Archive for February, 2004


This made me laugh. It’s taken from a post by ariedana who took it from one by christine9600 who gathered it from a posting by tornadoali

How to Give A Cat a Pill

1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3) Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4) Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right fore-finger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Phone best friend to come over and help.

6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get friend to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat’s throat vigorously.

7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8) Wrap cat in large towel and get friend to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9) Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans. Apply Band-Aid to friend’s forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10) Retrieve cat from neighbor’s shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply compress to cheek to disinfect. Throw Tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12) Ring fire brigade to retrieve the cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.

13) Tie the little bastard’s front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table. Find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14) Get parent to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15) Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

I have finally seen, “Pulp fiction”

Yes, I loved it.

Today your thoughts could be focused on the past, Andrei. You might find yourself reminiscing about the old days. A class reunion could be on your mind. Or you could be thinking about friends you used to know, reflecting on your experiences with them. It’s good to examine these old ties. You might remember something that could prove useful. Maybe you will conjure up an idea that can help you with a current situation.

Decisions decisions

I was going to post a reminder that today is the last day to participate in the LJ Valentines thingee (Mark II)

But no matter how I wrote the reminder, it came of sounding like I was desperate and trying to get people to participate.

*shrug*

🙂

(No really, I am mentally sick…. today)

I’ve always had this belief that viruses and bacterium work on multiple levels in different directions.

Everyone knows when they catch a bug because their physical state deteriorates. Personally, I believe there are good bacteria and viruses out there that we get on occasion on those days when we feel really good. There are those days when you wake up feeling really good. But even that is not quite accurate.

The truth is, on those days you feel really good, you may just be willing to ignore the annoyance of the pain in that one joint you always have. See, on a day when you’ve got the positive-physical bug, that’s the day that you suddenly use that joint and there’s no pain. Your body just decides it’s in better shape than usual.

So, what about that idea of waking up and feeling good? Well, if we can have positive and negative physical bugs. There must be others. I think there are intellectual, emotional, creative, magickal, interactive, and any number of undiscovered ones.

Case in point: This week I caught a sample of the currently floating goo. It started as a tickle in my throat, expanded thru my sinuses, and landed in my chest. It took out my energy for a few days and my focus.

So what does this all mean?

Today, I’ve been sitting here looking at code and having no idea what to do with it. I feel like I should just pick up a printout, rip it into confetti and say, “Whee!” I’ve done stuff like this in the past, but today it’s all just… Uh… Uh…..

I need to shake this ‘stupid’ virus I have. I’d been having a good run of positive brain bug. I need that one back.

Uh…. Uh……