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1. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   If nitroglycerin made the symptoms go away, it was probably a spasm of a blood vessel — angina.

2. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   If you possibly can, wait until after Christmas. (I know! Impatience!) There are just so many things dangerous for a new kitty — poinsettia, ribbons, tape, light strings, breakable ornaments, extra people clomping around stepping on things and leaving the door open so a scared kitty can run out…

   After Christmas you’ll have more time to sit quietly and let the kitty(ies) get to know you and their new space.

3. 2 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Even cricket?

4. 3 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Remember Lupin got in the shower; he doesn’t mind water. (He’s nuts, for a cat!)

5. 4 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I’ll bet that in the scene in Star Wars 3 (Revenge of the Sith) where Amidala names her twins before she dies, there’s an outtake where she says, “Luke…. Laura… (gasp,thud)”

6. 5 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Every time we refill our fountain we pull the filters and clean them. There’s a simple plastic one between the bowl and the pump that just needs a rinse to get the cat hairs out, and the charcoal one inside that needs to be backflushed with hot water to remove the ewwww slime. Once a month I’ll take the thing completely apart, clean the slime from every surface, replace the charcoal filter, and run sodium perchlorate through it before I rinse and refill.

   Every time I do that, I think of making an Amazon video review complaining about all the places where the slime hides and is impossible to get all of it, so it feeds the next slime ecosystem. How the heck are you supposed to clean 30 degree corners, 1/2 inch spaces between walls, and tiny (I mean, 1/8 inch diameter) hollow tubes?

7. 5 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   That’s a Charles Wysocki, isn’t it? Looks like Etsy has it because it’s transformed (under copyright permission) into woven or needlepoint.

8. 6 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   “I wanna know what food is, I want you to show me!” With Elvis and Lupin doing “ooh ooh” in the background.

9. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   I suspect that she got a “summary” of the episode created by AI, and wrote her essay based on that.

   Repeating things in slightly different language is a well-known way of getting the essay up to “500 words” or whatever.

10. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    Nope, not at all paranoid. I’ve already sent my and scaeva’s info to Denny — note that the ISP is @ zipcon. net (remove spaces).