Sure, I'm warm, but what's that smell?
Kitten Saved from Hurricane Matthew Gets Sock Sweater
(LoveMeow, via Faye and Amy F.)
Living color!
I Watercolor Cherry Blossom Animals
(Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.)
They take to it like... um...
Neglected Ducks See Water For First Time
(Reshareworthy, via Murray C.)
You adorable thief, you.
Raccoon Festival Rocks St. Petersburg
(The Moscow Times, via me)
And finally, let’s hitch a ride on the Catty Wagon, a portable adoption center offering cute kittens to go. (via Paul P.)
If you’re small enough to wear a sock as a sweater, it’s cute. Is that an official rule?
If it’s not, it should be.
Now that CO is offline, those rules need to be posted somewhere (hint hint).
Oh – I second the reinstatement of the Rules!
I loved those.
Kitten should be named “Dobby”.
YES!!! Perfect name for him!!!
First, all kittens up for adoption should be dressed in sock sweaters because it causes the cuteness quotient to rise exponentially.
Second, how wonderful to witness the ducks getting their first experience of water. Their excitement and happiness is so touching.
Third, hear, hear! on the Rules of Cuteness (unless it would be illegal in some way).
So happy little kitten is safe and warm. And I got my CALENDAR !!!!! Lulu did an excellent job of printing and shipping. I don’t care that it isn’t 2017 yet…..that baby is going on the wall here at work today.!
The ducks made me teary.
I love that first pioneering duck – “Hey guys, I’m still alive! This stuff is actually nice!”
Duck taking to water for the first time was heart warming, so happy for them.
As for the Rules of cuteness, this is Cutetropolis, let’s not try to make it a carbon copy CO, let’s enjoy this site as it’s own thing, I know I do.
P.S. carbon paper was used with typewriters to make identical copies of documents.
P.P.S typewriters were machine used to write documents before the advent of computers
I’m with you Gigi, I hope it doesn’t become a carbon copy to CO. I love the new, different Mike vibe. 🙂
As much as I loved CO, Mike was always my favorite writer, so I am more than glad to have all Mike, all the time.
He was my favorite too but I don’t think having a hand-dandy posting of the Rules of Cuteness is trying to make this site a carbon copy. I liked them and I thought it would be nice to have them around but if it’s not possible or desirable, not a problem for me. Maybe they’re available on the Wayback Machine site. Does everybody remember the Wayback Machine on Rocky and Bullwinkle? The segment was Somebody (dog scientist) and His Pet Boy Somebody. If anyone remembers their names I’d love to know.
Sherman & Peabody?
Yes!! Mr. Peabody and His Pet Boy Sherman! I loved that cartoon. AND I just got my calendar! LuLu does a great job packing. I’m very torn about looking through all of it right away. I saw in January that Mike has a lot of “Days” listed, some of which I recognize, e.g. Martin Luther King Day, some of which seem likely, e.g. National Bird Day, and then some make me think Mike is making them up, e.g., Cuddle Up Day, Bubble Bath Day, Opposite Day, Backward Day. Have people noticed this?
I admit to having had a similar thought, Dubra!
Nope! All legitimate holidays. My source was http://www.cute-calendar.com/ and for every holiday I chose, I searched Google to see if there were additional references to it.
Today is “Moment of Frustration Day.” Dang, wish I’d included that one.
My calendar came! I won’t pick it up until Friday, though.
LOVED that whole show!
I think the Rules of Cuteness were gathered up into a single page at least once. I will see if I can find a permanent link.
I’m sure we could invent a few of our own – this is a pretty creative group.
They’re out there somewhere, I’m sure.
I can tell you that #15 is “Disproportionate ratio between relative ear-to-head size.”
(That’s the October page from this year’s CO mini wall calendar. The example is a baby doxie who may well find a new home elsewhere on my wall once the year is over.)
I, too, loved CO and still miss it but I also love cutetropolis for it’s uniqueness, thanks to Mike, and I will leave it up to him if he wants to revive the rules! 🙂
I remember using a typewriter for all my high school papers/essays!!
Thank you Julie, I’m happy to know I’m not the only one to have used one!
I used one into my 40’s!!!
My electric typewriter was my most prized possession in college! They still actually make carbon paper, too. (Needed it to make copies of notes sent home before I had a personal printer at school!)
We can borrow the rules and not be a carbon copy, just like “CC” and “BCC” are leftovers from the old typewriter days, even if people don’t realize it. I have no idea what ‘bacronym’ has been invented for the initials “CC” and “BCC”, but they used to mean “carbon copy” and “blind carbon copy”. Every email program still uses them, but email certainly doesn’t use carbon paper!
(and don’t get me started on that diskette icon for save, or a house for home, or …)
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