02-13-2026 — Meet the loaf

Howdy all. A chilly 8 degrees to start the day, according to Alexa. It is now around 18 at 10:00 am. If the porncasters are to be believed, this may be the last single digit morning, and the start of a stretch of above freezing afternoons, for a couple of weeks. Sure would be nice.

Yesterday I tried, for a second time, to make an edible, decent looking, meatloaf. The first time was a failure because it was too loose, and wouldn’t hold together. But it did taste good. This time was just the opposite. Looked decent, but tasted miserable.

Mostly held together.

I followed the distractions on a packet of meatloaf seasoning. The end result was something way too salty to eat — at least for me. And I added ZERO salt or other seasonings, other than their packet. And, I am not a fan of ketchup by itself. Hiding it inside the meat is one thing, but that layer of ick on top was not for me.

Next time, and yes I will try again, I will follow their directions, but use my own lessened grouping of seasoning. Maybe some Italian and some lemon pepper and such. And the ketchup will be replaced with a barbecue sauce — perhaps a honey version to mellow out things.

All of it, but the chunk I hacked off for lunch, went to feed the frozen gators in the sewers. — I didn’t even eat half of the chunk I was going to have. I set it aside and was trying to figure out what went wrong. Then I saw a bigger problem. Kitty figured she’d try it. Now normally, she can have anything that is good for her. But this was not. Not just because of the salt content, but there is also lots of onions, and even garlic powder (from that packet) in it. Those are really bad for cats. I had to take food from her mouth. That ain’t nice. I gave her a Churu tube treat instead.

It has been a not so great couple of weeks for Kitty. She has really been shedding this season. Likely related to this cold weather spell. And she has had a few hairball vomits this month. That is not usual for her. And I think one or two of those cough-it-out sessions has given her laryngitis. Her meows are at whisper level. I’ve been supplementing her diet with natural cat antibiotics to help, and am starting a regiment of hairball remedy too. Fortunately, she is healthy in all other ways. Her intact levels, and outputs, are quite normal. As has been her activity levels. But I miss her meowing when she comes over for tickles and pets.

On a more serious? note, I was able to confirm this morning, that the notorious illegal alien criminal, Mad Bunny, has been spotted fleeing to the border, now that his Super Bowl halftime show was a failure to convert all of you to be left wing, liberal Luddites. Here is proof.

Oh, come on. This is satire. No rabbits were hurt in the making of this video.

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