24Apr24: Andy’s ‘nipped…

He’s got the blank look of a ‘nip user, and he stayed there like this, immobile for several minutes.

He’s really twitchy now, my next clue.

He moved over to the lapboard and slept it off. Good ‘niip!

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I couldn’t access the Internet on my laptop yesterday. It looked pretty grim because Spectrum tech support’s Jaimie wasn’t able to come up with a solution. I decided it was a good time to stand away from the problem and come back the next day. I have exactly no idea what I did differently today, but I have WiFi again. I hate computers! And I love them to death.

01Aug20: What’s up, Doug?

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Andy’s curious. Why won’t I let him come around to the other side?

Maybe it’s because he has “Itchy Paws” and all I need to start hyperventilating again is Andy to wipe out what little hard won progress I’ve made on the nightmare configuration issues on my new laptop and photo sharing from my smart phone.

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Seems like I resolve one issue and bring up twelve more. I’m not kidding about hyperventilation! ( I hope the person who cuts my beard and hair is operating again soon or I might be tempted to do it myself. >self to myself< “Don’t do it, Doug!”)

Post 1896: The kitty boys are back!

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We’ve had a grumpy few days, thanks to a laptop giving up the ghost, but my new laptop means the kitty boys and I can return to regular posting.

What’s going to fall apart next? I suspect it’s time for the smart phone to go belly up. I mean, don’t expensive things always fail close to expensive holidays like Christmas? And it’s about the only bit of technology I use that’s left to croak!

28Jan26: bored and perplexed…

I’m sorry Andy. I finally found
– I hope –
your previous kitty food that you liked. Sadly, it won’t arrive here till next Tuesday.

He’s had to make Doug with dry because [famous pet supply place that should defined their products a lot clearer] sent Andy 24 cans of this weird cat food for seniors that looks like dry cat food in gravy

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I put an amount Andy might eat on the plate. After all those Greenies, I don’t think it’ll be much.

Gotta mush it down so Andy doesn’t choke on big chunks.

A bit of water to hydrate/dilute the mess helps mush it down. Then I zap it for a few seconds since it was refrigerated.

What a little hero! He doesn’t finish it, but he licks that slop up!

27Feb26: What’s up?

Feeling a bit punk today. This will be a short one.

Andy’s fine, but unhappy with the canned food that looks like gravy over plain old dry kitty food. I try to mash the mess down to make it more like pate, but you can’t mess with a kitty when it comes to food!

(I’ve reordered the hairball formula pate kitty food. It will arrive in one to three days. The slop in the can is for senior cats but is of a size that a cat with poor teeth could choke on it if they couldn’t chew it into smaller chunks. P.S. Andy has excellent dental health, thanks to a lifelong appetite for Greenies! His veterinarian was surprised.)

26Jan26: Yay! Wednesday roll time!

Bret showed up with a Danish that had a hint of almond and lots of cinnamon.

Andy thought it might be kitty food, too.

He head bumped the back of my head or just sniffed it. I felt a fuzzy presence on my neck at least!

Tongue out. Giving me a Bronx cheer? Surely not!

Earlier, Andy insisted that the bowl was empty….

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Do you see what I just noticed? Something right out of the 1960’s….

25Jan26: SOTU speech…

“Don’t worry, Andy. You aren’t allowed to vote, even in red states.”

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I mean to watch this annual speech. It doesn’t matter if I voted for the current president or not, I feel watching this speech is part of being an informed, good citizen.

That noted, I fell asleep early, perhaps within ten or so minutes at the start. I missed the other party’s response and most of the pundits’ analysis later.

Have I ever survived one of these speeches? I think I stayed awake for every one up to…? I don’t think I have ever seen one completely through.