I feel bad for Taz, Marley's pretty much spooked by him since he returned. I'm hoping that once the neck thing comes off, Marley will accept him again... or if his surgery will forever alter how Marley sees him.

Cats identify each other primarily by scent. When Taz came home, Marley smelled all the weird vet clinic, surgical procedure recovery smells, didn't really know who the weird cat with the weird neck wear was and got freaked out. Whereas Taz did recognize Marley. If all else fails, you can re-introduce them using techniques that assist in introducing a totally new cat to the household. I.E. confine Taz to one room complete with water dish and litter box. At meal times, put the cats dishes on either side of the door to that room so that Marley gets used to associating the presence and scent of Taz with something he likes (FOOD!). Once a day, have the cats switch for about an hour, so that Marley is confined and Taz has the run of the house. This will help Marley to get used to how Taz smells now. Also once a day, put Taz in a cat carrier and set it in the middle of Marley's area so they can get safely re-acquainted. I'm guessing that this won't have to take as long as it does to get a whole new cat acclimated. Eventually Taz should start smelling like Taz again, and Marley will find him more familiar.

If you dry-feed, you can also run your hands through the kibble and pet one cat, then kibble-ize again and pet the other cat. They both smell like good food, and you. (Humans have scent glands on their palms. We don't notice it, but when we pet an animal's fur we leave our scent behind, marking it as belonging to us. They can detect our scent on another animal)

Also, get well Frankie.

Nora's back and smonster's hip need to chill the f*** out.

sj, sorry the baby shower was excruciating. I've never been to one where wine was served (I seem to run in crowds that have theirs in church fellowship rooms). I bet the wine does help.

If I had more faith in the shape of my head, and in my ability to tolerate pain, I would TOTES rock this.

Sadly, I doubt I could pull it off.

Wow, that is an AWESOME head tattoo! I think there are very few people who could carry that off. I wonder what it will/would look like if/when she grows her hair out again.

Oh lord. It is raining again.

I was wondering that about the bangs showing. It's a real commitment, eh?

Well, I haven't DONE ALL THE WORK or CLEANED ALL THE THINGS, but I've made a damned decent go at it.

And I even went out into the world and socialized Friday night! And had people crash here!

I feel the need for something completely light now.

That is an amazing tattoo. I'm very impressed.

Oh G-d, we are not done kitten-proofing the basement. It's not that we're trying to completely re-do it, it's just that there are a lot of places that grown-up cats can't get into that 5 month old kittens would LOVE to explore.

But tomorrow is kitten release date, no matter what.

So, I decided that I needed to stay up late so that I would be able to sleep tomorrow night before my interview. Um, I'm still up. And so is the sun.