Saturday, January 22, 2011

Ode to Spot

Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature, an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature? Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, a singular development of cat communications that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection. A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion, it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

~Data, "Schisms"

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Lt. Cmdr. Data: [asking Worf to take care of Spot] He will need to be fed once a day. He prefers feline supplement number 25.





Lieutenant Worf: I understand.





Lt. Cmdr. Data: And he will require water. And you must provide him with a sandbox - and you must talk to him. Tell him he is a pretty cat, and a good cat...




Lieutenant Worf: I will feed him.




Lt. Cmdr. Data: Perhaps that will be enough.

20 comments:

Dom said...

Love the ode and love the photos.

Reddunappy said...

LOve it!!! LOL LOL

Melissa-ParadigmFarms said...

LOVE the pictures!

Funder said...

Oh, I loved the Spot episodes! Thanks :) Those are some beautiful Mercer shots; she's a very smug girl.

Fantastyk Voyager said...

Wow, those words- I need to brush off my dictionary!
Such a cutie. I LOVE the last couple especially.

Mare said...

Love the Ode, love the pictures...I'm a trek dork myself:)

Formerly known as Frau said...

Not a cat person due to allergies......but yours are so cute!

AareneX said...

Worf + Spot = happiness.

I am such a dweeb.

Crystal said...

haha when i read the title, i wondered if it was Datas cat. How fun! i love the pic of the whiskers, too cute!

Rising Rainbow said...

Funny!

You got some great angles in your pics. Very cool!

EvenSong said...

Sweet! On so many different levels!

Unknown said...

Muahahaaaa! I am a Star Trek geek too!

Loved the quotes and of course your kitty! Nice photos too! Really enjoyed that - thanks. ;-)

angelina said...

Wow how did you get the shots of the feet? Theyre so clear!! When I try to do that with Mundas she runs away!! :)

angelina said...

Wow how did you get the shots of the feet? Theyre so clear!! When I try to do that with Mundas she runs away!! :)

allhorsestuff said...

Oh this was a goodie! Puurfectly written~photographed!
And...what Val said!
Kac
PS
Man...weirdo dream huh..they moved the trailer..scarey! Yea...screaming and running are No-Can-Dos in dreams! No voices and pants always fall down!
I guess the wordveri word is what one can do in a bad dream- WARFACE-

Rebecca said...

I left you an award on my blog!

~Rebecca

thegianthorses.blogspot.com

lytha said...

to answer your question i got very very lucky and my cat held still for me while i experimented with my new camera. (still a point and shoot.) i sat the camera down on the windowsill or leaned my hand holding the camera against it to steady it and not have to use a flash.

now if only i could get a nice closeup of my horse's muzzle. i don't want to set the camera down in the mud though: ) i'll have to get creative about what to set the camera on out there i guess.

cdncowgirl said...

Loved the pics :)

Passed something to you on my January 17th post

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

Too cute! My favorite photos are that third one and those last two.

Fun post!

~Lisa

Unknown said...

I loved that episode. Mercer is lovely.