Thing #6: Yet Another Flickr Mashup

Who says nothing ever works out?





For the benefit of those with teensy screen resolution:


Panel #1 Caption: Virtual Unicorn sets out on a desperate quest to find and reason with the crazed Kiki, whose territory has been invaded by the newcomer, Fudge. . . .

Panel #2 Caption: . . . only to discover an astonishing sight.
Virtual Unicorn (thought balloon): ???

Panel #3 Kiki: Purr.
Fudge: Purr.
Caption: A festival of peaceful coexistence.

Panel #4 Virtual Unicorn (thought balloon): In my absence, it seems a miracle has occurred.


The events portrayed in this Bubblr cartoon are true. The cats really are getting along a lot better now. Everybody seems to be calming down. Not a moment too soon.

Thing #6: Another Flickr Mashup

Cartoon #2 in our tragic series.




Just in case it's too small to easily read:


Panel #1 Caption: The council of unicorns meets to discuss Kiki's death threats against the new cat, Fudge.

Panel #2 Caption: Incredulous Unicorn speaks.
Incredulous Unicorn, transparently: I can't believe this is happening. That Kiki is a maniac. Some of the things I've heard her say just make me want to disappear. I'm allergic to cats.

Panel #3 Caption: Young Garrulous Unicorn voices his opinion.
Garrulous Unicorn, cutely: I just want our kitties to love each other.

Panel #4 (Virtual Unicorn in captivity) Caption: Will the hissing and yowling never end? Virtual Unicorn feels trapped.


Soon, the awful conclusion.

Thing #6: More Flickr Mashups

The Virtual Unicorn household implodes:




This is Bubblr, a tool that enables you to search for Flickr images, add speech bubbles or thought balloons, then assemble them into a comic strip.

For some reason, the speech balloons show up really teeny in the blog.

They're much larger and easier to read on the actual Bubblr site, which is located at www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ Just click on the archive and search for Kiki and Fudge #1 by Virtual Unicorn.

In case you can't read the microscopic speech balloons here on the blog, this is what they say:


Panel #1. Kiki, eyes glowing: Death to the interloper.

Panel #2. Kiki, eyes glowing: Remove him, or I will gaze upon his with my laser beam eyes.

Panel #3. Fudge, forlornly: Don't hate me. I am nonviolent. I desire only peace and harmony.

Panel #4. Kiki, eyes narrowed: Clearly he is a menace that must be destroyed.


More comics on the way as the tragic saga of The New Cat at Our House unfolds.

Thing 6: Flickr Mashups (a.k.a. The Ultimatum)

I awoke this morning to find this lying on my pillow, covered in cat hair:

"Remove the interloper and no one will get hurt."

This sordid little ultimatum obviously comes from Kiki, our resident cat, whose turf has been invaded by the newcomer.  Clearly she is having a mental breakdown.  That, or it's just her regular, run-of-the-mill demonic possession flaring up again.  It's hard to say.

Here's how I think she did it:

After I went to bed last night, Kiki snuck into the front room, set up the laptop, and accessed the Internet.  She went to the neflins23things blog and read about Flickr mashups.

Then she went to Erik Kastner's Spell with Flickr site and created her doom-filled message.  In the old days she would have used scissors, magazine clippings, and paste instead of just resizing the window, taking a screenshot, and printing it out on the all-in-one machine.

I know she used our laptop to do it because I found her telltale screenshot floating ominously on the desktop when I logged on this morning.

I've uploaded it to my blog so that others can view the evidence for themselves.  Things have gotten ugly around here.  Pray for me.  Pray for us all.