“The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world.” -Lynn M. Osband I pulled a photo album out of the bottom shelf of one of my bookcases to work on a little project. The album left a kitten-sized gap in the bookcase that a…

RULE 46: DOGS Any Member introducing or causing to be introduced a dog into the Society’s premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 inflicted by the Treasurer. Any animal leading a blind person shall be deemed to be a cat. Any animal entering on Police business shall be deemed to be a wombat….

I think somebody is trying to tell me something.

There once was a kitten with wings Who did many kitten-like things. She tangled with kites, And took long lazy flights After anything airborne that sings. ~Lawrence J. Levine, from “Kitten With Wings” AQuietEvening’s entry put the yen in my zen to go out and get myself a kite. This is not a brand new…

I think what makes us [cat people] feel superior is not that we have a cat in our homes, but that a cat has found us acceptable to live with. There’s a thrill in that that a dog owner will never know. -Haskel Frankel, Foreword to Dr. L. J. Camuti’s book “All My Patients Are…

Twelve years ago Father’s day was Sunday, June 17th. I know because my father died on Father’s Day in 1990. He’d missed dying by heart attack in 1970. He missed dying by stroke in 1972. Both were diseases that were exacerbated, if not out-and-out caused, by smoking. Through it all, he peristed in smoking, to…

The cat is the most ruthless, most terrifying of animals. As far back as the sabertooth tiger. – Spock, “Catspaw” ~~~~~~ “You must talk to him; tell him that he is a good cat, and a pretty cat, and…” – Data “I will feed him”– Worf, “Phantasms” ~~~~~~ Yet another one of those days. Rain,…

Yes, what we have here is three cats approching critical mass. Note the glowing demon eyes of ACfH, the refusal of the Warrior Princess to acknowledge the camera, and Clueless Wonder’s , well … clueless expression. Speaking of Clueless Wonder, lets take a peak at that cat again. Anybody notice anything peculiar about the eyes?…

So there I was, sitting at my computer, trying to get some email done, when ACfH starts begging for fetch. This has become a routine; my sitting down to the computer is a signal for fetch to begin. She’s lost her butt-ugly mushroom somewhere in the apartment (it didn’t even turn up during the usual…

A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. – Arabic Proverb I believe that my evil twin, Slipperman, is having a bad influence on me. I, who never recall my dreams, remembered much of another dream I had last night. Perhaps I was able to recall it because it was so disturbing. If…