Rantings Diversified

I think I may have just invented the greatest cat toy ever invented.  Necessity being the mother of invention, I was sick and tired of Captain Willie attacking my feet and thinking it was funny to do so.  I need something to distract him from scratching my feet.  I took a piece of paper and balled it up really tightly and threw it on the floor.  Well needless to say he freaked out and has been playing with it almost non-stop.  When he’s not playing with it he carries it around and sits on it.  The greatest cat toy ever invented! Below you’ll find a picture of this great invention.  Remember you can click on the pics to embiggialize them.

I gave Captain Willie this paper ball this morning at about 7am and he played with it non-stop for about an hour.  Here is a pic of him after he was done playing.

Well I did it. I went to the HumaneSociety today and got a roommate.  You see they were adopting cats for $10 today only.  So Maggie and I met at Starbucks at 9am and ventured over to the shelter only to wait in line until they opened at 11am.  There were about 10 people in front of us and by the time it opened there were 75 people behind us.
Last Thursday Mags and I went and found a few kittens we liked so we already knew who we were looking to adopt.  Well both of our choices were right up front by the main desk in the lobby.  I asked to see a black and white kitten I had fallen for last Thursday and as soon as I was holding him I knew he was bound to be my roommate.  His name is Captain Willie or Willie for short.  His name comes from a Little Feat song named “Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie”.  Capt. Willie is a special needs kitten.  You see he only has one eye.  When he was young he got into a fight with one of his siblings and lost an eye.  He is so friendly and full of energy and I was afraid that nobody would adopt him so I did.  We got home today and there was very little transition time.  He ran around the apartment checking things out for about an hour and is now happily sleeping on my lap as I write this on my laptop.
Maggie got a beautiful all black kitten.  I’ll have to check with her and find out what she named her.  (Update: Maggie named her kitten Klipper so now she has Kashi and Klipper)
Below is a picture of Capt. Willie and remember you can click on it to embiggialize it.

Below you’ll find a photo of the most recent eggs to show up. There are now three but I have an idea that the original bird was kicked out. The whole time she was there I never saw babies but my neighbor just under me said she found a dead baby bird and disposed of it. So I think the original bird had her chick and somehow it got knocked out of the nest and now I have a brand new robin with three eggs. I’m not sure but the new momma-bird sure makes a racket and yells at me every time I go out on the balcony. Hey, I don’t have to feed it or clean up after it and anyways everybody walking by loves checking it out and keeping track of how the new bird is doing. I’ll post again after some of the chicks are born. Remember you can click on the photo to embiggialize it.