WWMD?

My good friend Moses came over today and we ventured to the bookstore to pick up our first book for the book club that was discussed in our meeting last week about the public toilet situation.  I'm not sure how we side barred into agreeing to start a book club, but we did.  You know those women, the power of persuasion is very strong.  That and a little flash of sexy thigh - well, that got my attention for sure!  

Needless to say, our first book will be "Born Free, A Lioness of Two Worlds".   After we read the book, we are going to watch the movie.  I've talked to a few of the volunteers that have seen this movie and they said it was a real tear tearjerker!!!  I'm sure it will be an interesting read.  BB is really excited, she's heard many wonderful things about this book.

Anyways, while we were at the bookstore, Moses told me about what has been happening with him lately.  You see, we don't get to visit much.  He's busy with his life and social calendar.  He did tell me about something that I did find a bit disturbing.

Recently it seems that something happened in his neighborhood that was out of the ordinary.  Now you must understand, we all live in a community that is well known for it's zero tolerance for crime and violence.  And when I say no tolerance, well, in fact, we haven't had crime since this community was established in 2000!  

But I digress.  Moses said that record is now broken...something terrible, absolutely horrendous happened to him the other day.  He, HE of all people was victimized.
I know, I know...shocking to say the least.  How could anyone ever think of victimizing Moses.  

Moses said he was ambushed.  He was out on a leisurely stroll on the playground when he saw something out of the corner of his eye.   Being an extremely gentle, friendly guy, he went over to say hello to this individual and WHAM! Right in the kisser.  He was attacked, unprovoked, by a squirrel!  Yes folks, a squirrel.  The squirrel was demanding nuts, NUTS from Moses or else.  Moses said he was the size of a cougar.  He was completely stunned.  Of course he didn't have any nuts or acorns or peanuts to give to this lunatic, so he ran as fast as he could back to his house with this incredibly mammoth squirrel hot on his heels.  I'm just thankful Moses was able to get away without further injury.  

He asked me what I would have done in a situation like that, being, you know...King Midas and all.  I thought to myself....WHAT WOULD MIDAS DO?  WWMD? WWMD?  What would I do?  Well, I would have probably used my awesome Kung Fu powers on him.  Cougar sized squirrels are no joke people.  NO JOKE!  They will take you down in a heartbeat.  Even a tiger, one as awesome as me.  You have to be lightening fast, Bruce Lee lightening fast.  That is really, really fast for those not in the know.  Once you have them down - you can then reason with them.  If that doesn't work, then you will have to try to hypnotize them.  If that doesn't work - well, then you are out of options, you have to run for it.  When a squirrel wants his nut, there is nothing stopping him.  You've seen that unstable squirrel in Ice Age - phew...scary man, scary.  

Those were the things I told Moses I would do.  I told him to maybe look into reporting it to the local authorites, moving, taking Kung Fu lessons or carrying around lots of nuts in his pockets in case he is confronted again. 

What have we learned from this folks? 

• Squirrels are NO JOKE!!!
• Bruce Lee is lightening fast.
• Born Free - the movie is a tearjerker

Peace out!


M~

Meeting Minutes...

Hey everyone!  How goes it?  I apologize for being a bit lax on the blog.  I’ve been totally engrossed with the Winter Olympics.  How can you not be, right?  Did you all see the speed skating competition?  Apolo Ohno slipping and then coming from last place to win the Bronze?  Exciting stuff.  I told BB I wanted to speed skate.  She said I didn’t have the legs for it.  I beg to differ!  I so have the muscular legs like Apolo.  Just imagine me in one of those aerodynamic unitards or whatever it is he wears.  Yeah, I could so be a speed skater with my fur blowing in the breeze.  Mom and Dad would be so proud out in the stand with the US Flag draped around their shoulders yelling Midas! Midas!  I have a dream....

Well anyways, we had our building meeting about the fiasco that is the public toilet on the playground and what should be done about it.  All the information is listed below.  

Meeting Notes from 2/20/10

Agenda Topic: Public Toilet on Playground

Facilitator: Midas

Attendees: Sultan, Iona, Kaiya, Apollo,  Samu, Emma, Lucca, Nadia, Mohan

Absent: Kshama, Saber, Bluebell (out shopping?)

Apollo brought pot luck for everyone; the hint of garlic was a nice touch!

Kaiya and Nadia were kind enough to supply refreshments and chicken dessert.

Discussion:  Everyone was in agreement that a new public toilet was definitely necessary.  Otherwise, how would anyone take care of “business” when they were out taking care of tiger business on the playground?  Or know anyone else’s business for that matter?!

Conclusion: Get recipe from Apollo!  The hint of garlic in his pot luck “wowed” everyone!    The girls want to start a book club.  I stated this was about the public toilet and they didn’t understand why we couldn’t discuss setting up a book club as well.  I didn’t have an answer for that.

Action Item: 

• Discuss with building manager about contacting an engineer to begin relocation of public toilet and provide temporary toilet in the meantime. 
• Pick first book for book club
• Email everyone Apollo’s recipe

 

 

Serious business!

Well folks, I had serious official tiger business to attend to on the playground today.  With all the rain and snow that we've encountered lately, the public toilet has officially taken it's toll and is now out of commission.  I know, I know, horrifying news to say the least. 

As I was surveying the surrounding areas, I mapped out a temporary location for a new public toilet, and will speak immediately with the building manager of Tiger Country to see if we have the proper permits to start construction on it ASAP!

I'm sure this news will come as a surprise to some and shock to others, but I will do what I can to ease everyone's fears.  A public toilet on the playground is very important and I am very aware of the urgency of getting this situation taken care of before any finger pointing starts! 

Hopefully after speaking with the building manager, we will have a tenant meeting to discuss this matter at length and get to the bottom of this! 

BB and I will start working on a newsletter tonight to address this issue!

Stay tuned folks! Stay tuned!!

M~

Wintry, lazy day...

I don't know who our local forecaster is, but it sure didn't feel like 46 degrees  me and BB (Bluebell for those of you not in the know).  The wind was pretty brisk therefore we decided to stay in today.  

BB had a lot of "honey do" projects for me such as putting wood flooring in the den, painting the bathroom, etc.  Not something I really wanted to do when I DVR'ed a marathon of Ghost Hunters that were itching to be watched.  Luckily, Samu came over for a cup of tea and I was able to sneak off into the den and  couch potato most of the day.   


Hopefully the weather will warm up tomorrow.  I need to run some errands before the Easter Egg hunt coming up in April.  Looks like we are having a lot of friends and family over and I mean A LOT!!!  


Well folks, Jason and Grant are about to do some EVP work, gotta see what happens!


Peace out!


M~

Greetings!

Hey! What's up everyone?  My name is Midas.  For those of you who don't know me (yes, there might be a one or two), I'm Midas, a rare golden tabby.  There are only 30-40 golden tabbies in the entire world.  Yep, the entire world.  I'm pretty sure I am the leader, in fact, I know I'm the leader.  I hear my caregivers call me things like "King Midas", "handsome", "oh he's so cute", "he's such a sweet boy", did I mention the King part?  So it has to be true.  Ahhhh, it's good to be the King.

Let me give you some background information about myself.  I was born in March of 1999 and rescued February 2003 from a inhumane drive thru park along with my parents Raja and Jasmine and now live at In-Sync Exotics in Wylie, Texas.  My beautiful sister Samu was rescued in Oct. of 2000.  She lives right next door to me!

I don't get to see my parents much since I moved out of the house.  I know they are proud of me making my own way in the world.  Official tiger business is a lot of work, but I try to do it as well as possible to make them proud.


I have other neighbors that live in my building as well.  They are called the "Babies".  One of them, Emma, man, she is SWEET! Then there is this Nadia hotty that shakes her rear end at me all the time.  What is a man to do?  My current girlfriend, Bluebell, well, she gets a bit jealous when she sees me drooling over these hotties when they saunter down the walkway to go out onto the playground.  I just play it cool though, ya know.  Don't want to upset the Misses or anything.  


Besides Emma and Nadia there are a few other sweet dishes that are considered a part of the Babies' clan.  There is Saber, phew - great eyebrows on that good-looking girl, let me tell you. Lucca, she is so sweet - she gives me cavities.  Then there is this big dude named Mohan - HUGE!!! Big fellow for sure - not much on interacting with the public.  I don't see public speaking in his future anytime soon.  

How he got four attractive women hanging around with him is beyond me.  I'm much better looking then him by far and here he is Mr. Mojo and he poops in his water tub - who wants that?! Me on the other hand, I enjoy long walks on the playground.  Moonlit dinners by the fence.  Sunbathing on top of the den.  Romance is my middle name AND I don't poop in tubs! 

Anyways - these are just a few things about me.  Tune in sometime for updates on my day.  Bluebell is calling me for dinner.

Gotta run...peace out!


M~