The cat that ate the canaries
There are things you can’t make up. Things you shouldn’t make up. Things you couldn’t make up. A black-and-white cat named Sylvester eating yellow birds is one of them.
Bonny prayers besought
Calling all Celts, non-Celts and kittens. A certain fair lass is in need of all the prayers on both sides of the Irish Sea.
PSI: Ringoes
Psi is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet. Psi is a symbol for psychology, psychiatry, paranormal psychology, and Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And most of all, Psi is a cat of impossible coolness.
The Wolf of Route 202
You may think you’ve heard this story before. You may rub your eyes to be sure you haven’t seen this face before.
Epilogues: February 2014
Sometimes 28 days can feel like the longest month of the year. This was no ordinary February.
Ashin' in
Ash Wednesday has arrived. Numberless believers will accept a smudge of ashes today, a reminder that we’re dust, we’re fragile, we’re broken, and we desperately need Easter’s Resurrection. Laden with tradition, this is a mysterious, meaningful day for millions the world over. As masters of meaning, the Tabby’s Place cats have, of course, co-opted the […]
Party gras
Today marks the eve of Lent, that serious season when folks make a spiritual practice of fasting from such things as injustice and selfishness and chocolate and Facebook. But before all that introspective stuff, folks get fat, Tuesday-style. So, of course, do cats.
Ursuline
We can’t solve all the mysteries of the world on this blog. At least not today. Is Sasquatch real? How about the Yowie Man? Why aren’t we awesome enough to call Sasquatch “the Yowie Man” like our Aussie friends do? I’m afraid I don’t know. But today, we’ll beat the Weekly World News to one […]
Eli's coming
In this monochrome winter, all things colorful are dear to our hearts. If ever there were a color worth cheering for, it would be orange.
Epilogues: January 2014
Maybe this month’s round-up is delayed because the Tonight Show just moved back to New York. Maybe this month’s round-up is delayed because New Jersey has gotten so much snow that road crews are actually pouring actual pickle juice on the roads in a fiesta of frozen brine.* Maybe this month’s round-up is delayed because […]