Cat dancing

Erik the Red demonstrates his superior dancing capabilites:

No kittenheads were harmed in the making of this video. 

...Seriously annoyed, yes. Harmed, no.

Song: "Holidays" by Miami Horror.

back from Europe

I missed even the crazy weird calisthenics that they got up to.

Erik the Red in a bag--further documentation

Erik the Red in: Escape from the Bag!




N.B. He put himself in the bag. I was just lucky enough to document it on my cellphone (hence the poor quality and short duration).

Learned Claw aficionados will spot said feline at the end of the second clip.

Cat in a bag

I have a little song I like to sing, and it goes to the tune of "Dick in a Box": I call it "Cat in a Bag." I'll give you one guess as to my inspiration:JUST ONE GUESS, MIND.

Kittenheads = a clowder of cats

According to AskOxford--which is my favorite dictionary website (what, you don't have one?)--the following are collective terms for groups of cats:

animal	group or collective term	notes

cats	clowder
	cluster or clutter
	glaring
cats, wild	destruction
	dowt or dout	also (perhaps erroneously) `dour'

kittens	kindle or kendel	also spelt `kinder'

According to the San Diego Zoo "pounce" is another one for cats. Surprisingly, there's nothing listed under "cats, kittenheads." Odd, that. Do any of my readers have any suggestions for appropriate terms for a pair of kittenheads?


My other favorites from the San Diego Zoo site include:
rattlesnakes: rhumba
alligators: congregation
owls: parliament

How To Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You

All of the following is shamelessly pasted from this website.

How to Tell Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You

Drawn by Matthew Inman, Founder & Designer of Mingle²

How To Accurately Label Your Pets, PSA

Have you ever been frightened by an animal whose identity is unclear? Confronted by a strange beast in the morning that may or may not be a flesh eating dragon? How do you know? The most effective resolution is to ensure all non-humans are appropriately labeled. These videos were part of the short-lived public service program "How To Accurately Label Your Pets." For example, as you can see from the label, the animal in these videos is a cat. What a relief!

Step 1: Create a label. It is especially helpful if the label has some sort of directional indication system (e.g., an arrow) so as to avoid confusion.
Step 2: Afix the label to the correct animal (please refer to chapter 4.37 of the Label Guidebook regarding matching animals with names). Note that this may be harder than you anticipate, especially if said animal has experienced many previous labelings.
Step 3: Voila! You now have an accurately labeled pet. Watch carefully for any hints of shapeshifting (see Example II, below).
(Step 4: Re-afix label to animal.)

Example I:



Example II:



Easy as pie.

cat spaceship

The cats do not use a normal litterbox. No no. Instead, they use the most amazing contraption ever invented in the history of cat ownership (besides the first litterbox, I suppose): The Litter Robot. The best part is that they look like they're about to blast off out of the kitchen and into space when they're using it. ...which is, let's face it, how one feels sometimes when doing one's duty.

a gift for Learned Claw

After a prolonged and hard-won battle, Erik has gently placed the toy in Learned Claw's foodbowl. How magnanimous.

we makes sure your laundry iz cleen

wtf, cat?

warning: this is disturbing

High school buddy Caitlin Berrigan, an artist, had some plates fired for a talk she gave at the Whitney on Friday. They depict a woman tearing her own liver out of her body and consuming it. I thought it would be funny to feed my cats on the plates.

Hilarity ensued:



Okay, so I guess it's not technically hilarious. but the concept is amusing, n'est-ce pas?