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Category Archives: Cat
Bodega Cats Are in Charge
pic.twitter.com/2mNWSLAoom — Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) June 18, 2018 Some of the most adorable rodent terminators on the planet live in Bodega shops in Brooklyn. Since it’s not safe to have pesticides around food, and rats will never completely leave New … Continue reading
Rodent Terminator of London:Palmerston
Friends, Romans, Countrymice, lend me your dreamies. Wishing all my staff @foreignoffice and twitter friends a very Meowy Christmas! pic.twitter.com/p4ejXgT1RC — Palmerston (@DiploMog) December 11, 2017 Cats began residing in government offices centuries ago. Instead of rat poison, London’s Foreign … Continue reading
Posted in Cat
Tagged 10 Downing Street, Diplomat cats, London, London's Foreign Office, Palmerston, Rodent Terminators, Winston Churchill
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KEDI
Kedi, a beautiful documentary, celebrates the lives of Istanbul’s cats as seen by the people they adopt. Here’s the description from Amazon: “Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years, they’ve wandered in … Continue reading
Disneyland Cats
Before Disneyland opened to the public, Walt Disney inspected Sleeping Beauty’s Castle and found a kitty napping there. Walt Disney grew up on a farm and knew that where there could be rats, you need cats. Cats took the title … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Cat
Tagged Cats, Disneyland Cats, History, Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney
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Awesome Hero Saves Royal Docks Office Cat From Drowning
One of the things I love about this hero is his absolute lack of hesitation. When he sees Felix, the Royal Docks office cat, pushed in the Thames by another cat, he immediately drops everything to save her from drowning. … Continue reading
Superbowl – Dear Kitten Regarding the Big Game
Posted in Cat
Tagged Dear Kitten, Dear Kitten Regarding the Big Game, Friskies, Superbowl 2017
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Abraham Lincoln and Cats – Presidents & Pets
Public Domain, Link When asked if her husband had any hobbies, Mary Todd Lincoln reportedly said, “cats”. President Lincoln welcomed stray cats to the White House. During the darkest days of the Civil War, the company of his cats helped … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Cat
Tagged Cats, Civil War, General Grant, Mary Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln
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Best Of Blog: Hemingway’s Cat is Missing
This post appeared in November 2011. The kitty pictured above wasn’t Hemingway’s cat but she was the inspiration for the Magical Cool Cat Mysteries. The books don’t really do her justice. She died unexpectedly and I’m just grateful now that … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, Cat, Paris, Reading
Tagged Hemingway, Hemingway's cat, Inspirational, Magical Cool Cat Mysteries, Paris, The Paris Wife
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Cat Cafe San Diego
Dodger, the adorable to the max cat pictured above, resided at Cat Cafe San Diego until humans worthy to take him home arrived. Cat Cafe San Diego offers the company of cats, locally brewed coffee, and locally baked pastry every … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Cat
Tagged Cat Adoption, Cat Cafe San Diego, Purina, San Diego, San Diego Humane Society
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Lana’i Cat Sanctuary
Video used by permission of Lana’i Cat Sanctuary. On the remote Hawian island of Lana’i, purchased by Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison in 2012, with plans for optimal green technology, there are approximately 3,000 humans and 500 cats. These cats might … Continue reading