January 2009

  • Simon's Cat

    By Anonymous on 1/31/09 7:41pm
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    One of my very favorite YouTube channels is called Simon's Cat. It hosts animated short films made by Simon Tofield, of Tandem Films. These are very clever "flip book" style animated cartoons, based on line drawings of, well, Simon's cat, doing cat like things. My favorite of the three Simon's cat videos is actually the first, "Simon's Cat 'Cat Man Do'," embedded in this post for your viewing pleasure.

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  • Comical Cat Stories

    By Anonymous on 1/28/09 6:03am
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    Cats are strange creatures and it is often a complete mystery what goes on in their minds. They can be incredibly wilful and they also seem to enjoy set routines which must be stuck to or they can become quite upset. Occasionally you see stories about odd cat behaviour in the news and in this article I thought I’d share a few of my favourites with you.

    Sgt Podge

    We’ll kick off with the story of Sgt Podge, a 12 year old Norwegian Forest Cat who hit the headlines back in November of 2007.

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  • Review of Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King

    By tyroneslothrop on 1/27/09 4:42pm
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         I actually finished a book last week. My partner and I subscribe to about six or seven magazines, so sometimes we find it difficult to reign ourselves in from distraction from longer works, both fiction and non. For the record, she is much better at avoiding distraction from novels than I and somehow manages to read longer, more densely written novels in the time it would take me to read a no less complex but much shorter novel like Henderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow. Two years ago the opposite was true. It would seem that she gains cerebral acuity while I, sadly, am losing it.

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  • Life with a Cat

    By Anonymous on 1/22/09 11:19pm
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    I grew up with cats, and like them. But it's been a while since I lived with one, and I'd forgotten some of the delicate nuances of life with a cat. You know, the special rituals, the feline social graces, if you will, of being owned by a cat.

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  • How A Cat Would Spend a Lottery Win

    By Anonymous on 1/13/09 11:49am
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    Suppose your cat won the lottery. What do you think your cat would spend all that money on?  We have a few guesses. .

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  • Take the Dread out of the Dreaded Cat Bath

    By Anonymous on 1/9/09 6:42am
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    Other than the very rare exception, cats hate water, and as every cat owner will tell you tr

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  • Cat Cookies

    By Anonymous on 1/8/09 9:35am
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    I do a lot of cooking and baking, and recently found this great site with hundreds of animal cookie cutters, including several in the shape of cats, including this adorable

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  • Obesity In Cats Is a Serious Problem

    By Anonymous on 1/6/09 11:33pm
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    Did you know that obesity in cats is the number one health problem in most countries where cats are kept as pets? It is estimated that 40 percent of American cats are obese.

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  • Thirsty Cats

    By Anonymous on 1/5/09 10:01am
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    As a cat owner I have noticed over the years that cats frequently try to steal my water any time I leave a fresh glass unattended and yet they ignore the water placed out for them in a drinking bowl.

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