Saturday Fun!

First, mommy's birthday was lotsa fun. Daddy and I got her 2 new houses for my, um, I mean, HER, Halloween Village. We got her the Hotel/Saloon and the Jail (look out Bendrix!) She loved them and set them up immediately. She said next year she'll need 2 card tables and probably one tv tray to set it up right.

Here I am showing her all the cool features of the Hotel/Saloon.

What has been fun the last few days is the cooler weather. Monday October 8th was 90 degrees, the rest of the week has been in the 60's. Yippie! That means open windows.
Bendrix loves the cooler weather. How do I know this? There are only 3 places in the house we aren't allowed up on. The kitchen table (the dining room table is OK), the kitchen counters and the top of the player piano....





This is when mommy yelled "NO! Not the hatbox!"


Even Bendrix knows when to get out of Dodge.

Mommy's Birthday

Hi all! Today is my mommy's 32nd birthday. I can't tell her what daddy and I got her cause she might read this and it won't be a surprise.

I love mommy so much that I let her enter me in Karl's noms Halloween costume contest. I had no idea it would involve me looking like this.

Look, I know I've put on a little weight, but why an elephant?


Bendrix says you'd better sleep with one eye open tonight....

I have another outfit mommy wants to get pictures of me in and then she'll decide which photos to send into the contest. sigh. Bendrix won't be happy about this at all....

Lucky Mancat

I have to say, I am one lucky Mancat. I have such a pretty girlfriend cat. Her name is Brandi and she makes me all goofy when I look at her.
Isn't she pretty?? Those silky furs...

She is like a princess sitting on her couch. So regal. Sigh.

If only I could be snuggled next to her. She even makes Bendrix blush! She certainly is my sweet lady cat. She is always so nice to everyone and takes time to visit even tho her computer can be slow. We are almost at our One Year Anniversary! it was at Smeagol, Strider,Mystery & Gizmo's November Birthday/Gotcha Party last year that Brandi agreed to be my ladycat love. It seems like just yesterday...

Contact Info for NBC and The Office

First, I want to say thank you to everyone who is supporting us in the campaign to get NBC and The Office to apologize for this awful story line where Dwight kills Angela's cat.

Mommy has been uber busy getting ready for a trade show and a big sale at her jobbie (she does the Marketing) but we have NOT dropped the ball on our quest to get contact info. We too sent an email and got a generic response from NBC. We are following up with a slew of letters to NBC, the Office writers and the 2 characters involved. Letters (or phone calls) are usually read more than emails according to research by the Humane Society of the United States.

Although most of you do not watch the show regularly, we suggest that you watch this episode online at NBC.com so you can reference some of the more awful lines (and some like where Dwight says to Angela after admiting he killed her cat Sprinkles "I know a great taxidermist. I'll pay to have her stuffed. Well he's not great, but he's pretty good." are worse than others.)

The contact information is (and we will be putting on the front of the envelope "Animal Cruelty Storyline Complaint" to catch their eye):

"The Office"
13927 Saticoy Street
Van Nuys, CA 91402

"The Office"
NBC Universal Television Studio
Reveille
100 Universal City Plaza
Bungalow 5180/5170
Universal City, CA 91608

Rainn Wilson (character "Dwight")
3 Arts Entertainment
9460 Wilshire Blvd.
7th Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Angela Kinsey (character "Angela" who actually has been interviewed saying she owns cats and supports animal rescue!)
c/o Forster - Delaney Management
12533 Woodgreen Street
Los Angeles, CA 90066
her my space page address has not been updated since June 2007, but it can't hurt to send her a message there too.

B.J. Novak (a writer and creator of the show)
William Morris Agency
One William Morris Place
Beverly Hills, CA 90212


On a side note, mommy will be looking up the CBS contact info ASAP on the episode of "Back to You" where the fish was killed. She did not DVR that episode so she can't list the advertisers, but she did (fastforwarding thru the episode itself) get the list of advertisers for The Office.

Old Navy - www.oldnavy.com
American Express - www.americanexpress.com
Applebees - /www.applebees.com
Ford ("Swap Your Vehicle") - www.ford.com
Mission Automotive - www.missionautomotive.com(this is in Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana)Nationwide Insurance - www.nationwide.com
Subaru - www.subaru.com
JC Penny - www.jcpenny.com
Wendy's - www.wendys.com
Nissan (Rogue) - www.nissanusa.com
Verizon Wireless - www22.verizon.com
Lowe's - www.lowes.com
Saturn - www.saturn.com
Skyline Chili (also local) - www.skylinechili.com
Loestrin 24 Fe - ? (birth control pill? trying to find)
Sprint - www.sprint.com
Oil of Oly Difinity - www.olay.com

We have turned my blog pink to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We want to thank Gretchen for taking the lead in starting this. We have all been affected by this disease (my mommy's grandma and 2 aunts). We hope the cure comes soon.

Ticked off Tuesday

Mommy finally sat down and watched the premire of the Office on NBC. We've loved that show for years and own the first 2 seasons on DVD and wanted the 3rd for mommy's birthday next week. BUT she watched the premire episode and we are angry.

How dare the writers of the Office make a joke out of Dwight killing Angela's cat! For those of you who don't watch the show (and you can see clips from it on NBC.com), Angela asked Dwight, her boyfriend, to go to her house at lunch and give her sick cat Sprinkles her medicine because she couldn't.

Dwight took it upon himself to poison the cat with antihistimines until he thought Sprinkles was dead. Then he put Sprinkles in the freezer. We find out later that Sprinkles was NOT dead when Dwight put her in the freezer. She woke up inthe freezer, Angela said in a later scene she found her frozen foods shredded,and of course, died in the freezer.

Dwight said it is because he is "a farmer" and he wanted to put the sick cat out of its misery. Angela is of course mortified but everyone else acts as though it is "just a cat" and no big deal.

I also saw an episode of "Back to You" last Wednesday where Kelsey Grammer recieved a fish that, of course, was killed by (sarcasm) ha ha, him not knowing how to take care of it.

What is wrong with these writers? AND after the Michael Vick nightmare and the food poisonings this summer, and just plain human compassion, why aren't more people standing up and saying this behavior is NOT funny, it is cruel?

My mommy is going to write letters not only to the writers of the Office, but to NBC AND the advertisers on this and subsequent episodes (this story line will continue) asking why they are supporting animal cruelty as a joke.

It is time people stand up and say, animal death is not a joke.

Go to NBC.com and select the Office. We will follow up with more contact info for advertisers and phone numbers and addresses for NBC as we get them.

I hope you will all support a letter writing campaign and will boycott the Office as well as its advertisers until we viewers receive an appropriate apology.

One Year Blogoversary!

Hi! Well, Fall snuck up on my just like my one year blogoversary! That is today! Whoopie! Who knew one year ago that I would meet so many wonderful kitties, woofies, buns, birds and beans. I've so enjoyed this time. So much has happened! Thanks to all my friends who've made blogging such a great experience.

We'd hoped to have my new bloggy done by today, but mommy wound up having to work more this week than expected and since she is working tomorrow, we'll have to live with this ugly background for now. How rockin awesome is my new banner that Zoolatry made me??? Also, there is a great scoreboard to track the Bengal's games that they made me at the bottom of my bloggy. I'm leaving it blank until Monday's game which will hopefully bring us a much needed win.

Ah Autumn. Open windows and fat feathered birds scarfing up seed at the feeders by my windows. Fall also brings MY Halloween Village out of the basement. I rule my village with an iron paw. Bendrix likes to bat at the witch that "flies" around the house.

Here I am assuring my serfs know who is in charge.


Yes, the paths are swept clean for my delicate paws.

I even have my very own pirate ship!

They'd best not even think about plundering my stinky goodness.

There will be many many more photos of my visiting my kingdom to come in October. Anyone want to come over and walk my kingdom's streets with me? I have toona juice, toys, 2 catnip plnats (one is recovering) and fun scratching mats to celybrate my One Year Blogoversary.

PS Does anyone know why my Blogrolling list went away???? I've tried copying the html code, but it only gives me the "Blogroll Me" link thingy. Mommy is getting a headache from this.

Toes in Trouble Tuesday

Bendrix's toes got in trouble last night. He just couldn't help himself. He was stretchin, the back of the couch was so soft, so soft....

ahhhhh my claws sink in like it is butter....




Um, I'm confused. Am I in trouble or am I being cute? The flashy box confuses me.



Happy 12th Birthday to you Princess Pixie! I hope you get a bunch of bananners and head & chin scratches today. Have a wonderful day!

Friends on Friday

Mommy and I were so happy I got to meet Oscar's MommyBean Kim & his SeanBean. Mommy & Kim had so much fun. They went to the Zoo with SeanBean and saw lotsa big cats. Can you believe mommy forgot her digital camera?!? She bought a disposible and will post photos from the Zoo trip next week.

I got to meet then both at my house yesterday. Both Bendrix & I were on our bestest behavior. Well, even with the air conditioning on it was to hot to be anything but sleepy.



This is SeanBean calling his grandma to tell her I look like her kitty Brunswick! I wonder if he has an evil alter ego too.....


This is mommy and Kim after dinner the other night. Mommy is hiding her glasses behind her back. She hates pictures with her glasses on.

Sorry I haven't been able to visit around much. With work, meeting friends and a BIG HOOM-ONGOUS fundraiser for the shelter she volunteers at this weekend, mommy has been awfully busy. We're going to catch up with everyone tomorrow night after the fundraiser and of course this weekend. Next week mommy hopes to have my new banner up designed by Zoolatry and redesign for my website. Cool huh?

Don't give up on us!

Talk Like Pirate Day

Hi! Here I am with my booty of Temptations, Captain Morgan's Toona Juice Grog and gold. Why gold? So I can get more Temptations for me and my Bonny Lass Brandi of course!

We have an exhibit showing here in Cincinnati at the Cincinnati Museum Center that my beans will get to go see October 13th. To late for today's post, but they'll get to see a real pirate ship and sunken treasure! oooooooooooo
Arrr, I'm off to drink of my toona grog....

I want to let everyone know I get to meet Oscar's SeanBean and MomBean TODAY! We are very excited! Mommy is going to the Cincinnati Zoo with them today and I'll get to meet them myself before they leave.

Disappointed Mancat - NFL

Pardon my naughty language all, but I, as a cat, who has been neutered, brought more b*lls to the field than the entire Bengals defensive line yesterday.

This is exactly what they should be doing. Hiding in embarrassment.


Thanks Maggy & Zoey for all your National Feline League, (NFL) work. Make sure you all go here to participate! This is fun (when we win....) Wait till you all see the cool banner they made for me to use. I though mommy's was not fancy enough for me, now I'll have a good one. We'll post it this week.