This is Ripley. He's the first cat my wife and I got together after her previous cat Rover passed away. We got Ripley—and all the cats to follow—from the Orphans of the Storm animal shelter about 10 miles north of Chicago. Orphans has some of the cats and all the kittens displayed in a bunch of little cages, like at a pet store. In addition, they have a couple of … [Read more...] about Introducing Ripley