Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for January 17, 2023

The new way to count sheep! I’ll try it tonight!

Pace yourself, Lupin. Give it a few minutes in between books. (Just long enough for the People to think you’ve stopped and start to drift off again.)

In fairness, Lupin never claimed it was calming for others.

Light exercise? A cat feels like a bowling ball when it vaults onto a sleeping tummy. And then to get walloped by a flying book….

We’re in hour 7 of the man trying to sleep…

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2014/12/29

Ah, Puck, just what I need right now. Thank you for reminding me to brew a cup of non-caffeine herbal tea.

Where are the kittens?

Lupin knows the calm power of silent destruction.

Snappin one, two

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akv9xlZ2mEs

Some centering. Elvis still looks annoyed. Puck has the most effective method. Lupin considers his method better than counting sheep, but he can’t hear how he’s bothering everyone else.

So true to purrsonality!

By Sally Steltman, performed by Leslie Feist: 1234

One, two, three, four

Books now landing on the floor

I love knocking

All the books forever more!

…….

On the nightstand

Books in a stack

Give each one

A good hearty smack!

…….

Oh, oh, oh

Books on the floor

Oh, oh, oh

Let’s push them some more!

…….

Books off, books gone

As we wait for day to dawn

Well past 2 am

Will this day never begin?

…….

Maybe some stretches

And then some tea

Time passes

Slow as can be

…….

Oh, oh, oh

Books on the floor

Oh, oh, oh

Let’s push them some more!

…….

One, two, three, four

All the books are on the floor

One, two, three, four

Running now to find the door!

…….

Mew, mew, mew, mew

Mew, mew, mew purr, mew

Oh, oh, oh

Books on the floor!

Oh, oh, oh!

Finding some more!

Why, Lupin, why? Lupin(after catching the last, why, on the Woman’s lips) looks back at them, as he’s knocking another book down and says, Why what?

My Sunny likes to knock the books off my nightstand.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Maat-Tilda: Looks like a lovely day to travel. We should make good time to afar.

Sophititi: Maybe we can find some found objects along the way.

Kara: I think we’re making good time to stop at the Midnight Oasis.

Tabith-Isis: Just as long as no desert rats stop us.

Tillie: Yeah, too bad Louie-Nour couldn’t come along.

Soph: Isn’t he in Afar right now?

Tabs: Yes, along with Iron Glove and Adobe Style.

Sometime Later

Desert Rat: Hello, noble travelers. I am Aman-Thief, and my partner Azibo.

Ta-Natash: We met you once before.*

Aman: Yes, I recall that unfortunate encounter. But things are different now.

*https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2020/04/16

“Why?” There is no why, only do.

By this point, you’d think the People would know better than to leave anything anywhere on any table in the apartment. You’d think.

The teensiest, darlingest, most adorable bit of Pucky white floof patch.

OT. Pen recommendations?

Lupin reminds me of Count van Count of SESAME STREET.

Great idea, Lupin. If those books fell on their own, it could make it very difficult to sleep. Sleep is quite elusive, so I am glad for some tips from our feline reporters.

Did anyone else listen to weather.com this morning? The next winter storm heading across the US is named Iggy!

Knock every book off

One at a time

While you’re on the nightstand

Make it worth the climb

Ooh, yeah

Stretch every muscle

Bend ever so deep

Dig in every paw claw

‘Till you’ve wrecked their sleep

A sleep they will need

For the rest that it gives

Every night of their life

Spoiled as long as you live

Knock every book off

Drink soothing tea

Stretch your every muscle

’Till you think clearly

For a day where fun never ends

Follow what every cat does

’Till you see your friends

- Richard Rogers / Oscar Hammerstein II – Climb Every Mountain

Holmes has discovered that my CPAP machine is fun, especially at 2:00 a.m. I don’t use a whole nose mask; rather, I use one with small nasal pillows that is less cumbersome and doesn’t make me look like a BORG. The CPAP works by keeping continual positive air pressure, so your airway stays open and you don’t stop breathing (F.Y.I.-Breathing is highly recommended to those who want to live). The excess air is blown out of the small frame that holds the pillows and air supply together…and a particular orange kitten loves it.

I wake up to see a little orange paw reach over and pat at the air stream; pat…pat…pat. After shooing him away the first time, here comes the paw again, pat…pat…pat… Eventually, he will put his face into the air stream because it is fun, as if he is trying to lick the air. Last, he put his nose directly into the opening for the air, and we end staring at each other, nose to nose as it were, from about 3 inches apart. “I’m wide awake!” he tells me with wide eyes and fluffed whiskers, “Why aren’t you?”

Hamilton, curled up on the bed by my head, does not intervene. He knows the kitten will eventually tire of the dad-air-game, and his next stop will be to dive-bomb Hamilton’s head. The longer I have to deal with this crazy kitten, the less he will have to.

Holly, Mittens, and Belle attribute all the commotion on my side of the bed to some weird game less mentally developed males play in the middle of the night. Their smug female superiority radiates like a palpable aura.

*Note: Any spelling or punctuation mistakes are because I didn’t get enough slepp, and I am writing this in a profound stupor.

Way to make us feel the wait! Truly an extended night-before!

Oh boy just what we need, Kitty Kat Sesame Street. One book…..Two book…..Three book………meow, meow, meow.

Some kitty come and play

Some kitty come and play today

Some kitty come and smile the smiles

And sing the songs

It won’t take long

Some kitty come and play today

Some kitty come and play

Some kitty come and play my way

Some kitty come and rhyme the rhymes

And laugh the laughs

It won’t take time

Some kitty come and play today

Some kitty come with me and see the pleasure in the wind

Some kitty see the time is getting late to begin

Some kitty come and play

Some kitty come and play today

Some kitty come and be my friend

And watch the sun ’till it rains again

Some kitty come and play today

You gotta get up, you gotta get up, you gotta get up in the morning!

I suspect “Lupin why!” Is said an lot around the Big Pink House

Those books aren’t gonna knock over themselves.

One at a time, one at at time, one at at a time. I also like how each one sums up the cats: PUcky being a calm lad just has some tea, elvis being a bit jumpy moves abou ta bit but not too much and Lupin, being pure chaos.. knocks things over.

OT: My new kitten wants to knead my face with his claws when settling down at night. Any suggestions?

So exited for tommy and sophie to move in!We’ll finally get to see the bottom floor of the Big Pink House!

All together now: “LUPIN!!!”

Pitching is a form of meditation. Carefully move the object to the edge, being mindful of the sliding, the soft scratchy noise, and the changing distance from the tipping point. Observe it falling. Take careful notice of the thud or swoosh as it lands. Repeat as necessary.

“Why, Lupin?” Obvious: Because … LUPIN!

Using “Lupin” and “reason” in the same sentence is not proper.

Don’t be so sure it’s caffine-free. 8th grade science we had to do report on drugs, everyone assigned a different drug someone could get hooked on. I got the unenviable assignment of caffine, something none of us really thought of as a drug. I remember as part of my research I was looking at various drinks, at how much caffine was in each percentage wise. Picked up a drink that claimed to be caffine free and was shocked to find caffine free meant like 2 to 5 percent caffine. In comparison to the non-caffine free drinks where the percentage was 60% or more, that was awfully low. But it was still not caffine-free either.