Editor’s Note: Shani Silver is a writer for Catster’s sister SAY Media site, xojane.com. This article first ran on xoJane, and we’re running it here (with permission!) so you can comment on it. I wasn’t allowed to date while I lived under my mother’s roof. Instead, my mom wanted me to focus on my career …
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Under cover of darkness, a mysterious soul wanders the streets of San Pedro, California. His or her mission: painting cats on the walls. The next morning, when business owners and residents go about their daily routines, they’re watched by an assortment of life-size "cow kitties" stenciled on businesses’ walls. The cats started appearing a few …
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Ask any of my friends or family and they’ll tell you — I’m a dog person. No question. I’m pretty much obsessed with my dogs. They go everywhere with me. I agonize about their health and well-being. I talk about them endlessly. The name of my company is Comma Hound and the logo was modeled …
Help: I’m a Cat Person Trapped in a Dog Person’s Body! Read More »
I like cats. I’ve enjoyed the company of cats for as long as I can remember. When I was 10 years old, I collected all the Garfield books and read them front to back more times than I can count. I had Kilban cat posters hanging on my preteen bedroom walls. When I was in …
Confession: Um, I Just Really, Really Like Cats! Read More »
Gentle Ben’s name might be Gentle Ben, but uh, take a look — Gentle Ben is missing an ear! You should have seen the other guy! Okay, no, not really. The folks at the shelter who took Gentle Ben in think it was actually frostbite that nipped off the kitty’s ear. But according to his …
A One-Eared Black Cat Scores a Forever Home by Happy Accident Read More »
Living with cats means keeping literal boxes of crap in our homes. This may seem less than ideal, especially when you live in small spaces (case in point: The litter boxes are in my kitchen). But buried beneath the sand in each litter box, clumped alongside your cat’s, uh, daily offerings, are several important life …
