{"id":138376,"date":"2019-03-22T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T04:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=138376"},"modified":"2019-03-22T22:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T04:40:44","slug":"on-cat-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/22\/on-cat-ownership.html","title":{"rendered":"On Cat Ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The three random yet recurring phases of cat ownership: <\/p>\n<p>1- You are as elegant as moonlight and shadow, my sleek panther, my tiny hunter<\/p>\n<p>2- You are my little boopersnoot squigglebutt squishydoodle<\/p>\n<p>3- STOP CRAPPING OUTSIDE YOUR GODDAMN BOX YOU MALEVOLENT LITTLE STENCH GARGOYLE<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Lynch (@scottlynch78) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottlynch78\/status\/1109171227149647873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>RT @scottlynch78: The three random yet recurring phases of cat ownership:<\/p>\n<p>1- You are as elegant as moonlight and shadow, my sleek panther, my tiny hunter<\/p>\n<p>2- You are my little boopersnoot squigglebutt squishydoodle<\/p>\n<p>3- STOP CRAPPING OUTSIDE YOUR GODDAMN BOX YOU MALEVOLENT LITTLE STENCH GARGOYE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I love my cats. At least 2\/3 of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I&#8217;ve said all three of these things. 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