tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post5056328739934240479..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Embodied Fel(in)icityTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-20877152990639709292008-05-06T22:55:00.000-05:002008-05-06T22:55:00.000-05:00Felines do not require debate about their rights. ...Felines do not require debate about their rights. There is no power on earth or in heaven to give rights to them or take them from them. Felines simply have rights, indeed they are rights, and woe be unto anyone who thinks otherwise.Country Parsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727241474360657192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-52461666279158971642008-05-03T21:43:00.000-05:002008-05-03T21:43:00.000-05:00Giggles. Giggles some more.BWAHAHAHAHA!Priceless T...Giggles. Giggles some more.<BR/><BR/>BWAHAHAHAHA!<BR/><BR/>Priceless Tobias! Priceless!<BR/><BR/>What about those of us who bi-petisan? Where do we fit in? I'm all for full inclusion and interspecies cohabitation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-87097875838260228152008-05-02T18:17:00.000-05:002008-05-02T18:17:00.000-05:00Oh Tobias! This is very, very good.Very good indee...Oh Tobias! This is very, very good.<BR/><BR/>Very good indeed.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-80036434739355563282008-05-02T16:56:00.000-05:002008-05-02T16:56:00.000-05:00With Augusta Victoria in Canterbury and Clumber in...With Augusta Victoria in Canterbury and Clumber in Pittsburgh, the Anglican world is looking brighter. We need somebody in Fort Worth. Volunteers?PseudoPiskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070541512355253553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-62028073546343183942008-05-02T16:40:00.000-05:002008-05-02T16:40:00.000-05:00Well, that's that, then. Augusta Victoria for Arc...Well, that's that, then. Augusta Victoria for Archbishop of Canterbury! (Settling two acrimonious debates at a stroke, and improving the prose style at Lambeth.)Anglocathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218740053628978255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-61520139175500581982008-05-02T16:21:00.000-05:002008-05-02T16:21:00.000-05:00Oh Mimi,could we love him as much if he did?Oh Mimi,<BR/>could we love him as much if he did?Erika Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812376497361267014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-10049645742354907562008-05-02T14:03:00.000-05:002008-05-02T14:03:00.000-05:00...why, with this skill, you could write his essay...<I>...why, with this skill, you could write his essays for him!</I><BR/><BR/>John-Julian, are we certain that our boy Toby doesn't?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-84716043121541052842008-05-02T13:32:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:32:00.000-05:00Ah, yes, David. That is the youthful Augusta at wh...Ah, yes, David. That is the youthful Augusta at what we guess is about the age of five months. She was taken in as a rather badly battered stray kitten, so her exact D O B remains unknown. And she's not telling.Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-43202049319090326292008-05-02T13:29:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:29:00.000-05:00Can we safely assume that your avatar is HRH Victo...Can we safely assume that your avatar is HRH Victoria Augusta in her youth?Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-90342436084427886702008-05-02T13:07:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:07:00.000-05:00David,I can attest that the impression of plumpnes...David,<BR/>I can attest that the impression of plumpness is an artifact of the photographic process, a combination of the high angle and a telephoto lens, which has foreshortened her physique. This is also enhanced by the cropping, which makes her appear to be little short of spherical.<BR/><BR/>That being said, she is not as svelte as she once was -- though not nearly so rotund as this image might suggest!Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-23944539185814207782008-05-02T13:02:00.000-05:002008-05-02T13:02:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments on the Feline Rights issue...Thanks for the comments on the Feline Rights issue.<BR/><BR/>klady, I suppose someone from "Sit, Stand & Roll-over Firm In Faith" might point out that one interpretation would be that only canine <I>behavior</I> is at issue, rather than canine identity or orientation. The ex-dog movement figures in there somewhere. In spite of some of them being sons of bitches, (hence their canininty deriving from descent rather than choice) they do have a point.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I know. Leave the stage...Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-73637268851915393922008-05-02T12:57:00.000-05:002008-05-02T12:57:00.000-05:00Do to the fact that I did not understand any of th...Do to the fact that I did not understand any of the above thesis, I will comment on strictly mundane topics.<BR/><BR/>I think that HRH Augusta Victoria needs to go on a diet.<BR/><BR/>She is beautiful, but getting a bit plump by this foto. I am sure that this is related to the overindulgence of her every whim by her Esatdounidese gardian, Tibias.<BR/><BR/>Such is the bane of the aristocratic life.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-5720107929727065842008-05-02T12:51:00.000-05:002008-05-02T12:51:00.000-05:00Awestruck and dumbstruck come to mind. I don't su...Awestruck and dumbstruck come to mind. I don't suppose the Archbishop would consent to a series of debates or lectures between you two?<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, I am humbled by the bits and pieces of the Bible that somehow have escaped me. So the dogs are out, are they? Does this mean all dogs or just those that "loveth and maketh a lie"? If you except Clumber++ and his kind, is that some kind of Revisionism? If the Bible clearly and unequivocally excludes "dogs" (simply "dogs") from heaven then, well, who are we to say that some who act like virtuous humans (not to mention cats) are not excluded as well? [Though maybe, just maybe there is an exception for those who undergo ex-dog therapy or those who are neutered and therefore incapable of joining the ranks of the "whoremongers" (or <A HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/versions.pl?book=Rev&chapter=22&verse=15&version=KJV#15" REL="nofollow">whatever</A>) I am afraid I am too dull-witted to grasp the clear, plain meaning of such Bible passages].<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm doomed. I'm terribly allergic to cats, and I'm casting my lot with interim bishop Clumber. Nevertheless, I hope we can remain in full communion with Augusta, who has a great deal of sense, whatever her embodiment of the day.kladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526715552795733402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-28382925143958949242008-05-02T12:15:00.000-05:002008-05-02T12:15:00.000-05:00Rule, Augusta.Rock on, Tobias.Rule, Augusta.<BR/><BR/>Rock on, Tobias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-48039060326978396032008-05-02T12:02:00.000-05:002008-05-02T12:02:00.000-05:00"For the English Cats are the best in Europe"http:..."For the English Cats are the best in Europe"<BR/>http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-i-will-consider-my-cat-jeoffry-excerpt-jubil/Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01865765819297740635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-29439628113676378112008-05-02T11:51:00.000-05:002008-05-02T11:51:00.000-05:00Tobias:I think you got it -- that absolutely pecul...Tobias:<BR/><BR/>I think you got it -- that absolutely peculiar combination of shadowed meaning, bizarre construction, grammatical incomprehensibility, maze-like reasoning -- why, with this skill, you could write his essays for him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com