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Mornings
Posted May 26, 2012
One of the best things about having Eliot 
in my life is that I never wake up alone.
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Today's Quote
Posted Oct 26, 2011
Today just seemed like a good day for a quote. Here goes:
Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear.
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
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Pub Quiz
Posted Oct 19, 2011
It is mere hours before tonight's pub quiz. My team - consisting of three people, mind you - has actually done quite well in the past four weeks. I may be distracted tonight, though, as I am on call.
It is my hope that the pager does not go off during the actual quiz. Before or after I am fine with. During and I have to tread lightly to keep the team from getting disqualified!
Wish us (and me) luck!
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Sick kitties are less fun than dead puppies
Posted Jun 18, 2006
As you may have guessed from the title of this entry, the Orange Monster decided to be sick today. Well, I'm reasonably sure that he didn't make a concious decision along those lines - no one really wants to be sick - but the end result is the same.
I woke up as normal. The cat was curled up on the bed, but not next to me. Unusual to say the least. I went to brush my teeth and he didn't try to drink out of the faucet. At that point, I started worrying.
Soon after I finished breakfast, I noticed him take the standard hairball position - all cat owners know what I'm talking about. But there was no hairball. Just white foam. He did this four more times within half an hour - once including something that might have been paper and plastic - and I decided to call the vet. The main thing, the vet told me, was to get him to stop vomiting. This made sense to me. I was sure of that, in fact, long before I called him. But... He's the expert. So I asked for suggestions on how to accomplish this mighty feat. "Feed him a little bread. Maybe dip it in milk or a little tuna juice to get his attention."
...
This sounds simple enough on the surface, but it wasn't nearly as easy as some might think. First off, I'm back on Atkins. This is important because it means I have no milk and absolutely nothing even resembling bread in the apartment. So I make a mad dash to the grocery store a block away. I grab a bun and some heavy cream - I can use that in decaf chai or coffee at a later date. I get home, tear a bit of roll off and dip it in the cream. Then I hold it out to the cat.
Cats love cream, right? Everyone knows that. Well, my second problem is that my cat, insane as he is, doesn't even like it. He sniffed it once and then ignored it. Not even a second sniff. So I went through the cabinets, looking for tuna.
This was my first stroke of luck. I had one can left, of beautiful white albacore canned in water. Yay! So, I take it out and open it just a little. This gets the Monster's attention almost immediately. He begins to meow and purr up a storm. Obviously I am on the right track.
So, I dip a little piece of bread into the tuna water. He sniffs like crazy. He licks it. This looks like it could be it! But, no, of course not. Once he licks the majority of the tuna juice off, he walks away from the bread again.
Next solution: Wrap some tuna in a little bread. I am a genius! The cat, however, it more of a genius. He figures out how to dig out the tuna and eat it with minimal bread consumption. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
I sit, eating the tuna, thinking, while an extremely attentive but still unwell kitty sits at my feet and begs. When I have finished all but the smallest crumbs of fish - with a little of the tuna water left because it never drains completely - in the very bottom of the bowl, I shred a little bread and drop it into the bowl. And when I put the bowl down, it works! The greedy little cat cleans the bowl - fish, bread and all.
An hour later, he ate a little of his normal kitty food and drank some water. An hour after that, he had managed to keep everything down. So I came to work.
I really don't like the idea of leaving a sick kitty alone at home, but I didn't have a heck of a lot of choice. This is going to be one long day.
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Eliot
Posted Oct 31, 2004
I have a charming new roommate - a red-headed hellion with blue-green eyes whose undeniable attraction helped him win his way home with me last Thursday. I am, I must say, completely smitten with him. 
Did I mention that he is a ? 
Thomas Stearns Eliot - Eliot to those who know him best - has made the G7 household a much happier place. His purrs and miaows are welcome additions to the ritual of coming home.
I could do without the scratches and bite marks however. 
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