Hey! It’s Friday - and I am outta here!
I’m heading back to my Shangri La in Michigan (Up North for you Michiganders) for a few weeks to spend some quality time with good friends and family (read: eating, drinking, laughing, playing, relaxing and taking in the clean fresh air.) See you sometime in August!
Where the Blacktop Ends - Keith Urban
or my annual PSA:
SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR FRICKIN’ ANIMALS!
And you all thought I was the crazy cat lady…
I’m so pissed off I could spit nails. Okay not pissed off, but … well, yeah okay pissed OFF.
As I was driving home tonight I turned the corner and right there in my neighbors driveway is Star, their female cat.. and TWO MORE F’N KITTENS! They couldn’t be more than 7 weeks old.
For those of you new to the class The Missus and I care for a feral (wild) colony of 32 cats that we have trapped, altered and released. We have 7 cats that we consider ourselves to be medically responsible for, 6 of which were feral kittens that we rescued from our backyard, AND we’ve trapped and adopted out 14 kittens in the last 2 years… That’s at least 51 cats… 51 CATS!!
And they all stem from this one family. Many of them are dead now because they have been hit by cars, eaten by coyotes, or trapped and killed by Animal Control.
The problem is my neighbors. They do not spay and neuter their cats. Their cats make kittens. They do not find homes for these kittens… They just let them go. Where do they end up? Vanished (read: eaten) or dead in the street or AT MY FUCKING HOUSE! They just had two other kittens about 4 months ago who are now roaming the neighborhood (including our back yard) and they are just waiting to be some coyotes dinner or get hit by a car.
I am at my wits end. Talking with these people goes nowhere. Their explanation is a simple shrug and just that their daughter LOVES kittens. Awww, well, isn’t that just precious. What they don’t seem to get no matter what we say is that kittens GROW UP!
We’ve tried trapping their cats but can’t catch the female. We trapped and fixed 2 of their males a few years ago and not surprisingly enough, they never noticed. What happened to them? Oh, one got hit by a car. And they never noticed. We had to tell them about it 5 weeks after it happened. The other male joined the feral colony.
At least the colony isn’t breeding any more thanks to me and The Missus and the wonderful folks who run the free feral spay and neuter program at Animal Samaritans (the local SPCA). We’ve worked with the organization to trap the entire colony and get them all fixed. ::pats back:: That’s all fine and good if only my neighbors would stop making kittens!
They are so irresponsible it just breaks my heart!!
I don’t know if reporting them would do any good (for the animals). I have zero faith or trust in P.S./Riverside Co. Animal Control. They are not known for their humanity towards animals. They are a “kill first, ask questions later” facility. But I fear they are our only recourse in trying to get this family to understand. I really like my neighbors. They are nice people at heart but they have NO common sense when it comes to animals.
Fuck. Two more kittens. I just can’t deal with this anymore. I really can’t.
/ rant
A very quick update today on Ye Olde Houselog.
Read Martha Stewart’s heart wrenching letter to the judge. My god, what this woman has done for the little people! Not to mention “…the intense suffering that has accompanied every single moment of the past two and a half years.”
*@&$ @#&^%$! Hilarious out takes from Winnebago Man.
Here’s a great invention if you want to keep others from using you coffee mug. Only problem is I know I’d lose that key in a week and then the damn things worthless.
How to spot a rich guy.
via my father in-law
Big Money! Big Money! Play Whammy!
This Land is MY Land! Bush v. Kerry flasharoonie.
via the missus
The Deep Fried Penguin Posse Keep your penguins together and watch out for the ninja…
114�F today. (44�C to you metric people)
“All around people looking half dead, walking on the sidewalk hotter than a matchhead…”
Name that tune.
Schwarzenegger Calls Budget Opponents ‘Girlie Men’.
Nice.
That has to be one of the cheapest school yard bully taunts I’ve heard in a while. Not to mention misogynistic and homophobic. Why don’t you kick sand in their face while you’re at it Arnie?
Or wait, here’s a thought… why don’t you actually get a budget passed?
Yeah, that’s the ticket.
“The shiny thing - grab the shiny thing.” Thank god this woman has a vehicle equipped with BlondeStar�!
via the missus
390 Things to Do Before You Die.
via presurfer
Coffee and Chrome: Have a Seat, a Lileks collection of restaurant postcards.
Miss Manners on The Key to Discreet Gossiping. Word.
Puppets in the Park: The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
A motherlode of Grateful Dead bootlegs. All mp3. The directory numbers are the show dates.
From the “Things that make you go Hmm” files…
Here’s a story that should send chills down your spine. Terror in the Skies, Again?”. It’s being discussed in depth on a few of the pundit blogs. From what I’ve read so far, the story checks out. Certain details were confirmed by one Dave Adams at the Federal Air Marshals Service.
In Other News: The Missus returns today. WooHoo! Thank god, because I really should not be left alone without adult supervision for more than a few hours. I turn into a complete slug and get absolutely nothing accomplished. The highlights of my weekend include: all of “I Love the 90’s”, followed by MTV’s Boiling Points marathon. And then to make matters worse, I was compelled to counter the effects of an incredibly disturbing episode of Six Feet Under by watching Chad Lowe wearing a really bad wig in “Take Me Home: The John Denver Story” on CMT last night. I actually stayed up to watch the end. Far out.
First, the dedication. Today is my mom’s birthday! Everyone say “Happy Birthday Mom!”
I wish I could be there with you today, but I’ll see you next week when we’ll celebrate properly. Today is your day, so turn it up and enjoy! I love you!
The Ocean (Live) - Led Zeppelin
And now the request portion of the show. Ya’all picked some good ones. And I threw in a couple extras just to round out the list. Happy friday and have a GREAT weekend!
note: all mp3 links will expire 7 days after posting
The Missus is off playing in the woods of Wisconsin so I’m left here to my own devices. One of the many joys of having the house to myself is that I get to play my “guilty pleasure” music REALLY LOUD.
What kind of guilty pleasure music MJ? Well, I’m not ashamed to admit it, I’m in the throws of a circa 1976 flashback and I’m LOVING IT!
Styx
ELO
Boston
Three Dog Night
Super Tramp
Journey
REO Speedwagon
To my younger readers, please don’t say “Who?!” I don’t want to hear about how you weren’t even born yet…
You better watch out or I might inflict some of it on you tomorrow! Mmmuuhahah!
I heard it from a friend who, heard it from friend who, heard from another you’ve been messing around…
… Oh yeah.
Last chance to sign up for a copy of the Friday Fishwrap Summer Burn 2004 CD Swap.
Drop me an email at: mj[at]fridayfishwrap[dot]com by the end of the day.
Me llamo: MJ
Location: Palm Springs, California
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