<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post1417514700571888530..comments</id><updated>2009-06-28T09:37:16.167-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Here's the Thing: An Open Letter to My Cat</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/feeds/1417514700571888530/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html'/><author><name>Lorraine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15130321823549477784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-5109272224992603158</id><published>2009-06-28T09:37:16.167-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T09:37:16.167-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hahaha!  Wonderful!  From a distance - a long, lon...</title><content type='html'>Hahaha!  Wonderful!  From a distance - a long, long distance - A. got that kitty-sympathetic look and said:  Kitty&amp;#39;s trying, though. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m almost certain he&amp;#39;d feel differently if our kitty pulled that up-close.  He can&amp;#39;t even stand a little kitty vomiting.  He calls it projectile when it&amp;#39;s just normal.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, yet another piece that could be reproduced in pamphlet form and distributed far and wide.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/5109272224992603158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/5109272224992603158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1246207036167#c5109272224992603158' title=''/><author><name>booda baby</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09424036488795599663</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11431750216845703339'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-7905895626937048548</id><published>2009-06-26T05:12:49.687-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T05:12:49.687-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell her that if she doesn't get with the program,...</title><content type='html'>Tell her that if she doesn&amp;#39;t get with the program, she&amp;#39;s going to be given to the Cat Circus in Chicago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ll make inquiries on Saturday while I&amp;#39;m there.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7905895626937048548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7905895626937048548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1246018369687#c7905895626937048548' title=''/><author><name>Buck</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-3488421157924488887</id><published>2009-06-25T22:52:31.444-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T22:52:31.444-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anne, oh, hell yes.

Minogue, exactly.

Ooh, Sage,...</title><content type='html'>Anne, oh, hell yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Minogue, exactly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ooh, Sage, salmon?  Mommy just got distracted.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al, right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BA, happy to serve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sling, seriously?  I just did my nails...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edder, a) thanks for coming around and 2) right now I&amp;#39;ll trade ya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JP, duly noted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MHP &amp;amp; Rosie, yeah, about that...the restriction thing lasted about 3 days.  But she&amp;#39;s a cat.  Cats know how to get outside.  Now, the good news is, having been on restriction (unlike some teens I know) she seems to have gotten the message.  She goes out but she comes back in.  Which is key. Plus, no rude neighbors have called Animal Control for weeks.  So maybe she&amp;#39;s figured out that she&amp;#39;d better freaking come home every day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still doesn&amp;#39;t solve the &amp;#39;dispatching vermin&amp;#39; issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You&amp;#39;re welcome, Aonyba.  And you&amp;#39;ll get your book when The Child graduates and I retire.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/3488421157924488887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/3488421157924488887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245995551444#c3488421157924488887' title=''/><author><name>Lorraine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15130321823549477784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12901658177713743364'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-7838737899191200918</id><published>2009-06-25T17:08:53.512-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T17:08:53.512-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ba Ha Ha Ha

Lucky kitty wasn't watching over it i...</title><content type='html'>Ba Ha Ha Ha&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lucky kitty wasn&amp;#39;t watching over it in the kitchen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, where&amp;#39;s my book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the laugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:+}</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7838737899191200918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7838737899191200918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245974933512#c7838737899191200918' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-4032785350616401430</id><published>2009-06-25T12:20:55.241-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T12:20:55.241-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So, I take it she is off restriction.  Who was bei...</title><content type='html'>So, I take it she is off restriction.  Who was being asked to &amp;quot;kill it&amp;quot;......you are the cat?  She will learn. My former feral babies play with frogies, moths, bugs, the occasional bird that slips into their playpen and mice.....I have to show them by beating the crap/life out of the mice.....all of the other creatures are re-located.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/4032785350616401430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/4032785350616401430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245957655241#c4032785350616401430' title=''/><author><name>rosemary</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03300107116527320425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-930757283865107477</id><published>2009-06-25T11:51:23.213-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T11:51:23.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hilarious!!  :)

But hey, I thought she was just g...</title><content type='html'>Hilarious!!  :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But hey, I thought she was just going to be an &amp;quot;inside kitty,&amp;quot; now??</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/930757283865107477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/930757283865107477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245955883213#c930757283865107477' title=''/><author><name>Miss Healthypants</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02388211920649065327</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1683739072166497107</id><published>2009-06-25T09:51:19.740-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T09:51:19.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>This little issue will need to be resolved before ...</title><content type='html'>This little issue will need to be resolved before my next visit.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/1683739072166497107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/1683739072166497107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245948679740#c1683739072166497107' title=''/><author><name>jp</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05723809506730426054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-9139893091909696872</id><published>2009-06-25T09:50:12.898-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T09:50:12.898-07:00</updated><title type='text'>hahahahaha....classic. Sounds like something my ca...</title><content type='html'>hahahahaha....classic. Sounds like something my cat would do if she got up off the couch once in awhile.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/9139893091909696872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/9139893091909696872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245948612898#c9139893091909696872' title=''/><author><name>edder</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05881962328892149898</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-8865308260878848856</id><published>2009-06-25T09:16:21.394-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T09:16:21.394-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the wild,the Mommy demonstrates the coup-de-gra...</title><content type='html'>In the wild,the Mommy demonstrates the &lt;i&gt;coup-de-gras&lt;/i&gt; for the youngsters,so that they get a clear picture of what&amp;#39;s expected of them.&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s nature&amp;#39;s way.&lt;br /&gt;..lemme know how that works out for you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/8865308260878848856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/8865308260878848856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245946581394#c8865308260878848856' title=''/><author><name>Sling</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-5609603627001904175</id><published>2009-06-25T09:06:35.203-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T09:06:35.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LOL! That gave me a good laugh for the day. Your m...</title><content type='html'>LOL! That gave me a good laugh for the day. Your misfortune makes for great humor.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/5609603627001904175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/5609603627001904175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245945995203#c5609603627001904175' title=''/><author><name>Bad Alice</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02972947577916595845'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-6188650244098327911</id><published>2009-06-25T08:54:14.717-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T08:54:14.717-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You'll never be a made Kitty at this rate.</title><content type='html'>You&amp;#39;ll never be a made Kitty at this rate.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/6188650244098327911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/6188650244098327911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245945254717#c6188650244098327911' title=''/><author><name>Al In The County</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15125356518107742922</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-2326877769325822622</id><published>2009-06-25T08:50:29.578-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T08:50:29.578-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ha Ha..My neighbors cat brought me a bird the othe...</title><content type='html'>Ha Ha..My neighbors cat brought me a bird the other day, tried to trade me for the salmon I was preparing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/2326877769325822622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/2326877769325822622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245945029578#c2326877769325822622' title=''/><author><name>sageweb</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06818567803401688931</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-2648556318887415675</id><published>2009-06-25T08:42:59.111-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T08:42:59.111-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arrrrgh!  A rat in the bathtub?!</title><content type='html'>Arrrrgh!  A rat in the bathtub?!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/2648556318887415675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/2648556318887415675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245944579111#c2648556318887415675' title=''/><author><name>Minogue</name><uri>http://www.facebook.com/neluckyfrog</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-7101222247907171148</id><published>2009-06-25T07:49:00.356-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T07:49:00.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Look Cat.
Ya gotta finish the job or Vito here, wi...</title><content type='html'>Look Cat.&lt;br /&gt;Ya gotta finish the job or Vito here, will finish you.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7101222247907171148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/1417514700571888530/comments/default/7101222247907171148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html?showComment=1245941340356#c7101222247907171148' title=''/><author><name>Anne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07934050541589102652</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://dothedishesfirst.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-to-my-cat.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15330022.post-1417514700571888530' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15330022/posts/default/1417514700571888530' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>