Warrior Cat (Feline Friday), Friendly Fill-Ins and Pet Photo Fails, an A to Z Post

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Feline Friday was originally started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude (who no longer blogs), and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.

He handed hosting duties off to Sandee at Comedy Plus, and now she's entrusting it to me.

Feline Friday is simple to join.  All you have to do is: Post a picture, drawing, cartoon or video of a cat (they may be silly or cute).  Then add your link!

One thing for sure is this is a fun and easy meme to do.  So come and join us in Feline Friday.

What better way to start the weekend than with a feline!

This is Warrior Cat.  She weighs all of 3 pounds and is over a year old.  She was part of a feral colony, was TNRed (trapped, neutered/spayed, released) over six months ago and the people who managed the colony knew she was at least 6 months old then.

Because of her life among ferals, she didn't get enough nutrition and this is as big as she is going to get.  Her fur is sun-bleached, but she is at least proportional, some unlucky cats that suffer malnutrition from kittenhood are not.  Her very survival marks her as a Warrior.

She was also blessed, despite her rough outdoor, feral life, to have a sweet disposition and an enjoyment of people.  She's now been rescued from that life and found a home almost immediately after she became available for adoption.

Many of the photos are blurry (she wanted petting!) so these are also part of Pet Photo Fails hosted by Melissa's Mochas, Mysteries & Meows.     

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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by Lorianne The Menagerie Mom of Four-Legged Furballs. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!      

Here are this week's statements with my responses underlined:

1. I find _________ offensive.

2. _________ is a good way to make some extra cash.

3. _________ makes me feel like I can accomplish anything.

4. I could see myself naming a cat or dog _________.

1. I find   people choosing to look for reasons to be offended when none are meant   offensive.

2. Going to work   is a good way to make some extra cash.   Sometimes I listen to Dave Ramsey and his grandmother had it right, a surefire way to make some money is to go to work, it's that simple.

3. Achieving a goal, such as having taxes done before a certain date or meeting a deadline I've set for myself in another area   makes me feel like I can accomplish anything.

4. I could see myself naming a cat or dog   almost any name that isn't vulgar or rude, and the funnier, the better.

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Today is:

Arbor Day -- US

Audubon Day -- birth anniversary of John James Audubon

Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy -- Belarus

Delphinia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival of Apollo; date approximate)

Festival of Individual Sovereignty -- an internet holiday that i think is a good idea!

Festival of Renenutet -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (as Lady of the Robes, who invented the bandages in which to wrap mummies; date approximate)

Gathering of Nations -- Albuquerque, NM, US (the biggest PowWow in North America, with natives from every tribe welcome to participate, it includes singing, feasting, art exhibits, a horse parade, and much more, with non-Natives who want to learn more about Native culture welcome to attend; through tomorrow)

Global Youth Service Day -- annual campaign to mobilize children and youth to make a difference (through Sunday)    

Hairball Awareness Day -- sponsored by Furminator (which product actually does work, by the way) and Hills Pet Nutrition

Hug an Australian Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

Mayan Rain Festival -- to honor the rain gods and welcome the fruitfulness of the earth; date approximate

National Help A Horse Day -- US (Join the ASPCA in several rescue events) 

National Pretzel Day

Remember Your First Kiss Day

Richter Scale Day -- birth anniversary of Charles Francis Richter

Sacrifice to Zeus Epacrios -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)

Shuffleboard Day -- on the adopted birthday of the game (no exact date of origination can be pinned down, and fans want a day to celebrate, so here it is)

Store Bededag -- Denmark; Faroe Islands; Greenland (Great Prayer Day)

St. Rafael Arnaiz' Day (Patron of diabetics and against diabetes)

St. Stephen of Perm's Day / Old Permic Alphabet Day -- Russian Orthodox Church (inventor of the alphabet used for Russian before the Cyrillic was developed)

Union Day -- Tanzania

World Intellectual Property Day -- UN 

Anniversaries Today:

Prince Albert (future George VI) marries Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, 1923

The Independent Order of Oddfellows, American branch, is established in Baltimore, MD, US, 1819

Moscow State University opens, 1755

Birthdays Today:

Jon Lee, 1982

Jason Earles, 1977

Tom Welling, 1977

Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, 1970

Kane, 1967

Kevin James, 1965

Jet Li, 1963

Joan Chen, 1961

Michael Damian, 1962

Giancarlo Esposito, 1958

Boyd Matson, 1947

Gary Wright, 1943

Bobby Rydell, 1942

Duane Eddy, 1938

Carol Burnett, 1933

I.M. Pei, 1917

Hans Detlef "Douglas" Sierck, 1897

Anita Loos, 1889

Gertrude Bridget "Ma" Rainey, 1886 (Some say April 3)

Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822

John James Audobon, 1785

Marcus Aurelius, 121

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Jelly's Last Jam"(Musical), 1992

"Dinosaurs"(TV), 1991

"China Beach"(TV), 1988

"Company"(Musical), 1970

"Grand Polonaise Brillante"(Chopin Op. 20), 1835

Today in History:

Copernicus makes his first observations of Saturn, 1514

William Shakespeare is baptized, 1564

English colonists of the Jamestown settlement make landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia, 1607

Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, 1802

Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election  to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic, 1925

In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections, 1963

Tanganyika  and Zanzibar  merge to form Tanzania, 1964

A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting, 1965

The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force, 1970

A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), creating the world's worst nuclear disaster, 1986

Physicists  announce first evidence of the top quark subatomic particle, 1994

Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country, 2005

During the second day of evidence at the Leveson Inquiry, Rupert Murdock reveals there was a 'cover-up' at 'News of the World' but that he had no knowledge of it, 2012

The CEO of Chobani, Hamdi Ulukaya, announces that he will be giving his employees 10% of the shares in the company, 2016

The Waorani people of Pastaza win a landmark environmental case against the Ecuadorian government to protect half a million acres of their territory in the Amazon rainforest, 2019

In an escalation of the energy standoff between Russia and the rest of Europe, Russia says it will no longer supply gas to Poland or Bulgaria because they refuse to pay in rubles, 2022