I've had a pretty good three days off. I slept too late on Tuesday and missed some opportunities to do things.Yesterday...what the hell did I do yesterday? Some Facebook stuff. Hauled out the garbage early. Made a trip to the comic book store and didn't find anything - though I realized after the fact that I might be able to replace my long-lost issues of Plop!, DC's horror/comedy series from the 1970's, without spending too much money. Met with a friend and her daughters for a while.
Today started out badly. Went to the dentist, which as usual was no big deal. Stopped at the post office to buy stamps and the supermarket to buy groceries. While I was in the supermarket, got a call from my mom that one of the cats had run out of the house. Checked out quickly and got home as fast as I could. I searched around the outside of the house two or three times before I located him by the bell on his collar - he was hiding under a tarp covering one of our "cat shelters" located under a Rhododendron.
While looking for him I made a disturbing discovery: two dead kittens in another of the cat shelters. One of the most recent crop of strays had been pregnant, something I first noticed a few weeks ago when we began trying to catch the strays for spaying and neutering. About two weeks ago I stopped seeing the pregnant cat around. About a week ago I thought I heard a kitten crying somewhere in our yard, but I was not able to locate the source of the sound, which quickly stopped. We never heard any more crying after that.
I don't know how or why these kittens died. They were lying together, and did not appear to have been dead more than a day or so. I did not find any sign of their mother or any other kittens, living or dead. I dug a hole next to our other cat graves and buried them as gently as I could.
Later this afternoon I met with my friend and her daughters again, after which I attended a meeting with the other representatives of the Nanticoke Democratic Committee, which was actually quite interesting and highly informative. Then I made some very excellent long-distance phone calls to friends old and new.
I found out last night that my old mentor may be my future nemesis. This could get interesting.
Tomorrow - Friday, July 16 - I may or may not be working overtime. If I'm not, I will be attending this.
The narcissistic primarily autobiographical blog of the pseudonymous d.b. echo
Speaking of comics, I spent 20 hours in a van with a huge comic book fan. Since the trip ended, I downloaded more than 1500 comic books. Fascinating hobby.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it. But downloading comics doesn't do anything much to keep the industry afloat or support comic book stores. I realized that even with a 25 cent markup, an issue of Plop! with a cover price of 20 cents is still very affordable. I was seriously considering buying the entire run of "ROM: Spaceknight" yesterday. Rather than being a cheesy comic book based on a crappy toy, this series turned out to be intelligent and well written, with a plot that would be echoed in 2008's "Secret Invasion". The genius behind the comic, Bill Mantlo, has a life story well worth reading.
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