Capt. Greybeard Jackson
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Author of "Grabbag," the Duke Nukem Theme, and much more. On disability retirement, but still writing music. https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com/commissions/
Joined Dec 2018
Ikea instructions *must* be followed properly ...
My cat is pouting.
He woke me up at 3:45 after having moved his big play cardboard box in front of the front door. I though someone was getting into the house.
I took the box and put it into the garage for recycling. Now, he's just sitting there where the box was, staring at nothing in particular. Moping.
Both of our cats are at the clinic today, getting dental cleanings done. They have to be put under for this, so naturally Mrs. Capt. is having major anxiety over the whole situation (even though she's the Trap-Neuter-Return coordinator for the whole city of Garland, TX). She got very little sleep last night due to worry and nightmares about the cats.
Gotta admit, I don't like sending both cats off at once either. I'll breathe much easier when they get home.
I love my cat, Loudmouth, dearly. However, I will never understand how such a small creature's poops can emit such a house-filling stench. The mind boggles.
Cat problems this morning. Loudmouth (see attached) has barfed his breakfast twice - once on the area rug beneath my music composition computer. Thanks to my lousy knees, I can't get down and clean it properly, so I'm stuck with a "mostly" clean carpet - one which I hesitate to put my feet upon. Going to have to wait until my wife comes home for help.
At least Loudmouth has stopped barfing for now.
Seriously, you'll need it.
Garland, TX Animal Control is in our garage right now, getting a cat out of our garage door mechanism.
My wife brought home a feral cat for keeping overnight for a Trap-Neuter-Return procedure. Somehow, he managed to knock over the trap he was in and escape into our garage. We found him this morning, trapped between the wall over the garage door and the mechanism that lifts the door.
Update: the cat has been removed and is in an animal carrier. Huzzah!
My wife's feral cat Trap-Neuter-Return program is selling these shirts at cost. They come in a choice of 4 colors. Please show your support by buying one today! https://bit.ly/2XZ9pPj
One of my cats loves my fur. 😂
He'll get up on the sofa with me and rub his head against my beard. Multiple times. When he's had his fill, he'll jump down and go about his business.
One of our cats got turned into a meme.
Received a handheld rechargeable pet vacuum from Amazon today. Finally got to clean the computer chair to my music system which Loudmouth the Cat has been using as a perch for months now.
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH CAT HAIR CAME OUT OF THAT CHAIR!
No wonder the lint rollers weren't getting everything. The hair was impacted!
Do have some sad news to report. A cat that Mrs. Capt. had been trying to nurse to adoptability had to be put down. It had an aggressive growth in its jaw that kept it from eating, and even kept growing back after multiple surgeries. Two nights ago it pulled out its feeding tube. The vet even got Texas A&M involved on the diagnosis and determined it was incurable. So, "Bitsy" was humanely put down yesterday. Her ashes will be mixed with others who also didn't make it.
Just spent the past 40 minutes following a cat around our house. She's a 10-year-old medical foster who's spent the last 2 months cooped up in a guest bedroom while she recuperates from surgeries to remove growths from her jaw. She's just now healthy enough to tackle walking among our younger, healthier cats. I hope they don't decide to turn on her - she wouldn't be able to defend herself very well.
Capt. Greybeard Jackson
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Author of "Grabbag," the Duke Nukem Theme, and much more. On disability retirement, but still writing music. https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com/commissions/
Joined Dec 2018