Forget those garish cat toys! Your home can be its own cat amusement center:
The Sunday Boxing Cat revealed August 17, 2008
We (or I) do work to vet (nb) our Sunday cats. The boxing cat has presented a problem. The cat clearly deserves support, but not all is at it may seem. Hence, we decided to post the video and then reveal to our readers the fact that this is a professional cat. Thus:
Sunday Boxing Cat (Inauthentic) August 16, 2008
Life has its unwelcome surprises and not even this cat is quite all she/he seems. It’s not a matter of trick photography, and the cat is a real cat. Rather … come back tomorrow for the reveal.
Thanks so much to LR in Oregon!
The Sunday church cats August 10, 2008
In at least one Western religion, manifestations of the divine are likely and perhaps even frequent. Cat fur is not exactly usual, but I say, go for it!
Once I was sent the video above, I was inspired to revisit the fantasy that a whole cat might be a manifestation of the Blessed Virgin.
Rosemary, aka Mary of the Rose, is an elderly siamese cat whose present health and vigor, after several near dealth experiences, has been labelled ‘a miracle’ by her health provider. On our last visit a number of the staff came into the waiting room to declare their surprise at her remarkable state. Well, you get the idea. She does have the air of an unlikely being. She will also bring a list of directives, which is the whole point:
Encourage gay marriages
Ordain women priests
Promote contraception
Stop bombing people
(Thanks to Kathy Ward for the video and hooray to her niece, Becca Ward, for her bronze metal at the Olympics!)
Sunday cat: Catching up with Iris. August 3, 2008
Iris, a bengal cat, lives with Captain Kruse on a boat. In this video, the newest of the Iris videos, you will see her do almost nothing.
Sunday Spanish Cats July 26, 2008
Some cats in Spain have it good. This cat door was built over 100 years ago, and is still being used, even though it is now attached to an abandoned building. Yes, those are balconies– though not ones that would actually hold cats. It’s dedicated to two cats who apparently were louder than any other cats. (The rectangular bit in the lower right is a plaque with dedication.)
Sunday fire cat July 12, 2008
Red Pandas are sometimes called “fire cats.” Could it have been in recognition of this linguistic sharing that an ordinary house cat consented to nurse a red panda cub that had been rejected by its mother?
Answer: Almost certainly not.
July 9, 2008
(all rights: Artis Zoo - www.artis.nl)
Here’s an adult red panda; it’s about the size of a house cat, but with an extraordinary tail that is a very effective wrap.
A Sunday feline interlude July 5, 2008
Many decades ago one occasionally would see “Interludes” on the BBC. They covered up the gaps that were necessitated by the early technology.
Enjoy this one. It does get more exciting toward the end, but principally in the cat’s terms, not ours, unless you were also dying to get the waste basket contents spilled out.
Be sure to have the sound on.
Sunday cat: the impossibility of perfection June 21, 2008
Sometimes sharing is too hard.
Turn the sound off before you start it!
Sunday cat epitome of taste June 14, 2008
But, sadly, quite likely bad taste. Even the folks at Cute Overload thought this was way over the top, but you have to have the sound on to get the full effect:
Sunday Cat Breaking News June 1, 2008
This kitty is a baby leopard whose mother appears to have abandoned it. It walked into a house in India and is now being hand-raised in a zoo:
Sunday Eurovision Cat May 18, 2008
As noted in an earlier post, I am a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest (I love to show it to American guests who show up gushing about the superiority of European culture). The big event is next weekend, so I thought this Sunday I’d share one of my favourite Eurovision entries with you. (Each country selects their finest musicians to compete in one of the biggest television events of the year, and this was France’s 2007 entry.) The cat really is one of the high points. But it’s just one of them.
In case you’re wondering, “didn’t win” rather understates the fate of this entry. But that was obviously a travesty.
Sunday cat-dog-rat family May 10, 2008
Thanks to LB for reminding me of this.
There are a number of films on youtube about this group, with some different opinions about where they are. They most reliable ones have them in Santa Barbara or Venice Beach. They have a homeless man as their human partner. You can see him in the link to a video following this one.
I’d avoid the web link at the end of this video, unless you think that the three show a kind of higher consciousness is coming. The human is in a number of videos, such as this one. The bit about Arizona may be just wrong.
Sunday cat: surviving in a blood sport April 27, 2008
So much for cute raccoons. Below we have a cat demonstrating an effective strategy for dealing with an attacking philosopher (as discussed here and elsewhere): keep your cool and soon he’ll be going around in circles.
Sunday cat raccoon break April 26, 2008
Calypso told us about Dora the adorable raccoon. Sadly, her video and her pictures can’t be copied, but you can see the video here. If you think raccoons can’t play the piano, you really should have a look.
My sincere apologies if you cannot access the video.
I think the owner of it regarded it as rude to link to her video without asking permission and has blocked access to it, at least from my machine. Hopefully she has just blocked my access, but one never knows. You might take this as a warning about linking to flickr sites, if you ever think of doing such a thing. There’s a certain working out of strong feelings that can go on with the ‘net. I tend to try to be hyper careful just because of this sort of thing, but I had no idea of the flickr culture, apparently.
