Tag: cats
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Come up with a crazy business idea. Jigsaw puzzles for cats? No, not ones that cats actually put together. Ones where they just lie on the pieces. Now, please hear me out. We all know about cats and cardboard boxes. And some of us know about cats and newspapers. But cats and jigsaw puzzles? Perhaps…
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The Met Office promised us Londoners an Arctic blast this week, and I’m disappointed – although not at all surprised – that we didn’t get one. Oh well. It can’t all be fun and games, like it is in the US. I love snow, and the way in which it transforms everything it touches into a…
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Most people in the UK took down their Christmas decorations at the start of this week. However, our tree is still up because it’s not being collected from the rental company until Sunday; somehow it seems silly to take off all the decorations and just leave a bare tree in the living room for a…
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I would ordinarily be back at school today, but I’ve had a setback which required more surgery to fix it. This second round of recovery has been much harder than the original one, but I’ve been trying to take it easy and not do too much. Usually Louis Catorze has very little tolerance for sick…
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After arriving home one day, Cat Daddy was greeted by this sight: Yes, it’s annoying enough that Louis Catorze would have pulled the blanket off the radiator to sleep on it. However, what really irked me is that he was the reason why it the blanket needed washing and drying in the first place. The…
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Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? Playtime for Louis Catorze is any moment that humans want him to sit down and shut up. If you followed Le Blog through lockdown, you will know how much Catorze loves to disrupt video calls. Lessons with students, staff meetings, the recording of…
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Cat Daddy left some recycling in the hall, to be put outside as soon as we figure out what day it’s being collected. If your British friends aren’t replying to your messages, trust me, it’s because they’re trying to work this out, too. We’re all over the place when public holidays end up displacing Bin Day.…
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I recently bought myself a lamp with a zillion different colour settings. However, I always have it on red, because red is said to counteract the negative effects of blue light from our phones, and to promote healing and relaxation. Yes, I know: since I live with Louis Catorze, I probably should have got a…
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We have all eaten well at Le Château over the last few days. Cat Daddy and I enjoyed our Christmas dinner, albeit a day late because I was sick on the 25th. The squirrels of TW8 have been feasting on some very old hazelnuts from the year before last, still in their shells, which Cat…
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So the idea is that, if you’re good, Santa brings you gifts. And, if you’re naughty, Krampus wallops you with a stick, shoves you into a sack and carts you off to be eaten later. I’ve got that right, non? Except, sometimes, it doesn’t work out that way. Sometimes you can be naughty and not…
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It’s the winter solstice and, as ever, I tend to spend this time of year reflecting on the past twelve months. 2024 hasn’t really been the best, what with ill health, bereavement and suchlike, but at least next year has to be better, non? Louis Catorze sadly lost a couple of his (younger) comrades this…
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What was the last thing you did for play or fun? We have a winner in our Feline Tree-Destroying Race. However, although we have narrowed it down to a household, we still don’t know which cat was the guilty party. So it’s possible that both defendants may have to be acquitted. Here is the main…
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Describe a man who has positively impacted your life. Louis Catorze loves men and, whenever groups of people visit us, he will seek out the gentlemen of the party. I don’t know a cat can know what a man is and what a woman is, but he does. Years ago, when he was off his…
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*WARNING: CONTAINS TALK OF BLOOD.* Merde: I have cut my thumb on a can of Louis Catorze’s wet food. You won’t be surprised to hear that this was because he was screaming and screaming at me as I struggled to open it and, in my fluster, my hand slipped. If you’ve watched any action films,…
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