Category Archives: Cats

Cat-related matters

Who wears the pants in our house?

In the tiny brains of cats, they certainly think they do. In our house, only in the early morning because we won’t get a moment of peace after 5 AM until they have their breakfast. Afterwards, there’s the post-meal relaxation … Continue reading

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Book this cat for Moogfest

This Halloween weekend, some of the coolest Electronic acts will converge on Asheville, NC to celebrate musician/inventor Robert Moog’s life and the awesome instrument he developed. Details are available here. Moog resided there during his final 30 years so that’s … Continue reading

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Bionic Cat!

This poor guy named Oscar lost his hind feet in a farming accident according to the original BBC article I was sent about him. It’s pretty amazing how well he struts around now with his prosthetics but then again animals … Continue reading

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Cat Wrapping!

This is one of the most cooperative cats I have ever witnessed. My guess is that the little furball is doped up on catnip because all of our cats would start attacking the wrapping paper. It’s definitely a unique way … Continue reading

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2000: Molly comes home

For many years, I always wanted to have my own pet(s), namely a cat. When I was growing up and living with my parents, we usually had at least one around: Katze, Shadow, Shirley, Farrah, Teddy and Mewsette. There were … Continue reading

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Happy 11th Birthday Miette & Molly

My two cats traditionally celebrate their birthdays on April Fool’s Day because the real dates are unknown. The animal shelter Molly came from stated her rough age. Miette’s is an estimate by the vet after examining her teeth. If they … Continue reading

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The mystery “taunter” solved!

Last month, I posted a photo of the new cat who was visiting our porch, hanging out and just mainly pissing off Molly. The one we decided to name Petruchio. We figured he was a stray cat much like Caliban … Continue reading

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One of Molly’s three (or more) taunters

This semi-daily visitor to our backyard finally held still long enough for me to take his picture with my iPhone. Male? I think so because he didn’t run away while pressing his face against the back door (probably to antagonize … Continue reading

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Molly mystery may be solved

For years, Molly has refused to leave her deuces in the litter box. Originally I kept suspecting it was her dislike of the switch to Feline Pine in 2005. This theory was somewhat flawed because her other waste went where … Continue reading

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A two hit dice cat?

This is one of two shop cats at Dragon’s Lair and as you can see, she couldn’t stand the din of all the people playing games today. So she climbed into the display case full of dice for her afternoon … Continue reading

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