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Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

I like the way you think, my friend! And you're right about the "humanoids", too; but a computer is a tool, it can be used to the good if you want, or for other purposes. I really balked at having a p.c. in my house for awhile, not wanting "business machines" in my space; but I am glad I allowed myself to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the Information Age; because if it wasn't for the p.c., I wouldn't be meeting great people like yourself, and looking at pictures of so many amazing cats all over the world! And I'm into art and graphics and photography, too, though not as a pro or anything, I just enjoy 'em and I collect a lot of 'em on the p.c.

What book is that on cat emotions/thinking? I've read several. You're so right -- unlike dogs, who will basically latch onto anyone, it seems, with cats you have to EARN their love, and then yes, they give it unconditionally. I'm a cat person all the way!

Well, I'm about three days older than dirt , and I'm a freelance writer who used to have a small sanctuary. I also do independent animal advocacy and activism in all the ways open to me under the present system of government, which means I don't do civil disobedience like I used to, but I do write letters, sign petitions, and live by example, talking to anyone who will listen about having compassion, respect, and good care for cats and other animals.

Oh, btw, cookies aren't junk food. They're REWARDS.

The book is called. The Nine Emotinal Lives of cats by Jeffery Moussaieff Masson. Its great and I love it.

Thank about the cookes. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif. I brush well anyway.

TTI is a great program, I like some of the things about it, they try to teach us about living on our own, doing things in the work world. But I think they are sending bad messages, like money is the most importent thing, Work... Work... Work tell you drop, One teacher even told us that is best not even to use the bathroom/drinks of water during work time. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...s/rolleyes.gif. I think these are caveman relics that can be traced back to, hunt really hard for the mammoth herd my warrors and show no fear of the Sabertooth should he attack. They have us watching grooming/work world vidoes I find offensive in some ways because it takes away individuality, and puts bad appearence messages on curtian people. I also find their growing up song, your not a youth anymore, depressing and somewhat unrealistic because we are still 'youths'. Yes I feel growing up is importent a must. But to brag about it as if it gives you a feeling of power that your life is so different and seemily "better" is very strange and in my opinion very very primitive, you loose far more then you gain.
We sometimes watch these videos on Mondays, our transition days and work the rest of the week until Staterday we also do many other things in rthe commuity such as go fishing, go to bookstores,go to mini golf courses, go to the zoo, and Jcc, YMCA.

What kind of freelance writing do you do? Is it fiction/nonfiction? I'm thinking of training in an writing class soon while vulnteering at the humane society, been waiting for my math class to end. The boss of my PCA'S, Gabe Smith, says I can start when my Hubbs class ends I do not know when it ends.

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

I agree with you 100% and those are some deep thoughts, my friend! You are right to want to be who and what you are at every time of your life -- and yes, now you are a youth! that is not bad, as the adult world is built around eternal youth, ridiculously but that's how it is....You're wise beyond your years, however, in how you think about things, and you have a mature perspective on life (which is not a bad thing but a good one, and can be had at any time in a person's life).

The current state of society is just as you say; it stifles individuality and creativity, punishes kindness, compassion and thinking for oneself, and actually also punishes personal responsibility (while claiming to be for it). The difficult thing is that you know you are right, and so do I, and so do all who think deeply about these things; but since this society DOES punish positive values and behavior, it is often very hard for those who insist on them to survive. I have dear friends all over the world who are experiencing this -- there seems to be no place for people who still feel, think, and stand for what they stand on, so to speak. But I don't want to sound negative - the only constant in life is change, after all, and surely this, too, must pass, yes?

If I was having to go through what you're dealing with right now, I'd probably try to take it all in and learn from it, taking whatever good there is in it, or whatever I'd have to take from it to survive, for the future. But I would also keep my own council and know that there is more than one way to live, still -- and recognizing and manifesting your own unique gifts has to be a part of that. Does any of this make sense or resonate with you? I hope so.

As to my writing, the published stuff is all nonfiction and articles on such subjects as animal advocacy, anti-vivisection, making informed choices as a consumer (of cruelty-free products), music, the multicultural experience, and one on what Bob Marley meant to me, believe it or not! I did a correspondence course on writing for children and teenagers (fiction and nonfiction) which was informative, educational, challenging, and a lot of fun.

Volunteering at the HS would be really helpful to animals. Do you have any sanctuaries nearby, though, or specific cat rescue/adoption groups? A lot of times, these do more actual help than the shelters do and are at a much more grassroots level, which you might find more fulfilling. Just a thought...

Hey Panther:

Almost forgot. The kind of writing you mention liking a lot is exactly the kind of writing my late inspiration/mentor/friend, Andre Norton, excelled at. I really think you'd love her work. http://www.witchworld.org is her official website; a lot of her books are readily available at libraries and used or new on Amazon.com...just in case!

Thanks for the website I'll check it out.


Today I fed the pigeons again but the snow was so deep that when I cleared an area for feeding themthey couldnt see the birdfood and the scouts that were sent by the rousting flock up on the rafters over looking the ground couldnt find them and moved off to another perch. .http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...lies/frown.gif

When I got home Jim brought his new dog over, a beagle mix, very nice and mild mannered, and I told him I would harness Bindi and we'd try to interduce them in a very controlled way. I want Bindi used to dogs because when I take him to the hidden falls park by mty house to explore and have fun there might be a day he comes closer to a dog then I'd hope. Bindi was born and grew up to eleven weeks underfoot in a household with two kids, an elderly man, three other cats besides their mother, and a beagle mix. I got him from my dads girlfriend last Aug. I will try to keep him away from people and walking dogs just to be on the safe side but the interduction went very well Bindi did hiss a little, puff up his fur, and arch his back but the dog made no moves whatsoever to him and Bindi calmed down when I told him in no uncurtain terms that he was safe and the dog was nice. I conforted him and the dog both. Jim thinks its a good sign. Tom was not around when we brought his dog in the house if he was I would have taken him as far away as possible.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...lies/agree.gif

I then had to go shoping for food at lunds we took the dog out after I had removed Bindis harness and lesh and put it away, the dog stayed in the back of his car after we trained her to jump in the back trunk. The shopping went over sort of how I'd expected it to, Jim fussing about how i'm spending too much, his fear that my dads not going to approve(Dad did tell me to get food with Jim on monday night) and gentually trying to get it all done.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif

I got a applacation for Staint Paul Tech collage from my case manager today but I'm going to research it more and see what other options there are.

Hey Panther, Bindi the Brave, and Smart Tom:

Sounds like you both had a busy day and Tom, well, Tom was one smart guy, eh?

I know all about high food bills. Every week I get more and more amazed at how high the bills are!!! It's like I'm buying filet mignon and caviar and here I'm basically a vegetarian buying very down-to-earth, normal food! I do buy a lot of bird bells at the supermarket, and cat treats (yeah, I know, I KNOW! but it's their one "junky" item, they love 'em so much, and they are all very healthy felines or I wouldn't chance it! You should see 'em lined up last thing at night in the dining room, waiting for me to shake those pouches. They come running!)

That's good that you're going to investigate options education-wise. If there's any logic or justice to things, I'd think you'd have a wide variety to choose from. Let's see what happens, okay?

Bindi and Jims dog got along pritty much the same, I figured out how to make Bindi feel better take him off the harness and let him run freely while keeping Jims nice dog closely restrained. I took him to my room and undid his harness and he ran back into the living room to stare and the dog who sniffed the ground and eyed Bindi in a friendly way. I figured out how to help Bindi and felt really good about it. Today work was useal I fed the pigeons who stayed up on the rafters until I was on the bus and then flew down to eat. I read more about cat emotions today on the bus and I cashed in a check I was needing to get done.

A friend at work told me, shes going to give me infomation on the staint pual collage classes and benefits to see if I want to go that route I will look at it and others I find off the internet,from teacher friends,ect. I was thinking of emailing Temple Grandon, a famous Autisic animal trainer and food plant helper about Art teaching for someone with autism and about having a fiction writing career as an autisic person I'm sure she will have lots to tell me about wither or not the job is good for someone with my needs.

Do you have a garden?. I turned our whole gurage side facing the road in the alleyand part of the neighbors ajoining land into a wildflower habatat. I grow Butterfly weed,purple coneflower,purple pharie clover,swamp milkweed,switch grass, great blazing star, obedent plant,

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

Wow, brave Bindi! That's great that you gave him freedom while keeping the dog leashed -- it would make him feel better, I can see that!

I know of Temple Grandin and her work; that's a great idea! Hope you get a quick response from her and that it's helpful to you. Does she have a website/email address, by any chance? A lot of "famous" people do, and some are surprisingly responsive especially to someone who has real questions and isn't just a status-chaser.

Well, yes and no on the garden -- we have quite a few fruit trees, and some roses, plus some other trees the people who built the house put in; but basically it is indigenous plants like Joshua trees, junipers, cedars, yucca, cholla cacti, sages, etc. It is a real little habitat for everyone who lives and/or visits here; you'd really love it and you'd probably be like me, just walking around on the land (2.5 acres) and sitting and looking at all the animals coming and eating, drinking, playing...it's amazing! You've picked some great plants to grow. We traditionally used a lot of those for our medicinal needs and for cleansing, etc. Purple coneflower is still highly valued in the health food industry as an immune system booster and preventative for colds.

I have that book too, and I also love it. Have you read any of his other books on animal behavior/emotions? He's really got a lot to say about many species, and I really appreciate his sensitivity to them.

I read the book on the bus coming home today its great. I hope we get a snow day tommarow. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...lies/blush.gif. No math or work then I can play with Bindi all day long. I played for a few mninutes this morning and evening with a new yellow feather duster toy I picked up at Petco while Jim got his dogs nails cut. I used to cut Bindi's nails myself when he was a kitten but stopped after he clearly stated her doesnt like it, unlike a dog cats sharpen away at their nails and use them more then dogs do so I figured what the heck. Today Bindi ate a whole madalon of meat from the frozen raw diet.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...ilies/clap.gif It comes in many frozen chunks a maldalon is one chunk. I poured tuna juice over it to make it more appealing.

I didnt feed the pigeons today because of the snow I figured they would be seeking shelter- wrong they were waiting hungerily but were fed already I will do it tommarow for sure. We left work today early and I went online to check out these forums, but I cannot for some strange reason access the computer from school. The weather pretty much screwed up my plans for geting books at the liebary on prehistory/ animals/pets/ plants,ect. I'm going to do research on European and North American prehistoric culture,wildlife, medience,ect. because I want to someday create novels like jean auals Clan Of The cavebear. I came up with a third book to go along with Legond of Beardago, Rivers of Rightage- Setrects of the sea. here some of it, sort of like a discription.

Sala and Ubalorn her mate now live with Saber clan, Ubalorns orginal tribe. Sala's two children, the ones she didn't give away to other peoples. Tree fruit (4) and eaglewatcher (5) live with them also. Sala is now in her middle/old age a bearded shaman of Saber clan is nearing 30 and Ubalorn almost 40 when a strange dream calls her to journey across the Great water where few dare go. Many members of Clans East and West of The Great Rivers of life do not beleive there is such a thing as a world beyond the seas to the south but Sala in her wild youthful adventiures with Ubalorn has met a beardless people called the Wonderniego. Proof that new worlds exist. They have dark hair and eyes and have journey far on a raft similar to the one Sala make back when she was a teenage prisionar of Stone pine clan. But instead of traveling on the rivers of ice age Europe they have traveled across the great sea in hopes of finding a new land to live in. However the ways of the people are strange to them and sense they are so unfamilar with the local wildlife they later decide to return home to North America even though Short Faced bears await them. Now some 15 summers later Sala gets the calling to go in search of a new land across a sea that everyone beleives has sea monsters, giant squids and dark things swimming in its murky depths, Sala and Ubalorn are not afraid of the great water. But unknownly a shaman from a rival clan of the Wonderniego. People of Short Faced Bear, calls to Ubalorn while he sleeps saying that his beautiful woman is in danger if she goes out alone, he is leader of Saber clan and getting old, yet the mere thought of danger to Sala terrorfies him. The People Of The Short Faced Bear really want Ubalorn as food for their pet short faced bear during a ritual yet the shaman convays him to leave his clan to go with Sala. They build a raft basicly and have many adventures with ocean navagation and traveling all the way from the southern tup of prehistoric Florida to northern Minnasoda bording canada. There they meet with the Wonderneigo Shaman, he wants Sala to use her magic given from Aba (long story) to make all the warriors of his clan grow faical hair because they have picked up on the beard worshiping cultures from her native Europe, they want to seem to her people as if they are not bad and to escape the primal terror of short faced bear predateon. Sala explains to them that this is impossible and that Mudo her god doesnt really care at all whither or not they can grow beards and that to stop short faced bear attacks one must become like a bear by wearing the skins of Short faced bears while out hunting. They stay with them over the winter after a huge pride of American Lions are sighted by some hunters returning from killing and buchering a mammoth. The Wonderneiogo wonder if Wooly mammoths are related to their larger clomibon mammoths Sala tells them that they are.

I could go on and on but decided not to... well how do you like it?http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...lies/smile.gif

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

That's quite a storyline you wrote there! Sounds good -- you've developed a complex plot with interesting characters and you hooked me! Beard worship, eh? And those short-faced bears were pretty formidable, from what I've seen and heard...!

Hope you get a snow day, too -- I'm sure Bindi would love that! How are he and Tom doing? Sounds like Bindi's getting a gourmet healthy diet...

Yes, the birds seem to really want our help the colder it is -- at least that's my experience with the birds here. The bird feeders and nectar and seeds I buy all state on the packages that DAILY feeding is a must to keep them coming around; once they get habituated to the fact of someone feeding them, they're pretty much like us -- "build it and they will come!"

Have a great evening and talk to ya tomorrow I hope!

I got a snow day.....YEAH!!!!http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...ilies/love.gif. Shoveled the walkway but got to play with Bindi to his hearts content. He loves his yellow feather turf toy. Tom's doing well but I think Ive felt more lumps then just the two I brought up on the vets. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...es/bawling.gif


Heres more of the story Sala and Ubalorn survive the journey across the great water by killing fish and sea turtles and drinking their blood. One stormy night a ocean storm causes their raft to be dystroyed and they must swim three miles to a tip of land they had seen in dream four nights before the storm. Ubalorn is conviced Mudo is angry at them both for sending a storm to cause them to nearly drown. He cannot speak of Mudo to Sala however without causing her anger. Sala is Atheist of Mudo because she is angry at her and blames her for her real mother Beardago's fall to orginal sin, shaving her legs and arms, Once the seven year olds mother was driven away by angry warrors all of the Three Rivers Clan save Kaban, Sala's older brother and his mother Rakiki, thought of her as less then human, a being without a soul. A shedevil spawn of darkness and Shavenism. Kaban was a youth of 15 then, so sent by their shaman on a dangerous quest he must prove his manhood by driving the witch, Beardago, and her shaving demons away from the people east and west of the Great Rivers of Life.( that was in legond of Beardago but her blaming still carrys on even after all those years have passed) Fortunatly the climb abord the scrap of land and discover prehistoric flordia, the first europeans to see it. Ubalorn and Sala see many animals but no people the land is vast and swampy allagators and snapper truotles as big as houses pose a very real danger. They move up into gerogea and continue on traveling until they reach northern minnesoda, land of the Wonderneigo. On the way Sala is abducted by a cannibal tribe of short faced bear worshippers, they plan to hold her prisonar until the winter fattening her up until the season of Great Dark. When they will scerfice her and give her brains to the short faced bears that come into a sacred valley by a large river called the Mississippiouattia. Her meat they will bucher and cook over their fires and feed to their hunters, women and children. Luckly Ubalorn changes into a Sabertooth and saves her by calling to a nearby tribe of American lions to aid him in his quest to rescue the beautiful Sala from the savages. But they hold him hostage now for the bears the two beg and plead to be allowed to have freedom, finely the leader says they can only be free if they have children and stay over winter until spring, they must then sell all their children to them in extange for meat, weapons and a map to the Wonderneigo camp. They comply to this and next year are on their way. In a strange frightening yet eeriely comforting way Sala is reminded that just like back in her native europe cannibalism exists and that not all people are friendly.


Ubalorn is just glad there's not a Clan of the Shave Aware, he remembers well of Sala last abduction while they were on their mission to his clan. Micbuwe and his hunters had after taking her away from him by force, after she blinded by her lust of Ubalorn, foolishly resisted the idea of waiting for him back at their raft while he went out hunting in enemany terrotory, took her back to their camp as prisonor. Micbuwe tried everything in his power to convert Sala over to their way of life and religion. Shavenism, he wanted her to give up her beard so as to conform to the clan, but Sala knowing that those who fall to shaving sin go to Great Dark and remembering her duty to her old clan and Aba to not to give in to evil, walks alone. Bravely she resists his darkness and frightening rituals of torure until Ubalorn was able to come in the skin of a white dire wolf to trick and fool the Shave Aware shaman into thinking he was a spirit from Great Dark. He rescued her and then they moved back to his people. ( That was in Rivers of Rightage)

Anyway they travel through a land of vast oak savannahs, beeech and elm trees and giant grasslands sporting uncountable milluons of Bision, Elk prionghorn, Grizzly bears, American Lions, Smilodons, short faced bears, wildcats,tigers, panthers, clombion mammoths, horses, camals, asses,/ encountering more people some of them friendly others not. They are seen as evil because of their strange looks and beards, and must learn quickly to tell friend from foe. Sala is feeling her age and Ubalorn can no longer hunt as well as he used to they know they unless they can find the Wonderneigo their days are numbered. ( to be continued.)

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

Hey, that's great you had a day with your furpals! Sounds good to me...those are my favorite times of all, too!

Don't be dejected about Tom -- cysts do come and go, and the benign ones are just that -- harmless.

Great second installment -- I love the way you make the felids the GOOD guys, of course!!!

Thanks, but what did you mean by 'Felids?' http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...s/confused.gif I researched Prehistoric North America and Europe. The people/wildlife,climate it was really cool. Tom is going back to the vet for a boster on the 13th, so your right I have little to worry of. Can't wait for warmer weather so I can take Bindi out with me on adventures in the park by the river, also want to see if I can talk my dads girlfriend into more substational planting of natives, she was talking about it last summer, also cannot wait for my natives I planted in the garden last year to come up. jack in the pulpit,varginal bluebells,bloodroot,

I researched online a collage that my art teacher, from high school went to. It was complex to learn about but I did my best. I found out they offer classes for teachers and art. so it looks hopeful and its close to the one my dad wanted me to go to was a collage for people with Autism yet sadly it was quite far away, I will look at one collage a wekks for 8 weeks before making a choice.

Tommarow I will write/talk more to you if your on here/ and research early man and come up with story plots.

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

Sounds like Tom's in good hands, definitely! And I hope it warms up soon for you and Bindi, too -- walks by the river sound great. The plants you talk of sound so beautiful -- they don't grow here in the desert or in Southern Cali, of course, but my mom was from Illinois and she used to tell me about those plants. I've seen them in pictures and on tv and stuff, of course, and they are beautiful, I know. Good luck with that!

"Felids" -- hmmm, sounds like "felines" a bit, doesn't it? The genus felidae encompasses all of the ones we call cats! So the lions, tigers, panthers, jaguars, leopards, pumas, "domestic" cats, and many more, are all felids.

Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you shopping-wise (for colleges). I'm doing the same thing on trying to find a better community for my dad. He has memory impairment and is in an assisted-living community. I want one closer to where I'll be moving, and I want a larger room for him, better food, and other improvements he won't have where he is. Yesterday he got turned down for the one I had my heart set on. So we're back to square one, and it's really stress-out time. Trying not to, but it's kind of to be expected -- all the talking and negotiations and meetings and all that are connected with this, wear me out. But anyway.

I love archaeology and sociology and studies about early humans AND animals (I was a dinosaur freakie and still am interested in them), too. Can't wait for your next installment!

Have a great day...best to Bindi and Tom!

Hi, We decided on a less risky course of action as far as education goes. instead of immersion into collage right away, I'm going to have a tutior over the summer and go to a learning center probably sometime next year. Before going to a closer collage in my area. ( the learning center is the one that starts with S, and is avertized on TV cannot remember how to spell the name) The goal is to bring my Math, ect, scores up, I think when I was last tested at the collage at 19 I was going through emotional puberity with various brain parts and so wasn't really up for math and other types of work, now though this year my math has gotten better then my 5th/6th grade level. I think its scary that was so low at such an advanced age. but I think partly this has been because of schooling in speical ed, they can shelter the students there too much. I wasnt even dognosed with Autism until I was almost 12, I spent most of my early grade years in speical ed EBD because of bad PCA role models, and the school's sick and stupid money scam about Autism programs. Its cheaper to lump the students together in one program then give them the help they need. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima.../angryfire.gif


Bindi and Tom are doing well Bindi did a naughty thing today while I was trying to repot one of my houseplants, he climbed on my back with claws unsealthed.http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif. I got the plant taken care of and cleaned up the potting soil mess, so it wasnt too bad. I played with Bindi some and harness trained him for a bit. Me and my dad went out to buy a bigger pot and to get some computer stuff I have someone wiorking with me tonight maybe I'll go to the blookstore.

I was refearing to felids in terms of what you thought about my story, I missled you to cats I guess.

Hey Panther, Bindi bad boy, and Tom:

Hey, hope the battlescars aren't too deep! He's in a wild mood today, eh?

Oh, I was just meaning that in your story all of the cats are GOOD characters, which I appreciate, of course! I get really mad when I read or see anything where cats of any kind are portrayed as villains, or dissed, or mistreated in any way. I go ballistic! As far as I'm concerned, ancient Egyptian culture had the right idea -- hurt a cat, you're history! I'd bring that policy back myself, if I could....

Sounds good on the educational front and I can empathize about the bad educational policy....Hey, you don't even want to know about math and me! lol If it wasn't for my calculator...!

Calm down, Bindi boy. Dinner is coming soon!

Bindi had his Dinner, some raw chicken turkey and canned Innova evo and no the battle scars were not too deep, my back hair protects me, I have more back hair then most guys twice my age, .http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif, I love it. Its really thick on the back of my neck. http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/ima...laughing02.gif. I dont dread about stuff like that just some relic nature gives you. I and my pca played with Bindi more and thats helped he loves his yellow feather toy.


I read books at barns and nobal and discovered some neat cat magazenes and native plant books, wanted to go look at har mar pet shop but they were closed. I also tryed to go to a plant store with my pca didnt work they were closed. I think I will look for the People of the wolf series next time I go to the barns n nobal by my house it sounds like a neat book I havnt writen any stories today but I did post some more messages on the forums.

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

Sounds good. I'll be right over! lol Bet Bindi is growing into a gorgeous catguy with all that good food -- glossy coat, bright eyes, and proud tail! And I know he's gotta love your playing with him with a feather toy -- we have a blue one and The Nine go ape for it! They love the "wand" toys like Da Bird and Feline Flyer, too -- gets 'em off the ground and airborne, even 16-year-old Nicolas T. Cat!!! And the red laser pointer toy gets 'em climbing the walls and bouncing off of 'em -- you should see 'em racing down the hall when I run it along there! Supersonic cats!

You'd love my sis. She's not my parents' kid, but she's my sis all the same. She loves wolves. I'm strictly a cat purrson, really....I mean, I love all animals but I'm really not big on the canine race... except for those I know are kind to cats.

Gonna try to view a DVD I just got from Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary on the p.c. It won't play on my DVD player with the tv. Cedarhill is the greatest -- they have really good policies and they care for a lot of big cats plus small cats and members of other species, too. If you're interested in visiting, you can! http://www.cedrhill.org. Another wonderful sanctuary is Big Cat Rescue and their site is, predictably, http://www.BigCatRescue.org

ENJOY! and have a great rest of the weekend.

I wish I could meet your sister she sounds awesome. Thanks for the websites I'll look at them. One thing I've noticed about the raw/Innova diets is that some days Bindi will eat and eat yet on other days he hardly touched the stuff. Today he didnt eat nearly as much Raw chicken turkey as he did yesterday.

My upper right wisdom tooth is fully in place now, Its smaller the my twelvelar monlar, the second morler, which I found strange I thought wisdom teeth are the biggest teeth in the human jaw. Its hard to brush it but no pain so I'm cool. The sun is out today so hopefully the snow will melt we got Alot of snow over the last few weeks, I hope that it turns spring soon, I cant wait for that to occur.

Hey Panther, Bindi, and Tom:

Yeah, cats are like us -- some days you feel like gorkin' out, some days, you don't lol. Sounds like Bindi's doing pretty well on the food front, and like I said, anything he doesn't want, I'll be right over lol.

That's good you're not in pain! I'm not sure why it is smaller -- I thought wisdom teeth were the largest ones as well, which may explain why, when they took mine out...no, I won't go on lol!

Just finished viewing the Cedarhill DVD and while it's not slick, it is so great to see everyone there, living good lives, being well cared for and loved! All of the animals are rescues, some from horrific backgrounds. A lot of the little cats are Katrina rescues. You'd just love to see this place! and I sure hope you tour their site soon. BigCatRescue's too.

Well, March is here, so you'll probably get warmer weather soon. Here, it stays wintry until April, sometimes into May, because we're up at 4,100 ft. but I've noticed the paperwhites are starting to come up, and a lot of the trees are budding, so it looks like Spring is starting early this year.

Have a great one!