March 19, 2010: "Religion
is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise
as false, and by the rulers as useful." - Seneca the
Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65)
A common problem with laptops is that they tend to get a trifle WARM
after they've been on your lap a while. That's why a friend of mine
developed the LapCat. It's a thermally insulated barrier featuring
tons of storage space, a protective sleeve for your laptop and, of
course, the cutest little kitten applique on top. Check it out here.
(PS, yes, that's my lap in that picture.)
Cat Tails
The
Right Cat In the Right Place
By Sarah Gonet
NEW BEDFORD — A few days before Christmas, Jenna Coggeshall
was greeted by an unexpected visitor when she walked out the
front door of her New Bedford home.
"He was just staring up at me," Coggeshall said of
the scrawny, neglected cat sitting on her porch steps.
"He looked like he hadn't eaten in forever. I guess you
could say he found me at just the right time."
The downtrodden kitty certainly had stumbled across the perfect
caretaker. Coggeshall, a volunteer with the Center for Animal
Rescue and Education South Coast, has fostered countless cats,
dogs and other animals over the years.
"I fed him and got to work cleaning him up. His fur was
a matted mess," she said, noting that the cat's face appeared
to be paralyzed from some sort of injury and his ear was torn.
"Considering everything he had probably been through,
he was extremely calm and affectionate. I've never seen a cat
that's
so friendly."
A few days later, on Christmas Eve, Coggeshall noticed that
her charge seemed to be in pain and was having difficulty urinating.
She took him to Anchor Animal Hospital in Dartmouth, and after
several tests, she got the shocking news.
"He had a BB gun pellet lodged in his bladder and ended
up having surgery to remove it," Coggeshall said. Once
it was out, "You
could tell that he immediately felt better."
In all, Coggeshall personally paid more than $1,500 for her "foster
cat's" care, with the nonprofit Coalition for Animals'
Shelter Matching Medical Relief Fund helping to pick up part
of the cost.
No one will ever know exactly what happened to the feline Coggeshall
has informally dubbed the "BB Cat." She hasn't officially
named him because she is hoping he will be adopted by a loving
family.
"What Jenna and volunteers like her do for stray and neglected
animals is incredible," said Pamela Holmes, president
of the coalition, which serves as an umbrella organization
for a number of local animal welfare groups. "They are
there on the front lines, standing up and caring for these
animals when no one else will."
The Center for Animal Rescue and Education South Coast is currently
helping with BB Cat's care.
"Cats like this are special and they deserve special homes," said
Susan Goldsmith of another nonprofit that relies entirely on
donations and volunteers.
That's why were here. We need people to help us make that connection.".
Frankie,
The Primary
Infinaut
The story of a cataclysmic concatenation...
Shortly after the turn of the false millennium, or early in the year
2000, I was cruising a favored Apple computer forum and chanced upon
the picture you see to your left. That's Frankie,
the progenitor of the Infinite Cat Project, admiring the beauty of
a flower. (Major kudos to Paul Hamilton, owner of Frankie, for kicking
this whole thing off.)
Not long after that another visitor to the same forum beheld his
cat growling at the picture of Frankie and summarily posted an image
of that event. I thought this sequence held promise and had my own
cat, Poozy, join the queue, a progression that now boasts well over
1600 cats.
There's always room at the table for one more kitty. So join us,
won't ye?
Help Feed
the Kitties!
Free
Kibble for Kitties
I
was alerted to a web site called freekibblekat.com by
Beloved Girlfriend. You go there, play a simple trivia game and the site
donates kibble to
needy animal shelters. It's free and you can play once a day, every day.
They obviously make a few bucks for themsleves but it's clear that the
majority of proceeds goes to the animals, so please stop in when you
can.
PS, you can also totally
send some kitty vittles with just a click at theanimalrescuesite.com.
Just visit the site and press the big purple button. That's all there
is to it.
Where
Do We
All Come From?
Since
first erecting this web site I was amazed by how many of its
visitors live outside the parochial boundaries of the United
States. Now, thanks to feedjit.com, I have a visual map of the
last 100 visitors to the ICP. Just mouse over the little red
dots on the map to your right for extra details on our foot-traffic.
This is a wonderful tool but it tells me I'm in Arlington, Texas,
rather than Dallas, Texas. But that's close enough.
Not
an ad...
Honest!
Need
a custom web site that's attractive, fast-loading, Google-friendly
and, relatively-speaking, dirt cheap? Then see my friends
at X-Site-D Web Creation.
Tell 'em Mike sent ya!
Sign
of
The Times
If
you're interested in placing a graphic link on your web site
back to the ICP, here's the very thing you're looking for:
Click the
Paypal
link above and
help support the
Infinite Cat
Project
"My Infinite Gratitude"
The following is a relatively short yet heartening list of
those who have contributed in support of the Infinite Cat
Project
over
the
years. In
lieu
of listing the names
in any intelligent way I decided to post them alphabetically.
It's not a perfect system, as those of you of Polish descent
get the shaft again <grin> but at least it helps me keep
the names straight.
In case you're wondering the green colors indicate donations
in excess of $10 while the single listing in orange is for
one
very
exceptional
cat
lover. You know who you are and I want to have your children
M.
Adam, S. Adams, L. Aimone,
S. Almaguer, G. Ancell,
M. Axtell, A. Bachman,
K. Berenson, H. Bielefeldt,
T. Blassingame, P. Blassingame,
A. Bolt, R. Bruner, J.
Bullas, A. Chiang, M. Cogen, D. Conlin, M. Cracauer, M.
Dawson, J. Delton, T. Devrick, J. Diamond,
T. Dixon, C. Dofer, E. Dorfman,
B. Dutton, E. Fitzpatrick,
B. Fonteboa, E. Foss, B. Friesner, G. Garcia, M. Gordon,
A. Gunn, J. Hamblen, B.
Harper, J. Hays, T.
Henry,
D. Herbert, A. Hertz, A. Hilbert, K. Hildebrandt,
A.
Hoger, P.
Houser, V. Huston, , J.
Ikeda, B. Jones, S. Jowett, W. Lee, M.
Lufkin, C. Lewis, M. Knight, K.
MacKenzie, M. Mcgann,
J. McGinnis, M. Mckercher,
S. Melhuish, T. Miles, D.
Morse-Kahn,
A. Neduha, A. Nelson, L. Nevins,
C. O'Brien, A. Ocean,
www.oldamericancentury.org, K. Orman, Pinky
& Bunny,
R. Owens, J. Pavlov, R. Perry, C. Phillips,
H. Pirani, C. Plant, R. Poletto, D.
Rakowski, R. Redman, R. Riitala, M. Ryan,
W. Ryngwelski, D. Sanders, M.
Schluter, H. Sherwood-Taylor, J.
Sokel, S. Somero, M. Stabile, F. Street, J.P.
Thompson, D. Thoms, G. Toland, C. Ullrich,
J. van Luyt, A. Walls, J. Weisenfeld, K.
Welles, B. Wilkinson, J. Williams.
I thank you, the cats thank you, and my web host
thanks you.
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