I'm off

I'll be traveling until late Monday night, and I won't have my laptop with me.

You guys are gonna have to make do with the archives. Sorry!! And rest assured, Maddie and Ripley will be in good hands. A good friend is kitten sitting for me.

Hasta la vista, doods!

Wednesday Ripley

Ripley enjoys sitting in the sink when I'm getting ready in the morning.

And she wants you to know that she is too trying to grow a plushy tail. You can see some of the long hairs here.

Madeleine

She looks more like a big girl kitty everyday.

Her ruff is coming in too.

Slammertime!!

"Whaaaaaa? I didn't see THAT coming."

Libby Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison, Fined $250K

No reaction from Cheney yet. I guess we'll have to wait until after sundown. Or maybe until after hell freezes over, since loyalty is only a one-way street in the Bush world.

Let this be a lesson to bushistas everywhere. You're all expendable.

photo: Getty Images

Then and Now

Maddie the first night I brought her home....

And Maddie today, looking like an all growed up kitteness. Here's a scary thought... she's not done growing.

Sleepy time

Just for Ntodd.

She doesn't look much like a fearsome chainsaw here.

Chainsawwwww!!

"Please turn off the vacuum cleaner. That thing is scaring me."

Togetherness

If you look, you'll notice that Ripley has her paw on Maddie. Silly gurlzz.

RIP Steve

Oh my. What terrible news.

Steve Gilliard passed away today. I think one of the bright lights in the world has gone out. I didn't know him, but I feel terribly sad.

Our condolences to Jen, Steve's family and his many, many friends. He will be sorely missed.

Early Saturday kittenzzzz

Hallloooooo!! Quit making fun of mah big tail.

So sleeeeeppeeeeee....

Ripley....

Miss Chainsaw, hanging out on the sofa, wondering when HER tail will get that plushy.

The Beast!!

The third animal that lives in my house.

And here's the rest of the cat. Her markings are quite dramatic, no?

Weekly Memorial Plushy blogging

Plushy porn!

I imagine him looking in at the girls and saying, "NOW what are they doing?"

Just for Watertiger

Ripley would like to help you destress. Here she demonstrates the proper technique for relaxing.

So she wants to know if she should send you a peep?

More kittenz

Who among us does not like pink toesies?

whine whine whine

I'm going to make her bite all of y'all.

Soul suckers

Bush said today:

"I'm deeply concerned about America losing its soul," Bush said.

Really? Perhaps you should think about doing something about the heartless, soul-sucking, radioactive, brain-eating, would like to be nuking somebody mother fucker who offices down the hall from you.

Okay, he was talking about immigration, but my point stands.

Via Froomkin.

Photo: Julie Jacobsen, Associated Press

Update: From the same column, also about the immigration meltdown on the republican side:

"An aide to one Republican senator who is usually a close White House ally said that Mr. Bush had questioned the patriotism of lawmakers who are concerned about granting amnesty to illegal aliens."

Welcome to our world, motherfuckers.

It's a mad, mad, maddie world

Behold my most excellent whiskers. (I like when they get all unruly and go all snidely-whiplash)

She is teenage cool.

Riiiiippppp-lllleeeeeeeeee

Hallloooooooo!!

Prepare to eeeeeeeeeep!! you mo-fos.

This is what she was doing

...being silly with a feather on a stick.

Who me? halloooooooo!!!!