meow-tmoded

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

19 September 2015 - I am not a luddite; however I do not blindly hold the opinion that technology equates with progress.  There are numerous gadgets on the market today that have such a narrow and esoteric use that I can only conclude that they are solely marketed to redistribute wealth.  Is this gizmo in front of me supposed to be an improvement?  The peeps call it a mouse...perhaps, because of my vigilance, they have forgotten what one looks like.  However it has nothing over the original.  The ears are missing, possibly for aerodynamic reasons; it definitely would lose in an agility contest...and I especially miss the endearing squeak.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

We build upon, and over, the past.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - impurrvious, aware but unaffected by the whims of peeps

flagrance

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

18 September 2015 - Can you detect the tension throughout my body?  A prankster's "boo" would have me clinging to the ceiling.  My nose knows that my nemesis has paid me an unwelcome visit. ..information that I would rather forget, except his presence fills my nostrils and raises my neck hairs.  At least inside the house is my unviolated space, where I can escape his taunting reminder...which is why I defend the cat door.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

The world is indifferent to

your privilege and your plight.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrfume, the scent we felines leave behind on claimed objects

foe is he

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

16 September 2015 - "Face your fears', they say...probably while curled up in an over-stuffed recliner behind locked doors.  I can see the enemy, and he looks like a big brawler, the bruising sort of few words.  So far my thoughts have not killed him...which honestly is my only hope.  Eventually he grew weary of the stare-down and sauntered away, but I know that he is out there...and knows where I live.  

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Pick your battles.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrsecute, to worry a cat, the chief tormentors being dim deeps and nesting beeps and feline creeps

the mod(est) squad

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

 
16 September 2015 - When dealing with greatness, even a low opinion of one's self can seem like braggadocio.  Quite frankly it is hard, on the order of a camel passing through the eye of a needle, for a cat to be self-effacing.  One of Mother Teresa's suggestions for practicing humility (note the possibility of exterior appearance differing from interior perception) is "to avoid curiosity".  Well, that excuses my entire species.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

How much self-esteem

is too much?

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrfection, the ideal state on which one cannot improve...a cat comes to mind

emotional baggage

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

15 September 2015 - I realize that hate is a negative emotion, doing more harm to the holder than to the intended target...yet I do despise a suitcase.  It is my experience that nothing ever good happens when one appears, which makes them, hands down, the harbinger of bad news.  As such why would anyone own one?  And my peeps have several!  This head-scratcher is yet more evidence that I will never understand them, no matter how long I meditate in this loathsome piece of luggage.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Rose-colored glasses make

your eyes look weird.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrplexed, confounded by the behavior of peeps

putting on wait

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

2 September 2015 - To quote Margaret Thatcher, "I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."  We cats know the meaning of compromise, but prefer, in the course of nine lives, to keep the number of such instances to a minimum.  Our choice to be true to our wishes makes life resemble a waiting room.  I have lost track, and that is a good thing, of the minutes, hours, spent while my peeps come 'round to my thinking.  The trick is to disguise these contests of the will as a would-you-be-so-kind request.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Although the journey is important,

so too is the destination.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - furbearance, the capacity to tolerate delay without hissing

grounded

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

1 September 2015 - Peeps who don't know our species believe that we cats don't have a loyal bone in our bodies.  That is far from the truth, but our devotion does contain a healthy component of pragmatism.  We are not ones for pawing at a moot point or lingering at a grave site.  When we reach the period at the end of a sentence, we move on...and evidently our detractors feel that we should express, or fake, an appropriate emotion in recognition of that conclusion.  Yet the world continues to spin, and I take my cues from that.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Being sensible will garner

no fanfare.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purractical, doing what is needed to keep a roof over one's head and kibbles in one's bowl