Furry Tails September 2026 Events
Tag: cats
Quote: Emma Corrin on Cats
Cats do this thing with their faces where they’re so still, but they have this almost magnetic connection to anything they’re observing.
— Emma Corrin, source unspecified.
Nipclub August 20, 2026: Sekurity Update
Nipclub August 20th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift
It’s a Bacon party! Everything has bacon in it! And I mean everything! It’s glorious!
I walked into the Nipclub bar wearing my bacon suit and then had to change into my plain clothes bacon sekurity uniform. Moo and Mizz Bassie greeted me. There was a lively conversation going on about hotel bed quality. Moo brought me praline bacon tartlets and a cocktail with a large piece of crispy bacon as garnish.
Later, Pearl served maple bacon cupcakes and caffe lattes to those who needed caffeine. Pearl showed me the small golf course-sized hovercraft she rode in on; it had a giant stack of bacon in the back of it. It was something to behold! It was actually bacon-powered, so it even smelled like bacon (and catnip) outside the bar.
Angel Dominique, a.k.a. DC Kitty made a surprise appearance! She was chatting with everyone, making the rounds. We don’t see her often enough anymore, so it was really nice to catch up. Pearl kept the bacon tartlets, bacon-wrapped grilled shrimp, and champagne bacon cocktails flowing while we caught up.
DC was unaware of Pearl’s new dog plus feline companion. She also didn’t know her beloved ginger cat, Butter, had died. Consequently, more drinks accompanied several Butter anecdotes plus images.
Louis showed up for LATE NITE and asked if anyone was in the DJ booth. I hadn’t seen K-Boi or Sir LongPaw, so there was no music yet. Dominque talked about a newish cat food, Made By Nacho- chef-developed cat food by Bobby Flay. Apparently, it’s very tasty stuff and worth checking out the website!
Louis was in the DJ booth which meant the real LATE NITE party started! Coldplay was the first cut, then Imagine Dragons, and more fun music. TJS arrived and said hello to everyone right as Dominique said goodbye. We all hoped she would be back again soon!
Angus arrived and Louis hit his musical stride with some Mongolian metal by The Hu (A LATE NITE Nipclub favorite by now). Moo talked about cactus flowers, the monsoon in Jakku, and asked if my humans had any big storms near their home. Moo showed some photos of a trip to Costa Rica, including a photo of an anteater! Wow, it looked so cool!
Pearl was knocking the food out of the park with flaming shots, bacon maple cheesecake, bacon s’mores, lasagna, and fruity cocktails. Angus and Louis chatted about music while Moo showed more tropical wildlife photos while we all drank bacon beer. Fun times!
Once Pearl’s barktender shift ended and she went home, I stepped in to serve cocktails and potato skins topped generously with bacon and scallions. Louis wound up his set and posted the set list on YouTube. Technology makes it easy to share!
Moo was fading and wanted an escort to her car. Louis, Angus and I were all fading too, so I packaged up some leftover bacon snacks for everyone to enjoy at home this weekend. It was time to go, so I cleaned up, locked up, turned on the closed sign, and headed back to my cloud.
Until next week!
Slinky the Cat
Quote: Joseph Wood Krutch on Cats
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
— Joseph Wood Krutch, The Desert Year
In The Desert Year, Joseph Wood Krutch explores the plants, animals, and changing seasons of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. Look, the place may seem dry and empty, but it’s packed with life if you bother to pay attention. With curiosity and humor, Krutch shows how living things survive, and what they might teach people while they’re at it.
Nipclub August 13, 2026: Sekurity Update
Nipclub August 13th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift
It’s an eclipse party! We’re all wearing special viewing glasses!
I was a little late tonight because of some human-caused thing involving a “networking event”, whatever that is.
Pearl was serving up the sugar group when I walked in and took off my eclipse viewing glasses. Chocolate eclipse niptinis and cake! The gang was there, but Gator was in X-jail for posting too many tweets, but he used an alternate account so he could party with us.
Pearl served deep-fried butter to Mizz Bassie, and I joined in the conversation as I was reluctant to try it; wondering why butter? But humans will deep-fry any food, especially at fairs. If they can fry ice cream, why not butter?
Harvey showed up with his eclipse viewing glasses on, and I asked if he could see the eclipse where he lived.
Gator talked about being in jail back when it was called Twitter and they called jail “Twitmo.“ Pretty funny! In the past, all the Nipclubers that went to jail regularly had alternate accounts with elaborately decorated jail cells.
Gator showed us his cell, but it was pretty plain.
Pearl served eclipsed pepperoni pizza and Black and Tans, which was basically a beer eclipsing! We munched on pizza and talked about Godzilla, trains, and bacon.
I realized LATE NITE had already started, but I hadn’t seen Louis, Angus, or K-Boi. None of the usual suspects. Pearl thought she had seen Angus earlier.
Angus arrived and filled in with some tunes because Louis was running late. “Mississippi Moon” by John Anderson was the first song. Delays seemed characteristic of that night. Gator nor I had heard of this artist before. We just know Jon Anderson of Yes. Pearl had made a tray of colorful exotic fruit cocktails, and I tried the dragon fruit daiquiri. Delicious!
Gator stayed up with us and dug up a classic cover (last week’s theme was bleeding into this week!) from the Dead Kennedys. Angus played another moon-themed song while Louis arrived, just in time, along with TJS’s fly-by greetings. Angus was still playing music; and Louis might also play music! It was awesome!
Moo returned for a short while for LATE NITE to say hello. Gator found another cover song by The Arrows, which was a British band we hadn’t heard of. Wow! Great band! The lead singer is Alan Merrill; the song was “I Love Rock and Roll”, made very famous by Joan Jett! I was mind-blown to find out that Joan Jets version was a cover!
Louis played music again: “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden (one of my favorite songs!), and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by George Michael and Elton John; an epic duet. Gator remained to stay up for LATE NITE, and we talked about music.
It seemed LATE NITE was really a music listening party, and we were here for it!
Pearl left the bar with us, so we carried on with the party. It was mostly Angus, Louis, and I playing music. I put out a plate of moon pies for snacks. We were still listening to music, and it was getting late, but I was fading, so I bid my adieus.
Gator, Louis, and Angus kept playing songs longer, and I stepped outside and disappeared behind the moon.
Until next week!
Slinky the Cat
Quote: Paula Poundstone on Cats
The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.
— Paula Poundstone, source unspecified.
Nipclub August 6, 2026: Sekurity Update
Nipclub August 6th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift
It’s Cover Song Night at Nipclub! Woot Woot!
I arrived to the smell of crispy fried fish, fries, and K-Boi at the bar. Gator, Mizz Bassie, Moo were there, and Moo had saved me some fish and chips.
Unfortunately, K-Boi had some bad news: his sisfur Ragamuffin has cancer and only has a couple of months left. Ragamuffin is a sekurity officer and has the shift right before me. This was devastating news to Nipclub. I gave K-Boi a hug. It started as a hurt paw that didn’t heal. Luckily, she’s on pain medication and at home with family. Everyone gave K-Boi hugs and healing vibes for Ragamuffin.
We hung out, ate fish and chips, and I noticed Sir Pickle Long Paw wasn’t in the DJ booth. Probably just on a break, or maybe he wasn’t working tonight? I couldn’t remember. Sekurity was quiet tonight; we rarely have spam zombies anymore. K-Boi caught one earlier.
It was quiet, too quiet, but almost LATE NITE, so I zipped into the DJ booth and played a song, “Brandy”, a cover of the famous Looking Glass song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Then I played Sergio Mendes and Brazil’ 66 cover of “Fool on the Hill” by The Beetles. Had to keep the bar happy while we got LATE NITE going!
K-Boi was back in the DJ booth. He lined up his setlist and started with Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah”. Stunning!
Pearl had to leave earlier than normal, so I went behind the bar and worked with Moo making drinks and tacos. K-Boi played some great stuff: Johnny Cash covered a Nine Inch Nails tune, “Hurt”; a Patti Smith cover of “Gloria”, and the Cowboy Junkies cover of the classic “Sweet Jane” by The Velvet Underground.
He programmed 7 hours of music and shared the entire set list; it’s on YouTube!
Louis prepared to play tunes next. First up was a cover of an Elvis song by Robin Lee, and then Bananarama covered “Venus” (that’s not their original song; the original is from 1969, by a Dutch rock band called Shocking Blue), and I served more drinks!
Other than the music, it was pretty quiet! The cats were getting hungry, so I served French onion soup, pretzel bites, and various cocktails. Moo stayed late, and I walked her out to her waiting car. Louis, Angus, K-Boi and I were still there, so I served nightcaps like cognac and tiny blueberry tart desserts. Gotta have snacks when listening to Apocalyptica, Panthera, and Joan Jett covers!
At the end of the evening, I realized Angus, Louis, K-Boi, and I were all black cats and the only cats left. It’s a Void party!
TJS showed up again to say hello. Louis and Angus stayed to close the bar as they had more music to play, and I was getting tired. I walked outside and disappeared into a cloud of black smoke.
Until next week!
Slinky the Cat
Quote: Jules Verne on Cats
I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
— Jules Verne, source unspecified.
Nipclub July 30, 2026: Sekurity Update
Nipclub July 30th, 2026, Sekurity Update by Slinky, @Slinky_the_Cat, Sekurity Agent, Late Nite shift
It’s Shark Week at Nipclub!
I was in my scuba gear and had Bruce, my sekurity sidekick shark to help meowt. Everyone snacked on sharky cupcakes and ice cream with Gummi sharks when I arrived. I greeted Moo, and she talked about all the delicious noms that were on the menu tonight and showed some photos.
Angus waited by the entryway where his usual friends had arrived.
The drinks and food came out; Gator had made shark-shaped pizza, a crudité platter with shark-shaped flatbreads, white chocolate-dipped strawberries with shark teeth and blue frosted details…. Incredible! Nipclub took the shark theme to the nth degree!
Moo shared a beautiful photo of a field full of flowers in Australia, known as red desert peas, Swainsona formosa, for all the plant geeks. Truly spectacular! Attendees admired the flowers, novel to most present and indigenous to South Australia specimens. We don’t have them in Jakku.
Pearl hoped her humans wouldn’t lose power again as a storm approached, so she set out some nachos and more drinks. She hoped for some rain, though. Apparently, there was quite a bit of lightning.
Left Shark memes launched LATE NITE! We love Left Shark at Nipclub. Louis and Angus were ready for LATE NITE; Louis was getting ready in the DJ booth with some watery-themed music, and Angus was ready to dance.
But wait, Sir Pickle Long Paw was going to DJ tonight! What a surprise! We hadn’t seen Sir Pickel for ages. Louis will wait to play music until after Sir P’s set.
Moo returned, then proposed drinks; I responded with a head-butt.
Nipclub trended on X! Pearl noticed it as well.
Sir P played ocean-themed music, and TJS showed up with greetings all around. Pearl served a luscious seafood boil with all the fixings and some flaming violet cocktails. It was sharktastic! We had so much fun!
Pearl headed out, and I took over the bar as usual. Moo was heading out as well, so I gave her a to-go box of noms to take home. Sir Pickle completed his music set, and Louis took over playing music while I served shark-themed drinks and noms. Sir Pickle hung out at the bar with me.
Angus, Louis, and I remained when most friends departed. I made drinks and more pizza. It’s LATE LATE NITE! Shrimp pizza, cocktails, and eventually coffee and cupcakes all around for these diehards!
I stayed until almost midnight this time! Whoa! Three hours of LATE NITE. It might be a record.
Until next week!
Slinky the Cat
Sixty Thousand Lakes and More
By Angel Alma
This summer the important word is WATER. Nature is thirsty, wildfires rage, and the demand for water grows. Finland has been lucky so far, although we have a history of wildfires too.
The South East experiences sporadic, gentle rain, yielding lush greenery in lawns and gardens. We had some heavy showers, with streets flooding, but that didn’t last long. It was worse in central Finland where smaller roads even crashed.
Water is essential also for mum. You could call her slightly obsessed, as she must visit the waterside several times a week if possible. Our former home was by the sea in the Helsinki region, followed by many years in Finnish Lakeland. The biggest lake in the country, Saimaa, was almost on the doorstep. Mum swam post-work, even through winter, through an ice hole.
This passion for water started as a child during the long summer holidays by Lake Saimaa. Her family had a summer cottage, like many Finns do. Swimming occurs mornings, on numerous occasions daily, and certainly in the evenings following sauna use.
A few years ago she learned that this is called wild swimming. One style is running in deep water using a special vest, but we do that mostly in swimming pools. You can also walk and maybe do some gym moves in waist-high water.
My brother Aimo and I went swimming too, not on purpose, but jumping after Mum. Imagine a flying cat! We appeared that way, retreating quickly toward the pier. Aimo even waded in the shallow water. He had Norwegian Forest cat heritage, and they catch fish.
Mum often drives to nearby lakes or rivers, sometimes just to sit and enjoy the sounds of the water. A park pond offers more than nothing.
The big river Kymijoki flows through this region towards the Gulf of Finland. Scenic trails for walking and cycling now line the banks.
For those who like waterside action, there is a resort area with an amusement park, Aquapark, cottages and bikes for rent, beach volleyball courts and a diving platform. This summer’s speciality is a sand art exhibition by local artists.
Our lakes are mostly clean, although blue algae can be a pain, especially in hot summers. Periodically, the Gulf of Finland waters resemble thick, green soup. Authorities collected samples from popular beaches; results here were “excellent” when Mum last checked.
Finns call the first swim of the year “throwing your winter fur away”. Mum plans to do that, though she has not yet. Maybe in August when beaches are quiet and the water is “warm”, meaning about +20 Celsius. If you ask me, I’ll rather keep my winter fur on and my summer one dry. Licky baths, of course, make an exception.
The Anipal Times 