{"id":573886982,"date":"2014-10-11T19:12:58","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T00:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573886982"},"modified":"2014-10-14T20:12:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T01:12:29","slug":"the-sixth-sense-of-nine-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/10\/11\/the-sixth-sense-of-nine-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"The sixth sense of nine lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the cats we saw at dinner last night. We dined with a friend who owns two cats, that dines on her porch and tells stories that begin with &#8220;When I was living in Paris &#8230; &#8221; <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/oct14\/oct36.jpg\" alt=\"cat\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>She made a delightful meal, I hope we were decent company. Another friend brought cookies. They were also delightful. The cats were cats, moody and hiding and staring at one another. We wondered, <em>What if cats are telepathic? What are they saying to one another right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Most assuredly, it was a plot against us. They are cats.<\/p>\n<p>A followup <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/mobile\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/mobile_county_school_system_wi.html\">After Mobile County kindergartner was asked to sign &#8216;safety contract,&#8217; school officials announce change in policy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mobile County school officials announced Saturday that the system&#8217;s safety contract has been discontinued. <\/p>\n<p>The action came in the wake of widespread media reports about a kindergartner at E.R. Dickson Elementary School who was asked to sign a safety contract after allegedly drawing a picture of a gun.<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s mother said the kindergartner was asked to sign the contract without her consent, and was also given a questionnaire to evaluate her for suicidal thoughts. The mother also said that after the incident, her daughter asked her what the word &#8220;suicide&#8221; meant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So a little national exposure brings about some semblance of common sense. Go figure. <\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s a story you don&#8217;t read every day, <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/birmingham\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/hero_army_expert_removes_grena.html\">Hero Army expert removes grenade lodged in Alabama man&#8217;s leg, ending 8-hour ordeal outside Birmingham hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll read a lot more stories like this before we&#8217;re done, <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/ebola_airport_screenings_to_ex.html\">Ebola airport screenings to expand to passengers in Atlanta, three other cities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We live in the future, <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/standard.html?\/video\/tech\/2014\/10\/09\/pkg-blind-man-sees-for-first-time-in-33-years.duke-medicine&#038;hpt=hp_t2\">Blind man sees for first time in 33 years<\/a>. And this man&#8217;s wife, she&#8217;s just the cutest. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a basketball fan, but I do like the Jazz: <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/jazz\/news\/jazz-sign-five-year-old-jp-gibson-scrimmage\">Jazz Sign Five-Year-Old JP Gibson for Scrimmage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"720\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/78ClAp9oSaQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/78ClAp9oSaQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no such thing as too many of those stories. <\/p>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re having a highlight-filled weekend, too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the cats we saw at dinner last night. We dined with a friend who owns two cats, that dines on her porch and tells stories that begin with &#8220;When I was living in Paris &#8230; &#8221; She made a delightful meal, I hope we were decent company. Another friend brought cookies. 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