Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 27, 2020

Paisley is hijacking the narrative and I don’t mind one bit. What do the ghosts smell like, Paisley? Please do tell. XD

Psychic toe beans! Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Darnit no wired faces here. :(

(Snorts awake, checks the time, shuffles into the Orbsters’ living room, hears the theme music for Our IX Lives playing on the TV … no more empty chairs, goes to stand behind the packed sofa … can’t see a thing … taps a man on the shoulder down front …)  “Yeah, I know, you’re ‘not here’, but could you slouch down in your seat just a bit?  Your brain is so huge it’s blocking my view of the telly … that’s better … thanks, Robin.”

Ooooh! Paisley backstory! I wonder if she was arrested for trespassing at the haunted observatory, and that’s why she was in jail — where she met Bandit! But they were star-crossed lovers, and never even learned each others’ names! (Which is why Paisley and Angora don’t know how closely their Destinies are intertwined!)

Not that I’m a fan or anything . . .

It’s generally hard to get a lightning-struck psychic to focus.

Where can I access the older IX Lives storylines? I have read only one other.

I’ve always wanted to be a psychic. Paisley, where is that haunted observatory?

Let’s see; if every cat has a ghost for each of his/her IX lives, and each ghost has a ghostlet for each oh HIS/HER IX lives,…"

She senses some people don’t have a clue who she is…

I love the soap opera trope of backstory exposition dialogue of the sort that would never occur in real life.

Afternoon soaps tend to have really good writing day to day. It’s the story arcs that are horrible. That’s one of the main reasons I gave up on them. The plots made me howl.

Oh, I luv Paisley’s two different color paws. And, toe beans. Whee!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Maat-Tilda: I love this new fabric we’ve created, Arachna. It’s good we solved the stickiness problem.

Arachna: I think we should make the fabric multi-colored, maybe with swirly patterns throughout. Maybe I could weave some patterns into the fabric.

Maat-Tilda: Great idea. Now, where can I find some bright pigment?

Tabith-Isis: I have just the thing for the red. I just caught some really bright dots.

Arachna: That’s great. Now I wonder if Elvis-Anum would let us have some of his inks.

In the Royal Library

Elvis-Anum: So you want to take some of my ink to create a new fabric?

Maat-Tilda: Yes, we can create a new tunic for you that will be the envy of all who see you.

Elvis-Anum: Well, I was rather dashing in my dancing-corsair days.

Maat-Tilda: Oh, thank you so much, Royal Scribe.

Back at the Royal Stage

Lupinium: This fabric is great! It’s strong, and I can use it in my acts. What do you call it?

From Backstage: Oh, no! One of the costumes is missing.

Lupinium: Quick Maat-Tilda, can you do your magic?

Maat-Tilda: I sure can try.

After the Latest Installment of It’s a Wonderful Nine Lives

Lupinium: That was a lovely outfit, my psychic friend. It became you so well.

Queen Catshepsut The Golden: I think it should be named in your honor, fine actress. What is your name?

Actress: Pais-Leprent, Your Majesty.

The Queen: Paisley Print! So be it!

“The fragrant ghosts of our distant past” is such a fantastic line!

I’m loving Paisley’s bunch of bracelets. But only one necklace?

Look at Angora making a megaphone of her paws to yell “Focus Paisley.”

I wonder if Paisley reads tarot cards?

I will see clearly now that Paisley’s here

She can see all obstacles in my way

Lightning strike turned on her psychic mind

She’s gonna have a light (light)

Light (light) enlightening say

In her very bright (bright)

Bright (bright) psychic way

Oh, yes I will make it now – she’s never wrong

All the uncertainty will disappear

Here are the answers I’ve been longing for

It’s gonna be an insightful

Insightful crystal ball-y day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSuB4t3q_dA

I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff

Songwriters: Johnny Nash

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.

We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking; we must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.”

– Albert Einstein

Hard to fit in all the backstory!

Love the friendly paw touch in panel one.

is Paisley a completely new character?

I don’t remember her from other IX Lives arcs.

I think I’m getting lost agaaaain. Yes, I know.

take a look at this link. it is about a space misson.https://www.nasa.gov/feature/coverage-of-landmark-nasa-spacex-commercial-crew-test-flight

Lol, someone is adlibing the script again.

I get the sense Angora’s regretting accidentally setting off a string of clunky expository dialogue, especially since it has nothing to do with what she wants to talk about.

I sense a Sybil Trelawney vibe here. Also, Paisley is one of the AWSUMEST names I’ve ever heard for a calico!

Will tomorrow be all flashback-style – wavy screen and all??!! Maybe they’ll go a little Dark Shadows on us?! … Stay tuned!! :)

(Speaking of which, wouldn’t Barnabas be a great name for a cat?!) :)

Paisley serms a bit like Sophie.

Just for well, no reason, really, I did a quick 3-card Tarot reading for Angora with my brand new cat tarot deck:

Card 1 (her past): The Fool. “Like a cat forced to wear accessories, we all feel foolish sometimes. This card…reminds us that trailblazers needn’t worry about the opinions of others. Cat-like curiosity is your guide.”

Card 2 (her present): Temperance. “Temperance reminds us that nothing is more satisfying than self-restraint… Moderation in all things… Go with the flow, not the trickle, not the flood. Patience can get results.”

Card 3 (her future): Queen of Pentacles. “The Queen of Pentacles portends great tidings ahead but as always, it takes both intelligence and diligence. The Queen of Pentacles is nurturing, supportive, strong, loving, creative and successful, thanks to her paws-on approach to the tasks in front of her. She’s incredibly astute and willing to keep at it until the treat is out of the maze. If she sounds ideal, that’s because she is.”

Those interpretations are from the guidebook that came with the deck. Deck and book are by Megan Lynn Kott. Adorable, clever, whimsical and humorous!

To see a run-thru of the deck, please visit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joNM107Jnug

You can mute the background music. lol

For a delightful review about this delightful deck by a delightful woman, please visit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lfrkyb8kno

Well Ms. Dunn, if you read all of these comments, they should provide a very interesting read for you today. We’ve covered just about every topic in the universe. Well, maybe not every topic, but you get my drift. LOL. For as long as it takes to read the strip and comments, it is almost like watching a very entertaining television program. Your artwork is really lovely and well done, by the way.

It appears that being struck by a lightning bolt in a haunted observatory has more side effects than merely becoming …look, a bright shiny object!

Maybe it was a greased lightning? How did the observatory become haunted?

Today is Cellophane Tape Day, a necessity to repair all the crashed paper airplanes from yesterday …

Cellophane is made from “regenerated” cellulose (hence its name). If formed into a fiber, it is rayon. This is really sweet: Cellophane, rayon, and their precursor, cellulose, are all polymers of glucose (sugar), and thus biodegradable.

Cellophane has low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria and water, though it is highly permeable to water vapor. Coating the material with a nitrocellulose lacquer greatly reduces the permeability to water vapor. (By the way, another name for nitrocellulose is gun cotton.) Cellophane and rayon are also highly flammable unless treated, having ignition temperatures slightly higher than paper (451°F).

The manufacturing process involves toxic and hazardous chemicals, particularly carbon disulfide, which is both toxic and highly flammable.

Any cellulose can be used to produce it. Recently bamboo has become a source. Fabrics made from processed bamboo cellulose are often marketed as “bamboo” fiber. If produced in the US, this labeling is illegal, but in some countries it is not. At least bamboo is a highly renewable resource.

Perhaps we will see if cellophane wrappers can go in our compost bin. Less in the landfill, more tomatoes in the garden.

Sounds more like she took a few too many tabs at Woodstock.

This made me laugh out loud!

It’s great to see Paisley today!

Paisley reminds me of Avalon Harmonia as portrayed by Cyndi Lauper on Bones.

Ooh! Are we going to get a ghost story in Our IX Lives?

Is BCN going to break in to show the SpaceX Launch & the People’s reactions?

Paisley — what a great name for a Calico cat! And I love Angora’s dress (that heart shaped bodice :) )

Angora. More Tulle!

Love how Georgia gives most of her lady cats a very feminine vibe. She dresses them with the best of frilly outfits.

Sort of off topic: I got my Beatrix Coffee Run mug today…totally adores….can hardly wait for coffee time tomorrow morning.

Check out the BCN Instagram—the family has adopted three adorable rat boys!

Paisley’s prose is perhaps un petit purple

TOE BEANS!!!!!!!!

Fragrant, huh? That’s a new one.