In which our hero ventures forth and meets people

So, yesterday morning I nervously sniffed the crisp autumn air outside the lair and ventured forth to meet the in-transit frumiousb. The plan was to meet up for a coffee before she and her party embarked on the near legendary high speed ferry to Rochester. The frumiousb and her partner were delightful but unfortunately the Toronto International Passenger Ferry Terminal is the only ferry terminal, bus station, airport, railway station or spaceport in the entire galaxy that doesn't have a coffee stall or similar so coffee wasn't to be. Still, it was a very nice walk to and from the docks on a bright sunny morning.

Not content with meeting Real Live People™ once in a day, lemur_catta and I hied ourselves chez metalana for an evening of drinks, snacks and Scrabble with assorted persons who were awfully nice etc. There was one young lady from rural BC who was very well behaved and didn't start gnawing the table leg every time the tap was turned on. In fact no trees were cut down all evening. We returned shortly after midnight without me, against all expectations, turning into a pumpkin.

Kitten update

The kittens are putting on weight but rather slowly. They have gained 25-50g each in the last ten days and now weigh between 300g and 450g. This, and other signs, suggest that there may be a parasite problem so I think we'll take them into the vet tomorrow and see if the vet thinks that deworming is indicated. Aside from the slightly slow growth though they are doing really well and their behavioural development seems to be quite normal.