The Pink Flamingo :: Shopping, Gossip, & a Great Cat Story

Do you want me to admit I have a shoe problem? Alright, already yet. I have a shoe problem. Then, add to it 40% off plus another 30% off and well, Houston, we have a problem. There were two pair of the cutest reptile mules, kitten heals, one in gold, the other in bronze. I bought both. Look they were nearly two hundred bucks a pair - you go figure how much they were at 70% off! I admit - I bought 5 other pair - all for fall. Then there was this adorable hot pink D/B tote. Before you condemn me, please be advised, I really needed a bag that color.

Evidently there is some great gossip about my book, Travesty. Unfortunately I did not have time today for the visit necessary to get said gossip. I'm shocked that a certain party is a big fan of it. Who would have figured it?

GREAT CAT STORY
I have a business associate. I will not mention his name to protect his identity. Let's just call him "Bob". This person inherited an 18 year old cat about a year ago. I went to visit him today. He introduced me to the cat. "Daddy needs to give you a treat now that you have met _____(insert name). The cat stands and greets me. When I left I had to say good-bye. "Daddy needs to give you a treat since ____ (insert name) is leaving. The cat stands and basically says good-bye and graciously accepts his treat. When my friend went out the door, he explained to the cat that he was just leaving for a minute to walk me down to the car and to speak to my parents. "Bob" further explained that when the cat uses the litter box he gets a treat. He even tells "Daddy" when he's used the litter box so he can get his treat. He has even been known to to to the litter box, spread the litter a litter, then ask for a treat! He's been known to do this up to 3 times in one day! My friend's whole attitude has changed since becoming a "parent". Actually, he's become well trained staff for the cat!

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CHAMBERS BOOK OF DAYS

Born: Archbishop Cranmer, 1489,Aslacton, Notts; Frederick Theophilus Klopstock, German poet, 1724, Quedlinburg, Saxony; Henry, third Marquis of Lansdowne, statesman, 1780; Joseph John Gurney, Quaker philanthropist, 1788, Earlhaim Hall, near Norwich.
Died: Henry I, emperor of Germany (the Fowler), 936; Michael Nostradamus (predictions), 1566, Salon; Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1778, Ermenonville; Dionysius Diderot, philosophical writer, 1784, Paris; Dr. Hahnemann, originator of homoeopathy, 1843, Paris; Sir Robert Peel, statesman, 1850, London; William Berry (works on heraldry), 1851, Brixton.
Feast day: The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin. Saints Processus and Martinian, martyrs, 1st century. St. Monegondes, recluse at Tours, 570. St. Oudoceus, bishop of Llandaff, 6th century. St. Otho, bishop of Bamberg, confessor, 1139.

VISITATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY

In the Romish church, the visit paid by the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth (St. Luke i. 39, 40) is celebrated by a festival on this day, instituted by Pope Urban VI in 1383; which festival continues to be set down in the calendar of the reformed Anglican Church.

CHILDREN DETAINED FOR A FATHER'S DEBT

On the 2nd of July 1839, a singular trial came on before the Tribunal de Premiere Instance, at Paris, to determine whether the children of a debtor may be detained by the creditor as a pledge for the debt. Mr. and Mrs. -----, with five children, and some domestic servants, lived for a time at a large hotel at Paris; and as they could not or would not pay their account, they removed to a smaller establishment, the Hotel Britannique, the owner of which consented to make himself responsible for the debt to the other house. After the family had remained with him for a considerable time, Mr. — disappeared, and never returned to the hotel, sending merely a letter of excuses. Then Mrs. — went away, leaving the children and servants behind. The servants were discharged; but the hotel-keeper kindly supported the five children thus strangely left on his hands, until his bill had run up to the large sum of 20,000 francs (about £800). A demand was then made upon him (without revealing to him the present dwelling-place of the parents) to deliver up the children; he refused, unless the bill was paid; whereupon a suit was instituted against him. M. Charles Ledru, the advocate for the parents, passed the highest encomiums on the generous hotel-keeper, and said that he himself would use all his influence to induce the father to pay the debt so indisputably due; but added, that his own present duty was to contend against the detention of the children as a pledge for the debt. The president of the tribunal, M. Debelleyme, equally praised the hotel-keeper, but decided that the law of France would not permit the detention of the children. They were given up, irrespective of the payment of the debt, which was left to be enforced by other tribunals.

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