Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 05, 2023

Fangs out! Ora is just a tiny blur. Bonus points go to Elvis this time for the clever use of an awesome Space Laser. PEW PEW PEW!!!!

Can Ora Zella maintain this blurring speed? Will Leaping Lupin keep leaping? Will Elvis continue to smile?

Stay tuned!

(Okay, that last question was silly. We all know that even if he wins, he won’t continue to smile for much longer.)

And Puck is the commentator again.

Oh, yeah, they call her the streak. Fastest thing on four feet!

Goldie’s outfit reminds me of a fridge magnet I have. When i’m an old cat, ripped from the famous when i’m an old woman poem. Not that Goldie is old ;) just the color purple set my mind in that direction.

That’s definitely a CLOWDER to be reckoned with! (Yeah, I ended a sentence with a preposition—and it’s not an error! And no, spell check, I did not mean chowder!)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/prepositions-ending-a-sentence-with

Humans wake in 5…4…3…

Ora is zipping down the hall and Lupin looks so happy! Will Ora break the sound barrier? ;-) >^^<

Speed demons!

Uh-oh, Ora Zella is about to break the sound barrier; everyone cover your ears to prepare for the tiny sonic boom.♥

And they’re off! Newcomer Ora Z has taken the early lead out of the box on the inside followed closely by Leaping Lupin and then Goldie making a move on the outside. Too early to tell but you know it will be hotly contested as they make their way down the stretch.

There used to be a great horse track announcer named Trevor Denman who called a lot of races out in Santa Anita from the ‘80s into the 2010’s, he would do an amazing job calling the felines as they jostle for position and execute their strategies.

Is this the starship USS Enterprise? ‘Cause Ora Zella is traveling at WARP SPEED!!!

That is hilarious!!

Looks like O.Z. has taken the lead. Go, go, go.

Cool Laser Sounds! :D

OT: I know severe weather is predicted for a large part of the country today. Stay alert! Be prepared. Sending prayers and positive thoughts that these storms will calm down!

Cat-ch em if you can!

Space laser eh. Aha. More evidence that them outer space aliens is goofing around.

No wonder Elvis is at the rear of the pack. He had to take time to put the starting laser down! I guess he knew it would probably be too stressful for Pucky to do it.

Still loving Puck’s hoodie. Did he wear that sweatshirt when was locked in Freddie’s trunk? I seem to remember but can’t find the link.

A peek at Elvis’s belly fur, a RSORTB, a cool new font from Burt, … and then it all gets eclipsed by the watercolor blur that is Ora Zella! What a cool and clever artist technique!

New Twitters from Dr. Scuttles: “Springs thaws feel oddly delayed this year. No doubt the Loveland Frog is impatiently awaiting for the cold muds to quicken to “lukewarm.” *Spring’s! Forgive me. My, even the apostrophes are still at slumber this early spring hour…”

Also a Tweet from Georgia: I’m grateful that I got into the doctor when I did, my hand is pretty sore this week. I’m looking forward to surgery a week from today!

My aching hand is having me cosplay Mr. Darcy’s hand flex scene a lot this morning…

The Charge of the Kitty Light Brigade!

OT…I discovered a week or two ago that my cat has a small gingival mass on her lower left gum that’s right next to her canine. Basically it looks like a very small pink pea. I took her to one corporate owned vet clinic who said it would be about $800 to take care of, and I have a lower estimate from a non-corporate vet. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for good pet insurance so that I can have my beloved cat treated? Money is tight right now.

Ora Zella looks like she’s going straight to light speed… :P

I love everything about this shot but especially ora’s flash style motion blur.

“Nights of Thunder!”

or

“Ashaway Nights!”

Ludicrous Speed!

The Flash has nothing on Ora Zella.

Every race should start with cool laser sounds! It seems to have put Elvis at a disadvantage, but it will be tricky to catch Ora Zella anyway. Then again, as we know from the Halloween arc, stamina could be an issue for our unsettlingly polite racer.

One of them is so fast he’s a blur!

I love the speed blur for Ora Zella.

Run, kitties, run!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Afar Artisans’ Studio

Adobe Style: Arachna’s created a new web fabric that doesn’t stick to everything. What we want you to do is climb on it, run with it, whatever you want.

Ora Zed: Alright! Tally-ho! Here I go!

Arachna: If my web fabric can survive a tortie cat, it can survive anything.

At the Artisans’ Workshop

Iggy Shipwright: So you see I want to make a special gift for my cousin Ziggy Starcross. It’s always been his dream to play guitar, but unfortunately he found out guitars haven’t been invented yet. There’s a song about his plight.*

Iron Glove: We can design a guitar here, and maybe do some basic woodwork. Then we can ask Wally to do some of the more complicated work.

At the Afar Public Library and Coffee Shop

Beatrixia: This is what we’ve found so far, Ms Cleary. There was a fire at the Library at Meowlexandria. The library was destroyed, but it appears at least some of the scrolls were saved. The Procurer’s Guild may have been involved.

Ms Cleary: Please, just call me Bev. I’ve heard the stories, and I understand the Mouse and Beaver Divisions were involved in the scroll rescue.

Elvis-Anum: But will they tell what they did with the scrolls?

Bev: I think so. Procurers do like to conceal their sources, but in a case like this they would want the scrolls to be available to everyone.

Puckmosis: So where should we start?

Bev: In the 932s, Ancient History. I see young Bea is already heading over there.

The “Cool Laser Sounds” chyron/sound effect is my new favorite! Great font choice, Burt! And the color even matches the accents on the space laser! (I also love that it’s a space laser, not a gun.)

Great Blur effect Ms. Dunn! I bet that was tricky to get right!

OT – A BIG thank you to all for your comments and likes yesterday.it helps!

I love little miss Speed Racer with her motion blur. I think Lupin has his work cut out for him to beat her.

Um… Is Ora Z going hypersonic?

my mone’s on Ora Zella!

I wonder which of these cats will end up at the Kennelly-Heaviside layer?

Ora Zella! We obey the laws of physics in this house, young lady! Keep it below the speed of light!

And it’s Lupin by a whisker!

Cataract surgery went well this morning. Only hiccup was a thunderstorm moved through during surgery prep. Lights momentarily went out. Generator kicked in and got lights back but no computer. That came back about 15 minutes later. Surgery was right on time and now I’m home

I would give anything to have that space laser right now!

I hear a little cat voice saying, “On your left.”

The Calico Blur takes the lead!

Along with Puck should be the esteemed veteran ABC Network racing announcer – Jackie Stewart, a.k.a. ‘The Flying Scot’ !!! … Oh, I can hear it now:

" Aye, Puck! They are off indeed !! … And we are seeing some Fann-TASTIC Mooooter R-r-r-racing !!! … Just listening to those engines PURR – Ye know we’re witnessing a REAL RACE Today !!! " … :)

I am totally LOVING the BLUR Effect on Ora Zella !!! … :)

(Just how did Ms. Dunn DO that ?!) … :)

IM A BIG FAN!

Who’s going to win? Let’s take a gallop poll…

OT: Stitches come off on Saturday the 8th instead of the 14th!!! YAY!!!!

O.T. – OZZY UPDATE

Well, think I know who’s going to win, while showing off her teeth. And Goldie too!

Shouldn’t Ora Z only have her tail and hind quarters left in the last panel with that blur sh’s leaving behind her?

YAY!!!!!!! Our clowder had a Zoomie night last night. I made them all spend the day in the catio and on the Wheel to burn it off today. And they still have Zoomies right now.

Cool laser sounds!