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Do you ever see wild animals? Just when I thought that Louis Catorze had exhausted every possible way to scare the merde out of me, the little sod manages to find more. My phone charger, which sits on my bedside table at night, is one of those ones that looks like a flat disc, with…
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The first thing that I did upon finding out that Louis Catorze had chipped one of his fangs, was spend ages looking through photos to try to ascertain when it could have happened. However, his fangs can look absolutely massive, utterly invisible and everything in between, depending on the light and the angle, so it’s…
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What are your two favourite things to wear? A thick jumper and a fluffy blanket. I’m not joking. This is something of a middle-class problem, but the under-floor heating in our kitchen has broken and the place is freezing. Cat Daddy and I prepare meals at lightning speed and then race into the living room…
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Oh. Mon. Dieu. Louis Catorze has just eaten two tiny fragments of crisps. And they weren’t just normal crisps. They were fried egg-flavoured crisps. I know. I know exactly what you’re thinking: 1. Yes, fried egg-flavoured crisps are a thing (and, unbelievably, they are delicious). 2. Catorze doesn’t eat human food (or so we thought).…
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What’s your favourite month of the year? Why? October, October, October, morning, noon and night. But, since Le Blog is already quite October-centric, I thought I’d make a change and write about December, which is my second favourite. I love the frost, the dark mornings, the Yuletide decorations, the snow-set horror films, the seasonal ghost…
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Nothing says “The joys of the Yuletide season” quite like a trip to the vet. On Friday I had to take Louis Catorze for his steroid shot and, astonishingly, there was bone-chilling silence on the walk there. It was quite the departure from his usual gut-wrenching screaming, especially that one time when he screamed so…
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It’s 1st December or, as I like to call it, the first day of Psychological Winter. Although we are very much a nature-minded household – well, it’s hard not to be when we live with a black vampire cat who informs us via his naughty behaviour when there’s a Bad Moon Rising – the date…
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If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why? It would be the person who invented tarot cards. Mainly so that I could apologise to them for this. One of my friends gave me a set of black cat tarot cards for my birthday, and each one looks like Louis Catorze,…
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It’s been two months since Louis Catorze’s last steroid shot. He’s only allowed a maximum of one per month, and there have been times when I’ve anxiously checked my calendar, desperate to take him for the next one, to find that it’s only been three weeks and we somehow have to hang on for a…
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Every time I look at Louis Catorze, I think, “Aww. Our little boy has a heart murmur.” And he looks back at me, most likely thinking, “Oh, it’s you. Why are you still here?” People have been asking after him and feeling quite sorry for him, but his symptoms so far have been screaming, demanding…
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If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Anywhere but these green bits: One of my blog followers, who lives in Oklahoma, told me that their cats would bring in tarantulas, dead and undead. They told me this a long time ago – some years, in fact – but it’s not…
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My last blog post received quite the rapturous reception from my followers. As a tribute to the vigilante cats, I asked Bing’s AI bot to create a picture of them, along with their comrade Hunter, Scourge of Rottweilers (centre). I hope that they are strutting around kitty heaven looking just like this: In other news,…
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Every so often, I read a cat story that utterly lights up my life. Last week I had one of those moments. I follow a brilliant blog written by a gentleman called Louis Carreras – no, not because his name is Louis, but because he’s a great writer and I always learn new words from…
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What is good about having a pet? It might not be the best time for me to answer this prompt, since we have just returned home from taking Louis Catorze for his booster vaccination. If you have ever had to take an animal to a vet, you will know just how dire it can be:…
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