September 30, 2011

Friday Cat Blogging – 30 September 2011

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Yes, I’m still traveling. Sort of. Actually, right about now I should be sunning myself at Golden Gate Park, where we’re holding a MoJo staff picnic. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get catblogging this week. It only means that catblogging has been reduced 50%.

Sorry about that, Domino fans, but I just didn’t get a new picture of her before I left. What I got instead was a rare inside look at the working conditions here at blog central. I am, as you can see in this picture taken through my window, closely supervised. Until my supervisor gets bored, that is, which happens a lot. Still, you have to stay on your toes. It’s sort of a feline-opticon around here. 

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