I’m an old-school Game of Thrones fan (yeah, I actually call it A Song of Ice and Fire) which means that this story begun by George R. R. Martin and adapted by HBO takes up a not-small portion of my brain. Periodically, that part of my brain gets tangled up with cats – probably because […]
Long before our daily news consumption included streaming live kittens 24-7 and Grumpy Cat became the Gwyneth of the celebrity feline world, we were fed bits and bobs of adorable cats in film and television. Feline film stars have populated the big and small screen for decades, popping up in both live action and animated […]
The first time I ever realized that cats were capable of doing tricks was way back in ye olden days of my babyhood when my family was still in the circus. There was a woman whose act consisted entirely of leading her cats through a precious, tiny little cat-sized obstacle course. *Insert high-pitched, ear-piercing “awwwwweeee”*. […]
Welcome to the future! We have palm-sized computers, vacuums that run themselves, a robot on Mars, and tiny chips we can put under our pet’s skin so they don’t get lost and stay lost. We’re talking about microchips, y’all, and giving you the 411 on microchipping your feline friends. What is microchipping? Microchipping is magic. […]
It’s National Book Lovers Day! If there’s one thing people know about me, it’s—well, it’s that I love cats. All my clothes are covered in cat hair; you can’t miss it. But if there’s a second thing people know about me, it’s that I love books. Often my two loves come together when my silver […]
While the onset of August may herald the tail-end of summer (cat pun 100% intended), it also brings with it one of my personal favorite holidays of the year – International Cat Day! Established in 2002 by the International Fund For Animal Welfare, International Cat Day takes place every year on August 8th. Cat lovers […]
