Monthly Archives: June 2011

Bugs As 400 Pounds Of Fury

A razorback is a feral pig. Those of you not from around here probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about this.  We locals know well, better than I certainly want to, that the razorback pig is the mascot … Continue reading

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Quiet Beauty

— My mood this gray morning.  Not so much Bugs’s.  I’m still feeling the impact of one of Cesar’s episodes last night.  Him working with a slender, nervy woman and her immense mastiff.  Who has twenty pounds on her and … Continue reading

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Clearing The Air

Over the weekend I got unhinged by kittens.  Boy that was fun.  Now it’s a weekday.  So back to work:  I want the world to improve.  For cats, that is.  No hope remains, where beans are concerned.  Present company excepted.  … Continue reading

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Jumping Over My Own Shadow

This was taken a while back.  You remember Snowpocalypse?  Then. To the subject of now, which is, Bugsie playing claw-launch on my person at 3:30 a.m. Of all the theories all y’all came up with to explain what he could … Continue reading

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Calling Jackson Galaxy

I perked up big-time when our excellent neighbors Fuzzy and Zoe dropped a line the other day to say:  “There is this new show ‘My Cat From Hell’ on Animal Planet . . . . This guy [Jackson Galaxy] is … Continue reading

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Squirt-Bottle Vanquished

This is the relationship Bugs decided he wants with Squirt-Bottle.  Needless to say, he and Bean do not see eye-to-eye on this one.  Never mind.  One step at a time. Mmm.  Looks pretty tasty. Do not be distracted by the … Continue reading

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Work In Progress

Blog-friends dear ones all:  The relationship is under construction.  The saga continues.   Bean watched another episode of Cesar last night.  This one really helped. It seems to be all about two things:  Timing, and carving out the personal space. We’ve … Continue reading

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Bugs and Bean Take It Up A Notch

Writing on Father’s Day, I dedicate this post to my essentially kind departed father.  Zichrono l’bracha. It’s been too long without a picture of His Highness, so let me get that done next. This was shot back in the day … Continue reading

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Still No Words, 3:00 a.m.

Bean shot this while cracking up laughing, at your-alls’s comments to previous posts.  Time:  03:00.  Problem No. One:  Full moon.  Problem No. Two:  Guarding, for eventual smackdown scheduled between 04:00 and 06:30. Bugs left the room immediately after this was … Continue reading

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At Loss For Words To Thank

You guys who’ve commented on my last couple of posts, my cup runneth over.   I can’t tell you how much your support means to me, in my time of need.  So this is it:  I can’t wait to tell you, … Continue reading

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