More guest kittehs

Friend JDW has a whole houseful of kittehs...

here's Dabbadoo, who is quite plushy!

and punky, reclining on the sub-woofer. No doubt for the free massage.

YAY

One of the many very real ways this president is making a difference.

Interior Secretary Cancels Leases on Federal Land in Utah

This cancels on of Bush's "fuck you" moves as he slouched off to retirement. Change we can believe in.

Black Hole, oh my!!

Near Centaurus!!

Propelled by jets from the central black hole of nearby galaxy Centaurus A, a rough ring of particles smashes into gas clouds, creating a purplish haze—at least in this false-color image. The particles are traveling at about half the speed of light and are visible as much as 13,000 light-years from the galactic center.

Via National Geographic News

Iz Maddie's turn

...to be a superstar.

Click on the pictures - the second one is too pretty and whiskerlicious to resize.

UR Monday Ripley

Please just click on the photos - I'm too tired to fix them tonight.

kai, thx, bai

Guest kitteh - BAMBOOZLE!!!

This is Bamboozle, who rules good friend JDW's world.

Friday Kittehs 4U

We're just hanging out, being excessively cute.

ZOMG - a heavenly visitation!

via Sully

We also love teh CLOUDS

Also from Astronomy Picture of the Day, a crazy lenticular cloud over New Zealand. Lovely.

What's happening above those mountains? Several clouds are stacked up into one striking lenticular cloud. Normally, air moves much more horizontally than it does vertically. Sometimes, however, such as when wind comes off of a mountain or a hill, relatively strong vertical oscillations take place as the air stabilizes. The dry air at the top of an oscillation may be quite stratified in moisture content, and hence forms clouds at each layer where the air saturates with moisture. The result can be a lenticular cloud with a strongly layered appearance. The above picture was taken in 2002 looking southwest over the Tararua Range mountains from North Island, New Zealand.

Photograph by Chris Picking. Click on either the link, or the photo and see the full size - it's worth it.

We love the MOOOON!!

Seriously. We do!

This photo was taken on January 13th, the day of the largest full moon of 2009. Yes, it's all downhill from there.

photo: Vincent Jacques, from Astronomy Picture of the Day

A larger moon will not be seen this year. This past weekend, the largest full Moon of 2009 could be seen from almost any clear location on planet Earth at night. The large angular extent of the full Moon was caused by the Moon being unusually close to Earth during its full phase. Because the Moon circles the Earth in an elliptical orbit, its angular size depends on how close the Moon is to closest approach (perigee) or farthest distance (apogee). Even so, the Moon's was only about 15 percent larger in area and brightness than a more typical full Moon. In this image, a dramatically positioned Moon is seen rising above the Alps from Breil-sur-Roya in the southeast of France. Taken with an ordinary digital camera but extraordinary timing, the image also captured a crossing jet plane. The last full Moon, in 2008 December, was the largest full moon of 2008.

Almost plushy

These pictures are so happy, they almost qualify as plush. Isn't it nice to have a first couple that we can be proud of?

Friday plushy blogging

Happy plushy day!

Behbeh leopards!

UR not supposed to nom on UR behbeh!!

Phew! I gotz away from Mom!

dis branch looks tasty, I noms it now

All photos, Jaques Brinon for the AP.

Savor!!

Nice to have a first family we can be proud of, isn't it?

Picture of the Day

This is my favorite picture from yesterday. The joy, the optimism, the obvious love between them - it's wonderful.

photo credit: Doug Mills, the New York Times.

Celebrate!

They look as happy as we are. YAY!!

Congratulations America

...and to the world! the grownups are back in charge.

photo: Jim Young, Reuters

My! how we've grown!!

Ripley this week...

....and the day she came to her forever home.

...and Maddie this week...

...and on probably the 2nd day she came to live with me. Eeeeek!! she wuz little.

It always amazes me how they start out so little. And how much of the kitten still is in the cat.

More Guest Kitteh!!

This is Tony, our good friend JDW's kitteh - he has quite the crush on Maddie and Ripley. Oh noes! look out Silkey and Silver - U gots competition!!

Tony is quite the handsome fellow.

Guest Kitteh!!

This handsome fellow is Tacitus Voltage's kitty Baby bear. I lurves me a nice orange kitteh!! most excellent!!