Catpaw – diary of an angry cat

Slightly grumpy with an aversion to noise.

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One of those moments

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments

I’m having one of those moments where it’s simply too difficult to do anything but enjoy the moment. Mother Nature is playing a nasty trick on us – making us think spring is here already. It’s a bright, warm day out… ohhhh… we are going to pay! I just know in my little heart that [...]

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Tags: Drawing & sketching · Going to the birds · Weather

Why, oh why…

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Why, oh why do people use language like this:
A spokesperson would only confirm that six jobs “were impacted.”
I pulled it from a story I found over at the CBC website.  What happened to plain speak?  I’m sorry, the jobs were not impacted! This useless verbiage is nonsense. Check the definition from Oxford dictionary:
• adjective 1 [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Illiterate

I get lazy now and then

March 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Every now and then, I get in a mood where even logging on to blog seems like a monumental effort. I sit in my little comfy chair and say “I should write about this and that” and then … I realise I would have to make that teeny, tiny effort.
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Yet another embarassing confession

February 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments

When I was a kid I collected bugs. Hmmm …. yea … I know stamps, books, bugs, can you get any geekier? One of my all time favourite bugs was and is the praying mantis. I would collect their eggs and hatch them. Can you imagine my delight when I ran across this video?

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