Cat Takes TV Too Seriously

See, what’d we tell ya? Too much TV can mess up your sense of reality.

This poor cat! She’s watching kittens on TV and suddenly the screen goes blank. Where did they go?? Behind the screen? Under it? Over on this side, or over on that side? Next thing you know, she’ll be squeezing the Charmin.

Sanity Break: Playful Cat, Sleepy Dog

I feel like I ought to apologize for the loathsome and distressing news I posted here today. Believe me, I didn’t like it. I did it because I thought it was my duty.

So here, instead, is a cat who wants the dog to wake up and play with him, and a dog who is determined to stay asleep no matter what. Whose will is stronger? Watch the video, and find out.

Dedicated to My Wife, the Cat’s Meow

This computer went mad this afternoon. I mean, it was so wacked-out, I don’t even know how to tell you what was wrong with it. Mostly everything–pages too big, too small, displaying sideways, all sorts of weird symbols on display, looking like those hieroglyphs from Roswell…

Patty fixed it.

Sure, it took a while, and produced a lot of stress; but she fixed it. I’ve said before, she’s the smartest person I know.

So these cats are for her, because she is the cat’s meow. And I hope that you all enjoy them, too.

Nora the Cat… Pianist

You’ve got to love this–Nora the cat, on her piano. She’s really into it.

Nora’s famous, by the way. My wife has a Nora the Cat coffee mug that I gave her for Christmas a few years ago. We were even thinking of acquiring a very small piano for our cats, but that was before we saw what those things cost. I don’t sell enough books to buy a piano for my cats. Anyhow, they seem reasonably content with pipe cleaners and rolled-up sheets of paper.

Incredibly Smart Cats

You won’t believe what some of these cats can do. I’ve had classrooms full of high school juniors who weren’t half as insightful as these cats.

Imagine what our cats could do to us, in a poker game, if only they had hands that could hold, deal, and shuffle cards. Just watch that one cat win two out of three in the old shell game, and you’ll see what I mean.

The Company You Keep (Cat and Owl)

The title of this video says the cat and the owl are best friends. I don’t know about that. The cat seems friendly enough, but it’s very hard to read an owl’s facial expression. I never learned how to do it. I suspect the cat wants to borrow money from the owl and the owl is pretending not to understand.

Cats in Tricky Situations

It’s not easy being a cat. You have so many opportunities to get yourself into real trouble.

You will love the cat playing with the hamster ball.

And you will pity that person who seems intent on teaching his cat to play around with his computer.

You Can’t Hide from Your Cat

Here’s what happens when you try to hide from your cat. He finds you.

Actually, a lot of cats really enjoy this game. It’s a wise human who plays with a cat. And now, if you’ll excuse me, I want to go see what Peep is doing.

Sanity Break: Kittens at Play

All right, I’m a sucker for kitten faces. Can’t help it.

But I do admit to a feeling other than warm coziness that time I checked under the bed and there found the two little round furry faces, big ears and all, peering back at me, upside-down, from a hole they’d torn in the bottom of the box spring.

None of the kittens in these videos do things like that.

Video Treat: Omar the Cat

Tami sent us this video of her family cat, Omar, playing with a treasured family heirloom. This is why it is recommended to keep such things away from cats.

Omar is named after an old Norwegian pastor who has discovered that he likes cats, after all–well, this one, at least.