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Unless you're among the bean-sprout-sized minority of Americans who describe themselves as "vegans" (vegetarians who also won't touch milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, or even a dollop of honey), you may have been alarmed by the publicity surrounding an article appearing last month in the journal Pediatrics. The anti-milk piece -- written by activists from the PETA-affiliated Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) -- concluded that feeding milk to children is unnecessary, and that there are better ways (kale, tofu, turnip greens, or spinach, for instance) for kids to get the calcium they need. In reaching this result, PCRM relied on...

Balrog666 gets the credit for the kitty theme this week. His pictures show a white cat trying to match wits with an American Eagle. Let’s just called it “Kitty Doesn’t Know Who He is Messing With”. I hope this is Viking Kitty training. Oh ****, element of surprise is lost. Oh double ****; that move didn’t work either. Reinforcement has been called, but he doesn’t look too interested. Many ZOT threads lately; maybe JimRob can use this guy to help with this problem.

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A feel good story this week. Two threads about a kitten swimming in the Gulf Coast off Florida. First picture is the lucky kitten. Balrog666 contributed two other pictures for this week’s thread. Last picture is a random selection. The swimming kitten. Name is Nemo. Here is the poster who started the thread. Courtesy of balrog666. Itty Bitty Kitty ! Courtesy of balrog666. This photo reminds me of Winston Churchill. Don’t know why.

Since Tuesday will be chaos (back to work after a three-day weekend), it is best to start the kitty thread this week now (Monday evening). I think these are all new pictures and we have at least two cats in each picture. Partners in their daily job, which is mostly funny business. Tag, you’re it !!! Looks like the 100 meter Olympic trials --- and no steroids !!! Takedown !!! – Two points for the black kitty. Wake-Up call !

Back to Monday, here we go again. Work is still chaos so didn’t have much time to lurk/post on FR or come up with a good topic thread. Instead, we get more kitty pictures with no clear theme. I can use some ideas for thread themes. OK, on with the captions. All new pictures this week. ”Look, my own little bunny rabbit !!! --- I will name him George, and will …..” Milk stinks --- Drink water !! One method to keep cool, but what happened to all the groceries? Troll treat for Viking Kitties. Courtesy of Dallas59.

Back to Monday, here we go again. I didn’t post or lurk on FR for a whole week. Shame on me. Too much stuff happening; this week CAN’T be anymore hectic. I don’t have a real good topic this week, so we have some unrelated kitty pictures to caption. Swing Batter Batter – Swing Batter Batter Swing ! Kitty Kondo. Lakers LOST NBA Finals? Perhaps They Need Players Who Can JUMP ? You Must Lurk (At Least) Every Day --- Next Time You Get This.

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Here in Houston, we hosted a Freeper party on Saturday as the Jim Robinson tour paid us a visit. The party went well, aided by live thread, live food (crawfish, at least until it was cooked), and web cam. We are all partied out. Time to go back to work. Kitty also had a good time at party. These pictures prove it. No Cooking Necessary, Like My Food Fresh. Temperature is 95 F; Go Ahead, Squirt Me Human !! All Your Crawfish Is Belong To Us !! That Was Some Party – Nap Time...

We were all saddened on Saturday (5 June) by the passing of former President Ronald Reagan. Among his many skills and accomplishments, one of his nicknames was “The Great Communicator”. In honor of our 40th President, we present cats trying to imitate “The Great Communicator”. Go Ahead, Make My Day !! Mister Cat Owner, Please Feed Me Now !! There You Go Again. Win One For The Gipper !!

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Remember last week’s thread? We hired a new information technology person. IT not only stands for information technology, but also the cat’s gender (if you know what I mean). Looks like the (you know what) wasn’t the only thing removed. What is up with this cat’s brain? Looks like this hire is not going to work. Here are a few photo of the IT department in action. Dog goof off too much. Now I can monitor his website usage. ”All your spreadsheets are belong to us” That does it, everyone’s getting a cheap laptop...

HOW ABOUT THIS --- KITTY THREAD THIS WEEK IS ON TIME (Again). This is the season of college graduations. That means hundreds of thousands of college graduates have to go out and find work (those college loans come due someday). That means job hunting, resume writing, and interviewing. I have a recruit in the office today (Monday) for an interview and I will be one of three people asking the tough questions and making the tough decision. Pictures this week focus on two similar themes. 1) How do you know this recruit is not the one? 2) How do you...

HOW ABOUT THIS --- KITTY THREAD THIS WEEK IS ON TIME…. If you live near a large city, you know what time of year it is…. Most regions of the country have two seasons (winter AND construction). Winter is over. Construction season has begun. To get from Point A to Point B, we need to follow the cat’s advice. New Toll Collection System – Coming to an area near you. New Flag Girl – Note that armor is required near the Houston Metro Train. Winter is over? That is news to me. Road Construction Engineering Meeting. Payday at the job...

This is kitty caption thread number 50 since its revival about one year ago. Enough of all that, where have I been? It has been a hectic last two weeks. Chaos at work. You know how it is; multiple customer have problems and they all need solutions before they even tell you what it is they want. Throw in a few computer glitches, details regarding a technical conference, and a former fellow employee who didn’t know his fingers from his (behind), and you have chaos even Agent 99 from Get Smart would have trouble handling. Things are back to normal...

Two topics this week. First a heart warming article. Pfc Hammer (a tiger striped Iraqi Kitten) has found a home in the United States. I have linked the FR thread below (thanks to Sciencediet and Ragtime Cowgirl to bringing this to my attention). The humor side of this thread involves the mind numbing game of chess. A picture of Pfc. Hammer. Courtesy of Ragtime Cowgirl. The Knight (also doubles as Viking Kitty Armor). Meow thinks this is one of the Bishops. Last but not least, the King and Queen of the chessboard.

Springtime at last. Winter is over (if it still cold where you are, tough). Flowers are blooming (if you have allergies, sorry), young men have (you know what) on their minds, baseball season has started (no-one has been eliminated yet), most of the election primaries are over with (thank goodness). A few kitty pictures to remind you that spring is here. Today is the Boston Marathon. Here is my predicted winner. Courtesy of humblegunner. Mating call gone too good. Weekend drives in the Hill Country. Just lookout for this. Hibernation over, time to get up and go to work.

Is the presumed DNC nominee John Kerry, John F. Kerry, Jack F. Kerry, or whatever he will call himself to help his election chances? I found four cats with names Jack or Johnny. Time to meet the voters. Jack: Vote for me, or I will rip your arm off !! Another Jack: Troll taste good. One less vote for the opposition. Another Jack: The things I do to get votes in Cajun Country. Johnny: Doing his best Howard Dean imitation. RRRAAAAAHHH.

Today is Opening Day of the baseball season. Play Ball !!!! Chicago White Sox season ruined already. They blew a 7-3 lead in the 9th inning today. Guess why? Baseball season? It’s WABBIT season !! It’s DUCK season !! It’s open season on Trolls…. Happy Troll Hunting.

Tuesday evening is when this thread was posted. What happened to Monday? Depends on what excuse you will believe. Another Houston Metro light-rail crash. Here is the replacement vehicle. Neighborhood invaded by “attack cats”!! Computer sabotaged; here is proof. Kitty locked me out of my house.

Happy Monday (or Tuesday) Everyone. Time for this week’s kitty thread. Cats often act like children, so let’s combine them this week. Hey Look, Cat Likes Broccoli Toy – MINE !! Hey, This is MY Bed. Kitty Want a Bath ?

GOOD MEOWING EVERYONE. Time for this week’s kitty thread. Spring break for some (including the cats). Normal week for the rest of us. Mom, This is NOT a cat ! Bad cat, bad cat, what ya gonna do when they come for you. Democat Protestor ? Dog Gone Wild ?