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January 7, 2005

Cat’s Paw

A dupe or tool for another, a sucker, as in You always try to make a cat’s paw of me, but I refuse to do any more of your work.
This term alludes to a very old tale about a monkey that persuades a
cat to pull chestnuts out of the fire so as to avoid burning its own
paws. The story dates from the 16th century and versions of it (some with a dog) exist in many languages.

Cat’s Paw Nebula

Adopt Cat’s Paw

Heh. Our own Montana Cat’s Paw

Don’t miss this charming photoset/ slideshow, from Cilest

Carnival of the Cats; Friday Ark; Carnival of the Dogs 2004 Review

Thanks to Music and Cats for the lovely inspiration. Happy weekend!

Friday Cat Blogging 3

3 responses to “Cat’s Paw”

Kimberly

January 8, 2005 at 2:07 am

My, what lovely paws you have! I’m pleased that you picked up on the theme. While I’m enjoying the cat features project, I’m not sure that our cats think much of it, especially when I’m blinding them with multiple flash shots.

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Sissy Willis

January 8, 2005 at 5:10 am

Your cats’s paws are the cat’s meow (not to mention the cat’s pajamas)
Bear with me
“Four paws for “Team America”

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Modulator

January 8, 2005 at 2:14 pm

Friday Ark

Cats, Dogs, Spiders and ? every Friday. I’ll post links to sites that have Friday (or shortly thereafter) photos of their chosen animals as I see them (no photoshops and no humans). Leave a comment or trackback to this post or email me and I’ll add you…

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Ancestral (Artificial )Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is how I think, and I prefer to do it myself. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

I have changed this from Artificial to Ancestral, after Abi Awomosu @ Substack. This medium was made with human history, human thought. All of it, bright and dark. It is ancestral.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

Cat’s Paw

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