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To: TimF who wrote (35)9/13/2006 8:23:45 PM
From: TimF
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Dogs have owners, cats have staff. --(Unknown)

Avoid dogs whenever you can. Remember... Cats are
poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral

Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
Cats have never forgotten this. --Anonymous

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are
subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of
one who suffered from insomnia. --Joseph Wood Krutch

People who hate cats, will come back as mice in
their next life. --Faith Resnick

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a
human being is not the ability to produce food which
they take for granted--but his or her entertainment
value. --Geoffrey Household

If a dog jumps into your lap it is because he is fond
of you; but if a cat does the same thing it is
because your lap is warmer.--A. N. Whitehead

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot
be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat.

If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve
man, but it would deteriorate the cat. --Mark Twain

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does
any harm to ask for what you want.--Joseph Wood Krutch

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and
dogs should relax and get used to the idea.--Unknown

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by
little, they become its visible soul.--Jean Cocteau

With the qualities of cleanliness, affection,
patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how
many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming
cats?--Fernand Mery

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a
pastime to her more than she is to me? --Montaigne

There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats
that enables one to come off as a sane person.
--Dan Greenberg

I've met many thinkers and many cats, but the wisdom
of cats is infinitely superior.--Hippolyte Taine

No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat,
and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove
his fur from your couch.--Leo Dworken

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good,
which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to
feel as much of the time as possible.--Roger Caras

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless,
seems to flow. --George F. Will

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in
nature has a purpose. --Garrison Keillor

By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to
roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.
--Barbara Holland

A meow massages the heart. --Stuart McMillan

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this
by all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs
aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is
to roll in a dead fish. --James Gorman

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection
we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would
purr.
--Martin Buxbaum

Cats always know whether people like or dislike them.
They do not always care enough to do anything about
it.
--Winifred Carriere

If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do
the same thing, for the same reason, we call it
intelligence.--Will Cuppy

There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home
that has a cat.--Wesley Bates

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.
--P. G. Wodehouse

Cats' hearing apparatus is built to allow the human
voice to easily go in one ear and out the other.
--Stephen Baker

Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire,
he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.
--Jean Burden

The mathematical probability of a common cat doing
exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute
in the world.--Lynn M. Osband

Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good
time, for they are unfailingly ingenious in that
respect. --James Mason

Meow is like aloha - it can mean anything.
--Hank Ketchum

Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and
cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities
as well.--Missy Dizick

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.
--Ellen Perry Berkeley

How we behave toward cats here below determines our
status in heaven. --Robert A. Heinlein

Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter
without confinement, and love without penalties.
--W. L. George

As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any
length of time well knows cats have enormous
patience with the limitations of the human kind.
--Cleveland Amory

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world -
the clock and the cat. --Emile Auguste Chartier

Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any
dog.--Eleanor Clark

Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open
them in about six days,take a look around, then
close them again for the better part of their lives.
--Stephen Baker

A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings,
for one reason or another, may hide their feelings,
but a cat does not. --Ernest Hemingway

If animals could speak the dog would be a a
blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have
the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
--Mark Twain

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.--Leonardo da
Vinci

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of
life: music and cats. --Albert Schweitzer

You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be
partners.--Sir Harry Swanson

There are no ordinary cats.--Colette

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is
restful just to see him.--William Lyon Phelps

In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so
feeble, He gave him the cat.--Warren Eckstein

There are few things in life more heartwarming than
to be welcomed by a cat.--Tay Hohoff

One reason we admire cats is for their proficiency
in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on
top, no matter what they are doing, or pretend
they do. --Barbara Webster

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
--Jules Reynard

Most beds sleep up to six cats. Ten cats without the
owner.--Stephen Baker

Of all animals, he alone attains to the
Contemplative Life.--Andrew Lang

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own
ends...--Saki (H. H. Munro)

We cannot without becoming cats, perfectly
understand the cat mind.--St. George Mivart

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice
versa, and often simultaneously.--Louis F. Camuti, DVM

The phrase "domestic cat" is an oxymoron.
--George F. Will

By associating with the cat, one only risks becoming
richer.--Colette

Intelligence in the cat is underrated.--Louis Wain

Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same
urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.
--Jim Davis

Her function is to sit and be admired.--Georgina
Strickland Gates

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I
am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming
through. --Jules Verne

Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the
comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of
existence from without, like the Buddha.
--Andrew Lang

There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten.
--Jules Champfleury

If a cat did not put a firm paw down now and then,
how could his human remain possessed.--Winifred
Pierriere

One of the oldest human needs is having someone to
wonder where you are when you don't come home at night. --Margaret Mead

There is no snooze button on a cat who wants
breakfast.--Unknown

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats
to pull a sled through snow.--Jeff Valdez

In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.
--English proverb

One cat just leads to another.--Ernest Hemingway

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message
and get back to you later.--Mary Bly

There are many intelligent species in the universe.
They are all owned by cats--Anonymous

The cat has too much spirit to have no heart.
--Ernest Menaul

Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are
God.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.--Colette

You will always be lucky if you know how to make
friends with strange cats.--Colonial American
proverb

Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit.--John S. Nichols

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From: TimF9/13/2006 8:45:47 PM
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A Cat's Diary

Day 183 of my captivity.

My captors continued to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They
dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only
thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I
get from clawing the furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant.

Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they
were walking almost succeeded. Maybe I should try this at the top of the
stairs.

In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again
induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair. I must try this on their
bed.

Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make
them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their
hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little kitty cat
I was. This is not working according to plan.

There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in
solitary confinement throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise
and smell the food. More important, I overheard that my confinement was due
to my powers of inducing something called "allergies." Must learn what this
is and how to use it to my advantage.

I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog
is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a
half-wit.

The bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant. He speaks with them
regularly, and I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current
placement in the metal room, his safety is assured. But I can wait.

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To: TimF who wrote (23)9/23/2006 4:34:43 PM
From: Stan
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I am using Opera due to IE problems, and I got the same error. I wonder if too many people from SI are trying to access it at the same time, though, because I have seen that problem before from links from SI.

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From: TimF9/26/2006 4:43:49 PM
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Cat in bag
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To: TimF who wrote (39)11/16/2006 8:15:47 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.
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Cat Dogs?



news.yahoo.com

Brazilian student Cassia Aparecida de Souza, 18,
holds her cat Mimi together with what Cassia claims
are Mimi's own offsprings born with dog traits last
Friday, three months after mating with a neighbour's
dog, in the southern Brazilian city of Passo Fundo,
Rio Grande do Sul state, November 15, 2006.
A geneticist from the Passo Fundo University plans t
o take blood samples from the animals to verify the
claim by Cassia and her husband Rogerio that the
puppies are part of Mimi's litter of six, of which
the three that were born with cat features died soon
after birth, leaving the surviving three dog-like
offsprings. REUTERS/Edison Vara (BRAZIL)

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From: TimF12/6/2006 11:14:56 AM
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Feline Alzheimer's found by study

Cats can suffer from a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research by scientists.

It has long been known cats can suffer from dementia, but the study identified a key protein which can cause mental deterioration, similar to humans.

The research was carried out at the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bristol and California.

The shorter lifespan of the cat may make it easier for scientists to uncover how the condition develops.

Scientists already thought cats were susceptible to dementia because previous research identified thick, gritty plaques on the outside of the elderly animals' brain cells, similar to those found in humans...

news.bbc.co.uk

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From: TimF12/7/2006 8:43:47 PM
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The Cat-Bed Wars

conservativecat.com

The Ribbon Problem

conservativecat.com

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From: TimF12/28/2006 12:17:22 PM
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Clawless kitty chases bear up tree

cbc.ca

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From: TimF2/22/2007 5:13:43 PM
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Top 3 Cat Toys of 2006

finkbuilt.com

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To: TimF who wrote (16)11/4/2007 11:16:16 AM
From: TimF
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Goodbye Winston

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