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Existential ennui

I wasn’t going to mention this week’s 100 word stories podcast challenge because my entry is the perfect example of why you shouldn’t record your own story while you have severe strep throat.  But then during the podcast the infamous Laurence Simon rattled on about picturing me showering and how could I not blog about that? You can listen to all the 100-word-story entriesContinue reading “Existential ennui”

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Hunter S Thomcat uses his bulk to try to steal the food. Ferris Mewler tunnels under the other cats to steal the food. Rolly steals the whole plate. This is how they always eat.
We’re in the middle of a terrible storm and Dorothy Barker started shaking like mad since the power keeps going off and on so I put this thunder shirt on her and I can’t tell if she’s smiling or panicked. Or both.
So yesterday ppl posted about #mentalhealthawareness day but I didn’t bc I was a little depressed (ah, irony) but today I feel better so I was going to post something but then Rolly was like, “ME TOO” so I turned it to video until she literally reached out and turned the video off and this is a reminder that cats are assholes but they are also the best antidepressants. (Aside from cymbalta, obvs.).
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The Mack Files: Digesting life in bite-sized pieces through the lens of clichés, quotes & “truisms”.  Often irreverent, always honest.

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Polly Morse Is My Human: Life as seen by Suki the Cat. Laugh until you cry.

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The Corso Papers: Where Random Thoughts Go to Become Words.

The Mike Stoneman Thriller Series by Kevin G. Chapman: Murder, Mystery and Romance

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