Today’s Bumper Sticker
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Voltaire (1694 – 1778)
Floofasaurus Rex
Floofasaurus Rex (Defintion): a huge, dominating, powerful animal, thought to be the biggest and most amazing creature in the world. Catalogists have since concluded that Floofasaurus Rex did not exist, but was the product of people’s overactive imaginations.
In Use: “A T-rex came over the hill, shaking the ground with its weight. and splitting the air with its sound. Hearing it, the Floofasaurus Rex stood up from where it had been sunning. Floofing out its fur, the Floofasaurus bared its canine teeth and issued a long, sharp growl. Hearing the sound, the T-rex carefully backed away from the Floofasaurus Rex, preferring to avoid battle with the acknowledged queen of the land.”
Window-floof
Window-floof (Definition) A cat or cat(s) who enjoy sitting in windows, or outside windows, spying on whatever is on the other side, and sometimes, discussing world affairs with whatever’s on the other side.
In Use: “A classic window-floof, Quinn sat on the covered grill on the patio outside the window, silent, until Michael noticed his presence. Then Quinn commenced an interrogation about what Michael had been doing, even though Quinn had witnessed these things over a thousand times before. Quinn knew that it was better not to assume.”
Floolze
Floolze (1) (Definition): the snoring and/or breathing sound a sleep cat makes.
In Use: “Tucker’s floolze sounds like the house is breathing.”
Floolze (2) (slang): A cat taking a nap.
In use: “Looking for Papi, Michael found the little ginger floolze in a ball in the closet corner.”
Today’s Bumper Sticker
“Imagine what you can do.”
Floofkitty
Floofkitty (1) (Definition): Aggregation of shed cat hair that resembles another small cat or other animal, or bushes.
In Use: “We moved the the refrigerator for cleaning, exposing a herd of floofkitties that took flight with the wind currents, as though they were frightened by our presence.”
Floofkitty (2) (Definition): A cat with a super-abundance of fur that provides the cat an illusion of being larger than they are.
In Use: “Quinn, a floofkitty that resembles a raccoon, looks like he could weight sixteen pounds, but tips the scales at half of that.”
Today’s Theme Music
Today’s music is provided by Eric Burdon and The Animals, so it’s an old song, yeah?
I remember that Mom was really excited about Eric Burdon and The Animals coming on to television. I’m not sure what show they were appearing on, as I was about eight years old. I think it may have been “The Ed Sullivan Show.” I lived in Wilkinsburg, PA, on Laketon Road, across from Turner Elementary School. That’s how vivid this memory is of that week. Mom was talking about it while ironing and dressing to go to work at her job as a telephone operator.
Eric Burdon and The Animals’ appearance hugely disappointed Mom. Somehow, in the course of the advertising, she thought it was to be singing animals! My older sister laughed and laughed over that.
This song is an old stand-by for me. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” was often selected as a theme song when I was down, depressed, frustrated, or bitter, which seems to be quite a bit. I would sing it to my self, my wife, my cats, my work teams, whatever. There’s something freeing and invigorating about singing, “We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do.”
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. Whether it’s physical, emotional, or intellectual, if there’s a place you gotta get out of, this song is ideal for fortifying your determination to do so.
Here they are, from nineteen sixty-five, Eric Burdon and The Animals, with all the glory of nineteen sixty-five technology.
Floofhound
Floofhound (1) (Definition): A cat who thinks it’s a dog.
Floofhound (2) (Definition): A dog who acts like a cat.
Floofhound (3) (Definition): A loyal cat who follows you everywhere.
Floofhound (4) (Definition): A person who really, really, really enjoys the company, images, and stories about cats.
Michael Seidel, writer 