Time to kill the minion

Mr. Plushy pauses before disembowling his minion.

Let the plushypalooza commence!!

"I am finally feeling better and four legs thinks it's okay to put stuff on my head. Hrrrmmfffppphhh."

Plushy health update

So far, the body count today is: 2 cans of Fancy Feast, 2 pouches of Iams Kitten food (one tuna, one salmon), 1/2 a pouch of Whiskas chicken tender bites, and one bowl of Fancy Feast dry food moistened with free-range chicken broth.

He looks like he swallowed a softball.

Oh, and he got all frisky tonight and beat the crap out of minion Peeper. Pics tomorrow.

Stuff on my tigers!!

Reuters/China Daily

Oh, the indignity!

Sad plushy story

The fourlegger household has been in something of a turmoil the past few weeks. I had been thinking of moving, but decided against it for a number of reasons. One, lion kitty Maxx has been ill, and I don't want to stress him with a big upheaval; two, I'm cheap- this place is relatively cheap; and three, I'm lazy. It's August, and I just don't feel like packing and moving in this beastly heat.

If I'm going to stay, I thought to myself, I might as well spruce up the place a bit. So I painted the bathroom and I'm redoing the closets and my desk area. Tonight, while pulling junk out of my walk-in closet, I dragged out a bunch of broken down boxes I'd been hoarding all summer in anticipation of a move. Maxx immediately started acting anxious, and well, depressed.

It dawned on me that his last family moved and left him behind, so the sight of moving boxes is making him sad and nervous.

Poor little bugger. Needless to say, he's been getting lots of hugs and ear scritches tonight, and the offending boxes are out at the dumpster.

I promised him that no matter where I go in the world, he gets to go too.

Nature

This is a photo I took at the Zilker Botanical Gardens a few weeks ago.

Death of an iMac

I would like to post a couple photos tonight, sadly, everytime I try Safari crashes. Most annoying.

I expect the problem lies with this ancient little iMac. Oh well, check back tomorrow.

Monday plush

Here's a little black and white re-run to tide you plushyfanatics over.

How indeed?

My question is, what took the poodle so long?

The alliance between George Bush and Tony Blair is in danger after it was revealed that the Prime Minister believes the President has 'let him down badly' over the Middle East crisis.

A senior Downing Street source said that, privately, Mr Blair broadly agrees with John Prescott, who said Mr Bush's record on the issue was 'crap'.

The source said: "We all feel badly let down by Bush. We thought we had persuaded him to take the Israel-Palestine situation seriously, but we were wrong. How can anyone have faith in a man of such low intellect?"

From the Daily Mail. Blair 'feels betrayed by Bush on Lebanon'

I'm always astounded by these politicians who act astonished to discover the chimperor's true nature. Really, it's been on display since day one. Bush's record on everything is crap. Stop being so willfully blind.

Ummm, no.

Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Bush says that Iraq is straining the nation's psyche.

Actually, it's Bush and his endless incompetence that are driving us mad.

Gee, he never looks stupider than when he's trying to be convincing, eh?

Puma plush

AP/Esteban Felix

Filomena, a two-week old puma. Teh cute.

Some more noire plush

Maybe we'll have plushy palooza later.

Glamour Puss

He enjoys being photographed so much more when I don't flashy-thing him.

Your wednesday afternoon lion kitty fix

"I'm ready for my closeup now...."

some baby plush

AP/Anupam Nath

"A veterinary doctor feeds Bulu, a three-month-old leopard at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. Bulu is being raised at the zoo after it was rejected by its mother."

Awwwww. Poor little bugger.

Jungle Plush

AP/Anupam Nath

"Bablu, a one-month-old jungle cat sits on the hands of a veterinary doctor at the state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006. Bablu is being raised at the zoo after it was rejected by its mother."

How cute is this little guy?

Plushius Kittyous

My apologies, I have been on deadline the past week... normal blogging shall resume shortly.

In the meantime, scritch lion kitty Maxx under his whiskery little chin.

Something lovely

Reuters/Rdjan Zivulovic

A willow tit feeding from a sunflower. Photographed in Slovenia.

Monday morning kitty blogging

Breakfast was delicious!

Busy day for me, Mr. Plushy will keep you company.

Dear CNN...

Just a hint, but Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs is neither a photographer, nor an expert on digital photography. His opinion on the authenticity of any photograph is worthless. In fact, his opinion on any subject at all is suspect. Call me crazy, but I would think that if you wanted to authenticate a photograph, you might actually consult a real expert on the subject, and not a rightwing asshole who makes his living peddling the worst sort of conservative hate speech.

I keep thinking that you guys will get a clue and stop helping rightwing assholes like Johnson in his quest to destroy the public's confidence in actual reporting. Let me spell it out for you, since you don't seem to get it.

Johnson and his ilk are interested in one thing, and one thing only- to discredit any information or reporting that goes against their twisted version of reality.

So stop it. Stop helping him. Stop giving the guy who wants to destroy objective journalism a platform. Everytime you do so, you grant legitimacy to a grade A douchbag. You wouldn't give a nutcase who wanted to slit your throat a knife, now would you?

Love, 4lg

PS. Take that idiot Carol Linn off the air. It would be a service to humanity.