The Opinionated Pussycat

Carnival of the Cats #437: Summer Olympics Edition

Carnival of the Cats is a weekly roundup of Cat-related posts on weblogs, in America, and around the world, who choose to submit a post for inclusion.

For us Cat Bloggers the Carnival is a chance to discover blogs we might never have heard of, on subjects of all kinds!

The Carnival Home Page, with an archive of past Carnivals, the Line-up for 2012, FAQ'S, and more, is HERE.

Hey there! Nikita, here!

Let's get this show on the road!

All rise, for the singing of the National Anthem of the United States of America, as performed by an 8 yr. old Cat and 4 critters called Geeze Cats. :-D

1 - 3. As everyone knows the Summer Olympics have begun and, doggone it, there just ain't no pussyfootin' around it, there are plenty of exciting events taking place at quite a few venues. Enjoy a Slideshow introducing the events and the host Cats and Dogs!  :-D

CLICK HERE for a complete listing of Cat Blogosphere and Dog Blogville events for the olympic games …Be sure to visit the blogs hosting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and the Parade of Athletes as these are open to all of Felinity and Canine Assembled. Note: The Catblogosphere website will be regularly updated as more information becomes available, so you may want to save the link and check in frequently.

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Welcome to WORLD MEWS REPURRT!

Brought to you by the world class repurrting and researching team, of yours truly, Nikita Cat and Elvira Mistress of Felinity, at the Feline News Network (FNN)!

We consider it our mission to bring you the news that possibly no-one but our fellow Felines and their Humans, could give a fig about!

We aim to point you toward these stories and sometimes even toss in our 2 cents worth on them as well.

We encourage you to leave your thoughts in the comments, link back to our reports on your own blog, so others can be made aware of the latest news and if you come across a story you think we might be interested in, alert us via the e-mail in the sidebar.

Tipsters, whose alerts we use, will get credit, with a link to their blog, or website. :-D

Good evening Felinity Assembled, Nikita here.

Let's get this show on the road!

1. Adweek shares 3 serious, yet funny, videos in a Public Service Campaign called the Fix at Four Campaign, by Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society.

2. Most of us have never had to hunt for our meals, maybe we never even had the needed training from our parents in the first weeks of our lives.

This 4 min. video by the BBC, found on the Bits & Pieces blog, gives you a taste, so to speak, of what you may have missed.

WARNING: If you are a rodent who blogs you may find certain parts of this video extremely disturbing.

3. As the Human and Pet Blogging Community Olympics get under way, consider this our obligatory sports story. :-D

Via Boing Boing: An 1894 bit of film of "Boxing Cats" produced by Thomas Edison. Yes, THAT Thomas Edison. :-D

4. You may be familiar with the LOL Cats Bible Translation Project, but did you know there are Cats Who Question the Bible? :-D

Hat Tip t0 The Friendly Atheist for sharing this post a few months back. :-D

5. Philly.com has a story that deals with a very important question being debated in the medical community:

Is it still necessary to use kittens to teach pediatric medical residents how to insert breathing tubes into tiny babies?

Doctors at Albert Einstein Medical Center say yes. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine thinks not.

It seems "Einstein is among only nine of 201 accredited pediatric residency programs in the United States that still use ferrets, kittens, or cats to teach endotracheal intubation."

An interesting read.

6. From the Times of Israel comes the story of a human couple who devorce over the woman bringing 550 Felines into the home.

Even I think that's too many Pussies! :-D Oh, and the comments are hilarious. :-D

7. Now, we know, Felinity Assembled, that cats as a species are perfectly fine just the way we are, but someone over at Cracked has other ideas.

8. Mental Floss introduces its readers to 9 Library Cats, several of who have blogs and facebook pages. The pictures are very cool!

9. Humans are always trying to learn the State Secrets of Felinity Assembled, such as why we stare at walls all the time.

All I can say is...wouldn't you like to know?

Nice try, here, though. :-D

10. A bit macabre, but extremely cool. You WILL believe a cat can fly! Watch the video, hee, hee! :-D

Cats as Date Bait? Survey Says Strategy Works

Good afternoon, Felinity Assembled!

This is Elvira Mistress of Felinity, your self-appointed (for a day, anyway) Romance Advice Columnist for the human in your life.

If your human is on the look out for a date, or a future life partner, then you may just want to point out all this stuff I'm about to share with you. :-D

Whether warranted or not, deep down, humans who love cats instinctively believe they can trust a fellow cat lover.
Taking that notion a little further, both women and men have lots of preconceived ideas about what their favorite breed of feline says about them to the opposite sex.

Never mind that that last doesn't mean they are actually asking us for advice, or would listen to it if given.

Would your human use a Siamese to get a date with a like-minded human? Do humans use their cats as date bait?

A recent survey about what breeds are attractive to the opposite sex done by Klooff, a mobile application for pet lovers, revealed that if attracting a date is the goal of your human, they can’t go wrong with American Shorthairs, which are popular for both sexes.

The survey results are based on responses from 1,000 cat people & non-cat people between the ages of 18-33.
According to the survey, the top cat breed to attract men is Maine Coon (Nikita? He says, "Was there any doubt?), followed by Manx, Burmese, Turkish Van and Siberian.
For women, the top breed of cat to attract them to men is Tortie, followed by Siamese, Scottish Fold, Persian and American Curl.

For complete findings, have your human visit Klooff and check out the “What’s Hot” section.

Daddy Kiril At Large: OC Fair is Cat's Meow!

Good evening, Felinity Assembled, Nikita here!

Daddy went to the OC Fair, and hoped to find a few Cat themed things in the exhibit buildings.

Asking around he learned there were some interesting things to see in the various exhibition halls. :-D

 

A collection of Maneki-Neko (Beckoning Cats).

 

A 24 year old Calico Cat Collection.

 

 A collection of vintage handmade Steiff Cats, from 1940-65 (22 in collection).

These are stuffed animals, with buttons in the ear, and are from Germany and have been made for over 130 yrs. 

Footwhispcat Entered into Kute Kitty Kontest

Julie Obermiller, of Barker NY, has a website that shares stories about events going on in the community (Chatterbox collumn, Stroll Around Newfane Column, Hometown Happenings).

It's called Julie Says.

There is a Bark for Life event  at a local park, next month, and one event occuring actually is for cats. :-D

Humans can enter their cats photos in the Kute Kitty contest with a small donation to the cause of raising money for the American Cancer Society.

Meet "Kit-Kit."

Daddy Kiril's friend, Randy Eady, has a sister named Karen and she entered a photo of her cat checking out Randy's toes. :-D

Randy Eady is a foot Chi specalist who helps people with Parkinsons, and other health issues and is known as The Foot Whisperer.

It appears, from the photo, that Kit-Kit wants to be one, too! :-D

You can learn more about Randy and his work, at these sites.

Ko~Sha~Rey Rhythms Therapeutics
Seat and Feet
Glider Rider

Randy's Blog at Alternative First
Randy's Blog at Children & Nature Network
Randy's Blog at Ezine

Randy's Page at Mythsinger Consortium

Carnival of the Cats #434

Carnival of the Cats is a weekly roundup of Cat-related posts on weblogs, in America, and around the world, who choose to submit a post for inclusion.

For us Cat Bloggers the Carnival is a chance to discover blogs we might never have heard of, on subjects of all kinds!

The Carnival Home Page, with an archive of past Carnivals, the Line-up for 2012, FAQ'S, and more, is HERE.

Hey there! Elvira Mistress of Felinity here, with this week's Carnival.

A bit late, due to unforeseen circumstances, but this damsel ain't distressed! :-D

Let's get this show on the road!

1. A site called Things to Learn let us know that they have been busily uncovering more of the State Secrets of Felinity Assembled: Why do cats purr?

2. Down under, Mrs. Banks has Kittens (And a nice cup of tea!) and one of them is called Mr. Lilac! Such a cutie!

3. Over at Animal Shelter Volunteer Life...The big news is that they were selected as one of the four finalists in the "Best Cause Related Blog" category of the 2012 Petties Awards! Concatufreakinlations! 

4. Over at Life From a Cat's Perspective...The gang enjoys an easy Sunday. :-D

5 and 6. Over at CatSynth...Get a load of Luna on the window sill! Also, her Human shares a cool photo, of a musically inclined Keyboard Kitty, that someone sent in.

7 and 8. Over at Mind of Mog...A couple of adorable pics of Ritzi! And another one!

9 - 11.  We have 3 entries to share!

Synchroncatity 2: Author Finds Meowsings Inspiring

Nikita had some questions for the author of the book Daddy Kiril bought.

Not believing the Old Human's Tale about curiosity and Cats, he decided to
write the man an e-mail. :-D

The man responded! :-D

Daddy Kiril tries his hand at Feline Artistry!

Daddy Kiril Quite the Draw...er at Arts Festival
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My, How Time Flies When a Girl Has Fun!

2 years ago, on a very scary day and night, I had more to worry about than making myself look beautiful for all my friends and fans on a blog.

In fact, I had no clue what a blog even was and my only fans, that day, were 2 pigeons who were instrumental in placing me where I could be discovered by my hero, my Knight in Shining Armor, Daddy Kiril.

Intruder Alert! Daddy's Found a Kitten! Or Vis a Versa, I don't know! as reported by Nikita, my beloved mentor.

Good morning, Felinity Assembled, I'm Elvira Mistress of Felinity and I'm just so glad to be here! :-D

 

Especially after surviving the overly exuberant well wishes of Daddy Kiril, this morning! :-D

I swear, I saw all 9 lives flash, one after the other, right before my eyes! :-D

I have done a lot in 2 years and you, dear reader, have welcomed me into your lives, for which I thank you.

I am proud of the many compliments I have gotten, for my work as co-blogger to Nikita.

I promise to return to more blogging, especially of The Elvira Factor series, soon.

I am forever grateful to Mr. Nikita and to Daddy Kiril and love them very much.

It has not been an easy past year for Daddy and Nikita and I have focused a lot of our time on helping him recover.

As we move forward, all of us have hopes, dreams and plans for our writing and creativity.

I hope you will stop by and check things out from time to time.

I also wish to thank Dr. Aamanda Page and the wonderful staff at The Cat Care Clinic for doing their best to help me keep my girlish figure! You are the BEST!  :-D

Now, it's 1am and time for me to take a nap.

I've got a long day ahead. :-D

 

 

 

 

Cat Themed Art at Laguna Beach Art Festivals

Good evening Felinity Assembled, Elvira Mistress of felinity, here!

Before I go off to begin primping and napping and primping and snoozing, for my 2nd Gotcha Day Anniversary, tomorrow, I've a cool story to share. :-D

Daddy Kiril spent Saturday afternoon at 3 world reknown arts festivals, that are held in Laguna Beach every summer, from late June to the first week in Sept.. These events are the Art-a-Fair, the Festival of the Arts and the Sawdust Art Festival.

Daddy even bravely tried his hand at a little drawing! Hee, hee! :-D

Daddy had never been to these events before and didn't know what to expect. As he walked around Art-a-Fair he began to notice that some of the artists featured felines as subjects so he started collecting cards.

He found more such artists, next door, at Sawdust, and even at the more fancy, expensive, Festival of the Arts. Many of the artists were from Orange County. He walked around, chatting with artists and passing out our card, discovering that, for humans of a creative bent, who were familiar with blogs, none had a clue there was a critter blogging community.

When he came home and showed Nikita and I the cards, he suggested one of us might do a post plugging these artists and their cat work.

I decided to take up the task.

 

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Welcome to WORLD MEWS REPURRT!

Brought to you by the world class repurrting and researching team, of yours truly, Nikita Cat and Elvira Mistress of Felinity, at the Feline News Network (FNN)!

We consider it our mission to bring you the news that possibly no-one but our fellow Felines and their Humans, could give a fig about!

We aim to point you toward these stories and sometimes even toss in our 2 cents worth on them as well.

We encourage you to leave your thoughts in the comments, link back to our reports on your own blog, so others can be made aware of the latest news and if you come across a story you think we might be interested in, alert us via the e-mail in the sidebar.

Tipsters, whose alerts we use, will get credit, with a link to their blog, or website. :-D

Let's get this show on the road!

Good evening Felinity Assembled! Elvira Mistress of Felinity, here!

In honor of my upcoming Gotcha Day, later this week, Nikita is letting me play host! :-D

Boy do I have some interesting things to share, this time around!

1. There is some troubling news in the world of human and feline science.

A recent study shows how a parasite some of us felines might carry could cause some human women to get all suicidal.

The good news, as reported by the L.A. Times, is that "most people infected with T. gondii probably got it from undercooked meat" and not from their feline companions, so there's little evidence your human should worry.

I just love the photo of the doctor with his cat named Tibby! :-D 

2. There's a theory going around, promulgated by a tumblr site, that "Cats hate reading".

I don't know why, or how, this rumor got started, I mean, Nikita and I just love books! And magazines and newspapers! :-D

Anyway, this site encourages people to share their photos of their feline companions and books, and tell what book the cat is sharing space with. :-D

3. Over at the Library Thing website, in the "What are you reading now" group, someone started a thread that they called "Puss n Books", posing this topic for discussion: "One of my groups got into a discussion about cats and it sparked an interest into how many books and series there are where a cat or cats are main characters."

Begun in Dec. 2008, the comments reached 24 in Febr. 2009, before everyone apparently lost interest. :-D

4. As a public service I now share an old Love Meow post that will help you explain things to your human the next time you, um, pass wind. :-D

Do Cats fart?

5. Surprise your human by asking them this question, and then providing the answer when they respond with a "WTH?"

Did you know that Cindy Brady sells Kitten Crap? :-D

6. Neotorama finds a claymation cat action film that is bloody violent, bloody amusing, bloody entertaining and bloody good! Oh, did I say bloody? Consider yourself warned. :-D

7.  Shit People Say to the Cats Left Behind After a Breakup (Good-bye Winston)... On Gawker, the story of the end of one of the great internet sensations, as told by the human involved.

8. Yep, we felines can have allergies, too!

9. The folks over at Friskies seem to think there is an epidemic of Cat Boredom, or "CB" as they call it.

Are you bored? Nikita and I aren't. And, the only CB we care about is this one, hee, hee! :-D

10. The family of George W. Bush has a new family member, a cat named Bob!

 

Daddy Kiril Quite the Draw...er at Arts Festival

Daddy Kiril spent yesterday afternoon, in Laguna Beach, wandering around the 3 legendary summer Arts Festivals that just began their run thru August.

The Festival of the Arts/Pageant of the Masters, Art a Fair and the Sawdust Fesival.

While there it didn't take him long to notice something that gives us a chance for a future post....Some of the artisans and artists are into cats as subjects of their work.

In the meantime, Daddy Kiril was persuaded to try his hand at being an artist.

While no Picaso, or Rembrandt....

 

He did manage to acquit himself respectably. :-D