It’s Hump Day, and the next one—the last of 2015—will be on my birthday. I needn’t remind you that there are only two shopping days left before Xmas and the First Day of Coynezaa. Also, the weather in Chicago is GRAY and overcast, and we are predicted to have rain beginning on Christmas Eve and continuing until Tuesday. It look like this outdoors (h/t reader Tom):
On this day in 1954, the first successful kidney transplant was performed, and, in 1805, Mormon leader Joseph Smith was born, dying prematurely (you know how) in 1844. Nobody interesting seems to have died on December 23; perhaps they were hanging on until Christmas. Meanwhile, Hili is very cute as Andrzej instructs her in philosophy:
Hili: Is hedonism a philosophy?
A: When you are sitting it is a philosophy; when you are lying down it’s a description of reality.
Hili: Czy hedonizm to filozofia?
Ja: Jak siedzisz to filozofia, a jak leżysz to tylko opis rzeczywistości.
As opposed to a clouded leopard, looks like a catted cloud, getting stormy.
You should do a crossword today!
Sure we have had that gif (pronounced?) before…
Oh what a busy time… I will be staying with Marcus Clawrelius the toothless cat for 4 or so days. Which reminds me of the song –
http://www.carols.org.uk/all_i_want_for_christmas_is_my_two_front_teeth.htm
Yes, I think I’ve put it up before. Sue me. One can’t see that too many times!
+1
My beloved , and now deceased kitty, Booty, looked just like Hili and she even used to sleep like that.
Loved her noms too.
Right in the crush zone, and she’s totally unguarded. The very picture of trust.
Canadians will expect more of this weird weather. I guess skating on frozen lakes & school closings because of snow storms are going to be confined to cultural history.
We have quite a few musicians that kicked it Dec 23rd… Oscar Peterson. Victor Borge. Even Billy Barty (most would think he was just an actor, but he had humble beginnings with Spike Jones’ band, belting out a song or two). Another notable: Joe Friday. (Jack Webb).
Hili’s pose looks very uncomfortable, demonstrating that she’s as happy as a cat can get. I still don’t understand how that works….
b&
Hili is gorgeous as always, and I continue to love Andrzej’s mind.
I actually didn’t know how Smith died, so here’s the Wikipedia link to the event for the equally ignorant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith
i just want to thank you for all your wonderful feline posts! Since my two kitties have passed on I get great comfort from seeing Hili every day as well as all the rest.
I hadn’t seen the GIF before (regardless of pronunciation of this jraphics file format), but my first thought was “ignimbrite-kitteh!”
This is an ignimbrite. A small one. The man in the white suit’s reaction is appropriate – what we’d call an attack of the OUTBEs (Overwhelming Urge To Be Elsewhere).
Reminiscent of street scenes when the buildings collapsed on 9/11.