A new Simon's Cat video, and it's absolutely wonderful!

Pippin is giving us some cause for concern. He's crapped three times recently in the same corner of Randy's office. Things have been quiet in my office, with Zoe once again under control on the slightly higher dose of tranks, so there shouldn't be anything to spook Pippin badly enough to keep doing that. We'll have to block him from using that area and Randy will have to keep his office closed up more often until we're sure Pippin is over this oddness.

I have to share two photos I came across by a Swedish photographyer, Bee Thalin.

This one, a close-up of a black cat, is truly stunning. One of the most beautiful cat photos I've ever seen.

This one, a profile of the same cat (I think) is also gorgeous.

Someone's silly moggy eating cob of corn.

Zoe had a fit of jealousy and jumped Tosca the other night because Randy came into my office and gave Tosca a bunch of love. I think Zoe's true state of bliss would be living in a situation where she's the only cat and people dote on her alone.

Opal has learned a new trick. Yesterday, I caught her squeezed inside a small drawer in the kitchen where we keep the hand towels. I thought I'd accidentally left the drawer open.

This morning, I came into the kitchen and found the drawer pulled open with the towels nice and rumpled. Blasted clever little moggy imp.

When I came into my office tonight, I found Jetta perched on the washing machine, absolutely intent on the base of the water heater. The water heater sits on a large, hollow wooden box and the rats live inside the box. I now think it was Jetta who caught the two baby rats that dared to venture outside that box. As I stood there next to her, I saw a little rat nose poke out of a hole in the box. Jetta was vibrating with eagerness, but didn't get her chance that time.

She's still over there on guard. I hope a rat gets unlucky and she gets lucky.

This should come as no surprise to those of us owned by cats....
Cats 'exploit' humans by purring

Alas, the experiment in weaning Zoe off the tranks has failed. After about a week or so, her agression level shot back up and I've had to go back to the dose she was on before. She was going after both Tosca and Jetta. It's deeply disappointing.

From the Secret Cat Diary
We have found a method guaranteed to wake up the humans. Sound like you're about to hork up a giant hairball on the bed. You don't have to actually do it. The sound alone works fine. If that doesn't quite get them out of the bed, knock over a wooden folding chair downstairs. One of them will be forced to go down and find out what the disturbing noise was.

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