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OK, I heard your requests for “more” frequent but “shorter” posts. Less is more. I also heard your protests against large embedded QuickTime .mov videos. Fine. Flash-based YouTube, happy now? Gah, you’ve forced me to officially join the exhibitionist MeBored generation. Anyway, here is a short video of someone trying to get my über fat and lazy cat Max to move the rest of his fat body and not just his small head. An exercise in futility.

If YouTube is offline, download this alternative QuickTime .mov video (1 min. 33 sec., 3.59 MB).

If you’re not already familiar with Max’s consistent application of physics (The Law of Inertia) in his daily idleness and the amusement I derive from the fact that I am not the laziest creature on Earth, feel free to peruse 3 previous posts on the chubby tubby fella:

Take Some Time to Eat the Flowers (Sep. 6, 2006)

Max, Move Fat Cat! (Oct. 21, 2006)

I See You, Feed Me Now (Oct. 28, 2006)

… and while the following post is NOT about Max, it does contain a short YouTube video on Max and Lucky, our neighbour’s cat:

Every Day, My Mind Is Time-lapsing into Madness (Oct. 14, 2006)

This post is not the last on the topic of Max’s finesse with the art of “I Am Permanently Attached To This Rug Unless I Have to Eat or Visit the Litter Box”. Yes, I do need to find something else to write about (hahaha), but umm, well… as I’ve said before, I’d like to record his few remaining years with me and my family. Max has been one of the constants in my either challenging or idle life for many years now throughout all the highs, lows, trials, disappointments, accomplishments and sheer joy. His small furry face is usually the first one I see (much, much too) early in the morning. He’s not simply just a cat or pet to me, but a priceless foot warmer.

Oh, that battery-operated, singing purple gorilla with the guitar that lights up? You might remember it from a previous post just 2 days ago - “Monkey See, Monkey Do Haiku”. It is rocking to an old tune released in 1980 sung by a band from the early 80’s - The Romantics’ “What I Like About You”. The gorilla didn’t have much success in sustaining Max’s interest for more than 2 minutes. The laziest cat, I tell ya.

(fruityspeare says, “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips.” Ah, here come the e-mails from The Fruity Merry Band regulars deciphering the subtext from the trivial. IT IS a post about Max, that IS ALL. Uh-huh.)

Thanks for reading, but this is MY blog. The music has stopped.

I bid you… adieu,

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P.S. Today is November 11, Remembrance Day. If you didn’t observe a moment of silence to show your respect for the sacrifices of war veterans and survivors, do so now. Done? Good. Me, I’m celebrating my freedom to write drivel in my blog on account of my grandparents and parents surviving those air raids. Vive la drivel.