tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86645212011-10-12T05:20:55.024-07:00everything that's cattySandra Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02216710598631964332noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8664521.post-1114829681909317432005-04-29T19:35:00.000-07:002005-04-29T19:54:41.910-07:00

AKA: A Short and Simple Lesson in MarketingThere are currently two auctions, that I am aware of, on eBay that are intended to entice someone to pay to name a cat they don't know. I know you're all "I wish I'd thought of that!", and I'm right there with you. However, the object lesson here is not how you can exploit your felines to make the big bucks. It's how to do it right.A case in point. This

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A couple of months ago I created a sig for myself to use on an EZboard forum about Ragdoll cats. (It's called Ragdolls R Us, if you want to join in; be warned, we go off topic. A lot.)I wanted to have both Inu and Udo in the sig and wanted to have a tech theme to the final image. I didn't have a great photo of them together near the computer, but I did have a photo of Inu the one time she had

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Yesterday, Mr. Inuudo was watching TV in the other room while ONE of us was gainfully employed at the computer. His fits of giggles at something he was seeing on Urban Rush were distracting, but, cat-like, I tuned him out and continued with my Very Important Work.He hollered at me to look at Buckaroo Blog, as if I had nothing better to do as I try to eke out some semblance of a pitiful existence

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If you've met Inu, you already know a little bit about Udo because she is a Ragdoll cat, too.She? Udo? How did she get a boy's name? It's not that I have a cruel or self-indulgent streak a la the parents of A Boy Named Sue. Well, maybe a wee bit self-indulgent.Udo as a kitten, about 4 monthsUdo's First NameUdo started life with us with a girly name, Hanako sometimes shortened to Hana. A great

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The word inu means dog in Japanese. My Inu is a cat.Her name wasn't chosen merely to sound quirky or cute, although I am fairly susceptible to such motivation. Rather, her name ties together several threads of meaning and experience for me.Inu as a kitten, about 3 monthsSome BackgroundIn Japan, my husband and I rented a house from a wonderful couple who had been transferred out of the city. They

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