[Update: We renamed this cat "Beezle" (includes video of him playing).]I was going to blog about the President's speech, but look! Kitty pictures.Taking all these pictures of Hotch is proving to be more difficult than I expected. For one thing, the color balance is all over the place. The room is actually lit with incandescent light, which gives everything a warm glow, … [Read more...] about More Pictures of Hotch
Catblogging
Meet the New Cuteness
About 10 years ago, my wife had just adopted Ripley, and we were thinking of getting a kitten next, and we thought it might be fun to get a purebread kitten. We weren't sure what breed we wanted, so we did some research on the web and at cat shows. Eventually we settled on the Ragdoll breed, and began to contact a few local breeders to learn to learn how the adoption process … [Read more...] about Meet the New Cuteness
Dozer R.I.P.
My big fluffy Ragdoll cat Dozer passed away this morning.We got him from an amimal shelter in 2002 when he was about seven years old. We discovered him in a cage outside the adult cat room. He hadn't been brushed regularly, so he was the fluffiest cat I had ever seen. I remember the sign on his cage said "If you pet me I will purr very loud." We got him out of his cage and … [Read more...] about Dozer R.I.P.
Dozer Meets the Cat Pillow
A little while ago, my wife and I noticed that our ragdoll cat, Dozer, had taken to sleeping on the floor right in front of our china cabinet. We wanted to make him more comfortable, so we put down a cat pillow for him, right in the spot where he liked to sleep. Anyone who owns a cat could've predicted how that would turn out: … [Read more...] about Dozer Meets the Cat Pillow