearing the uniform.  Typically I can hold her down for a few minutes (unless she is reading a book, then I am in luck), before I am plunked elsewhere and she is off to do whatever those firing neurons dictate.  I understand impulses:  occasionally I must pause my meditation for a swift scratch or a paw polish.  But I bet that my interruptions are more pleasurable than hers.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Time should be shared.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

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game of the day - sleeping lions, a children's pastime where anyone who moves must join the hunters (I predict I would win)

a clean slate

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Me-usings and Me-emories

25 May 2017 - No, I haven't been impaled on a stick.  The shorter peep was fooling around with that silver cube again, this time from underneath my perch.  Despite her attempt at art, I feel that she has only documented how messy this spot really is:  scratches, smudges... definitely seeing through a glass, darkly.  Hmmm, have I just incriminated myself?  Utilizing a tried-and-true tactic, I will point the accusing claw at my predecessors.  In fact, although I never met them,  I am certain they were the culprits.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Absent friends can still

serve a purpose.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purristine, flawless and unspoiled (clearly my peeps aren't trying hard enough)

tales of the cryptic

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Me-usings and Me-emories

24 May 2017 - I publicly made a promise to keep on top of this pale-peep mystery, and I have.  Several bed checks later, I am none the wiser as to where she is.  However there is no evidence of foul (or fowl... it is conceivable that she was carried off by a large beep) play, so I will hope for the best.  I also can detect no elevated feelings of anxiety in my own two peeps, which has in the past meant that they know something I do not (it does occasionally happen).  Life is a cycle, so like a missing sock, folded away with a sheet,  she may indeed materialize one otherwise inauspicious day.  Until then I am claiming her room.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Curiosity needs

some satisfaction.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - incompurrhensible, inscrutable (but that could be because we are different species)

catch my drift?

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Me-usings and Me-emories

23 May 2017 - My primary responsibility is the two peeps, so I can't be blamed for the disappearance of the pale one.  She didn't seem the sort to wander far, and now that her bed has been unoccupied for more than a day, I suspect that I misread her.  I am of mixed feelings concerning her absence from the household:  I do prefer my two original peeps as company, however the pale peep did have far more interesting food, and a willingness to share.  I will continue to check her room, just in case she materializes... but the trail seems to be cold.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Later isn't guaranteed.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

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word of the day - purrowl, to walk about, with restless purrpose

hobby source

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Me-usings and Me-emories

22 May 2017 - Cats are themselves puzzles, so there is no need for us to take up crossword or numbrix games.  But my shorter peep is fascinated by these brain-teasers, making me naturally curious about their allure.  By smell alone I detect nothing to recommend, however their black-and-white geometry is appealing.  But anything that makes her a stationary object for more than ten minutes has my seal (and seat) of approval.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Keep the mind active.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

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word of the day - purrsuit, a fun activity, to each his own definition of "fun"

naughty or nice

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Me-usings and Me-emories

21 May 2017 - If you want to keep us cats (or for that matter small children or teenagers) out of mischief, keep us occupied.  A bored cat is a cat on the verge of trouble.  This tendency is perhaps a weakness of character but certainly doesn't qualify as a flaw.. not when it is so easy to avert the toppled vase, clawed curtain, mussed desk.  A little light entertainment is all that is needed for our contentment, and then we succumb to drowsiness.  And the older I get the less time between those two states.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

You know what they say

about idle hands.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - raskitty, misbehaving but never for purr spite

are you a peep or a meep?

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

20 May 2017 - My bones have very little padding, so of course I prefer a cushion to a hard seat.  Such an admission doesn't impact my self-esteem or otherwise cause me embarrassment.  It belongs to the category of "just the way things are".  I have observed that peeps often put too much credence in another's opinion, thereby permitting that other person to impact personal decisions, nudge one's trajectory, and instill a tiny seed of doubt.  Well, clearly my cat advice would be "and what is wrong with your own opinion?"  Honestly, to be so big and so outwardly confident, these bipeds are so insecure.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Flip a coin if need be.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - catfident, decisive and forthright (and often favoring flight over fight)

unflappable Jack

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

19 May 2017 - For all of you who honk when the car ahead doesn't move quickly enough when the light turns green, who gesticulate at those who aren't traveling at the speed limit (which is 4 mph higher than listed on the sign), who drum your fingers while the person being checked out hunts for correct change, who otherwise manifest the impatience suggested here, I will say this:  you would never make it as a cat.  My life is one long wait, and yet somehow I retain my sweet disposition.  Don't ask me the secret, because you are so not ready.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Get over yourself.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - impurrturbable, serenely calm while everyone else is nonpussed