And another from the site:
A cat goes to heaven, and moar
June 11, 2012 • 1:08 pm
Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
Now we know who’s really in charge.
Compatible with the nine lives hypothesis, anyway.
And has anyone started making cheeseburger catfood? Seems like there oughtta be a waiting market.
Looks like Basement Cat to me…
That first one is great. It reminds me of the similar door-related issue my dog has. Ogden Nash says it best: “A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”
…and kitties even more so
There’s a beautiful book for older kids called The Cat Who Went To Heaven, that works through stories of the Buddha and animals as an artist paints them one by one on to a big scroll. The artist’s cat watches silently until the artist relents and paints it too – contrary to Buddhist thinking (at least in the story) that cats are unclean. The monks who commissioned the painting are not pleased, but next morning that painted cat has moved to under the Buddha’s blessing hand.
I guess kitteh kitsch doesn’t seem so bad when it’s from an unfamiliar culture.
Very funny one at the gates. Cats are at least highly insulted by a closed door.
Kitteh is alwiz kitteh, frebbah and ebbah, our men.
The best cat versions of the MGM lion were done by MTM Enterprises; first for the Mary Tyler Moore show and later for other MTM shows. There are several YouTube videos available. Here is one:
The scene outside the gate … Darwin does that all the time. It’s raining outside? You open the door to let him in and he sits there; he drips while you persuade him that coming in is a good idea.
Bob(Big)