I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Kitty does not look amused.
Kitties!!!!
Beautiiiiful!
Aaaahhhhh.....Friday..
Meow.
Geez, at this point, Friday ToeJamBlogging, would hold more interest for me...
Cool. I guess we got a two-fer because of last week's cable crisis?
whatta ya-"Wilson"
I think the idea of catblogging has lost its charm ... for the cats, anyway.
The top cat is clearly dying for our sins.
wÒÓ†, That was funny. Sacrelegious (sic), but funny.
Yayyyyy Kitties!
Sure, cats are pretty and all, but have you ever tried getting one to fetch your slippers?
The Passion of the Cat
In this day's episode of Cat Blogging, Atrios seemingly mistakes his feline for Stretch Armstrong.
Stay tuned as we hear "Tourniquet. I need a tourniquet here!"
Next weeks episode : "Doctor, will the Blogger survive? Nurse there are not enough transfusions in the world to handle that much damage"
Ever put on slipper fetched by a drooling dog?
That Enya song from "Sleepwalkers" is going through my head after seeing the unamused kitties.
Hiding behind the kitties again?
They look like they're not excited by the Iraqi elections either.
"Dying for our sins" or playing "airplane", you decide.
The top kitty has that long-suffering expression on his face.
full disclosure, I am a dog lover, never did have a dog that fetched slippers, newspapers or anythign useful, but they are fun to romp about in the snow with.
alas, I fell in love with a cat person, and have learned to love the little fluffballs.
What's funnier is that Gizmo (Wiley?) took the top photo.
Wal-Mart just extended benefits to same-sex partners:
http://tinyurl.com/469xz
yea, all sorts of limitations: not many employees get benefits, might only apply in some states, etc. Still, this ought get them riled back in Arkansas..
Dude, those are cats with attitude!
Sccopernicus,
No, but it isn't much fun having a cat deposit a hairball in one, either! Fortunately, my two kitties have iron stomachs.
He just doesn't look as pissed as my old cat would have if I ever dared to do something like that . . .
"Jesus. The things I have to do for food."
Gotta love them kitties!
Sure does make me miss mine--passed away just about a year ago.
How do I get in on cat blogging anyway? I'ze got cool cats too....
Sir, do you have this same shirt, but in a color to match my cat.
Wal-Mart just extended benefits to same-sex partners...
Wal-Mart provides benefits? You mean, besides the smock?
Nice to see they're up and about and presumably warm.
Here in my Northeast apartment my two cats are being remarkably affectionate in terms of cuddling with each other and with me. I'd like to think it's love, but I rather suspect poor insulation.
Holy Kitty Cats!
Pay no attention to the man behind the cat!
First picture: Atrios desperately attempts to remake "The Matrix" shot-for-shot, using his cats and a digital camera.
Second picture: One's by the book, the other is a total outlaw. They're "Cat Cops," a midseason replacement coming to Fox in February, after "Simple Life 4: Paris and Nicole Run Iraq."
Bottom shot: "Don't even think you're going to subject me to that humiliation."
blogging is for the lesser species. i'll have none of it.
(/cat)
Quote de jour:
"In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true. ... Mass propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow. The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such conditions, one could make people believe the most fantastic statements one day, and trust that if the next day they were given irrefutable proof of their falsehood, they would take refuge in cynicism; instead of deserting the leaders who had lied to them, they would protest that they had known all along that the statement was a lie and would admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness."
Hannah Arendt, "The Origins of Totalitarianism," published in 1951.
WHAT are you doing to that cat???
Second picture: One's by the book, the other is a total outlaw. They're "Cat Cops," a midseason replacement coming to Fox in February, after "Simple Life 4: Paris and Nicole Run Iraq."
Good cat, bad cat?
whoops, should have credited Jon Carrol for raising the quote:
http://tinyurl.com/6w8bc
Wiley seems to be somewhat bored in the top shot. It's like "So what, he's posing me, I'm not going to cooperate by providing the reaction expression"
Eben, great quote.
Yeah, the bottom shot seems to be "Wiley and Gizmo do the cast of Law and Order".
Gary Frazier
I was thinking more Steed and Lady Peel.
I think the bottom picture is the best yet, but about that lighting..
Anyway, thanks for the kitties!
-
Atrios,
That cat in the top picture is going to scratch you. Maybe not today, but someday soon, when you least expect it. That kitty is not a happy kitty.
Bottom shot: "I don't really care what embarrassment you exposed Wiley to. I'm still not going to tell you where I hid the scotch."
o/` Here I come, to save the DAAAAY... o/`
unhand me yankee...
Wal-Mart just extended benefits to same-sex partners...
No, they didn't.
They revised their policy to say that the portions dealing with confidentiality (forbidding employees from sharing confidential info with family members, for example) apply to same-sex couples, even though in most states those couples are denied their rights to marry.
nah, the cats seem to be impervious to abuse
How To Give Cats and Dogs Pills:
Cats:
1. Pick cat up and cradle in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3. Retrieve cat from bedroom and throw soggy pill away.
4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of 10.
5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.
6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruleer into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.
10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.
11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of Scotch. Pour shot, drink. Apply cold compresses to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee-Shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
12. Ring fire department to retrieve friggin' cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.
13. Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining room table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.
14. Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stiches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.
15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and ring local pet shop to
What happened to Alberto Gonzales’ missing Air Force years?
nah, the cats seem to be impervious to abuse
Atrios
Much like rank'n'file republican voters
dogs, wrap pill in bacon
nah, the cats seem to be impervious to abuse
Atrios
You just keept tellin' yourself that, buddy.
One night, when you least expect it...BAM!
that's obviously just a puppet cat.
Aww, the poor sweeties!!
Only the happiest and most secure cats let you handle them any which way. They're in kitty heaven right there in Atrios' house...
[re: first pic]: "Rook! Rook! It's Godzirra kitty! Lun, lun for your rives!"
That gray one is going to get you, Atrios.
[re: first pic]: "Rook! Rook! It's Godzirra kitty! Lun, lun for your rives!"
Rochambeaux
You of all people shouldn't be making fun of the French like that.
So exactly how close are you, Atrios, to dressing them up?
Is that one of them new boneless kitties? 
Thanks for the day-brightener, Atrios!
Our cats, when annoyed with us, give us the silent treatment. They are especially bored now, since the extreme cold is keeping them from going out at night and ravaging the ecosystem.
Now the little one just starts mewing at 5:00 for no good reason.
The kitties are back!!!!!!!
But they look like they are plotting a takeover...
(we'll get you for this, Duncan, if it's the last thing we do...)
Thank you for Kitties!!!!
So exactly how close are you, Atrios, to dressing them up?
mena
YES!!!
Someone finally asks what we all really want to know.
Today's Miscellaneous Lifeform...meh
Your hidden political commentary is subtle, yet effective, Atrios. What you are saying is that the cat is like the "winner" of the Iraqi election and "you" are portraying the Bush administration's role after Jan. 31. You leave out the fact that the cat has far more intelligence and sensitivity than anyone in the White House. The second photo portrays an egalitarian Iraq where all cats are essentially equal, but stare back at us with loathing. This cat-blogging code is devious.
nah, the cats seem to be impervious to abuse
Atrios
You just keept tellin' yourself that, buddy.
One night, when you least expect it...BAM!
watertiger |
What, are you suggesting that Atrios' cats been have hanging around with Ailes and O'LIE-lly?
So exactly how close are you, Atrios, to dressing them up?
mena
Oh, and not to be competitive or anything Atrios, but Glenn Reynolds is dressing his cats up as Civil War Reenactors and having the South win at Gettysburg.
Catty Lee beats Tomcat Meade everytime.
"Is it difficult?"
Guess Who
top photo-the passion of the duncan
What, are you suggesting that Atrios' cats been have hanging around with Ailes and O'LIE-lly?
No, Emeril Lagasse.
Attaturk - Scarlet and Rhett.
Atrios,
I took the liberty of enhancing the pics to allow your cats to be viewed in all their feline glory.
Here
and here
"Atrios and Wiley Go Two-Stepping at the Fur Bar"
Atrios, more posed pix like this one! It really brings out the best in the comments.
If you really want to dress a cat. Unfortunately, it looks as if some of the more humorous bits of text have been adjusted.
Matt Jordan,
You of all people shouldn't be making fun of the French like that.
But it's a kick in the nuts for FREEDOM and 'Murkan way!
i like the subdued lighting, but I have a bright monitor, so...
the last thing Atrios will ever see
the last thing Atrios will ever see
Damn, didn't work. Although perhaps that will work too.
The top picture is "Cat Man"
The second is "adorable"
Nice pix, Atrios.
try again...the grey cat's final revenge
Atrios, more posed pix like this one! It really brings out the best in the comments.
What makes you think they're not crazy-glued to the sofa?
um, attaturk...
try again.
Please, enough with the fucking cats already.
I give up, the pic won't come through.
Perhaps this one will
Ooooh. Love those kitty pics. I'm gonna have to get a blog just so I can post Friday pictures of Boromir (12) and O-Ren (4 months). Yeah, I live in the house of the really wrong cat names.
Awe, fuck it.
Perhaps this one will
Now THAT'S funny!
Is that one of them new boneless kitties?
Charlotte Smith (nee Beavers)
"Chemo-kitties need extra love!"
What an outrage!
That picture on top is the Abu Graib of the kitty world.
Yahoo is objectively anti-feline.
Duncan demonstrates the puppet on a string aspect of George Bush's Presidency.
Disclaimer : The cat is a liberal supporter known to associate with a dissident Blogger.
Please, never stop catblogging. It's a valuable public service and a delightful celebration of Friday. Thank you, Atrios.
When my wife & I first got together, I was relieved that her cats didn't sleep with us. Of course, it was summer then.
When winter came....
Let's just say that now, 8 years later, it isn't unusual in this 5 degree weather, to wake up in the morning with a cat on top of you, doing a Snoopy-as-vulture impression, saying, When's breakfast, dammit!
Cats. Nice of them to own us.
You bastard, you'll PAY for this . . .
attaturk - why do you keep sending us to the home of EmmigrantDirect? And there's a bank named EmmigrantDirect? Where, Ellis Island, San Francisco and Nogales?
Central Scrutinizer - yes, our leader has reverted to the damned grey turtleneck, hasn't he. Trying to blend in again.
Wal-Mart just extended benefits to same-sex partners...
Wal-Mart provides benefits? You mean, besides the smock?
The Glowstick of Truth
Hans Johnson in the latest "In These Times",
At Wal-Mart, full time workers have to endure six months- and part-timers, two years - before applying for health coverage through the company.....
But since Wal-Mart saddles its staff with 33 percent premimums the coverage often costs more than$200 a month per worker tomaintain 0 a steep price for workers making between $8 and $10 per hour. As a result, just 58 percent of those eligible, less than half of all workers, or about 537,000 people, actually have the insurance.
Also in the same issue Robert Parry on Bush's Death Squads.
I suspect these pictures were taken with incandencent light bulbs. If so the slight orange cast to the color of the pictures would be removed by setting the "White Balance" on your digital camera to incandescent or Flourescent depending on the type of lighting. If you do this, don't forget to set it back to Auto WB before going outdoors.
..."But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down...
Guess Who!
Oh the indignities one must suffer in order to amuse the humans! Such vile creatures, they, but useful. They fill up the food bowl and help us shed by rubbing our fur with their forepaws. It's so hard to get good help these days.
Sometimes my cat fetches random things for the hell of it, like a paintbrush or finger cymbals. I'm not sure what she expects me to do with them.
Top Pic: "Gizmo, I am so going to kick your penguin-looking ass when this human lets me go!"
Long suffering, hell. The caption is, "Once you put me down sucker, your ankle's going to look like a Boy Scout firestick!"
Long live the grey turtleneck!! Time to break out the martinis.
Attaturk, you DO know how to get the URL of an image, right?
For Windows, it's (if I recall correctly) right click on the image and the URL should be available via the "Attributes" option.
For Mac, control click on the image and select IMAGE, then 'copy url to clipboard'.
I'm a bit late to the party today, but here's some more raw and nasty extreme uncensored nudibranch action!
Click the link with your free hand...if you dare!
I'm also continuing with my new tradition of Friday Optimism Blogging...you know you want it!
All I get is red X's instead of cat pictures 
Help - I can't see the beauties! Que pasa? Whazzup with the kittie graphics? I've always been able to view before this. Has a change been made? If not, please send me the latest via e-mail as noted...my kittens insist on the view. They adore Friday Catblogging as much as moi...
ET
AOL Me too. I thought it was my client but it seems to have hit other people at the same time.
Can anyone post saying they can still see the pics?
pretty kitties.... Pissed off kitty. Ah well, I love Cat Fridays. Nothing helps put the ugly news into managable emotions like a lap full of purring kitty.
This is not right. Cats. Must. DIE..
Ah, there they are!
Gray cat: I'm not Atrios. I don't look like him, I don't talk like him, and I don't write like him. Any claims to the contrary by my...ahem...my person, whose holding me up in this undignified pose in front of his face, are purely coincidental.
Gray cat: yeah, let them have their fun now, taking embarassing pics of me. Once they see the claw-job I did on the sofa and the stain on the rug, they'll realize they should've thought twice...
awesome.
one little kitty doesn't look amused.
I hope you didn't get the wrath of kitty claws afterward....
grey turtleneck...Check.
The gray cat is saying in Cat-ese "Let go on me, ya big palooka!"
The pair on the couch know the jig is up, in cat-ese, the look says, "You better leave some nuggets out, because we know you're splitting soon!"
Catblogging? Isn't that a dangerous thing?
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