I'm glad you found Shadow, connie! I've heard folks say that to make a cat stay in a new place you should put butter on the cat's paws. After they finish licking it off, the cat will have settled down and adjusted to the new home. Personally, I think this would be a great way to get buttery paw prints on every possible surface, including the ceiling. Plus, there's the whole question of who's gonna butter the cat.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
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Calli - Sep 09, 2005 5:01:54 am PDT #1738 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Stephanie - Sep 09, 2005 5:02:35 am PDT #1739 of 10001
Trust my rage
Connie, that's great! I love happy-ending pet stories.
Amy - Sep 09, 2005 5:03:37 am PDT #1740 of 10001
Because books.
Yay, connie! Poor guy. Moving is hard on everybody.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 09, 2005 5:05:20 am PDT #1741 of 10001
What is even happening?
Oh, connie! I'm so glad.
I'm telling my mom!
(who's named 'Enid.')
I knew that was going to be your punchline. However, my folks' names are just as bad/worse, and I've told them to their faces: Bernice and Hubert.
When my b. friend named her daughter Madison 9 years ago, neither of us had ever heard of it. Weird how that happens.
The first Madison I met is also nine, and there are a lot of them, now.
So....we can talk about the gender of the Cashmere!sprog now?
Cashmere is the biggest spoiler slut I've ever met, or at least until I met Plei. I've just been waiting for this silly white font to disappear.
§ ita § - Sep 09, 2005 5:05:37 am PDT #1742 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Iva's a good name. Not one I'm likely to use, but there you go.
My grandmothers were named Mary and Diana. Some of the most normal names in the family, really, and least obviously trended or dated.
sj - Sep 09, 2005 5:05:52 am PDT #1743 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yay for Shadow's return!
Amy - Sep 09, 2005 5:07:51 am PDT #1744 of 10001
Because books.
I like Irene, which is my mom's middle name. I think that could see a comeback.
The first Madison I met is also nine, and there are a lot of them, now.
See, I date this back to Splash.
juliana - Sep 09, 2005 5:09:43 am PDT #1745 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Yay for returning kitties!!
ION, Z has been nannying in his spare time for various theater friends. Today was his first day with another set of friends' daughter who is 14 months old, and she is apparently laying on her back in the middle of the living room, sighing theatrically and not wanting to have anything to do with him. She's perfectly fine, she just wants to be alone. I'm threatening to buy her a black dress on my lunch break. So. Cute.
Connie Neil - Sep 09, 2005 5:09:49 am PDT #1746 of 10001
brillig
My old cat is very happy to have his partner in naps back. Now Hubby is convinced that Shadow loves me more than him, because Shadow guts my hand more enthusiastically when we play Mr. Sock (hand inside two socks, rub the cat belly until retaliation).
Fred Pete - Sep 09, 2005 5:11:22 am PDT #1747 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yay for finding Shadow!
Our niece had (maybe still has) an imaginary playmate named Madison. Madison is an extremely naughty girl, who seems to do all sorts of mischief that the niece gets blamed for.