Like something out of a science fiction movie, a red warning light starts to flash, klaxon alarm horns start to blare, and the bomb blast doors slowly open......LOL.
The kitty portal once again has opened a path for the kitties to venture forth.

They have been busy keeping the crunchers running and snoopervising their dad.
Dad has been very busy with long work hours and overtime.

Meow meow meow!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Hi there and welcome back...

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Happy Crunching,

Graham

Well, thank you for the kind welcome back, Graham.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And thank you to those who have chosen not to respond here, but instead have privately raised a thumb. Or some other finger of their choosing.

Meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Life has a funny way of telling you that you are too old for this sh+t.
Tom Cruz in now 52yo...........
How can he stand up to this?
A new Jack Reacher flick?
And at his age?

Meow meow meow, Tom.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Getting on towards the end of another long workweek. 3 11's done, one more tomorrow, and they tapped us for 5 hours on Friday again.
I think about the only thing that is gonna break this up a bit is Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's.

I guess I should not complain too much, pay is good on OT. And there are many others I know that would give their good right arm to be in my shoes.
But, it does make the ol' kittyman a bit weary at times. I do miss my 3 day weekends.

Meowsigh.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I'm glad to read that you are being "gainfully (over) employed" :-)


Over the years I have found periods of not being employed to be totally naff (other adjectives may be applied). I'd rather be over-employed than unemployed.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I'm glad to read that you are being "gainfully (over) employed" :-)


Over the years I have found periods of not being employed to be totally naff (other adjectives may be applied). I'd rather be over-employed than unemployed.

Oh yah!
Having spent a couple of years on the other side of the tracks, I can say that this surely beats the alternative.
And I do try to remind myself of that fact every Friday I have to work instead of having the day off. And I do honestly thank God for my job every day whilst I am walking in from the parking lot for the job and my health and strength to be able to do it at my age.
Of course the pain is always eased a bit when the paycheck funds show up every other week in my bank account. This may be the first year since I can remember that I could have enough set aside to pay my property taxes without borrowing to cover it.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And Dad is back home from another long day building fire trucks. Went pretty well today, lotsa work and the time passed quickly.

And.....
Bonus round!
The powers that be actually decided for the first time in a long time, that we did not have to come in for OT on Friday! Voluntary instead of mandatory.

LOL...they did not have many volunteers.
The kittyman, for one, did not put his name into the hat.
So....I do have an 11AM appointment, but after that, I have an extra day off this week.

Meowhappy.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

So....I do have an 11AM appointment, but after that, I have an extra day off this week.

Great! Lucky you!!!

Wouldn't it be nice to go over to Lori's this evening and watch a movie, or three?

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Once again, I scream into the darkness that is my soul.
I wonder what it is that keeps me whole.
My life is not yours to control nor take.
I life this each and every breath I wake.

Now ponder if you could what it must be
to have a soul as wandering as me.
And you shall find, if you partake
a wondering path that you might take.

Not for the faint of heart, my life.
Never was the one to shy.
But could you take one step in mine,
all of a sudden you would know why.

Kitty steps, kitty paws.
Things to cherish above all.
These are things that lead to life.
If ignored, they lead to strife.

Kitty kitty from afar,
can you tell me who I are?
Kitty God says from far above,
You are my son, and you I love.

Kitty kitty God above,
could you save all the kitties I love?
No, my friend, I am sad to say
that you alone must walk that way.

Kitty kitty, I am sure you know
That I can save the seeds you sow.
But can I get your help above
to save the lives I surely love?

Kitty kitty, no answer then?
I must go on and try again?
I shall march on and try to claim
the lost kitties shall not die in vain.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

My very inner voice has cried to me once again.
There are some things one cannot forget.
I know it was years ago now, but fresh in my mind.
I have this problem of dredging up things from the past that are beyond my control, and yet they still cause me sorrow.
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Meowsigh.

Mel Blanc was one of those things.

Good Night, dear Bugs.
Mel Blanc was 81. I should live so long.

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Just a statement.
Because I can, and the Lord wills that I do.

Please understand that this is just a testament of my own position in life, and not anything you must regard as truth or preaching.
But, the Lord has said that one shall try to teach, and so I shall.

You all take it or disregard it as it may reach you. Or perhaps not.
I find it very deeply inspiring.

And I found it very interesting that Angela expressed my very same opinion on another forum recently.

Even IF man finds life on another planet we should not find that so shocking as to shake our faith, for if God so willed to create life on Earth, why could we not accept that He may have created other forms of life on other planets?
That is not a stretch of imagination, my friends.

The Book of Eli....excerpt.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And the Lord said this..........
Take this word and send it to all your brothers and sisters.
That they then shall know the Lord is coming.

Now, take that verbatim.

The Lord is coming.

That could mean a lot of things in the world of the untaught and unknowing peoples of the earth back in BC.

I am not going to try to tell any of you that the Lord is coming in 2020.......LOL.

I think he may have actually given up on the concept.
But.........
What if....

Another thought for another time.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I have never cracked a bible, and yet, through what I have been taught and read, I believe.

Isn't that strange? Not to me.
I just accept that somewhere along my live's road, something came to me.
I cannot tell you when and where. And I actually find that a strange question myself. When DID I become aware of Christ.

I cannot answer that question. And now that I think about it, it bothers me a bit.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I have never cracked a bible, and yet, through what I have been taught and read, I believe.

Isn't that strange? Not to me.
I just accept that somewhere along my live's road, something came to me.
I cannot tell you when and where. And I actually find that a strange question myself. When DID I become aware of Christ.

I cannot answer that question. And now that I think about it, it bothers me a bit.

Well, for me, having been sent to Catholic grade school and high school you might think I'd have some knowledge of the bible, but it's very scant, indeed. Bible study really wasn't part of our curriculum, and my parents weren't bible thumpers, so I just benefitted from the higher quality of the private education.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

My life in HS was simple terror for me. No friends. Nobody to talk to. Nothing./

I didn't like HS either, but since it was a private school, there wasn't really any nasty drama like I've heard about in public schools. The fact I didn't like it stemmed mainly from because it was very academically challenging, and it wasn't coed, :~(

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Mine is a 1970 Buick Skylark.
She is waiting in the garage.
She will awaken one day to avenge me.
She is in tatters awaiting attention. She still loves and protects me from the garage.

Needs an engine. I one day will be able to afford the 455 she deserves.
And she shall live again.
My teenage car. My love. My Christine.

Meow.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

My life in HS was simple terror for me. No friends. Nobody to talk to. Nothing./

I didn't like HS either, but since it was a private school, there wasn't really any nasty drama like I've heard about in public schools. The fact I didn't like it stemmed mainly from because it was very academically challenging, and it wasn't coed, :~(

Oh, the drama.............Believe me, it was quite dramatic. Who would go out with or even talk to who.
Terrible, terrible memories.
I took to drinking before I left high school. And my schoolmates where why.
Took my 440 Buick well borne on a jump over some railroad tracks, but even that did not impress them enough to embrace me.

I never had a girlfriend. Never had any friend at all.

I have a bad thing with how can I say this.........reflexes.
As I said, I had a bad thing with taunting and such. This all came to an end one day.

I was reaching up into my locker for something. This clown came up to me from behind, and knowing how jumpy I was, poked me in the ribs.

Well, I, by reflex, came back with my elbows and caught him square in the chin and knocked him out cold. This was fortunately taken by others as an angry response, and I was never bothered by anybody again.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Terrible, terrible memories

I don't have any traumatic memories like that, but I still dream about forgetting to go to English class all semester and then realizing the final exam is tomorrow. Classic. I also dream about forgetting my locker combination, and what rooms my classes are in.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place