On an average, normal day, we have two cats. You can tell because if one of them (JJ) is doing something, the other one (Mouse) will attack him, or if one of them (Mouse) enters the room, the other one (JJ) will meow and hiss preemptively run away. Mouse is always clawing something, and JJ […]
Category Archives: Cats
A Claw in the Mouth is Worth Two in the Foot
My cats are, in general, demon felines spawned of malice and mischief and set forth on a mission of destruction aimed in my general direction, but recently they have stepped up their games and reached new lows, even for them. As if the normal amount of clawing they normally inflict upon me was not enough, […]
Health Problems That Ought To Go Away If You Ignore Them Long Enough
The human body is a wonderful and resilient thing. No, we can’t grow back a lost limb or anything (sorry Dr. Connors!), but we can build up immunities to diseases we’ve had, and even some that we haven’t! We can adapt to live in warmer or cooler climates, we can turn annoying noises into white […]
If It Weren’t For the Cats…
Here are the ways in which my life would have been completely improved today if I didn’t have any cats. I wouldn’t have woken up to find the floor covered with water. I don’t know what cats’ problem is, but they are not content to drink water out of a bowl or any other type […]
Frankencat
While I was in New York, our family moved to a new house. At some point during this transition, our cat JJ got some sort of sores on his face, most likely from fighting some other animal, and so we were a little worried about him. He had scratched all of the fur off of […]
The Incarceration of Cats
When we first got our original cat, he was strictly an indoor cat. He came from being an indoor car and continued his indoor existence without much of a problem. Mr. J did not seem to be all that interested in going outside, occasional mad dash into the hallway notwithstanding. At the time that we […]
Edward vs. The Cats
Kids love animals. I get it. Most people love animals. Just look at the number of youtube hits videos of cute kittens get. We are hardwired to love the cuteness. I know it is pure instinct, because even little babies love cute animals. But some of them love the animals a little too much. When […]
Getting the Cat Out of the Barn
JJ is a braver cat than Mouse, so when it became time for the cats to try and escape from the house, it was JJ that made the first attempt. We had mixed feelings about letting them outside. They were indoor cats when we lived in our Silver Spring apartment, but loved the outdoors when […]