tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post2335365742849344937..comments2024-01-12T07:22:33.175-08:00Comments on The Fabulous Lorraine and Fiends: Where's My Leopard?!?!?!FabulousLorrainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-13719893102432336652008-10-22T18:17:00.000-07:002008-10-22T18:17:00.000-07:00Many thanks, Fancidots! You are SO very right on a...Many thanks, Fancidots! You are SO very right on all counts. Venus and Mim will go into anything, just because...<BR/><BR/>Read on, I am doing daily Leopard Repors on our little guy...<BR/><BR/>And so many thanks for your words and help!FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-69336141500721867122008-10-22T18:09:00.000-07:002008-10-22T18:09:00.000-07:00Lorraine, I'm happy to see your "little Ghost" or ...Lorraine, <BR/>I'm happy to see your "little Ghost" or "Magic Man" is moving around more. He is "exploring his options", one might say.<BR/>As I've told you, in a couple of my e-mails, they LIKE to be in the highest point in the room. <BR/>It is NOT rare, for me to find one of my Bengals LOUNGING on top of a curtain rod or the top of an open door. Though, I must admit, my F1 boy, Zenith is normally as close as he can come to being "eye level" or just a LITTLE higher, in order to be able to look down at me, yet still be "in my face".<BR/>Louie (who is quite a bit more like your F1 boy, in background and previous trauma) tends to find the highest horizontal spot in the room, and PERCH there, until I bring out the TOYS!<BR/>They DO like to play "hide" and "peek" games, however, and that is not necessarily from fear, but simply making YOU "hunt" for them. (smile)<BR/>I have one F3 girl who INSISTS that I hold the covers up, when I get in bed, so she can get under the covers, and sleep curled against to my legs. If I hold a hand down near her, she will "groom" my fingernails, as she would her own. I couldn't tell you how many times I've fallen asleep, having her make sure there is NOTHING underneath my fingernails. <BR/>They do like to investigate EVERYTHING, so if you have cabinets with doors, or even drawers, do not be surprised to come into his room and find a drawer partially open, and him napping INSIDE on top of whatever is in the drawer that might make a comfy "nest". <BR/>FIVE of the Bengals who live in my home can open any cabinet door or drawer that is not outfitted with a childproof latch. Not because there is anything inside they NEED, they just don't like to be "locked out" of ANYTHING.<BR/>I'm enjoying your updates, and look forward to coming home at night, to see what's "new" at your house :)Fancidotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11843453478419027755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-69306466022241565162008-10-20T22:28:00.000-07:002008-10-20T22:28:00.000-07:00Emily-Yikes! Get better soon.Dan are you saying C...Emily-Yikes! Get better soon.<BR/><BR/>Dan are you saying Ceiling Cat is a leopard;)?? LOL<BR/><BR/>Foster Fiends..lol. Sounds like a good life to me. But I do have quite a fondness for bison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-34730279884464587852008-10-20T18:04:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:04:00.000-07:00Got my new post up, with a new friend and pics of ...Got my new post up, with a new friend and pics of the Great Ficas Climbing adventure!!!!!!!FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-77255976846808215352008-10-20T18:01:00.000-07:002008-10-20T18:01:00.000-07:00I am very sorry to hear that you are not well, Emi...I am very sorry to hear that you are not well, Emily! Hope you are better soon!<BR/><BR/>I made it to work (sent the previous "too early" while sitting at a stop light on the way) by 7:30. We shall see how well that goes once it gets cold. I am useless when it's really cold. At least the coffee pot is here and functional. <BR/><BR/>I am looking forward to this weekend!gaypethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899272957253331125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-31974629845740734612008-10-20T17:31:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:31:00.000-07:00I am so NOT going to tell Tysie what you said Dan....I am so NOT going to tell Tysie what you said Dan. She has always liked springing out at you from unexpected places. Its bad enough getting woken in the middle of the night by Shiraz whining because she's too scared to walk pass the cat with the claws. Fods, she'd be too scared to go everywhere if the cat was on the ceiling.Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-84226943922806204472008-10-20T17:13:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:13:00.000-07:00You guys sure get chatty. it took me forever to ...You guys sure get chatty. it took me forever to work through those comments!<BR/><BR/> We had a wonderful soup night last night... costume soup night given that it's October! I made butternut squash soup and topped it with parsley-marjoram pesto, Walnut butter, and Sage toasted in butter. Yum Yum!<BR/><BR/> I managed to finish my BoPeep costume about an hour before people were showing up. I wore it for most of the night, but then got sick of being a huge pink puff ball so I went back to my room and changed into my original costume: the other mother. Everyone actually liked that costume better, and it sure fit my personality better too!<BR/><BR/>Hubby looked great as the evil Emperor Zurg, and Ben looked so adorably cute in his Slinky Dog costume.<BR/><BR/> It's great to hear the progress of little ghost! sounds like you guys are going to be lifelong friends.Chantrellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304351215076622980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-34265322501915931202008-10-20T17:11:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:11:00.000-07:00I am convinced that he will in fact be hiding on t...I am convinced that he will in fact be hiding on the ceiling one of these days...FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-68967696989710877732008-10-20T17:06:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:06:00.000-07:00Vertical slits let more light into the eye for see...Vertical slits let more light into the eye for seeing in the dark, true, but they don't let any more light in than a horizontal or diagonal slit would. The slits are vertical in cats because they spring down on their prey from above.Dan Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894953005632382940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-79986442915309611312008-10-20T17:00:00.000-07:002008-10-20T17:00:00.000-07:00I am so glad that everyone is liking the Graveyard...I am so glad that everyone is liking the Graveyard book, and that it is starting to appear in Australia . It is my favorite book so far, and I hav eliked them all.FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-37032694825024093642008-10-20T16:56:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:56:00.000-07:00I too am hoping to make it to Lorraine's and Paul...I too am hoping to make it to Lorraine's and Paul's gig on saturday since I will be in the state, no promises as my sense of direction can be lacking and I might just find myself in canada:) If I am lucky enough to find the Inn, I will say hi.<BR/><BR/>Emily, I'm new to this blog but send good wishes and hope for a speedy recovery. Hospital = no rest + being prodded and poked all day + uncomfortable beds. So sorry.<BR/><BR/>At work I was with a lady who will be working with us for a few days. Things were slow so we talked and I started talking about Boss and his new book, she had not heard of him. I pulled up the mousecircus website and we listened to him read chapter 1(I already listened to the readings but thought she might find them interesting). She loved it and started listening to chapter 2. Btw, she thinks LG is one of the most beautiful cats she has ever seen and I have to agree.<BR/><BR/>I remember when one of my cats pulled a disappearing trick. She was a kitten and I was still trying to figure out what her name was when one day she couldn't be found. Our registers were not well secured and we thought she was on her way to the furnace. Just before we were ready to start taking apart the duct work, she reappeared with a look on her face that said, " boy that was a good nap, you look upset, what's up?" She was then named Trixie. Smart girl she was, she liked to play guitar, I'd fret, she'd pick.Yoopergurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089124856991566376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-48383393392153033222008-10-20T16:46:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:46:00.000-07:00Val, Fosters and ats don't get Bison. Bison is for...Val, Fosters and ats don't get Bison. Bison is for Boss's. Cats and Fosters make due with steak. Just so's you know.<BR/><BR/>Bison is almost exacly like beef, not gamey at all and healthier. I know it is pricy in many places, but we have bison ranches all over the place, so it is cheap.<BR/><BR/>Just got home from assistanting, fun day, got to skype with Amanda Palmer for a moment, can't wait to see her show in December.<BR/><BR/>She's playing the same club where, when I was just a wee thing, Emma and I opened for Warren Zevon. Our 4th gig, the first three were coffee houses....<BR/><BR/>A little trial by fire never hurt anyone.<BR/><BR/>The Little Ghost is hiding under his blanket on top of the Ottoman. I peeked and he didn't freak. Baby steps.FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-66031348177504843052008-10-20T16:18:00.001-07:002008-10-20T16:18:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bulfinch's Aglaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166994917700169540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-40731346865956511022008-10-20T16:18:00.000-07:002008-10-20T16:18:00.000-07:00Thanks, Phaila, for the wonderful explanation! Rea...Thanks, Phaila, for the wonderful explanation! Really appreciate it. Love history, just love it! And I think I spelled explanation wrong, but am too lazy to look it up. One of those days where I am too sad and angry to do anything other than be sad and angry... Glad y'all are here to let me think about something else.Bulfinch's Aglaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166994917700169540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-22376223145374469132008-10-20T15:01:00.000-07:002008-10-20T15:01:00.000-07:00Re snow, winter etc and Christmas, doesn't it all ...Re snow, winter etc and Christmas, doesn't it all just boil down to the early Christians appropriating the local festivities?<BR/><BR/>What does Bison taste like? Is it more gamey than beef for instance?Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-86823577011454422312008-10-20T14:59:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:59:00.000-07:00dang but I feel behind! Kali- :Primus; eeeeexcelle...dang but I feel behind! <BR/>Kali- :Primus; eeeeexcellent name~<BR/><BR/>Phiala; I'm always amazed at the depth religion plays in our culture. I don't agree with it's purpose & the patriarchal misogynistic slants but I suppose it serves a purpose. <BR/><BR/>I read Thomas Cahill "How the Irish saved Civilization & it's brillant. <BR/><BR/>I think L.G. was leaving a dinner menu request. LOL <BR/><BR/>I luv Dan's humour; but in this case, verticle slits are too let more light into the eye for night (or underwater) hunters. Still; something is being hunted & we are reminded we aren't the top of the food chain. <BR/><BR/>Em--sorry to hear you are in hospital; get well soon & get the heck outta there! we miss ya!Stacy Hurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14590531650763481027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-50343944990633965792008-10-20T14:57:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:57:00.000-07:00Emily, I hope you are feeling better every day and...Emily, I hope you are feeling better every day and get out of hospital sooner than expected.<BR/><BR/>Jess, thank you so much for that hint -I just hope I remember it, the text stays at the right place. So cool.<BR/><BR/>Dan, I am now going to be looking at anything with eyes as you described with horror<BR/><BR/>Oh, comment interruption...postie just brought my cope of THE BOOK. Oh Fod, the illustrations look every bit as good in my hand as on the net. Lorraine, you can tell the Boss at least one copy is down here already. Fod bless Amazon.<BR/><BR/>Now, where was I?Dragonsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776798562258217431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-89349898718548817832008-10-20T14:55:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:55:00.000-07:00Aglaia - oversimplifying without coffee and with b...Aglaia - oversimplifying without coffee and with back pills. And obviously not doing a very good job of it.<BR/><BR/>I think of Lindesfarne and all the outlying island monasteries as being offshoots of "Celtic Christianity", and not connected with "mainland" England (I know, it's an island too).<BR/>The history and traditions of the island monasteries differ from mainstream Christianity of the time (and produced such amazing art!) I managed to boil all that down, incorrectly, to Ireland.<BR/><BR/>Looking at some dates, though, Lindesfarne <I>really</I> doesn't help either of our cases, since it wasn't founded until 635 or so, well after Gregory's missions to the Anglo-Saxons, and after his death. <BR/><BR/>Ireland itself was Christianized very early, with the first influences in the 5th century or thereabouts. (The name "Phiala" comes from a 5-th c. Irish saint who died badly, though most of them tended to. I'm not sure Phiala is recognized as a saint by modern Catholics, but she was in the middle ages.) That influence didn't extend to England, where the Anglo-Saxons remained pagans for quite some time, until Gregory sent people out there. <BR/><BR/>I'm not interested in ecclesiatical history <I>per se</I>, but I am interested in pre-1000 northern European art and archaeology. In some areas, much art was motivated by Christianity, while other parts of northern Europe didn't become Christian until fairly late.Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-77255393773413643522008-10-20T14:31:00.000-07:002008-10-20T14:31:00.000-07:00Oooo, bison! I'm so hungry right now.And I'm reall...Oooo, bison! I'm so hungry right now.<BR/><BR/>And I'm really happy that LG is making such great progress (I think it's great). <BR/><BR/>I have to admit that I don't do much for Hallowe'en. It was never much of a holiday for me, even as a kid. Not really sure why. I am too easily startled, and so being scared isn't my favourite thing (although I do enjoy horror stories and books). Oh well. I enjoy reading about the fun y'all have, though. <BR/><BR/>Emily, hope you are better soon.<BR/><BR/>Sympathy to Panta -- I am feeling a tiny bit of your pain. A spec ed kid that I, and others, have been working with for hours was pulled out of school today. Just gone. No time to say good-bye, just moved by DCS to a whole new city. I'm ready to cry. <BR/><BR/>(And just a quickie follow-up to Phiala, the Lindasfarne monastery isn't in Ireland, so I didn't quite understand your comment...)Bulfinch's Aglaiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166994917700169540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-54800560972922231842008-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:49:00.000-07:00Bison?!*cry*Now I *really* want to come be a Foste...Bison?!<BR/><BR/>*cry*<BR/><BR/>Now I *really* want to come be a Foster Fiend and have bison to eat.Dread Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081969484772150648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-34116421900187556972008-10-20T12:43:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:43:00.000-07:00A Little-Cottage-on-the-Prairie Pie!It should be n...A Little-Cottage-on-the-Prairie Pie!<BR/>It should be nice. Bison is very good and has nearly no cholesterol in it!<BR/><BR/>Life always looks better with tea.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-87677615322237094372008-10-20T12:29:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:29:00.000-07:00I made it with Bison, actually, all I had on hand....I made it with Bison, actually, all I had on hand.....<BR/><BR/>Got tea. Amazing how good life is.FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-90703366582069902212008-10-20T12:26:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:26:00.000-07:00Tea less would explain it though.Tea must be had.Tea less would explain it though.<BR/>Tea must be had.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-38270925843116046452008-10-20T12:25:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:25:00.000-07:00Sam Shepard (and family) in a pie! Isn't that a bi...Sam Shepard (and family) in a pie! Isn't that a bit extreme? <BR/>Better make it with lamb's meat...<BR/>(smarty pants? moi? mais non)spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10610763.post-20678555460634659802008-10-20T12:15:00.000-07:002008-10-20T12:15:00.000-07:00OH! Tea!!!!!Never did have any, no WONDER I am wal...OH! Tea!!!!!<BR/><BR/>Never did have any, no WONDER I am walking around in a fog, trying to make SHepards Pie for dinner, cooking awat, dealing with The things one does as an assistant.<BR/><BR/>All tea-less.FabulousLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889080113368458412noreply@blogger.com