Depending on your interest in science, the next sentence may or may not excite you, but take my word for it, it’s pretty cool: An international team of scientists has mapped the genome of the domestic cat. That might sound like pure nerd gobbledygook, but as I say, it’s pretty cool, and it means a …
Cats Remain Mysterious, But We Have Decoded Their Genes Read More »
Beds and porches have been on my mind a lot lately, and I just realized why. Both involve something I am or am not giving my animals, and both involve a lot of emotion for me. (Of course, I may be more emotional than 99 percent of the population.) Here’s how porches and beds came …
Do You Sometimes Deny Your Cats the Things They Love? Read More »
World Cat Day was last week, but no one notified Mittens. Now he’s certain he’s missed all kinds of presents, and he demands a make-up day. The atrocities continue as Mom refuses to provide a basket of warm laundry, and bathroom privacy doesn’t seem to matter to anyone. And the icing on the cake? Drunk …
Texts From Mittens: The No-World-Cat-Day Edition Read More »
It’s Shark Week, with a forecast of cloudy with a certainty of sharks — seven glorious days of endless sharkumentaries. Last year the Syfy Channel launched its own charcharinid adventure with Sharknado, where sharks fall from the skies of Los Angeles. Sharknado was so well received by its television 5.3 million viewers, Syfy Channel unleashed …
The other day, a friend emailed me a link that was prefaced with the description “cat found in stomach of shark.” As I was eating ceviche for lunch at the time, I held off clicking the link in the interests of taste. When I did muster up the stomach to follow through, this is what …
It’s Shark Week: We Celebrate with Cats Dressed As Sharks Read More »
Cats run profoundly deep for such tiny creatures. When I look at my brown tabby Thomas during quiet, unguarded moments, his eyes reveal the mysteries of the universe. The experience is huge, his little black pupils a gaping maw. Thomas and I draw each other into The Big Black Silent Abyss. The mystery beckons us …
If Cats Own the Internet, Why Don’t They Get Spam? Read More »
