Comments on: Cat-loving teen with cancer gets a "cat immersion" tent at hospital http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Forrest Hsu http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1504749 Forrest Hsu Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1504749 Seattle's pretty awesome. I am proud Seattlite. Seattle’s pretty awesome. I am proud Seattlite.

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1504609 tubacat Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1504609 Now that's a wonderful thing! Now that’s a wonderful thing!

]]> By: Mr. Son http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1503316 Mr. Son Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1503316  I used to see the phrase "kleenex warning" sometimes on fanfiction years ago when the story was very sappy and/or sad. That should totally make a comeback.  I used to see the phrase “kleenex warning” sometimes on fanfiction years ago when the story was very sappy and/or sad. That should totally make a comeback.

]]> By: destroy_all_humans http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1503151 destroy_all_humans Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1503151 talk about using a weapon of mass destruction on cancer's ass! Get better soon Maga. talk about using a weapon of mass destruction on cancer’s ass! Get better soon Maga.

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1503014 Shibi_SF Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1503014 For our friend who suffered from Cystic Fibrosis, and was isolated in the hospital and unable to cuddle his cat, my sister and I went to Build-A-Bear and created a look-a-like kitty for him.  Justin Sabe's purrcast CD would have been perrrrfect accompaniment! For our friend who suffered from Cystic Fibrosis, and was isolated in the hospital and unable to cuddle his cat, my sister and I went to Build-A-Bear and created a look-a-like kitty for him.  Justin Sabe’s purrcast CD would have been perrrrfect accompaniment!

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502973 Halloween_Jack Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502973 If I had to be a cancer inpatient, I'd want my tent to have pictures taken by Curiosity. "Fuck you, cancer, I'm on Mars."   If I had to be a cancer inpatient, I’d want my tent to have pictures taken by Curiosity. “Fuck you, cancer, I’m on Mars.”  

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502889 Teller Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502889 Great, great idea and execution. Great, great idea and execution.

]]> By: missamo80 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502870 missamo80 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502870 KIRO did a segment on this Tuesday afternoon, you can hear about it (and about the larger art program at the hospital) here: http://www.kiroradio.com/listen/9944860/. KIRO did a segment on this Tuesday afternoon, you can hear about it (and about the larger art program at the hospital) here: http://www.kiroradio.com/listen/9944860/.

]]> By: Analog Computing http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502838 Analog Computing Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502838 I wish there were a new label for things like this.  Something like "NSFW" but that essentially meant "Not Safe If You Don't Want to Cry in Public." It was very touching to say the least. I wish there were a new label for things like this.  Something like “NSFW” but that essentially meant “Not Safe If You Don’t Want to Cry in Public.”

It was very touching to say the least.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502834 Xeni Jardin Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502834 That's spectacular.  That’s spectacular. 

]]> By: Justin Sabe http://boingboing.net/2012/08/09/cat-loving-teen-with-cancer-ge.html#comment-1502808 Justin Sabe Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175657#comment-1502808 Back  when I was producing purrcast (the all cat purring podcast) we made a CD of it for a friend who was in the hospital and on pain medication that keept her pretty incoherent. It did a good job of keeping her calm and meditative instead of just strung out. I should find the files and send a copy out to Seattle Children's Hospital and get the site back up to active status. Back  when I was producing purrcast (the all cat purring podcast) we made a CD of it for a friend who was in the hospital and on pain medication that keept her pretty incoherent. It did a good job of keeping her calm and meditative instead of just strung out. I should find the files and send a copy out to Seattle Children’s Hospital and get the site back up to active status.

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