Category Archives: Cats

As always, their birthdays and ages are best guesses with the assistance of our vet. Molly was adopted from the Austin Humane Society so they could only tell us what was on paper; little was known about her original owner(s) … Continue reading →

I have no idea why Miette is the only cat in our home who gets cat litter (really the sawdust) on her forehead (or maybe it’s the bridge of her nose). It took a few attempts to get her to … Continue reading →

…when these two cats aren’t running around the house, chasing one another, hissing and swatting. Somara took a photo of this opportune moment because they normally won’t cooperate on anything, even when we have freezing temperatures in Texas. Which makes … Continue reading →

Somara got me hooked on this 99-cent productivity killer (or Conan O’Brien skit imitator). The cat’s mouth movements are based upon any input from the iPhone’s microphone. So having the cat lip sync to an actual song is impossible because it picks … Continue reading →

…I’ll just make sure the bed remains here while it’s warm.” I can always count on Molly for such an unselfish offer as Austin recovers from its two-day December freeze.

No that’s not a tooth. It’s a piece of tartar my vet (Dr. Todd) chipped out of Molly’s mouth. It’s about 3 mm thick and the penny is next to it to provide scale. I should show this to my … Continue reading →

Sunday night Miette decided to give us a nice scare but first let’s set the Wayback Machine to Halloween to explain why the Tension-o-Meter jumped to 11. I came home from the Blue Marble to see Somara in the neighbors’ … Continue reading →

Earlier in the week, Somara spent a little money on a “costume” for Kuroneko. Sadly, she isn’t a good sport about anything on her head like these more famous Japanese cats. We did receive a good laugh or two seeing … Continue reading →

The spirit of the cat was with me over the weekend. Normally, I drive Somara crazy on our walks around neighborhoods (the one we live in especially) by luring out the felines I spot. What can I say? I’m a … Continue reading →

Last night, I was rudely startled from watching TV as our cat Nemo decided to use me as his safety net when he jumped off the cat tower. Instead of fighting with Miette who was climbing up and wanted his … Continue reading →

My co-worker and friend Mark M alerted me to the inconsistencies my site was having via RSS feeds. I figured it was the usual nonsense of Java intermittently spiking. When I noticed its unresponsiveness around 845 AM today, I just … Continue reading →

Somara and I thank everyone who submitted names through my site, her blog, e-mail and phone calls. Children are always amusing in expressing what’s on their minds when they see animals, toys or new baby siblings. Currently Kuroneko-chan hasn’t demonstrated … Continue reading →

Here’s a special movie for Caturday! Our first hour with the new cat “Juicy.” Keep the name suggestions coming but please post them in the Comments of the story.

Here’s the big surprise that I finally got around to posting. Our new kitten! I think she still is because she’s under one and most cats don’t attain full adulthood until two; I remember Nemo continuing to get larger until … Continue reading →

After years of scratching at it; jangling the tags attached to it to express her anger; and general wear Molly destroyed her current collar. She has had one for most of the time I’ve had her so there’s a semi-permanent … Continue reading →