As I've mentioned before, I've been working as system administrator for a
web hosting company since July. My coworkers aren't bad as coworkers go,
but I have always had a very hard time dealing with people. My co-workers
haven't learned much about me, beyond the facts that I love kitties and
run no operating system other than Linux.

We had our Christmas party Friday, and as part of the party we did a
secret Santa gift exchange. I have never been fond of partys, and I've
always hated gift exchanges, but I participated in this year's in an
effort to fit in a little better.

The person that drew me did well, and picked a lot of nice
little kitty-lover gifts. One of them was a present for the kitties - a
Kitty Bag. It's got a little battery-powered motor that runs for a while
for random periods, making the bag shake and vibrate. Of course we had to
try it out as soon as I got home.

Ranger was the first kitty to check it out. He sniffed it carefully, and
when it started to shake he jumped back. The whole 3 minutes it ran he was
sniffing carefully, and occasionally touching the bag carefully. But it
was clearly something very dangerous, so he never got too close.

Amelia came next. She watched from a distance until she saw it start to
vibrate. That was enough - she wasn't interested in getting any closer.
Sammy saw the vibration and decided he had no interest in anything that
scary. Tabitha and Cleo didn't even enter the same room with it!

But then Harri Roadcat came in. She came in and sniffed it, and as soon as
it started to shake - she hit it! Bop-bop-bop! No kitty bag is going to
scare her! She sniffed it some more, and when it vibrated again she
pounced on it with both paws. It kept doing it's random shaking thing for
it's 3 minute period, but for the entire 3 minute period Harri left
absolutely no doubt who was in control. And after 3 minutes, she killed it
- it stopped shaking.

Of all the 6 kitties, Harri Roadcat was the most fearless of the bunch.
Nobody and nothing is going to scare my Tough Girl Kitty Roadcat!

Dan