Thanks to Charles of Ottawa over at alt.tv.frasier, here's a New York Times
article on the edge kitties get over dogs on the Internet. You may have to
register, but it's free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/30/arts/30cats.html?oref=login

I wondered why the play fighting had stopped & the short furry people were
laid out on hardwood floors again like a couple rugs....just saw tv weather;
today
another record-breaking 101oF; that's 8 in past weeks. Cats are not stupid;

Taking a pause from packing to relate some things from the island. Well,
OK, I'm procrastinating again. But my shoulder is hurting and I'm taking
some time off to let the painkiller kick in before I continue taking
down books from the shelves.

We adopted an 8 week old male brown tabby from the local animal shelter.
Presently he's 15 weeks old, 5 lbs, healthy, very active, and .... has this
peculiar urge to suckle nearly any available hoooman arm.  I don't mean just
a polite sniff and a lick.  I mean an aggressive ...

Haven't been around for a while due to problems with my PC, so
appologies to those who got in touch and I didn't reply to. :o) I'll do
it in the next few days...
Please could I have some job interview purrs? I applied for a job at the

"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:dNbGe.9085
$8g5.6990@bignews4.bellsouth.net...

there is a sweepstakes you can enter at their site to win a free year of
food. Might be worth entering. I think it is for other countries too.
www.hillspet.com then choose your country and then pet owner and
prescription.

Arrrr...
We've had many kitty adventures on this trip, but all of us have been
so busy we haven't had a chance to share, so here's my chance to tell
you some of our adventures.....

http://www.moggies.co.uk/funnies/cat_user_manual.html
--
 -john
           wide-open at throttle dot info

When Trouble was a kitten she spent many hours playing in the
bathroom.  Her favorite game involved the bath mat.  She would find a
small piece of foil covered paper or perhaps a coin and shove it under
the mat, back up a little, pretend something moved under the mat, and

As promised, the video clip of Abelard playing with Beatrice is ready.... If
you don't have a broadband connection, better Save the file.
http://friesianlover.com/clips/catplay.mpg

&)*()(*)#$%@#$*$ homeowners association!!!!
We received a registered letter today from a lawyer informing us that we are
in violation of deed restrictions by having a (beautiful) 8 foot high wooden
fence (that we've had for over a year and have heard not one peep from the

My cats are too easy.  I've been thinking about all the
anecdotes I read here and why I have so few to contribute, and
that's the conclusion I've come to.
Sure, Will has asthma and Heidi has long hair and a healthy

Adrian wrote:
Victor Martinez wrote:

I have to wonder about this sometimes...
The complete article can be found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07/25/feline.sweet.gene.ap/index.html
Genetic flaw leaves felines without sweet tooth