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My cat Casey has realized that I sleep about as lightly as she does, so a pitiful meow gets the bedroom door opened, whereupon she leaps on the bed, and licks my head and face until I awaken. But its not breakfast she wants (well - not always), she just wants me off the pillow so SHE can sleep...

Seamus Heaney recently released a new translation of Beowulf, available at your local bookstore.

Lots of independent hobbies out there... Mine are reading, gaming, and collecting books (mostly s/f, fanstasy, military history, medieval history, and anything else that looks fascinating). Though I have more than a few ideas worth writing up, they have yet to leave the idea stage... With all...

My brother and sister-in-law recently returned from a European vacation, to include a visit in England, at the Tower of London - reputed to be haunted by numerous ghosts - to include the ghosts of two royal brothers imprisioned and killed there as children. After visiting the Tower, my...

Grendels' Dog, from BEOCAT by the Old English epic's Unknown Author's cat (Modern English verse translation by the Editor's Cat). Brave Beocat, brood kit of Ecgthmeow, Hearth-pet of Hrothgar in whose high halls He mauled without mercy many fat mice, Night did not find napping nor...

You forgot to mention that leaping up moving legs as they pass by is a good way to remind people you are there. Another method to increase a human's agility is to wait until the human is changing clothes, is balanced (poorly) on one leg, then to charge into the dangling foot at as high a rate...

Given that everyone here enjoys time with cats and cats in general, you might (or might not) enjoy the following books: The Catfantastic series. I have volumes 1-5, they are all anthologies compiled and edited by Andre Norton and feature fantasy, science fiction, and other stories featuring...

Hail all. My cat on occasion eats too fast and promptly throws it up. Its not that she's sick, as it happens only about once or twice a month, but I am curious about my diagnosis. She's fed regularly twice a day, plus whatever she can scrounge from her humans, so she isn't starving. Is...

Eating that much food and not putting on weight sounds a lot like a tapeworm or other stomach parasite. The vet will know for sure.

i'm allergic to cats, myself (and dogs and really badly to horses - a whole package of sudafed for a 1-hour ride, and i was still sneezy, running nose, etc.), but have found that constant contact improves the ability to cope with it. after three months of living with a cat (lived apart from...

A warm welcome indeed! My plans already call for expanding the feline family, once more space is available, and a new job is had. And I'm a coffee enthusiast insofar that I have my caffiene addiction, and have gone entire days on nothing but coffee. Too much (5+ pots) plays hell with my...

I was asked to stop in this forum to say hello and "receive a proper greeting". So here I am. While I currently only have one cat (the feline equivalent of a mutt), she's about the best cat ever. Technically, she's my fiance's cat, but the cat likes me better. Occasionally I post with...

Debra myers - Glad to hear you enjoy the name - its actually a title my cat was recently dubbed with, due to her tendency to drink coffee by dipping her white paw into it, licking the coffee from it, and repeating til she's had her fill (or until I finish the coffee, after all, it IS mine)...

While I am sure most here have encountered this before, I thought to ask again. My question concerns what human foods a cat shouldn't eat. My cat gets regular cat food and all, but does not hesitate to snack on whatever she can get, to include coffee, wine, cheesecake, macaroni and cheese, any...