Fish the cat, originally uploaded by Bob Goyetche.

One of the first things I remember about my wife Cat is that when we met years ago, she told me she had a cat named “Fish”. I found that to be a great name for a cat, and it always seemed no other named would have worked for him. Although I wouldn’t describe myself as a “cat person”, he grew on me, and he became a big part of the family Cathy and I put together.

If you are/were a CatFish Show listener, this is the “Fish” part of the show title - Possibly Canada’s first podcasting cat, and almost certainly the first one to have a podcast named after him.

Recently, he just didn’t seem like himself and seemed to be slowing down. Some blood work confirmed that he had severe diabetes, and perhaps it could be controlled, but it would involve multiple injections per day.

Being Cathy’s buddy, the heavy decision came to her. Of course, the natural reaction is to want to do everything to keep our friends around longer. In the end, she chose not to put her friend through more suffering, and we’ll accompany Fish on the final journey later today.

Of course we’ll all miss the extra-toed radio-active cat, but my love loses a special friend today, and for that my heart breaks.

Godspeed Fish, and thanks.

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Cat

We went to Parc Safari this weekend - it was the last weekend for the year and we had such a wonderful time.

The weather was fantastic, it got to about 17 degrees Celcius - so just a light jacket or sweater.

The colours from the trees were magnificent and there was barely anyone there.

This place is usually really busy during the summer - the driving safari is usually bumper to bumper, but we had almost no traffic - just a bit near the big horn beasts cause there was a film crew there for some french reality show (I don’t know the show) - so we did a u-turn and did it over again (it was at the end of the day, so alot of the animals were lying down)

We brought a picnic lunch (peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches) and just had a great family day!

So check out my Flickr page for more great shots.

Thanks

Cat

Today’s show - MP3 or RSS feed - 30 mins

Listen Now:

Show #4 for 2008 - Wow, that is pretty bad!

A big thank you to Christina - who motivated me to get a show done tonight!

A recap of what we did this summer - some pics are on Flikr - check them out.

• PAB
• Meeting Tim Coyne (Hollywood podcast)
• Camping with Nico
• Weddings
• Simon in School!

An idea of what is upcoming (not too much)

• Podcamp Montreal

The real and true Fudge Recipe!  Enjoy.

Thanks for Listening.

Cat

1. I am still alive, living with my Husband and still raising a kid
2. My life if far too focused on our Son - giving me little time for Me.
3. My Passion is riding Horses - riding fills my soul and keeps me centered (I have not ridden for about 5 years and am feeling quite empty)
4. I am the youngest of 4
5. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis during my pregancy (show #50) and have no sign of the disease now
6. I have broken my nose 3 times

I think those were all pretty random!

Now I have to bother 6 people and tag them - hummmm…….

Matt from Digital Detroit Radio

Chris from Kaflooey

Tim Coyne from Hollywood Podcast (who I met at PAB)

Andrea from Just One More Book

Vivian from the Clip Podcast

and… Nico!
And, as promised, The Rules Of The Tag:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on the blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog(or sending an e-mail).
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Wow, that took way longer than I thought it would!  I had to have the girl factor in just to even it out a bit!

Cat

Well, I have uploaded some photos from our Summer so far. Its been great. We have been so busy, with lots of camping.

We bought a used Tent trailer in June and have been having a great time with it. Here are just some of the shots from this summer

Be sure to visit my Flikr page for more photos.

Cat

Listen Now:

Several mouthfuls of fudge in this one, all at Podcamp Toronto (except Holger)….

(Warning, do not listen if you are hungry )

• Whitney Hoffman
• Chris Brogan
• Sylvain Grand’Maison
• Laurent Lasalle
• Dave Delaney
• Bill Deys
• Katherine Matthews
• Jay Moonah
• Scarborough Dude
• Julien Smith
• Rob Lee
• Holger from Macmaniacs

Hopefully that was everyone!

Thanks for Listening.

Cat

Yesterday we got hit with out 9th big snow storm of the winter!

Take a look at my Flikr page to see Bob trying to dig out!

Listen Now:

• Audio comment from Trucker Bill - question for him about winter tires!
• Vacum sealed storage bags
• Amazing e-mail from a new listener
• Signing Simon up for School
• Audio comment from Annik Reubens - and her show link
• Podcamp Toronto
• How to get Fudge to Holger
• The most amazing Lasagna - From Rachael Ray - try it tell me what you think!
• Back ups - do you do them?
• Large Lobster Goliath is coming to Montreal

Thanks for Listening

Cat

Listen Now:
Happy New Year 2008

• More Snow - woo hoo!
• Check out the photos on Flickr
• Catching up on audio and reading postcards (badly)
• How do you get your pizza? - cut or not cut?
• Driving question - who has right of way?
• Mandatory Snow tires is a good thing.
• Letters to Santa - Canada Post angry volunteers
• Snow bank for sale?
• We went past our Three years anniversary of doing Podcasts

People mentioned in the show:

Bruce Murray, James from Podquiz, Annik Rubens, Daryl Cognito, Holger from MacManiacs, Nico, Brett, Kim

Thanks for listening

Cat