Fighting Depression with LOL Cats

(cc) Douglas CooteySince my last article was a bit of a bummer, I've decided to medicate you with the best medicine available: LOL Cats. Oh, you thought laughter was the best medicine? That's so Web 1.0. Now you can get your cyber kicks while reading my blog headlines as if brought to you by cute and creepy cats. Some of the photos are spookily relevant, others humorously so. A new cat is assigned randomly every time I publish a new article. Weird, stupid fun.

http://lol.ianloic.com/feed/feeds.feedburner.com/TheSplinteredMind?

Bookmark it and visit it again later. It will update as I update the blog.


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Anonymous said…
Dude, I dig your blog! I also believe in the neccessity of humor to deal with ourselves and our lvies. Life's too short to take it all so seriously.
August 19, 2007 12:18 AM
Katey Coffing, Ph.D. said…
LOL Cats rock! If you don't know about these sites already, check out I Can Has Cheezburger? (icanhascheezburger.com) and Meme Cats (dropline.net/cats), not to mention CuteOverload.com for smiles (though CO has lots more than cats).

It takes a nice long while to go through all the pics at Kattalogen, and it's well worth it. (http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/)

Enjoy. :)
August 20, 2007 8:56 AM
Marlies said…
here is my blog. Like I said it is mostly about my family. But I do enjoy it.
August 20, 2007 10:47 AM
D.R. Cootey said…
Distracted Dragon ~ Thanks! I agree with you. Laughter truly is the best medicine.

Katey ~ CuterOverload.com is too much for me. LOL I've listed it here before in the past, but I'm sure some of my newer readers would like to know about it. ;) If they can handle that much cute, that is...

Thanks for the links.

Marlies ~ Unfortunately, you've listed your blog as private so I cannot track back to it through your profile. Could you post the URL here? Thanks.

~Douglas
August 25, 2007 12:44 PM
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