#Alamo Cat

[jurakan]

Time to Meet Bella

@esters-notepad! You asked about the battlefield guardian! So now! Today You Learned! About Bella!

This is Bella:

She’s the Alamo Cat.

Isabella Francisca Veramendi de Valero has been the Alamo Cat since 2015. You see, in the 1980’s, the staff working at the Alamo decided that they needed to have a cat on the premises. The first was named Miss Ruby. Officially, the cat’s duties are to protect the property from rodents and greet visitors. In actuality, I think she just… hangs out. She’s taken care of by the Alamo’s staff and she is in lots of official photos.

Her original name was just ‘Bella’, but they decided that she needed a long official name to be an official Alamo Cat. So all of her names are references to the history of the Alamo and Texas.

Also! You can buy plush versions at the store:

This is from the official Alamo social media accounts.

[catsofcalifornia]

Cinnamon and Lady Catherine from Feral Cat Foundation in Alamo, California

Click here for more information about adoption and other ways to help!

Click here for a link to Feral Cat Foundation's main website.

Cinnamon and Lady Catherine are a bonded pair of fluffy 7-year-old cats. (Might be siblings; we are not sure.) Theirs is a bit of a hard-luck story, and they have some special needs. They’re looking for that special home to help them blossom, so if you think that might be yours, read on!

Six years ago, the two fluffballs were trapped in a retail parking lot as part of a feral cat fixing program. Both seemed pretty feral at first, but with one needing extra medical care and both being so doggone cute, their rescuer just couldn't bear to return them to the parking lot. She kept them at her home and worked with them, seeing substantial progress over time.

Cinnamon is a cute-as-can-be orange male cat. When he first came to us, his tail was dragging on the ground. It was found to have permanent nerve damage and had to be amputated. He didn’t seem to miss it, and has just a cute little nub on his backside now. Cinnamon has developed a sweet, demure and laid-back personality. He has such a lovable begging face when he wants pets, purrs very loudly and looks so serene when he receives them!

After some time in foster care, Cinnamon was noticed straining to urinate and was found to have bladder stones. He had surgery to remove them, and thereafter was placed on a prescription diet formulated to keep the bladder crystals from recurring and forming into stones. Right now he’s primarily eating Hills S/O dry food. (Increasing the amount of wet food would probably be even better if you can.) At any rate, he’s been maintaining on the diet for several years now, and the bladder issue has not recurred. To check up on him, we had an ultrasound done very recently, and the vet found no signs of additional stones forming. So, it’s a good indication that the diet is working as planned and keeping him healthy. The food is easy to obtain, and while it is a little more expensive than regular cat food, it’s not outrageous.

Lady Catherine is a drop-dead gorgeous calico female and Cinnamon’s best buddy. She is shyer than Cinnamon, and would require a good dose of patience as she settles into a new location. Once she gets to know someone, she can be quite friendly, rubbing coquettishly on the cat tree and hoping for a visit. She does blow a bit hot and cold and sometimes just isn’t in the mood at all. We are sure that with more personalized attention, she would continue to blossom further and really get the chance to live her best life.

For convenience since they are roommates, Lady Catherine has been eating the same food as Cinnamon (it doesn’t hurt for her to eat it, even though she doesn’t require it).

What is so much fun about these two, is watching them interact together. They spend most of their time sitting and cuddling together, or sort of weaving around each other with purrs and nuzzles. It is really sweet to see how much they love each other!

A couple years ago, this pair actually did get adopted. Their new dad adored them but tragically, he passed away unexpectedly, and the family called the rescue to come repossess the cats. They had been blissfully happy in the home, and they do not understand why they had to come back to foster care. From this experience, we know Cinnamon and Catherine would need a quiet home with patient person(s) willing to take it slow. It would probably go best to keep them in one room of the house for a month or possibly a couple months until they acclimate. They would not be a good fit for a home with kids or dogs; they have gotten very accustomed to quiet adults. They do get along great with other cats, but of course there is the food requirement so if there are other cats eating other food in the home, you’d need a method to separate Cinnamon for feeding (which certainly is not impossible and we can talk about strategies for this, if that’s your situation).

Both kitties are about 7 years old at this time. I know most people will think this is too old for a new cat… keep in mind however that with proper care, indoor kitties typically live 15-20 years. Cinnamon and Lady Catherine have a whole “ACT TWO” ahead of them! They are special kitties, and so very deserving of that second chance to live their best life. They have been fixed, brought up to date on vaccinations, and tested FIV/FELV negative. They have always done a great job of using the litterbox! There is an adoption donation to the Feral Cat Foundation (an all-volunteer organization, which helped get them out of a bad situation and provided all of their medical care) to help us continue our work with homeless cats. If you would like to meet this fluffy pair or have any questions, please reach out by phone or email!

[petnews2day]

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[sassygrrl32]

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[princesscolumbia]

Star Trek Captains, A Review and Categorization

Star Trek is a show about a Neo-military organization that has rank structures, ships, and fights wars, so naturally there's plenty of captains to talk about, but for this post I'll be highlighting specifically the main cast captains, in something resembling chronological order. (But, I mean, this is Star Trek, so even that's kinda up in the air)

Captain Archer

That Guy who had to hand crank the warp engine up-hill both ways in the blinding ion storm. We don't need no stinkin' Prime Directive! Remember The Alamo Pearl Harbor 9/11 Florida! But...uh, maybe don't be dicks about it, not everyone who looks like the ones responsible for that thing we're never going to forget actually wants us dead. Got transformed into an alien, got possessed by another alien, slept with a couple more. Never got pregnant, though (that was his chief engineer)

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 1

Wars started: 0

Wars ended: 3

Times on screen naked: 1

Nazi facilities destroyed: 1

Category: Grampa

Captain Pike

Midlife crisis? What midlife crisis? Everything's fiiiiine. Now eat something, it'll make you feel better. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. Number One, don't tell me I can't adopt more kids, I don't care that they're from the future they're mine now. Besides, we've already got a whole ship-full, what's two more?

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 2

Violations of the Temporal Prime Directive: -3 (yes, it's an irrational number, we're talking time travel, people!)

Musical Numbers Participated While On Duty: 3

Hair: Really Great

Category: Dad (or DILF if you swing that way)

Captain Georgiou

You will be captain when you can snatch the stone from my hand.

Scorecard

Ships commanded: 1

Protege's who required a redemption arc: 1

Awesomeness: Transcendent

Category: Gone too soon, also, MILF who can kick your ass

(Edit: Courtesy of @cheer-me-up-scotty for pointing out an oversite on my part)

Captain Burnham

Cosplays as a Vulcan 'cause she's jealous of her adoptive brother. Accurately called an audience-stand-in-self-insert-mary-sue (shut up, Star Trek fandom invented the Mary Sue, it was a term coined by women fans, so shut up!), but by season 2 she actually gets interesting.

Scorecard

Mommy Issues: Has a subscription

Moms: 4

PTSD inducing life events: Like, all of them

Ships commanded: 3

Mutinies led failed: 1

Category: That One Cousin who married surprisingly well and made something of herself in spite of all expectations

Captain Kirk

Golden retriever energy, would be the Useless Bisexual Himbo if he didn't have so much game. Probably smarter than he lets on. Polyamory King and certified Alien Fucker. Boyfriend is a half-space-elf, main sometimes-girlfriend will go on to create the deadliest super-weapon ever built by humans by accident.

Scorecard

Number of Klingon Bounties on his head: [CLASSIFIED]

Number of women he's slept with: [CLASSIFIED]

Nazi regimes toppled: 1

Number of times he should have had a test that determines if you can stick your dick in it that got named after an upstart from that other science fiction show instead: 1

Ships Commanded: 3

Ships He's Stolen: 3

Category: Slut(affectionate)

Captain Kirk (the other one)

Golden Retriever that got left behind when his family moved away and had to lead a ragtag team of a crotchety older dog and a wet cat on a journey...

No, wait, hold on...

Right! That's the one!

Scorecard

Times he should have been kicked out of Starfleet: At least 4

Ships commanded: 3

Ground transport destroyed: 2 (that we know of)

Number of middle fingers given to Admiralty: 2

Category: Bad Boy

Captain Picard

You know that guy who you see going to the library all the time and always seems to have his nose in a book and always seems to be telling people off for breaking the rules and doing dangerous shit? You'd never know it but he used to be That Guy in college who got, like, ALL the girls and is going to be the Hot Grampa that you don't know how he has that much game, but he got it.

Scorecard

Ships lost in the line of duty: 2

Number of times he married and then estranged his best friend's wife who named their son after her dead first husband: 1

Number of toxic omnipotent and omniscient boyfriends who are obsessed with him and spends their spare time playing with ponies: 1

Category: Inexplicable Sexyman

Captain Badass Sisko

The Cool Dad with baggage. He's got game, but he's got priorities as well, and DON'T mess with his son or you won't even exist anymore to regret it. BLM before it was cool. Led a civil rights riot two centuries before he was born. Space Jesus who can make the best jambalaya you've ever had. Fought and won a war, punched a god, then became one.

Scorecard

Civilizations saved: 4

Native Cultures Treated With the Respect They Deserve: Many

Times He Bent the Rules so his CMO could get some nookie from a Cardasian spy plain, simple tailor: The counter broke

Successful black-ops assassinations completed: 1

Category: BAMF

Captain Janeway

THE single most decorated captain in Starfleet history. Successfully dropped the hammer on dozens of petty tyrants, oppressive regimes, roaming mass murderers, and the Borg. What Prime Directive? Your Mom. Also, probably slept with your mom, that's how much she is the Domme-est of Dommes. She told the Borg to use the safe word...and they DID!

Scorecard

Borg Daughters: 1

Times she told the Borg to step off: 3 (or 4...or 5? Honestly, with the time travel shenanigans it's hard to know for sure)

Nazis she's personally shot: 1

Category: Mistress, but it's "Ma'am" to you

Captain Freeman

She's angry AND disappointed! She's just as good as all the other captains in the fleet, and the good ones know it, but all the rest? They see "cali class" and assume all they're good for is the jobs nobody else wants. But jokes on them, because thanks to that attitude her crew are the flippin' Jacks and Jills of all trades and are more capable of fixing AND fucking AND "fucking" shit up than damn near anyone else!

Scorecard

Times the ship has nearly been destroyed but she and her crew got through it: ...uh...how many episodes are there? And then there's the times that get casual mentions that we never get the details on!

Daughters who should probably be captains now if they were at least a LITTLE more respectful and didn't actively try to piss off Admirals: 1

Times the Cerritos has had to be rebuilt to the point it might as well be called "The Ship of Cerritos Problem": At least 4

Category: Your mom...get back here, I'M NOT DONE TALKING TO YOU!

Captain R'El

Cinnamon Roll, just let m'boy into Starfleet! He just wants a home and a family! I'd like to see full-grown captains who can keep up with half of what this Best Boy is capable of!

Scorecard

Number of species his genetic code is made up of: All of 'em. Even the GODDAMN Q!

Number of Janeways he impressed the socks off of: 2

Quality of his Janeway impression: Bad

Number of Ferengi he out-Ferengi'd: 1

Nazis punched: Give him time...

Category: Teenage Boy Who's NOT GOING THROUGH A PHASE, MOM!

Should I do Captains Shaw and Seven? How about Alternate Timeline Tripp or Future Chakotay? (Going too far down that rabbit hole will eventually lead to Imperial Kirk and Captain Spock from the movies.) Let me know in the comments.

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[nicktremblaywayfu]

Quick Danny painting of him keeping an eye for his sweet pea's safety 👀

Also a bit of his random Headcanon below

He's a heavy snorer. Unfortunately.

He doesn't drink much, but once he gets his hand on beer at the perfect party night, boi be prepared a whole giant man is lying on the floor, super drunk.

He was blinded by a Reagent, hence he also had a scar.

My personal headcanon is he has heterochromia eyes (the blinded one was blue)

He was a Makeup artist back then (Based on the dialogue "Avon Calling". which is a reference for make-up brand ads), a job that is mostly frowned upon by society if a man did it back in the time. Despite being one of the few male makeup artists, his job was so fantastic that a lot of well-known woman celebrities and flappers hired him.

He loves dogs more, but for some reason, lots of cats will swarm on him.

He was the first Big Grunt ever created, at first volunteered in Murkoff's free charity limb extension surgeries. Later taken to Los Alamos as he has remarkable recovery and strength from the operation, despite it coming with a heavy downside.

He's a heavy chocolate lover. As well as a sweet tooth

He's a good kisser.

[fable-rots]

Hey everyone, do you like wcrp? do you like cowboys and wild west aesthetics? would you like both of them in one? then i have good news for you!! Scorched Earth WCRP is now open!! the plot has not begun as of now so there’s plenty of time to join!!

“SCORCHED EARTH takes place in the desert. The location is heavily based on Los Alamos, with some creative liberties taken. The different colonies surround a crater in the ground, an obelisk at the bottom - the original testing site for the atomic bomb. Overtime, the radiation has mostly cleared, and the strange green trinitite glass that covered the ground is mostly buried under the sand - except for deep within the crater.

The cats here are heavily religious, worshipping the Sun, and scorning anything else. Rules are strict and traditions are to be upheld always. There are of course differences between the colonies’ way of worship, but each dedicates themselves to Her nonetheless.

Within Mesa Clutter, Canyon Clutter, and Basin Colony, there are unique roles and cultures among the different groups. Each has their Clerics and Medics, but they also have colony-specific roles, such as Martyrs and Hunters. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses; Mesa is known for their rigid structure and their brutal force of power, Canyon is known for their close-knit family bonds developed deep inside their caves, and Basin is known for their joyful cooking and gratitude, always willing to share with others.

Outside of the colonies, deep in the Badlands, lives The Ramhorns. These Outlaws have formed a dangerous bond within the harsh and deadly terrain they must survive in. Lead by a giant shadow of teeth and claws, they gather the bones of those they’ve slain, using them in rituals and as a warning to anyone who dares venture into the Badlands, where, if the Outlaws don’t get you, the horrible conditions certainly will.

There are lone Outlaws as well, but anyone alone in the Badlands won’t usually last long

But there are exceptions.

Her light may protect them during the day, but when She is dragged underneath, predators and venomous animals prowl the night.

And in the shadows lurks monsters, made living by Elders’ tales of darkness incarnate, monsters opposite of their warm God.

Unnatural amalgamations…

The purest form of Evil.”

SCORCHED EARTH is a 15+ discord RP, run and created by plutothefrog! If this has piqued your interest even a little, feel free to pop in and check it out! https://discord.gg/MMu6qrvw

[blackfeathersflurry]

Hey welcome to Kentucky Fried Chocobo, what can I get you-

wait a second…

you the bird guy?

Hold on…

*mutes xbox 360 drive thru mic*

HEY KARL, ITS THE BIRD GUY AGAIN!

Y’KNOW, GUY WITH THAT WING?

HE’S HERE BUYING WINGS AGAIN

KARL I’LL BACK TO YOU ON THAT

*unmutes*

Sorry about that, a uh… Mu got into the fryer again

But before I take your order, are you secretly a cat? Your eyes remind me of my cat at home—his name is Alamo thank you for asking— but anyways

I must know if you are a cat sir.

I am not. Can I please just take my order? The hungry little menace had a hankering for wings and boba, so I said we'd stop.

MUW: DO YOU GUYS HAVE SWEET POTATO FRIES?!

....This isn't a Wu Tang Tea, MUW.

MUW: It's a combination Kentucky Fried Chocobo and Wu Tang Tea.

Damn it.

[yeeyeeclan]

Well howdy pardner! I see you found yer way to YeeyeeClan, the most rootin' tootin' shootin' cats in all of the Eastern Plains. Why don't you take a gander 'round our humble prairie, ain't no strangers here.

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We're a group of friends and a band of outlaws, documentin' the happenins 'round these parts. Keep an eye out for drawin', writin', storytellin', and all sorts of little bits of whatever. Come on in and have a cold drink while we introduce ourselves...

🎩 - If yer sick of the bad cowboy accents by now then I darn say yer in the wrong place, pardner, because they ain't goin' away no time soon. I'm Lynx, the one likely to be 'sponsible for the worst of what you gon' see here.

🐺 - Howdy! I’m Orion! I’m an Alamo enthusiast from deep n’ the heart ‘a Texas! Lover of all things rootin, tootin, and ‘specially shootin! Long time Warriors fan n’ clangen comicer”

🦋 - Howdy hey y’all! I’m Worthy, one of the rockin’ cowgirls on the team of Yeeyeeclan, nestled n’the corn fields of Ohio, and an og battle cats fan, excited to git out n’ draw for a project like this for once!

🐦‍⬛- Howdy! I'm Pic, the youngin' mail-order ranchhand from the far coast. Takes a likin' to books, paints, and bone orchards, but haven't touched a Warriors book in all my little days, so be patient on ma' gentle heart.

🌻- Howdy hey, welcome to the chaos folks! I'm Winn, and all y'all's gotta know 'bout me is I'm a SCAD Alumni from the lil ol Peach State, and the team's local autistic Warrior Cats Enthusiast. I am very incredibly normal about the books and these darn cats (blatant lie).

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#yeeyeeclan - General YeeyeeClan shenanigans

#yeeyee ask - Anythin' asked to any of the good cats of YeeyeeClan

#yeeyeent - Anythin' not made by us good folks

#yeeyeeart - Anythin' pertainin' to drawin'

#yeeyeewriting - Anythin' pertainin' to writin'

#yeeyeerefs - Anythin' with the official yeeyee cat designs

#lynx ask - Anythin' directed towards Lynx

#orion ask - Anythin' directed towards Orion

#worthy ask - Anythin' directed towards Worthy

#pic ask - Anythin' directed towards Pic

#winn ask - Anythin' directed towards Winn

[immaducky2]

hello!!! I'm sharing some of my WTTT headcanons now because I have no idea what else to post!

- Tennessee has one giant family gathering atleast once or twice a year, like on the fourth of July, Christmas, or Thanksgiving. When they all do get together, atleast one ambulance is called.

- Maryland has monthly bonfires with Virginia and West Virginia. Sometimes Pennsylvania comes as well.

- Georgia owns every single jersey for the Bulldogs past and present; he's been collecting since the team started out.

- Florida keeps a gator in the house; California has yet to find out about it.

- Gov has a cat that is extremely fluffy.

- Alaska hand makes dog beds for his huskies. He even embroiders their names on them.

- Maryland will drive literal days to avoid going on a plane (he is terrified).

- Alaska wears jean short shorts and a sleeveless shirt in the snow.

- Washington takes allergy meds year-round to help with his allergies; it doesn't actually help.

- Pennsylvania has scars from the Battle of Gettysburg.

- Texas 100% has a tattoo that says "Remember the Alamo".

[unmellowyellowfellow]

15 Questions — OC edition!

tagged by @sender-paulson !! thank you omfg

I'm going to tag @anonymousfoz @macabremoons @cabbojage @athenswrites and anyone else who wants to go on a rant about their OC's! tag me if you do it so i can see them!!

i will be doing this for Dixie, my protag for chalk mountain. she's a hotheaded mess but i love her <3 under the cut!!

1. Are you named after anyone?

my great grandma, dixie anne. she was badass. she's the only alvarez that isn't a total dick wad

2. When was the last time you cried?

when i was in my kitchen and emilio and frankie had to hold me down. it was really dramatic and i don't like to talk about it, but yeah

3. Do you have kids?

HELL no, and i do not want them. no offense to parents but full offense to mine. i am not a mother and i will not put a child through a parent who doesn't want them

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

no.. :)

5. What's the first thing you notice about people?

their humor. the way you laugh and the jokes you make are really telling for you as a person

6. What's your eye color?

brown. unpopular opinion, or whatever, but i like brown eyes. theres more layers of depth and plus we master puppy dog eyes better than you blue eyed demons

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

scary movies because happy endings are just not realistic

8. Any special talents?

i can do a back-end pretty easily. it's like a party drink. drunk people love it; i've caused a lot of other peoples concussions though (lol)

9. Where were you born?

in the back of my dads beat up pickup on the side of a random farm road. dad said he knew a shortcut but instead we had to call an ambulance after my mom gave birth without any drugs. honestly, i don't know how she didn't kill him

10. What are your hobbies?

i used to drum in a band with some old stupid friends. we don't talk anymore, but i miss them

11. Do you have any pets?

no but i used to have a cat. i really want another one, but life is a little busy with the whole Evolved thing or whatever

12. What sports do you play/have you played?

i played t-ball when i was a kid with my brother, but we never played again after

13. How tall are you?

height is fake (i was always bullied for being tallest kid around so let's just not Talk About It)

14. Favorite subject in school?

history. it's easy and the alamo is my favorite story

15. Dream job?

i never had one. i don't want to spend my life working. i plan on gaining my inheritance after my parents kick the bucket and then riding the high till it kicks

[saltsparkle]

Last Song: The Way by Fastball

Favorite Color: Green! Emerald, pistachio, sage, mint, kelly, forest, arsenic, cobalt, phthalo, all of 'em. Also green's best friend, Pink.

Last Movie/TV Show: Dimension 20: Sophomore Year. I'm trying to catch up on this one before I start Junior Year.

Sweet / Spicy / Savory: They all have their places in my life and my heart. I do have a really bad sweet tooth though. Insatiable. Coming to the realization that I could door dash a cake to my apartment because I was an adult in control of my own fortune was a revelation.

Relationship Status: Single.

Last thing I googled: How to spell 'phthalo'.

Current Obsession: Trying to keep my dang plants alive through the winter. Figuring out how to appropriately build out a cute+sustainable winter wardrobe for Texas weather (finally bought mittens because we've had three years with bonkers wind chill days and I had to finally come to terms with the notion that I am never going to knit them myself). Iceland volcanoes. My cat, Thistle. She's so cute.

Last Book: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford. My BA in History is showing.

Looking forward to: Spring. I miss good storms and am tired of the sun being directly in my eyes when I drive into work at 7:30am.

Tagged by @drewzelledraws! Tagging any other folks that wanna do this & tag me in it so I can be nosy.

[catsofcalifornia]

Cecelia from Feral Cat Foundation in Alamo, California

Click here for more information about adoption and other ways to help!

Click here for a link to Feral Cat Foundation’s main website.

This young mama kitty came to us with a dislocated hip and evidence of a previous broken femur. We believe she must have been hit by a car and left to heal (or not) on her own. Despite being in chronic pain, she was taking care of 2 kittens on the street. She’s a friendly cat and must have belonged to someone at some point before being dumped. We got her to a specialist for FHO surgery and she’s almost done with her long recovery. She’s looking for a quiet, loving furrever home where she would, preferably, be the only kitty.    

[ruzqtx]

ALAMOMENT

wow i’m already back, anyways MoRE ALAMOMENT

this one’s kind of bittersweet, actually

it was said that travis took a black-cat eye ring from his own hand and thread it through a string, then tied it around 14-month old angelina dickinson’s neck. angelina was the infant of susannah and almeron dickinson, both very well known—suzanna for being an alamo survivor and almeron for being a defender. anyways—it’s bittersweet since at the time that travis had decided to LEAVE his pregnant wife and son, she had their baby girl, and he’d never get to meet her. suzanna told travis she’d make sure the ring made it to his son, charles, but he never ended up getting it.

fun fact: it’s hard to catch, but the first scene we ever see travis in in the alamo (2004), you can see he wears said ring on his pinky finger! another addition to this fact is the original HAS been found!

the ring was passed on from angelina to her husband, who then presented it to his commanding officer in the civil war. from there, the ring was passed down for years, to when it was eventually donated to the alamo.

[whatevergreen]

“Kill the Badger!” (An excerpt from William S. Burroughs’ novella The Cat Inside)

"At Los Alamos Ranch School, where they later made the atom bomb and couldn’t wait to drop it on the Yellow Peril, the boys are sitting on logs and rocks, eating some sort of food. There is a stream at the end of a slope. The counselor was a Southerner with a politician’s look about him. He told us stories by the campfire, culled from the racist garbage of the insidious Sax Rohmer – 'East is evil, West is good'.

Suddenly, a badger erupts among the boys – don’t know why he did it, just playful, friendly and inexperienced like the Aztec Indians who brought fruit down to the Spanish and got their hands cut off. So the counselor rushes for his saddlebag and gets out his 1911 Colt .45 auto and starts blasting at the badger, missing it with every shot at six feet. Finally he puts his gun three inches from the badger’s side and shoots. This time the badger rolls down the slope into the stream. I can see the stricken animal, the sad shrinking face, rolling down the slope, bleeding, dying.

“You see an animal, you kill it, don’t you? It might have bitten one of the boys.”

The badger just wanted to romp and play, and he gets shot with a .45 government issue.

Contact that. Identify with that. Feel that.

And ask yourself, whose life is worth more? The badger, or this evil piece of white shit?"

William Burroughs, 1986

(Sax Rohmer was the English author of the racist Fu Manchu novels)

[shadowsandkingdom]

I do not know if this will help you, Cats Paw, but I do have tea if you would like some.

@alamos-garden-lover

That would be lovely.