News From Yesterday
Here’s a comment from Fatty Kitty that came in yesterday but got moderated, whatever that means. No one here knows, I can tell you that.
“I hope you allow Cats on this blog. I have news of Staff wheedled from a nurse (dogs aren’t the only ones who know how to beg). She’s out of the ICU and has been walking around. She ate a full meal tonight. My staff (known as the Librarian) is quite impressed. I am too, except for the full meal. I always make sure I get a full meal. I wouldn’t accept anything less. And now, time for my nap. As they say out here in Montana, get along, little doggies.”
Now Admin is saying news from yesterday is an oxymoron and Spence is saying it isn’t. Don’t know what this is about, but once we took down this perp named Moron Muldoon, me and Bernie. He tried to run away from us but his cowboy boots were on the wrong feet.
Tomorrow: Back to Astrid.
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4:54 am on July 22nd, 2010
I'm pondering whether I agree with Admin or Spence about the oxymoron.
I'm glad Staff is doing well.
4:54 am on July 22nd, 2010
Boots!… I bet Moron Muldoon didn’t get very far…. HA!… Oh, a good laugh first thing in the morning is just what I needed….snort!
Staff!… I have news of Staff too from yesterday…sniff!…I’m with Spence on this one, news from yesterday is still news to me!…
“Wednesday update:
Nancy out of ICU into Room 354. Surgeon said she may be discharged on Friday. After discharge, blood monitoring three times a week ( not three times a day as said before) so may come to Clifford – depends on how she feels about the hour road trip.
She started the anti-rejection drugs today. Prefer no visitors for a couple of days anyway. Kidney still not working but no concern about it. She's eating hospital food, Looks good – not as tired in the evening as before.”
4:54 am on July 22nd, 2010
FATTY KITTY!
I was just going to post last night's update and there you are in the place of honor. I'll give you a little petting before I go kayaking in the ocean. I know the librarian would like to be here.
4:55 am on July 22nd, 2010
Holy Crap!…snort!…Three on a Match!….we are doomed…grunt!
4:58 am on July 22nd, 2010
Guys go look at Fatty Kitty's post yesterday and you'll see an avatar.
4:59 am on July 22nd, 2010
GASP!… Fatty Kitty has an Avatar!…. snort!snort!…. How in the world????
5:11 am on July 22nd, 2010
Thank you, Chet for posting the news! Thanks go to Rio, also. We have all been concerned and thinking of her and missing her. We miss Abbie and Alice too.
Fatty Kitty, cats are welcome on the blog. Montana is one of my favorite states, and Fatty Kitty has a good sense of humor.
Dawson, my mom would like to be there. Not me, I'd rather go to Montana. Aww shucks…Mom just told me, "Do not invite yourself to go to Montana".
5:51 am on July 22nd, 2010
Fatty Kitty's also has a web site! Pretty cool.
Oxymoron is 5th century Latin from Ancient Greek words for sharp and dull. (from Wikipedia)
Not sure about yesterday's news being an oxymoron. I mean if you haven't heard heard the news from yesterday it's still new news. Right?
BUT, I can see where Chet might be correct in lateral thinking about oxymoron and Moron Muldoon. First if he was dealing OxyContin or Oxy, he would then me OxyMoron Muldoon. Second, he was "sharp" enough to put on his boots, but "dull" enough to put them on the wrong feet!
5:53 am on July 22nd, 2010
Staff, Lots of Newfy drool, hair, hugs, licks, and tail wags to you.
(And let me tell you, when a Newf licks your face, you are well licked!)
5:54 am on July 22nd, 2010
Man, I wish I had a brain. Perhaps climbing up and down the step ladder putting up a shade was not something I should have done.
DAWSON, I have two small kayaks for lakes. I love them. Wish I was out in the ocean with you. Kayaking is the best. Hope you have a waterproof camera.
7:00 am on July 22nd, 2010
We here in Illinois are so glad to hear that Staff is feeling better. Now we just need to jump start that kidney and she will be good as new, or even better.
Siber H, we saw a Huskey on the Today Show this a.m. that was up for adoption, and he had on eyeliner just like you.
7:13 am on July 22nd, 2010
Kidneys!… I was just reading up on kidney transplant recovery guidelines….snort!… It says the person recovering should avoid lifting heavy objects for at least six to eight weeks! ….grunt!…This means Staff will not be able to lift AbbieTheKat for quite some time…heh!
7:18 am on July 22nd, 2010
SiberH!…The Rockies are playing right now!…snort!…It’s an early game for some reason!…wheeze!
8:06 am on July 22nd, 2010
Thank goodness Staff is recouping and getting stronger by the day. Sometimes modern medicine is truly remarkable. Hopefully, AtK and AJ are getting prepared to give her lots of love when she gets home. Cat kisses and good wishes from Texas and G &BB
8:33 am on July 22nd, 2010
She’s eating hospital food, Looks good – not as tired in the evening as before.”
As anyone who has ever been in the hospital knows, sometimes food DOES look pretty tired. Glad hers looks good. And best wishes for fast healing. They tried to teach ME to heal, but everyone knows that the princess doesn't walk behind or beside, but out front.
Fatty Katty! Hi, mom had to take my cousin Funny Face to the vet yesterday, now that is one fatty katty. He had to get his glucose regulated. Obviously he does not subscribe to the "diet and exercise" method of diabetes control. If you were to put the food and water in his favorite space behind the couch, that Kat would never move.
Oh, and we are firmly in the "if I haven't read it, it is still news" camp.
9:20 am on July 22nd, 2010
If news means new information and the audience was not previously aware of it, then today's title would not be an oxymoron. If news means a report of a recent event and one defines "yesterday" as recent, today's title would not be an oxymoron.
Sophomore is definitely an oxymoron: based on two Greek words meaning wise fool. I don't tell my students that however.
9:23 am on July 22nd, 2010
Testing, 1, 2, 3, testing.
9:27 am on July 22nd, 2010
YIKES!!! RIO!!! I didn't know the Rockies were playing now.
9:32 am on July 22nd, 2010
I got to the game late, but the score is tied and De La Rosa is pitching better today.
9:58 am on July 22nd, 2010
Wow!… It’s bottom of the 9th and the score is tied!….snort!… The Rockies must not let those Fish score!….grunt!…then we will go in to extra innings!…yeep!
10:05 am on July 22nd, 2010
CRAPPOLA! …snort!
10:11 am on July 22nd, 2010
crap…but the Rockies played a good game and stayed in there.
10:20 am on July 22nd, 2010
Yup!….Right up until they lost it!… grumble!
Astrid!…Tomorrow we get back to the mystery…snort!….I’ve forgottent where we were at… wheeze! …Bernie bounced the bouncer, then what happened after that?…grunt!
10:25 am on July 22nd, 2010
Nothing happened after that Rio.
10:26 am on July 22nd, 2010
Mollypop has her avatar up.
10:31 am on July 22nd, 2010
Gasp!… Molly, how did you do it??…snort!… Did you create a Avatar that follows you around?? … snort!…I was going to try that tonight…grunt!…YIPPEE!
10:38 am on July 22nd, 2010
Molly!…Did you go out to the gravatar website and create your avatar that way?…snort!snort!
10:47 am on July 22nd, 2010
Avatar!…Testing!…snort!snort!
10:49 am on July 22nd, 2010
Snort!…I did it!…snort!…I have an Avatar, but it is being moderated!…WOOOO!… We don't need that Fabulous Baker Boy after all!…gruff!
10:51 am on July 22nd, 2010
Avatar!… I have an Avatar!…snort! ….It is being moderated right now…gloat!
10:52 am on July 22nd, 2010
Rio – Yes, go to gravatar.com and set one up that way. I kept wanting to do something and Mom wanted me to wait for admin to set up the software. I'm not good at waiting. I think immediate gratification is the American way.
10:54 am on July 22nd, 2010
Avatar!… snort!snort!… Now I have one too!… wooo!
10:57 am on July 22nd, 2010
We did one for Sam but because the avatar is connected to the email address, her family is going to have to be more organized. Her girl grabs whatever computer and email happens to be handy. Typical – so we'll see.
11:01 am on July 22nd, 2010
The avatars look good!
11:02 am on July 22nd, 2010
Wow!… I’m so excited!… snort!… Molly, its been right in front of us all this time….grunt!… All we had to do was try it!… Yippeee!
11:08 am on July 22nd, 2010
Sighs of relief from WW from the Golden State. I am so happy to hear that Staff is on the mend, sorry about the tired food though.
I want an Avatar!! That's what I'm going to do when Mom gets home from work. I have avatar envy!
11:09 am on July 22nd, 2010
Instructions!… Go to http://www.avatar.com and click where it says “Get your avatar today”….gruff!…Follow the simple instructions and in a few minutes just like magic you will have an avatar…. Snort!.
11:12 am on July 22nd, 2010
Whoops!… Wrong website in the above instructions!…snort!
Use http://www.gravatar.com instead and 'Get your Avatar today'!…grunt!
11:14 am on July 22nd, 2010
RIO? Is it simple enough that I can do it?
11:22 am on July 22nd, 2010
Simple!….So simple even a Husky can do it!… heh!
11:29 am on July 22nd, 2010
I'm going to get an avatar!!! Our computer whiz is going to fix it up for me! THANK YOU!!
11:33 am on July 22nd, 2010
Celebration!…This definitely calls for a bowl of beer later!…. grunt!… Oh crap, I can’t….growl!…Where is lil Lexi at anyway???… bad little dawggie!… Bad!
11:35 am on July 22nd, 2010
Good news from Capitol Hill for a change. The House yesterday passed, by a vote of 416-3 (we need to do something about the 3 cretins who voted against it) legislation that would again ban so-called "crush videos" which graphically depict the abuse and killing of animals. This is intended to address that yucky Supreme Court decision (remember Alito's dissent) that struck down the prior federal law on the grounds that it was too broadly written and violated free speech protections. The new legislation is more narrowly crafted to meet constitutional standards. It makes it a crime to sell or distribute videos that violate bans on animal cruelty by showing animals being burned, drowned, suffocated or impaled. Exceptions are made for normal animal husbandry films or films depicting hunting, trapping and fishing. Now the Senate just needs to get on the stick and pass it to. We also need to find a way to get it applied in Russia to deal with those jerks who abused that poor donkey. Wookie the avenger
11:58 am on July 22nd, 2010
Thanks Wookie, Keep us posted please. This is not making any news that I have seen or read. I hope the Senate gets with it now.
12:03 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Wookie!… I would really like to know who the Three were that voted against it!… grunt!… If you find out their names, will you please post it out here?…. snort!…
Wookie!… Did you see the Avatars???… skipping! I’m skipping!…. gruff!
12:05 pm on July 22nd, 2010
I'm running! I'm running! (even in this heat) Molly did it! There is my avatar!
12:07 pm on July 22nd, 2010
HEY!….SiberH has an Avatar!….Wooooo Wooooo!… You kick butt my friend!…snort!
12:10 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Well, Standard Poodles are at the top of the list of the world's smartest dog breeds. Rio, hee hee, you and I are not in the top ten.
12:11 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hey, we look cool together there, Rio.
12:16 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Stover has a pretty avatar!
12:22 pm on July 22nd, 2010
My bottle of Cahors Black (Malbec) just arrived. Chateau Haut-Monplaisir 2007. I have to save it.
12:26 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Look!…You can change your Avatar at will!….snort!
12:27 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Admin: Wookie – did you see the post from 4/26/10, United States vs. Stevens? Thanks for this good news.
12:27 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Well!…Almost at will!…heh!…Stover has one now!…Woooo!
12:31 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Gulp!… I posted at the same time Chet did!… yeep!… Has my Avatar changed yet?…snort!
12:32 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Rio: Your avatar has changed but I prefer the one of you.
12:36 pm on July 22nd, 2010
SiberH!…What do you mean by “you and I are not in the top ten”??…. snort!…I resemble that remark!…grunt!
12:38 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Stover!…Well, I would prefer to see what you look like too!…snort!… I was just doing a test to see if changing photo’s works…grunt!…It takes a few posts to get it back to the original for some reason…sniff!
12:53 pm on July 22nd, 2010
SH: Thank you. I make note cards with pictures that I take. This is one of them.
Rio: I don't have a picture of myself from my digital camera. Also, I don't like having my picture taken. If I had your black eyes and curly tail I wouldn't mind posting my picture.
1:05 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Aunt Mollysmom picked me up today. it seems that I found a chap stick in her purse and maybe ate it.
1:09 pm on July 22nd, 2010
We need to get one of those avatars. Soon, very soon.
How could anyone watch animals being murdered? We have a lot of very sick people out there. It makes my stomach curdle just thinking about it. Barb can't even watch some of the natural predator things on Animal Planet or Discovery.
1:18 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hey, y'all! When Mom went back to the reunion for her college newspaper, she got one of her favorite t-shirts that says, "If it happens…it's news to us!" So I think today's column qualifies as news, since Staff walking around happened!
Bee: My grandpa is a retired college professor, and he has always said that sophomores were his least favorite students to teach, because freshmen are scared, but then they get to be sophomores and they think they know it all. It isn't until they get to be juniors and seniors and realize that they're about to go into the real world that they understand they know nothing at all!
1:18 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Rio, look up the top ten smartest dog breeds on the internet. Pugs and Huskies are not in the top ten. It is always Standard Poodles and Border Collies at the top of the list. I wonder who makes up these lists anyway. They have obviously not lived with a pug or a husky, or maybe they have.
Mom hates to have her picture taken, also. She only has pictures of dogs in her cell phone.
1:22 pm on July 22nd, 2010
T: Your grandpa is correct. "A little learning is a dangerous thing…."
1:29 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Sam, tell me that you didn't eat the metal part of the chapstick. Mom's female Siberian once ate a chapstick, but not the metal part. It didn't harm her at all, but she was a lot bigger than you are.
1:34 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hmmm, I think I have to change my name to get this to work.
1:36 pm on July 22nd, 2010
So I had to change my name. I'm being moderated. I will now be MelaniePatsy.
Which is cool, because Patsy is my alter-ego Newfoundland. She's a lot like me.
Sometime I'll have to tell you about the mouse and how Patsy came to be my dog. Unless I have already.
1:37 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Weird. Now I'm I have the avatar and didn't have to change my name.
Whatever, as my sons would say with a roll of the eyes.
1:45 pm on July 22nd, 2010
I'd like to hear about Patsy and the mouse.
1:45 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hey, MollyPop, you are beautiful and fierce!
1:51 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Melanie – Can you see my poufy tail? Does it look as fierce as my Mom says it does?
2:04 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Patsy was owned by Zoë (River Bear Newfoundlands) but spent a great deal of time with me. This was when we only had five dogs. (only, snicker) At night, I would bring up a piece of cheese in a plastic bag and put it in my top drawer. It's an old house and I have two rooms. A large one for a work room and a small one for a bedroom. The small one is easier to heat. I can fit a bed, bedside table and my dresser in it. The dresser is around 20 inches from the bed. Tight quarters for a Newf.
Patsy would come in and get her belly rubbed while I read. And then when it was time to go to sleep, we would split the piece of cheese.
Until One Dark and Spooky Night . . .
Patsy, upside down, tail wagging while I was reading a Harry Potter book, when we heard a noise. A skittery sort of noise, like claws on wood. Patsy got up and sat on my stomach as we listened to little claws climbing up into different drawers.
Then silence. Patsy got off the bed, sniffed the dresser, backed up and jumped up on the bed, and looked at me. I said, "No way I'm I getting off this bed!" We stared at the dresser.
The claws continued. Then the rattle of plastic and silence again. I leaned over and hit the side of the dresser. There was a noise of plastic being dragged down the back of the dresser, small claws and then Patsy woofed. Patsy has a deep woof. Whop, something hit the floor and out of the back came a mouse dragging the plastic bag of cheese, it headed to the hall, out the door and disappeared.
Patsy wagged her tail, woofed and rolled on her back, I started laughing and rubbing her belly.
When Zoë heard this, she decided that Patsy and I deserved each other!
2:04 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Siber-H, I only ate the gooey stuff. Aunt Mollysmom is faster than she looks.
2:05 pm on July 22nd, 2010
MollyPop, I can see your poufy tail and it shows that you are a fierce dog!
2:22 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Melanie: I love the story. You had Mighty Mouse in the drawer and Patsy knew it!
2:30 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Sam, That's good..it shouldn't harm you then. Moms can be faster sometimes than we think they are. Drat it all.
Molly, I can see your poufy tail. I don't know about fierce, but you sure are CUTE! I've never dated a French Poodle before. Stover could loan us some of her wine. tee hee
The avatars are so cool. There's Sam and Patsy! Sam's shows up good because she is little and all white.
2:52 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hi guys and cats and dogs,
I am reading the posts from Monday night when I got the kidney. You guys sure did a lot of posts! I will try to catch up and answer any quilt questions you have. Right now they are thinking I sm doing well and I will go home on Saturday.
They are giving me a shot right now!!!!
Staff
2:52 pm on July 22nd, 2010
OW!
3:01 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Party!….Oh Happy Day!…snort!snort!… I have waited for this day for so long now!… Wooooo!…. Now this is the Blog I imagined it could be!…grunt!… I wonder if Chet will get an Avatar?…. sniff!sniff!… Not the one Spencer always uses either. I mean his very own Avatar of HIM!…heh! …That would be very cool!… wheeze!…If not Chet then Audrey would do nicely…cough!…Speaking of Audrey, where is Wookie and his Avatar!…heh!…Come on Mr. Debonair show us your stuff!…sneeze!
Cool!…This is now officially the Coolest Blog on the Block!… snort!…Wait till AbbieTheKat and Alice see this!…oh my!…Alice’s eyes will be on us whenever she posts…crap!…Forgot about that…derrrrr!
3:03 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Opps!…snort!… I had to change my email address (again!)..grunt!
3:07 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Fantastic!!! Staff just posted! We are so happy to hear from you and to know that you are doing so well. We have missed you, but want you to take all the time you need to recover.
3:08 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Staff: It is good to hear from you! My quilt square is done but I'll wait until you get home and start feeling well enough to deal with quilt things.
3:15 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Update!!!…. Staff herself says “I am doing great!”… Yeah!… She does have to be careful of infection and has to wear a mask when she leaves her room….snort!…She was able to sneak out of her room and push someone off the computer so she could write an update!…grunt!… She also says, “I am amazed how well I feel after only 24 hours. My goal today is to Poop!” ….sniff!sniff!… She also said, “I also want to thank Mom for being a great role model when she was sick two years ago. I know I am doing so well because she taught me how to focus on one thing, getting out of here, and that is my goal…Well, after pooping.
Love to you all,
Nancy (who has three kidneys)”
Heh!… I hope she will not mind me posting some of her update…snort!…I know how much all of you are thinking of her and I just wanted to let you know her lovely humor is still in place!… grunt!… I can’t wait till she sees the Avatars!…woooo!
3:21 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Welcome back Staff!
3:39 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Rio: Staff posted here twice at 7:52.
3:56 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Oh!…ooops!…She hasn't yelled at me yet, so I guess she doesn't hate me too much…snort!
5:01 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Oh my!heh!… After our walk that came after the rain…snort!… we’ve been watching 'Psyche' and the ending was so funny we are still laughing! …heh!… Maybe it’s more funny to us because her best friend is taking tap dance lessons and that was part of the story … snicker!…There is a recital….Ha! Way too funny!…snort!….I wish Melanie's son could get a speaking part on ‘Psyche’, that would be awesome!…heh!
5:18 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Dule started taking dancing lessons when he was three. Go to IMDB.com and type in his name to get his bio.
5:24 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Stover!…Was Dule the little boy on The Bill Cosby Show?…snort!
5:29 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Staff got an avatar up. How did she do that when she is in the hospital.
5:33 pm on July 22nd, 2010
I don't know about the Cosby Show. I first saw Dule on West Wing.
5:37 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hey!…She is feeling good!…snort!… I can’t tell what Staff’s Avatar is of though….gurnt!….Anyone?
6:03 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Hell!…Where is everyone!…snort!… I am going to go to bed if this is the way it’s going to be on this BIG Break-Through HISTORIC DAY….cripes!… Maybe I am the only one who dreamed of having Avatars…snorkel!… It’s all a ‘who cares’ kind of thing for the majority of you MISSING guys! …grunt!… Where is Lil Lexi and her annoying Bobs???…crap!…. Good night!
6:10 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Goodnight, Rio
I'm very happy with the avatars. They are a huge, cheerful improvement over the shadowheads we have lived with for so long.
It is a HISTORIC DAY!!!
6:11 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Gosh all get out! Drat!
I had this long post where I replied to everyone and I hit refresh and it disappeared!
WHAAAAA!!!
Well I am not doing it again and that is final.
Except, Mr Husky you are a doll and I choose number three also. It sort of reminds me of this one of Alice Johnson…
[img ]http://www.chetthedog.com/wp-content/uploads/1279854623-Alice food.jpg[/img]
Alice and her food! Heh heh heh,
I am working on Avatars too.
>^..^<
6:17 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Staff, I am thrilled to see you and Alice here, but I think you are suppose to be recovering, resting, and stuff like that.
By the way, your instructions on how to buy the fabric and do the quilt block were excellent. How do I know…my mom understood them.
I wonder if Alice is into sharing.
6:22 pm on July 22nd, 2010
I have posted some as Staff with another email addy and they don't show up. Possible moderation although it doesn't say. I am wondering if I can get a staff Avatar up.
Staff, who is going to bed now.
Nighty night all of you.
6:29 pm on July 22nd, 2010
PS Rio, etal,
My avatar…er, Alice and Abbie's avatar, is a picture of them when Abbie was a kitty and tiny and Alice was bigger. Alice is on top of a chair seat and patting Abbie who is under the chair and patting back at her.
Gosh a little picture like that is sure lost in translation.
[img ]http://www.chetthedog.com/wp-content/uploads/1279855680-small catwars.jpg[/img]
That took a while. I think I tried it twice. Oh well, once for each cat?
Night all.
6:41 pm on July 22nd, 2010
OH!…The minute I ‘say’ I am going to bed you guys start posting!!!!???… grumble!…Well, that just takes the cake!…snort!…Any you know how much I like cake!…quiver!
7:35 pm on July 22nd, 2010
Wow!
Avatars! And Staff is feeling well enough to post! Thanks to Rio for updating because I've been very busy kayaking in the ocean. It is so much fun. I must tell the truth that I can't really see those avatars because I'm on this teeny tiny computer. For that reason I will be glad to get home in a few days. But tomorrow…more kayaking then a train ride to Victoria. My sister has 3 kidneys!!!