Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 08, 2022

But . . . we don’t have a purple one.

And we might find an extension cord!

But…but…but…you could have eight!

A lava lamp’s siren song is like no other.

Never had one. Though they were ugly, even whe they were popular. Just not into that sort of thing.

Aww come on Mom, Please???? Just one more!

Ah, sweet, adorable Agnes -

“The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul.”

- Alexandra Stoddard

Weren’t lava lamps banned by an international treaty in 1981?

One Raccs trash is… another Raccoon’s trash.

That’s a whistle that the raccoon in the red striped lampshade is holding, isn’t it?

If it works, I’ll take it! Poor Racoon, holding his prize and being told he can’t keep it…

(And seriously, That Man, thrift stores and donations are a thing, y’know.)

The chickadees are on alert, looking to each side. Do they expect trouble?

But this one is purple!!

I remember an NCIS episode that involved a whole wall of lava lamps that were used to generate random encryption numbers so Torres has to throw something at them bringing all those beautiful lava lamps smashing to the floor.

I love the racoon with the eye patch sporting one eyeglass piece for the other eye. Georgia has such a creative mind.

Oh, what a nice lava lamp!

I’ll giggle over this one all day long. This one is perfect, Georgia. Thank you!

The solution is clearly to get some outlets.

Lava lamps are still made!

https://www.lavalamp.com/

Good arc forming here, the raccoons get an extension cord or 2 and start stealing electricity from the Big Pink House causing blackouts and circuit breaker overloads, forcing the Robber Mice and the Cats (of course) into action. It could be a crisis! Imagine if they have to miss “Our IX Lives” because of a popped breaker or blown fuse! The horror! Maybe a showdown between old Mag and Baba Mouse!

Ah, not dining tonight. Treasure hunting!

One man’s trash is a raccoon’s treasure. Still counts as recycling.

While watching Dune in a movie theater, I noticed a raccoon sitting next to me, at least I thought it was.

“Are you a raccoon?” I asked surprised.

“Yes.”

“What are you doing at the movies?” I asked.

The raccoon replied, “Well, I liked the book.”

That little fellow looks a lot like the one inside the dumpster, the true “diver” if you will.

╮(╯▽╰)╭

The old too-many-lamps, not-enough-outlets, conundrum.

Old Mags has spoken, and the wisdom she imparts is… “No more lava lamps.”

Meanwhile Back On the Nile

Sophititi: Adobe Style! How nice to see you!

Adobe Style: I wanted to show you the candles I made.

Sophititi: They are exquisite! How did you make all the little bubbles?

Adobe Style: I added soft wax to oil and let the heat melt them.

Sophititi: I could watch them for hours. So relaxing.

Enter a White Streak

Lupinium: Ooh! Those pretty lights make me want to run!

Adobe Style: To each their own.

Kudos to the commenter who predicted that this would be connected to the moving neighbor arc. Good for old Magnet for being firm, sometimes it’s hard to tell how many lava lamps is too many.

What to say, what to say, I can’t think of anything to say…

One can never have enough unusable lava lamps!

Keep collecting them, it will give your decendants soemthing to talk about one day

“No more lava lamps” is a good rule for anyone. Even if they have no lava lamps. Especially if they have no lava lamps, since that means it is not too late for them.

But they’re so shiiiiiiiiiny.

Off-topic, but oh-so-cat-related.

This weekend, I washed all the bathroom throw rugs. Last night, Akiro had a bout of tummy trouble … yep, one of his targets was a freshly laundered rug. :( At least that’s easier to clean than the carpet.

The Slow Mo Guys and Blue Man Group have a solution for your oversupply of lava lamps.

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https://youtu.be/llv8BFB_k-A?t=633

When I was a kid, our pediatrician had a lava lamp; red, of course. (I believe they were only in red at the time.) I was fascinated. He told me it was blood.

Cue big eyes. “Wow!!!!”

Never had a lava lamp but I did have the 80’s equivalent – a fiber optic lamp that looked like a spray of flowers!

The whisk can probably be adapted into a weapon.

Or the vile raccoons learn how to use mirrors and a magnifying glass to warm the base of the lamp to make the “lava” rise and fall in place of a lightbulb. Of course once they learn that they’ll figure out how to weaponize the system for the next war they plan to start.

Does anyone remember rain lamps? Not sure if that would be to the taste of the raccoons though, esp Queen Mag….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSMqSnsU4TA

I’m betting that lava lamp is “somehow” still going to end up going with the trash pandas.

My sister got the nieces and nephew lava lamps one year for Christmas. I got them sticky balls (those slimy balls you could throw at walls, they went splat, and then slowly reformed to roll down the wall). Guess which was more popular?

A whisk can be a weapon if you are a Dalek….

We escaped Lava Lamps until this year. A relative gifted us with a Christmas decoration of 8 mini-lava-light candles with evergreen foliage around them. The neighborhood got to see them; I didn’t, since there’s a blind behind the bay window where we set them.

You can always sell them on eBay

I want a purple lava lamp! Although I should be content with the glitter lamp I have. A bulb in the base heats up the liquid (just water, I think), and the rising heat creates a current in the middle, which makes the star-shaped glitter rise, and it drifts down around the edges. The glass is tinted purple at the bottom, green in the middle, and blue at the top, so it creates the illusion that the glitter is those colors.

I’m thinking this first floor guy might have been more interesting than his lack of cats suggested.

There are many YouTube videos of Lava Lamps. There’s even an APP!