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Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!....As you can see, Inkblot is gazing confidently in the direction of 2009. Or something. You sort of have to use your imagination here.

(I gotta tell you, it's hell getting these cats to do something visually interesting on holiday occasions. If it's not dinner, they're not interested. Maybe I need a parakeet or something.)

In any case, Happy New Year from both humans and felines here at Chez Drum. It's just about 6 pm here on the west coast, guests are starting to arrive, dinner will be on the table in a little bit, and it's time for me to write my final blog post of 2008. So here's hoping that 2009 turns out to be better than any of us expect. Huzzah!

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Happy new year to you and yours, Kevin. Thanks for all you do.

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Get a presentation laser pointer.

Flash the red dot on the floor or wall near them and wiggle it around.

You can get cats to do all sorts of wild and crazy stuff while they try to hunt down and kill that crazy red dot that moves blazingly fast, keeps slipping though their paws, and can run up walls.

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Parakeets are like swimming pools- you don't need one. You need a neighbor who has one.
Happy New Year.

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Happy new year. Keep up the great work.

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A year from now those of us that are paying attention will be saying :

"WOW, how did that happen ? What an amazing year 2009 was !"

Sit back and enjoy it.

"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world`s problem." - Mohandas Gandhi

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Inkspot's pensive look makes me think that he is actually wondering 1) Will Obama really live up to his progressive promises. 2) Can the Trojans hold off the upset-minded Nitany Lions. 3) Will Domino let me have more time on the pod?

Happy New Year to the Drums and all here.

Peace

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Happy New Year, Kevin!

Thanks for all of your dedication and hard work. I hope you have an amazingly successful year in 2009.

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Happy New Year, Kevin! And special thanks for Friday Cat Blogging. Last week's was a great way to end the year.

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Here's to a Happy & Prosperous New Year to the Drum household! (I agree with the poster about the laser pointer - works better than a parakeet, and less cleanup)

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I gotta tell you, it's hell getting these cats to do something visually interesting on holiday occasions

get a dog and lose the cats!

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"If it's not dinner, they're not interested. Maybe I need a parakeet or something."

Dinner. Parakeet.

Now that would be a cat blogging snuff photo guaranteed to draw a bumper crop of responses.

You could name the parakeet Abdul, rename Inkblot Itzak, and be making political commentary all in the same cat blog.

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Why are cats represented as not being able to spell? Honestly, all the cats I've known have been excellent spellers!

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Gerbils. Get a couple of them.

The rodents will finally figure out how to escape their prison.

You will return from a shopping trip to see one of your kids' beloved pets-Mikey,the cat- just about to rip the throat out of another one of your kids'
beloved pets-Onyx,the gerbil.

THAT was visually interesting!

There was audio as well...my sons screaming at the horror!

I made one of the fastest moves I've ever made in my life. I dropped the bag of groceries, pulled the cat off the gerbil, ordered the boys to restore Onyx to his cage...

No lives were lost. My boys got a good lesson about the animals we keep as "pets".

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Inkblot's gaze looks more longing than confident. Longing as in, "When are you going to get the tops off these cans? Don't tell me this is just for your stupid picture."

Happy New Year everybody!

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Inkblot is waiting for a New Year's beef tamale to fall off of someones plate.

That look on his cute, chubby little face is far too passionate for an other kind of food stuffs. Even that can of Fancyfest wouldn't generate that kind of rapturous gaze.

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Happy New Year, Mr Drum, sir.

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Happy New Year, Mr. Drum.

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Happy New Year to Inkblot, Domino, and, oh yes, Kevin and Marian.

Couldn't have made it through 2008 without the cast of Friday Cat Blogging, I swear. Thanks, y'all.

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Thank you Kevin for another great picture of the 'Blot.

Looking forward to another year of "Oh goodie it's Friday - we get to see Inkblot" addiction.

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