We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:52:47 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification >>hzzz. name muffy not be post in a while. longtime hy置mun denizens and pretty-lady denizennes know 礎out scrup値. maybe youngers and visitors do not. go pretty barb-lady pless if forget or not know. pretty barb-lady first to know all 礎out scrup値 when talk to name scout. short read. has to be -- scrup値 have short attention span... life be tough teacher. gives test first, then lesson. hurricane test be hard on hy置muns and lesson be painful. test be harder on others, who not know there be lesson to follow. only know test. only know hy置muns left them, did not... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:06:57 -0600 I wrote about leaving my pets if I were in New Orleans on ROFASix. Bottom line is my pets are my family, we share the same fate. I would be one of those they would have to ferret out and take my gun from my dead fingers before I would obey a mandatory evacuation order - without my kids. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31583 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31583 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:27:22 -0600 I wrote about leaving my pets if I were in New Orleans on ROFASix. Bottom line is my pets are my family, we share the same fate. I would be one of those they would have to ferret out and take my gun from my dead fingers before I would obey a mandatory evacuation order - without my kids. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31582 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31582 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:27:09 -0600 Thanks for the reminder that some of the family members impacted by Katrina have 4 legs. (Made my donation to the LSU Vet School's Hurricane Katrina animal shelter today.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31562 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31562 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:00:49 -0600 Thanx Muff - you speaks the truths. If only life would teach you the lesson first & then the exam... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31550 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31550 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:25:47 -0600 Donation made... must keep scruple life-sparks lit. Thanks Muffy- keep up the good work! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31546 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31546 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:58:13 -0600 Muffy is a wise scrup'l ... "test first, then lesson" indeed. I've been traveling, and just heard the news that people had been given opportunities to leave - but their pets could not go with them. I don't know specifics yet, but that made me weep - and then to read Muffy's on top of that ... *sniff* My furball is my only child, unless you count the Hubster ... I wouldn't leave. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31539 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31539 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 23:29:08 -0600 that furry little shitbird. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31537 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31537 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 17:42:19 -0600 Ninja, like all the furry ones, is a rescue. One of Beth's co-workers had a boyfriend move in. Boyfriend had a parrot. So, cat which had lived with this guy for 12 years... was going to be put in a shelter or worse. When he arrived, his belly dragged low enough he dusted the wood floors. That is an 8 pound lighter Ninja. We took him in. And he appreciated it, even if he did have to compete with 6 other cats at that point. He was a wonderful night-purrer. He's no longer with us, being the point man in the Castle Advance Party in Heaven, sent along some 6 years ago. He's got plenty of company now though... Gabby, Mickey, Sebastian, and Little Guy. Sniff. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31536 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31536 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:34:16 -0600 Wow- what are you feeding Ninja?! Sardine milkshakes and herring dumplings?? That is one ummm, 'big' kitty... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31535 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31535 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:52:05 -0600 covered with carriers- new and used- and workers were dashing about trying to organize enormous stacks of canned and dry food. Bags, boxes, and flats of it- and more coming by the minute... And bowls- a lady and her husband had two large boxes of plastic pet-food bowls (several hundred, I would guess) that "they didn't need anymore"- that's what she said- and all were brand-new with the bar-codes still on 'em, heh. Cars, trucks, SUVs- a stream of them. I helped for a while with traffic control and we got it organized fairly well. Then I spent an hour with some others, taking apart the carriers and nesting the same sizes together... again, several hundred of them. People kept coming and dropping off- food, carriers, bowls, boxes of flea and tick powder and collars- and collars and leashes, too. Almost all of it brand-new, straight from the store. When I had to leave, donations had slowed but were still coming in. The director of the DDFL was kinda at wits end- she and several friends had planned to drive the stuff down on Saturday, but hadn't anticipated THIS sheer volume... I understand that a call to a manager type at Conway Western Express from one of the board members brought a semi, which departed early Saturday AM for the coast- no charge (can't confirm that but I believe it). Almost none of this (beyond the initial story Thursday night) made the news. Good thing I was on the ball- the worthless huy'man I allow to share my den just sat around drinking cheap beer and wondering how the Broncos will fare this season... Please help where and how you can... Squeaky out.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31530 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31530 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:32:04 -0600 *hugs name muffy because own scrup'l, name sparky, isn't here* I know a lot of hy'umuns stayed behind so their dog-things and cat-things wouldn't become scrup'l. But it hurts my heart to think how many didn't and didn't take their animals with them. I'll do what I can. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31525 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31525 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 02:15:59 -0600 Oh dear, Muffy. Such a sweet post; you made me get all misty. I will send a little something to help keep the "small life-sparks" alive. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31521 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31521 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:02:32 -0600 Done. I am praying for the poor animals that bonehead owners locked in their houses thinking they'd be back. The dead will be more than humans, but will have been loved none the less. Let's hope that the rescuers going house to house leave the doors open when they are done. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31516 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/hzzz_afterthought.html#comment-31516 Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:22:36 -0600