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Message of the Day – Paws

December 05, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Blanket, Cat, Keely, Message of the Day, Paws

”If you won’t get me a play and sleep mate, I’ll just have to make the best of things,” says Keely Cat.

“I’ll spend my day sleeping as close to other paws as I can get,” he continues.

“It surely has been boring in this house since the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax Collector threat went away.

“Oh, well, I think I’ll go back to sleep now that those bright flashing light has gone away.”

Message of the Day – A Cat

October 31, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Black Cat, Caroliine Street, Cat, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake City Hall, Feral Cat, Keely, Walkup Avenue, Woosdstock Street

Keely Cat is not going to be happy about this.

I am featuring a cat, but it’s not him.

It’s a more appropriate to Halloween black feral cat.

Along with its colleagues it hangs out across the street from Crystal Lake’s City Hall.

So, if you are walking on Woodstock Street or Walkup Avenue or Caroline Street tonight and see a black cat cross your path, remember you can come back during the day and see the same thing.

Message of the Day – A Cat

October 30, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Black Cat, Caroliine Street, Cat, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake City Hall, Feral Cat, Keely, Walkup Avenue, Woosdstock Street

Keely Cat is not going to be happy about this.

I am featuring a cat, but it’s not him.

It’s a more appropriate to Halloween black feral cat.

Along with its colleagues it hangs out across the street from Crystal Lake’s City Hall.

So, if you are walking on Woodstock Street or Walkup Avenue or Caroline Street tonight and see a black cat cross your path, remember you can come back during the day and see the same thing.

Cats Needing Homes

May 08, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat

Marriages result in the merging of families, but sometimes all the members of the families, especially if they are pets, don’t make the cut.

That’s the case with the three cats below.

Would anyone like to give one or more another loving home?

If so, please email me at the address in the highest post above.



Cats Needing Homes

May 07, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat

Marriages result in the merging of families, but sometimes all the members of the families, especially if they are pets, don’t make the cut.

That’s the case with the three cats below.

Would anyone like to give one or more another loving home?

If so, please email me at the address in the highest post above.



Message of the Day – A License Plate

May 06, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat, License Plate, Message of the Day


Here’s one for a cat loving family.

It says,

KITI 3

Message of the Day – A License Plate

May 06, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat, License Plate, Message of the Day


Here’s one for a cat loving family.

It says,

KITI 3

Message of the Day – A License Plate

May 05, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat, License Plate, Message of the Day

Here’s one for a cat loving family.

It says,

KITI 3

Message of the Day – A License Plate

May 05, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: Cat, License Plate, Message of the Day

Here’s one for a cat loving family.

It says,

KITI 3

Cat Hair Is Not Acceptable

April 07, 2008 By: Cal Skinner Category: 75% Sales Tax Hike, Aaron Shepley, Cat, Cat Hair, Crystal Lake, Cushion

No, Keely, you cannot pay Mayor Aaron Shepley’s 75% sales tax hike in cat hair.

I know readers are saying, “Yuck!”

But this, but this is all Keely Cat has to spare for that thing called “sales tax.”

“Why isn’t my fur good enough?” Keely wonders.

“I grew it with my own body.

“It’s soft.

“If Mayor Shepley doesn’t think it is soft enough, he has never stoked a cat such as I.”

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