365

About to write about covers or context or something beginning with “c”, Barry’s memory is jogged by Blogspot Dashboard: “364 posts to date”.

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Barry: 364. If I post today, that’s 365. 365!

The Cat: [Yawn]

Barry: Don’t you realize what that means? It means I have kept it up for a whole year.

The Cat: [Blinks]

Barry: Sometimes I surprise myself. Never thought I could stick at it this long. Finding something new to say every day.

The Cat: [Meow]

Barry: Okay, so it wasn’t all new. Reality regurgitated, rehashed, perhaps restated. And a couple of days off. But they were because there was no Internet connection. To make up I sometimes posted twice a day.

Cat leaves.

Barry: No readers, never mind. The blog is the witness to my existence.

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Dismembering a friend

Leo is restless because the door to outside is closed and his catnip is shut away in the kitchen drawer.
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Fifi: Stop pacing Leo. Sit down and meditate.

Leo: Meditate? Huh!

Fifi: And stop drinking my beer. You’ve got your own water.

Leo: She’s drinking Leo Beer and won’t even give me a sip? Humans! Bah!

Fifi: Look, Leo, on TV. Program on leopards. Wow! Run, leopard, run.

Leo: Reminds me. Time for killing practice.
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cat nip

Delivery man drops off fresh cat litter, two kinds of cat biscuits and...

Fifi: Leo, what's this?

Leo: Meow.

Fifi: It's a new scratching pad, Leo.

Leo: Scritch, scratch.

Fifi: Leo, scritch, scratch. Why so much?

Leo: Scritch, scratch.

Fifi: Ah, catnip. They put catnip on the scratching pad. So you'll bond with it.

Leo: Scritch, scratch.

Fifi: Leo, enough. You'll wear it out. I'm going to hide it.

Leo: Meow.
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