Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

Here's a pic of the four scraggles, circa last December, and a comparison pic of Shemp in his current catamountain form... Sometimes I wonder if he didn't just kinda absorb his brothers when we weren't looking... :O

@001zlnv @anthracite Ah, but doesn't the loaf technically require the paws to be tucked UNDER the body?

I feel that just knowing Shadow and Sugarfoot makes me an expert on this topic, especially since knowing the difference between a loaf and a sploot is the difference between life and death when petting Sugarfoot. :p

@anthracite Oops, correction, it has come to my attention that technically "couchant" is not a sploot, which would involve the legs being splayed out *behind* the cosmic pupper in question.

Which just makes me want to commission a heraldic guide (featuring Rezy in full Imperial Martian regalia) that does include a sploot.

@anthracite hey you totally forgot to mention jaql sploot

Earache/clog is finally subsiding a little bit, enough that I might be able to halfway focus on work. Dealer is showing up tonight with a half ounce. Peggy got her Crazy Magick Jackals Book and it is indeed crazy and magickal. Shadow and Peebs and even Ceejay seemed relatively cheerful this morning.

And I found a bunch of pics from back when Shemp and his three brothers (sadly MIA, but we're ~80% sure at least two of them found good homes!) were teeny scraggly little kittens. And my parents are about to get their 2nd vaccine doses. And I might have mine within the month.

Am I finally going to have a good, normal day? It's been like three weeks. >_<

@Phorm @anthracite You and I should talk about this topic sometimes, geniefox-- it sounds like we both potentially fit in the same box of "mystical rationalist" and I'd love to share some of my observations about how a magickal worldview can be useful even in a world with strictly conventional, rational metaphysical causality and no major obvious loopholes...

"All magic is 100% bullshit, and if you do it right, it works 100% of the time." -- Jeff "Magnus" MacBride [paraphrased]

Per the New Orleans subreddit, we are right on the cusp of opening vaccinations to everyone 18 and up. Next Monday. Time to get my butt in gear.

@JulieSqveakaroo Back this morning, actually. :D <3

We booted Artie back into the rain, mainly due to a lack of litterbox supplies for an overnighter, and my heart is broken! One million years jail for Father. ;____;

Somebody please reassure me of the blatantly obvious fact that an adult cat who grew up outdoors in New Orleans is perfectly equipped to surive a little heavy rain, even if Artie's probably not thrilled right now. :)

@Phorm @001zlnv "Oops, All Sweepings!"

Caved in and let Shadow and Artie hide out from today's thunderstorms a little bit. To my utter amazement, they both herded up at the door and asked to be let outside, even though it's soaking wet outside. Granted, there was a little food out there to sweeten the deal...

It's nice how well we're all starting to understand each other. I think they're starting to recognize when they've overstayed their welcome and at least these two will often just kinda let themselves out without a fuss.

*glowers at scratch on left wrist* I REALLY wish Sugarfoot would take a few hints from them. >___<

I keep forgetting not to ever, ever, ever use irony around Earnest Young Leftists and expect it to be understood. I keep expecting that since we're The Good Smart Ones we'll be better at reading between the lines, but we're not, we're just not.

@Soreth Indeed, but it also makes me sad that he apparently beat the Wreckoons guy to this historic gaming first...

@LexYeen dammit kid you talk like black blood of the earth weren't already there for people like us, the strong

http://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth/

@mawr @Soreth And of course, it's all part of a 4-season story arc where Artie turns out to be behind ALL of it...

@mawr I want to learn how to lucid dream, exclusively so I can cast Jack and Shemp in my own private mismatched buddy-investigator comedy.

Together, they... uh... get about 4% of the way through solving crimes before the lose interest. *shrug*

oh my god, the ending totally makes this

came up during a thread on the game design of candyland which devolved into a fedorabrawl over whether it's "really a game" *sigh*

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/58

Found this clip to use as a response to a thread about post-employment economies on Birdsite. It's from one of my favorite things of all time, ZBS Audio's "Ruby: Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe," and it feels awfully relevant to Our Discourse given it was recorded in 1982...

https://youtu.be/Q_ZmkqKqtPs?t=38

artie pooted right in my face >____<

@LexYeen It is so nice to spend every day with your best friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg29TuWo0Yo&t=600s