Sam adored my new(ish) computer. Not only are its heat vents in exactly
the right spot, it's small enough that there was plenty of room for a
cat to curl up right next to them. I was worried a bit about what this
was doing to the innards of the computer, as I didn't think the makers
intended their vents to be insulated by a large cat, but when he started
kicking loose the keyboard connection I had to take action. I moved the
computer under a battered little stand from a long gone computer desk
that holds the monitor at just the right height. I didn't think this
through - sure, Sam can no longer reach the heat vents and the heat can
dissipate through the little space at the back of the monitor stand. But
he can also no longer fit *under* the monitor stand, where he used to
like curling up, chewing and scratching whatever papers were lurking
there. He's tried repeatedly, but he can't get any more than his head in
the space left between the top of the computer and the monitor stand!
He's also tried one of his fallback positions - he tries to climb up on,
well, my chest and curl up there. But he doesn't quite fit, and for some
reason he can't seem to quite understand, I find peering over a large
cat while trying to stop him from sliding down my chest by supporting
him with my hands to be not quite the most comfortable position for
using the computer.

He's reluctantly settled in a meatloaf position on the desk in the
former position of the computer, as close as he can get. He doesn't seem
to like the drawer with cushion that Mandy (RB) used for years. The back
of the computer is inaccessible. The space under the monitor stand is
clogged with non-cat stuff like the computer. And I'm not cooperating in
 holding him to my chest while I type. Poor cat!

Cheryl