When I was growing up, we had many cats, but my favorite had to be Rama. Rama was a purebred Siamese. This was back in the day when Siamese cats were kind of a rarity. He was, what is now called, an “apple head” Siamese – not the triangular-shaped head that is more common now. …
We have this orange tabby named Murphy. When we got Murphy he was long and lean. Now he is the epitome of a Kliban cat. He is a hell of a nice animal, frequently mistaken for a meatloaf. He has a sweet voice which he uses – a lot; mostly demanding pets at a place…
I can’t imagine anyone who knows me hasn’t heard about Mochi. She was our fluffy little ball of fuck you. She never made it to 7 pounds, but she was 6 pounds and change of nothing but attitude. The day I went to pick her up, I threw a rod in my engine. It was…
Yes. Cleaned. Our brown tabby Leo was on the back of my computer chair, and when I leaned back, he started licking my hair. And licking. And licking. And licking … It was so adorable. Right up until the moment I remembered he puked earlier this evening.
I was holding our brown tabby boy Leo. He was snuggled up in my sweater (he loves to get under), and purring. Then as he fell asleep, the purrs started to stutter. The further asleep he got, the more space between purrs, and the shorter the duration of the purr. And I realized, I was…
Do not tell me global warming is not real or “questionable”. I have now lived in San Jose for over 20 years and summers never used to be this hot. You’d get a few days in a row of really hot weather a few times each summer and that would be it. Now it…
Every year, we get June bugs. Lots of them. It’s gross, but they stay on their side of the screen and we stay on our side. For some reason, this year we have July/August bugs; and somehow, one got through to the wrong side of the screen. Crafty little fucker. Our orange tabby…
