Satan Claws

It looks like Trump (or one of his boot licking minions) bought the book. How else do you explain his hair?

Cat people! Always waaaayyyy to into the little monsters. You’d think they were babies.

Now if you excuse me I have to mix Thor’s raw food diet and take him to day-care so I can buy his Christmas presents.

@Tommmcatt May Just Have Some MJ In His System As Well, So What?: Love you. Never change.

@Tommmcatt May Just Have Some MJ In His System As Well, So What?: I hate (a) Faux Baby Talk directed at babies, and (b) Faux Baby Talk directed at cats. Treat your babies and cats like grownups, and they’ll respect you for it.

And dogs? Doesn’t matter what you say. They’re just waiting for the subtlest indication of a leash rattling.

This cat is plotting against me? Not likely …

There’s also this:

Kitting With Dog Hair

It’s been about 5 months since Hatrack‘s last attempt to kill me, but I’m always vigilant. She almost enucleated one of my eyes in her last full body death pounce with teeth and claws to my face.

But I love her anyway and since she had quite a troubled life before I adopted her I cut her a lot of slack (although I will admit to murderous thoughts in the hour or so following that incident).

Usually she just gives me love bites and attention scratches rather than her full blown homicidal attacks. And there is a pattern to and warning signs of her murder attempts, if I am conscious enough to notice (she attacks when I am half asleep in the middle of the night). A little bit of lovin’ (and a full food bowl) is all it takes to satisfy her.

Hatrack (nee Moneypenny) is a calico who appears to have seven claws (she has the usual five) on her gigantic claws and leaves a bite about six inches wide (I’ve measured it).

Why did I change her name from Moneypenny to Hatrack? It was an immediate flash when I first met her and before I decided to adopt her.

Also, she often appeared oblivious after her several hour trip from her foster’s to the adoption site so I named her in honor of the most oblivious boss I ever had, Hatrack (the Warden of a prison I worked at many years ago): a perfectly descriptive name for the man; his ears prevented a hat from falling over his face, and that was the only purpose his head served.

@nojo: Baby talk is actually good for babies, it helps them develop language. But I see what you mean…

@Mistress Cynica: Muah! How are you, sweetheart?

@Tommmcatt May Just Have Some MJ In His System As Well, So What?: I think you mean talking to babies is good for babies, which it is. But there’s no reason to talk to them like they’re fucking idiots.

@nojo: Actually, there is. Babies that are “babbled at”‘acquire language at an earlier age, and have larger vocabularies. I can look the study up if you like. The theory is that babbling creates building blocks for the child to use in creating words of their own.

@Tommmcatt May Just Have Some MJ In His System As Well, So What?: Okay, fine. I’m beyond my competence here, since the nephews are in Seattle.