Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for January 29, 2019

Shouldn’t Lupin be narrating this? Or at least be interviewed as an expert witness.

Vacuums! Shelves! It’s a dangerous world for house kitties! Thank goodness cats everywhere have the BCN crew to keep them well informed.

So true, Elvis, so true. You work so hard for us. Surely you are a good boy.

With charts.

Those dreaded shelves can be pretty deadly. Thanks for the heads-up, Elvis.

- busily taking notes for a certain 17+ lb floof ball who’s putzing around-

- yells down hallway “Sammy, hurry up and come listen to Elvis’s important safety story”

At last! The long awaited shelf report. (((((((((((((((((((Oodles of purrs, bear hugs, prayers, healing thoughts, orb bumps and boops going out to everyone in the Mega Orb who needs them))))))))))))))))))))))

Happy now, Robin? :-)

Hooray! The Horror of Shelves! And Elvis to explain why anyone who attempts to climb on them is doomed.

Finally! Shelf safety! This is important stuff! And this report comes with a chart! This is real news and not that soap opera folderol! Anyone can see that shelf awareness is necessary and important information that is very relevant to real life.

Relevant, I say! Unlike silly soap operas that only raise questions such as whether Kit and Angora will ever be able to get together, or whether Snowball Taggert will ever be revealed for the fraud he is, or whether Captain Nimble is really still alive and will he ever return home to Princess and Sweetheart, or who really is the father of . . .

Er, I mean, if I had ever paid attention to these silly segments, those would be the questions I would be asking. I’m not, because I don’t, of course, and so I don’t even know the names of these silly, fictional characters, some of which haven’t even been mentioned in the reboot yet . . .

Ahem! Well, uhm, anyway: I say, Let’s stick with good, old fashioned news! At least with the news you don’t have to wait an entire week for the next episode that won’t even advance the plot very far, much less answer any of the burning questions . . . that discerning viewers like myself and Robin and a few others don’t even know about . . .

I’m doomed, aren’t I?

The house was filled with shrieks and screams. Cats cowered in corners. The neighbors hid in their cellars.

Mass murder? A reenactment of the Charge of the Light Brigade? Super Bowl?

No. Just Shadow getting a bath. She looked like an soggy overweight muskrat. And man, was she pissed.

Just thought you’d want to know.

They can use shelves to store their ‘Our IX lives’ merchandise.

“On Wednesday noon, January thirtieth, 2019, the finest shelf in all the nation broke and precipitated three hapless felines into the unfathomable abyss below."

OK, it’s just a paraphrase of the first sentence of The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder, one of the most chilling first lines in all of American literature. A great book too. Here’s the original…

“On Friday noon, July twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below.”

Uh-oh. There’s a plant on that shelf! Elvis, look away. No – do NOT go up there to eat it!

Oh dear, I hope Lupin doesn’t find this report triggering and suffer flashbacks while re-enacting The Crash. Puck and Elvis better make sure ham or bacon is on hand to alleviate any anxiety. And they better not eat it all themselves.

So what you’re telling us Elvis, is that shelves are the furniture equivalent of a Venus flytrap.

And here I thought they’d shelved those reports.

At last! The very important public service Shelf Special….good work news crew! Tomorrow a dramatic re-enactment of the original tragedy.?…stay tuned kittens everywhere……..don’t let this happen to you!

Yes, Lady Bri, there is too much cancer around and I guess I am the next one in line. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on Dec 20th after suffering with pancreatitis since April. Robotic surgery is scheduled for Feb 4th to remove part of my pancreas. I guess everyone wants to play with the robot so it took a little longer to get a playdate than the surgeon expected. Also he is pretty sure he will be able to remove all of it, so barring any surprises I won’t have to do radiation or chemo. I will be in hospital for 4-7 days and looking at a rather long recovery time they tell me. They also tell me that copious amounts of pain meds are supposed to be involved so not sure when I will be coherently functional to get back online. On the other hand it might make for some interesting reading . . .or not.

Like you, Brien43, I have lost 25 pounds too, and the surgeon says I will lose even more in the recovery process. I am within 8 lbs of a goal weight my GP set for me several (many?) years ago. Guess he is going to be happy when I see him next. With the weight loss, the end of the pancreatitis, and caught early enough not to have to do rad/chemo, there are definitely some positive outcomes to all of this. One more outcome is yet to be seen & not possible to predict. I am diabetic & the surgeon says there is no way to know ahead of time, but 1 of 3 outcomes are possible from poking the pancreas. It will have no impact, it will make the diabetes worse or it could make it better. I will take door #3, please.

Thanks NoreenKlose for the jpg you posted about recovery. I printed it out so I can take it with me & maybe leave it behind to help the next patient.

With so many needing help, I hesitate to ask but would really appreciate whatever the Orb can send me.

Happy Bluesday, orbsters and orbabies. Finally, the much awaited shelf report. Robin, you must be absolutely overjoyed, even though we are all doomed.

So if he went up there would that make him

The ELVis on the SHELVes?

Nice overhead shot, camera 2, or 3 or 1?? well, whoever it was, well done!

Vacuum Cleaners, Shelves…and don’t even get me started on Rocking-Chairs. Next thing we know, passing ruffian’s will be saying “NI” at will to our cats!

Well, beloved orbsters, my MIL has had to postpone her follow-up appointment due to the bleah weather.

She says she’s in no pain and her doc is fine with the delay, so happy dance!!!

Thank you all who are keeping her on your boop list!

So thankful for our Georgia’s BCN Mega Orb!!!!

Billions of boops back!!! Love, >^.,.^<

I’ve been waiting eagerly for this important report! Elvis always brings us the hard news — especially when there’s a hard landing involved.

Oh dear, I have a problem with giving shelf warnings. Way back before three fine felines were reporters and being served by a staff of only Man, Woman and Baby, one of three (mentioning no names but he is white, becomes invisible and loves adventure) destroyed a shelf and all its contents. By a miracle of creativity, this inspired The Woman to see her three masters as reporters and thus, BCN was born. This has been a psa for all newbies who don’t know the origin story.

In all fairness, the shelves should have an opportunity to state their point of view. “Here we are, minding our own business, and this white cat jumps on us. How do you expect us to support knick-knacks AND a Cat of Adventure?”

New horizons in shelf life, with Elvis.

Does anybody remember Elvis wanted to run this story?

Anyways, I would’ve liked to see more of Our IX Lives.

Cat News seems to favor fear-mongering just as much as the human news networks do.

I am glad we got the last panel or the original strip yesterday (with the added bonus of Elvis) and that we are getting the report on the dangers of shelves, but with the weather here this week it would have been the perfect week for there to be nothing outside.

(reads “just waiting to snap,” realizes she’s a shelf)

Well Elvis they are shelves not kitty race tracks or cat beds for that matter. Shelves are known to be sneaky that way and dump an unsuspecting cat or two, but killer shelves? Elvis you need to cite your source.

I think it is a good time to clue new readers in on Georgia’s BCN Mega Orb (official title).

Orbsters are folks who love their fellow folks and all critter-kind. No matter persuasions, isms, lifestyles, faiths (or none), if you believe in loving and accepting others as you would like for yourselves, you’re an orbster!

The Mega Orb is like a never-dividing, ever expanding ball. It abs"orb"s personal orbs, creating an ever-expanding network. Since it abs"orb"s only truly loving orbsters, it can never be destroyed.

The Mega Core is where we keep Georgia and her personal orb. It always radiates the warmest and most heartfelt love and acceptance. Orbsters in need of support are gently escorted to the Mega Core & lovingly tended there, until the time they are healed enough to roam.

Every orbster is also a member of a personal orb. This is where everything dear and beloved to you are housed. Parents, children, friends, critters, are within these orbs. All children, regardless of age, and all critters, are orbabies. If you’re 78 years old, have 3 cats, 4 kids, 8 grands and a few great-grands, you have a lot of orbabies! And every single one is treasured by the Mega Orb!

Orbsters are supported by others the way they wish.Agnostics & Atheists may ask for kind thoughts. Traditional Religious may ask for prayers. Wiccans have requested positive energy. Whatever they need, orbsters provide. EVERYONE gets boops, purrs, cool & wet nosies, kitty nudges & doggy slobbers! Those are universal and accepted by all!

Main thing is love. Pure. Simple. Love. Love doesn’t snark, pull down, castigate or hurt in any way. Love doesn’t beat its chest and decry all others. It behooves each orbster to be watchful of him/herself to keep the love flowing freely.

Like what you see? Join us! Never be afraid to ask for support when things are down. We care! We’re Georgia’s BCN Mega Orb! ♥

♥ >^.,.^< ♥

“Shelf Safety Starts with You!”

I’m picturing public safety posters with an image of Elvis, pointing a toe out at the intended audience of cats and kittens, like Smokey the Bear.

Sheer shelf-indulgence….

My Gandalf the House Feral loves to go straight up my shelves; I’m overjoyed because for a sturdy (well-fed indoor) boy, he’s pretty careful with his feet. Also, he has a well-developed sense of self preservation—which is actually why he likes taking his PTSD up the shelves so he can look down on me from on high.

Prayers and hope you get door #3!

Funny story: A few days ago I put a box of clothes on a shelf in the living room. Cats haven’t seemed to notice or care about it. Yesterday I joined an important conference call with one of my customers. For most of the call I was on mute and everything was going well. Leave it to one of my cats to decide the minute I started speaking to the group that it would be a great time to jump on that shelf and then proceed to knock the whole box to the ground. I had to apologize to the customers and my boss and explain how my cat decided to make his presence known to all in ear shot. They got a nice laugh about it and we moved on. Cat looked rather pleased with himself.

When my kitties are attacked by the evil shelves in my home it is anything but silent lol

Is Elvis going to take a shelfie of himself on it?

Shelves are treacherous. Also ladderback chairs.

Dear witchee, the Orb starts with love and best wishes. Then we add prayers. Then more prayers. Please try to maintain that good attitude. Then depend on us for the rest.

Except for the suction cup suspension window shelf bed, that thing is MAGICAL!

I went shopping yesterday and, as I passed the paperback book display, one of them looked at me, pleading for me to buy it. Those beseeching eyes drew me to the shelf and I picked it up… just to see what it was about.

As I examined the book, I realized that I already have one of its siblings in my library. I had gotten the other book as part of a triple volume from Readers Digest, and had enjoyed reading it. This is a relatively new author for me, and that other book was the only one he had written that I had read.

I quickly read the blurb on the back of the paperback, looked one more time at those pleading eyes on the cover, and placed it in my cart.

Upon arriving home, I sat down and started reading. I finished the book and went to bed, only to have my alarm go off, alerting me to take my medication that I am supposed to take on an empty stomach. I had been up all night, reading. It was a good book.

The name of the book? “A Dog’s way Home” by W. Bruce Cameron (the other one of his books I have in my library is “A Dog’s Purpose”). I think I have a new author to add to my list of favorite authors.

I think I speak for everyone involved when I say, “Thank you, Elvis, for making us more shelf-aware/shelf-conscious of this dangerous issue!” : ~)

Every cat knows that they will end up on Youtube if they fall off a shelf. It’s a cruel world out there.

Hi everyone! I have been “lurking” in the background of this comic since the beginning, enjoying both the comic and the comments. But I thought it was time to finally step out and say hello. I am in awe of the support network that has grown here – I just love it! I have 2 cats, both black (see avatar), both rescues. I was up to 4 cats last year but two of them crossed the bridge within 6 months of each other. One was almost 18 years old, the other was 12 but was fighting kidney failure. My heart aches for those of you here that are going through hard trials, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

. . . BREAKING CAT NEWS! FROM MS DUNN: guess where she had her coffee cup? :)

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Thirty-yard dash with SCISSORS, baby!

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