Day 1, 2, and 3 of Retraining Cats and Owners

After Dr. Malamet and her colleagues from UCD left, Trace and I felt overwhelmed with all of the information provided. It was a fascinating process that left us wondering if we were capable of the work and effort it was going to take to change the behavior by changing the environment AND changing how we respond to the actions of Andi, Squeaky, and Patsy.

In the last three days, we have focused on putting as many things in place as possible, time permitting. The first order of business was to separate Squeaky from Patsy and Andi to address her litter box aversion

XMAS 2008

I am so low key about the holidays that I'm practically in a coma, or so i like to say.

Had breakfast with Betsy, Ric, and Lucas - omelets and biscuits.

This post is so boring that i'm falling asleep.

Good-bye Suzie on the train to Philadelphia

i had an interesting technology experience.

It began on - August 8, 2008 - on the train to Philadelphia - I was listening to a Q compilation album on my I-Pod for the first time after loading it on there months ago.

I heard the song Good-Bye Suzie by John Howard, a rerelease from 1975. It turned into one of those song I couldn't get it out of my head.

Last week i was killing time while riding the bus home from work. I googled that song on my blackberry and ended up on John Howard's website. It turns out that he has been recording and putting out music for many years.

I sent him an e-mail from my blackberry telling him how much i love that song. He wrote back almost immediately, thanking me for being a fan.

This is the kind of thing that could not have happened even five years ago. The modern world is very strange indeed.