Saint Mr. Waffles

I'm thinking if Benedict XVI was sitting on the papal throne a few centuries ago we'd have at least one cat with sainthood today.

The New York Times - Cat Lovers Appreciate Soul Mate in Vatican

"Benedict’s kindness toward the strays of Rome is already the stuff of Vatican legend. His house in Germany, its garden guarded by a cat statue, was filled with cats when Benedict lived there full time before he was posted to the Vatican in 1982.

And Benedict is, without a doubt, the first pope to have had an authorized biography of him written by a cat — Chico, a ginger tabby who lives across the road from Benedict’s old house in Germany. "







THANKS G !

Red a n d Purple Dodos Fools

It's very nice ... like dancing in the kitchen when you are alone.

The Dodos - Red And Purple
The Dodos - Fools

Drums of Funny

He's like a real life muppet

"Track A Ghost Through The Fog"

They The Intro - Angel Deradoorian (of thedirtyprojectors)

C.A.T. D.I.Y

Ikea Hacker Blog - Build Your Own Cat Furniture




















Stairway to Cat Heaven

Thanks M !

"...because you have another eyelid"

Because reading Dean Wareham's "Black Postcards" took me back to some good memories and because it was funny and true. We give it a 3 out of 3 eyelids. Read It.

Galaxie 500 - Spook ("Everett True asked me if the song was about a cat, because cats have an extra eyelid, too. Not cat, I said, but Vulcan")

Gustaf

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article2249534.ab

No translation needed



Thanks P !

Theremin J A M

Thanks N !

The Cat Champ

"when my soul starts glowing"

my ipod shuffled it up pretty good tonight, this is all back to back:

5:08 Fucked Up Kid By Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew
2:05 Ponytail By Panda Bear
3:40 Head Full Of Steam By G0-Betweens
2:53 Parking Lot By Galaxie 500
3:39 Misery And Mountains, Arrows by New Buffalo















Cats Love Macs Flickr Photo Group

Invisible Violinist

This interesting article "Pearls Before Breakfast" by Gene Weingarten about a world-famous violinist playing incognito for subway riders just won a Pulitzer Prize for Best Feature Writing .



"IF A GREAT MUSICIAN PLAYS GREAT MUSIC BUT NO ONE HEARS . . . WAS HE REALLY ANY GOOD?"

Charlie and Eli

The Daily Coyote Blog rules

"Charlie came into my life when he was just ten days old, orphaned after both his parents were killed. He lives with me and a tomcat in a one-room log cabin in Wyoming."


August 14th 2007

"Charlie and the cat are so tight, fast friends, bros. I went outside to check on Charlie the other day and he and the cat were lying side by side on their backs under the little tamarask tree in the canyon, just looking at each other and the leaves around their faces, telling stories.

Charlie's got a bit of an identity crisis going on - he comes when I say "Charlie" and also comes when I say "Kitten!" There's one large tree on the route of our daily walkabout that the cat often climbs for the fun of it - scrambling up to the top branches and then straight down - and yesterday Charlie was trying so hard to figure out how to climb the tree. He put his front paws on the tree trunk, and I could just see him thinking, "OK, I reach my front legs up, THEN WHAT??""

THANKS C

On Sale!!

The Chemung County SPCA in New York is celebrating April as Weird and Wonderful Month.

"Throughout the month of April, adopt any weird and wonderful shelter cat at a 25% discount (provided that the adoption application is approved). What is "weird and wonderful"? Any cats with extra toes, cross-eyes, or any other unique traits will be available at a discount. Come add a weird and wonderful feline to your family! "

Some of our "weird and wonderful" felines:

* Ken (2 different colored eyes)
* Jiminy (masked face--he's our resident "Batman"!)
* Gardner (unusual looking nose)
* Lucky B (likes to play in water)
* Dennis (polydactyl)

They also have a "Lonely Hearts Club" that features those cats who have remained at the SPCA for the longest amount of time





"Ginger, Club President, has been at the SPCA since July '07. "