Everyone knows cats are cruel, right? When they catch a bird or small animal, they tease it. They try to make it run. If it does, they pounce again. Cats might say they’re giving their prey a sporting chance to escape, but we know the odds are long in the cat’s favor. What evil creatures! They’re not like us at all. When we kill for fun, it’s on a video screen. We can blow other persons and creatures away by the hundreds, and nothing gets hurt. Indeed, the more popular genres of video games are the more violent; while real killing is abhorrent, pixelated killing is great fun! Now, if we could only teach cats to play video games and replace real killing with play killing. Play killing is harmless! Isn’t it? OK, I’ve officially gone over to the old-man side.
86 responses to “Kill and Be Killed”
Nancy etal
Was just looking for some unrelated thing.
And one thing led to another and another and another….
GM Debbe
I know the voices aren’t real,
But man do they ever come up with some great ideas!
Good morning Villagers…
Indy Mindy, I am so thrilled to read about your change in life….run with it, and don’t forget to take deep breaths.
Jackie and Smigz..around here don’t like to prescribe benzodiazapines, fear they will fall. Going to pick up some melatonin after talking with home health nurse.
Steve, you are a good husband…your wife is blessed.
TR, thanks for the grin, love the cows especially the calf….brown cows, chocolate milk
…..rain today and tomorrow and Ian is afoot tomorrow….he has orientation at Wendy’s….has to walk many city block to get there….it’ll be good for him.
Old Bear, a good morning back at you.
many grins here too…..
http://cheezburger.com/1817605/17-examples-of-cats-being-adorable-jerks
Last Mindy: You go, girl!!!
Lady Mindy.
Danged on-screen keyboards.
Good morning all. It’s a beautiful cloudy day in Quincy, IL. Going to Thyme Squared for breakfast. Chef makes all his own meats, bacon, ham, sausage, corned beef. All their own breads and jams. They have homemade English muffins for their Benedict and today’s special eggs Benedict has fig bacon jam and fresh tomatoes on it. Yum!!
Mindy, glad to hear the new job is going well, and that you have found someone that makes you happy. Life sounds good!
When our kids were kids and video games were not what they are now we bought them Oregon Trail, Louis Quatorz (no, I probably didn’t spell that right) and a math game. Now one daughter plays World of Warcraft, Son plays Assassin’s Creed and Halo, and the other daughter doesn’t play them at all. She’s too busy making costumes for herself and friends who go to conventions and dress up as their favorite characters. See: Cosplay.
9 daytime hours without a comment? Wow.
Maybe 8, but I assumed the 9:26 a.m. was my time….
I hope everyone else’s reasons for not commenting are like mine – got outside and enjoyed a nice spring day, had lunch with friends, and watched some college basketball. Looks like my FSU ladies are headed to the Elite Eight.
Old Bear:
I think my voices are real.
They keep saying, “You’re stupid. You’re a failure. You’re an idiot.” And other words that I can’t print in a family-friendly blog.
I don’t mind them, though.
They help to keep my ego in check and to prevent me from doing some incredibly dumb things.
Jimmy:
I like your title of “Kill and Be Killed.”
It reminds me of a line that I wrote quite a few years ago: “Eat and be eaten.”
Yahooo! I just finished my federal taxes! In comparison, the state forms are a breeze and should not take more than one session. This year, I decided to let the feds keep the refund to be used against future taxes. The amount of interest I’d get by banking same is really trivial.
Yep, I do them myself and in ink.
Congratulations Mindy and good luck with the new job and the new guy.
Moving day was yesterday and it’s new adventure Time for me. 62 years old and never lived completely alone. I am at a stage where that is very appealing. Get to pick my own furniture, off work activities, and no one to look after but me. All my life I have been taking care of somebody else in some fashion and I feel I have given up a lot of the life I could have had. At this point , I just want to see what it’s like. Nite
Had the most wonderful meal tonight with my friend and my daughter, son in law and Jack for his birthday. We went to a wonderful innovative small restaurant where we had the chef’s tasting menu. What that means is we had an appetizer, a soup, a salad, a risotto, fresh bread, a beef course, a fish course, desserts and wine.
Probably the best food I have and we spent 27 of our 48 years of marriage in 4 to 5 star restaurant trade. To think this kind of food is here in a small town is amazing. We had a great time and laughed a lot. Jack had great birthday and so did we.
Feel Good news from both Mark and Jackie. Way to go!!!
Good morning everyone. I hope your day is as lovely as mine looks to be.
Love today’s, Jimmy!
The lovely Sunday ode to Spring makes me wonder if JJ has been spying again. Loon was busy planting for the last month. Tomatoes are blooming, flowers are showing their early blooms, and still we have cool nights.
Good one Jimmy! I will have to add Janis as Spring to my collection of “costumes”. Or under dressing.
You do inspire me, JJ. Right now it’s the black Christmas stockings and the black lingerie. Or some of it anyway.
Good one, indeed, Jimmy. Plus being a homage to a classic A&J cartoon. The only thing missing would of course be pokies. But with the unseasonably warm winter we’ve had here in the Deep South, I’ve been missing them, too. However, a couple of recent cold snaps has caused a fair number of them to pop up.
Good morning Villagers….
It’s a rainy Sunday here….a pleasant 60 degrees though, I’ll take it.
Baby sister took me grocery shopping yesterday, came home and Dad’s friend came by and took him cruising. Dad loves to cruise.
Also came home to the cable system having a power outage, that meant no internet and TV service for an hour or so. You could in the neighborhood, kids were outside playing. Had to close the screen door as there about 6 of them jumping and screaming on the trampoline a couple of doors down.
later gators…..
…you could tell in the neighborhood, kids outside playing….sheesh, where’s that edit button.
Debbe, an edit button would save us from looking like Id10ts. I am still wishing for emoji support ; -)