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Entries Tagged as 'Cats'

Goodbye, Mr. Blue

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 9th, 2008 at 6:09 am

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground
and tell sad stories of the death of cats …
— Shakespeare, Richard II
(if it had been about cats)
I come not to bury Mr. Blue, but to praise him.
— Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
(if it had been about Mr. Blue instead of J.C.)
… and our little life is rounded […]

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Tags: Meta · Cats · Journal · Pet Food · Pets · Essays · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

May, 2005: The Arrival of Mr. Blue (and Kiwi, too)

Posted by Ocelopotamus on February 9th, 2008 at 3:15 am

About two and a half years ago, I adopted a big blue talkative cat named Mr. Blue (aka Barabajagal). Below the jump is the email I sent out to my cat-friendliest friends announcing his arrival.
I didn’t have a blog in those days, but I wanted to post it here to document it, and provide […]

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Tags: Music · Cats · Journal · Folk-Rock · Pets · 60s Pop · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

Mid-January Frosted Mini-Roundup

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am

I’m starting to worry that Ocelopotamus has become like that stock old-man character from sitcoms and things, who falls asleep for a while and then wakes up sputtering and tries to pick the conversation up wherever it was five minutes ago, as if no time has passed.
On the other hand, it’s heartening that I […]

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Merry Crimble, Etc.

Posted by Ocelopotamus on December 24th, 2007 at 11:40 am

I’m hereby abandoning hopes of posting any of the 87 things I had wanted to post before getting on the bus for the ceremonial voyage to Peoria, where I’ll be for the next couple of days spending the holly daze with my parentals and watching a Doctor Who DVD marathon with my mom.
In the […]

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Update on the Movery

Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 2nd, 2007 at 5:46 pm

OcPot is still on hiatus for at least a couple-few more days. But yesterday, down in the comments to the hiatus post, Miss Rubbery Nun asked how I was doing and I thought I’d repost my answer here for anyone else wondering how the move went:
Survived. Just barely. No thanks to AT&T, who, in […]

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High Ate Us: OcPot on Temporary Leave of Absence Till Early October-ish

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 24th, 2007 at 11:52 am

As you can probably deduce from Kiwi’s guest post a few days ago, the packing operations have escalated from Major to Serious. It’s now less than a week till the movers come, and all holy heck is being unleashed. Mountains of books, CDs, and various other items are indeed being dismantled and certain dodgy pieces […]

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Observations on the Recent and Continuing Unpleasantness

Posted by Kiwi on September 20th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

Disturbing changes are taking place in the world, and we do not know what they signify. We are afraid that something terrible is going on, some fundamental destructive process that is entirely outside of our experience. You can read this in our wide-eyed stares, our defensive crouches, our tendency to go into hiding for longer […]

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Tags: Culture · Cats · Journal · Essays · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

Roundup: Fantasy History Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 23rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm

Bush has suddenly decided that the Iraq occupation is kinda like Vietnam after all, but of course he’s careful to draw the wrong conclusions from the comparison. The article quotes American University historian Allan Lichtman as saying that Bush’s spin on the situation “is not revisionist history. It is fantasy history.”
On a related note, […]

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Mr. Blue and Kiwi: Exclusive New Photos!

Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 17th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

Haven’t posted any cat pictures in a while, so…
First up, here’s Mr. Blue — who wants you to know that he prefers the way you look upside-down. It does so many good things for you.

Really, you should just start walking around on the ceiling and save him the trouble of correcting your appearance.
And here’s Kiwi, […]

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Tags: Cats · Pets · Photos · Kiwi · Mr. Blue

Roundup: Cannibal Cane Toad Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 9th, 2007 at 11:03 am

John Conyers tells it like it T-I-Is: Conyers says Bush spared Libby from jail to keep him from singing. This is patently obvious to just about everyone, but of course the White House immediately called the charge “ridiculous and baseless.” Which allows it to join the distinguished list of other ideas the administration considers “ridiculous […]

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A Cat Like Fine Wine

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 24th, 2007 at 9:27 am

Oh, my heavens. How old do you think the world’s oldest cat might be?
Try thirty-seven years. That’s right, a black cat named (ironically) Baby was born in 1970, according to his owners, and he will be recognized by Cat Fancy magazine in its August issue.
You heard me.
For those feeling as skeptical as I […]

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Roundup: Tiny Four-Eyed Turtle Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 18th, 2007 at 10:21 am

POLITICS: In “Hillary’s Labor Problem,” Joe Conason points out that Hillary Clinton’s top political strategist, Mark Penn, is the CEO of a union-busting law firm. “Having started in a tiny, two-man polling operation in a New York City mayoral campaign, he is now the CEO of Burson-Marsteller Inc., one of the planet’s largest P.R. shops, […]

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Comment Moderation Engaged

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 14th, 2007 at 3:51 am

Ah, it’s come to this. I’ve had to turn on comment moderation because the evil hordes of the Cømm3nt-Sp@m Børg have found their way to Ocelopotomus.
So, if you comment, you may experience some lag time before your brilliance actually appears on the site, depending on whether I happen to be asleep/cleaning up Mr. Blue’s […]

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Roundup: Sunday Potluck Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 6th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Sunday was always potluck day where I grew up, so I hereby present to you this glorious covered casserole of links I didn’t get around to posting this week. With a few fresh ones stirred in, just to keep you guessing.

Retired general compares Bush to a deserter: “By vetoing this bill and failing to […]

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