I recently wrote about my detestation of the word “mood” used as a single word to express “vibe”. Well, msn has a whole post on cats that are “major moods” (ugh!), but the photos are nice and I’ll put up a couple. Click on the headline to see them.
Here’s the explanation:
Here, we have collected 27 cats and kittens that are presenting some pretty relatable moods. Enjoy this blessed collection of photos that anyone, regardless of whether they are cat people or not, will be able to enjoy.
Note: you have to scroll sideways through the photos, and there are ads.
Catbus from “Know Your Meme”. (All photos copyright from “Know your Meme”.)
Remember the Catbus from the Studio Ghibli film “My neighbor Totoro“? (It’s fantastic animation—watch it!). Here it is:
“He is, too”:
“Hehe”:
“The King” (I think this is Kagonekoshiro, or “White Basket Cat” from Japan), who crossed the rainbow bridge a while back. He was famous but chill: you could put anything on his head and body, and he’d tolerate it. Like this:
“Breakfast is served”. I bet this kitty would like some butter and syrup on those waffles:
“Oh hey”:
“Office manager.” Now are these really “moods”? I don’t think so.
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Browser was a very famous cat who lived in the library of the oddly named town White Settlement, Texas. (What a great name: “Browser”.
He was in fact so famous that he has his own Wikipedia page, which reads, in part:
Browser was an American library cat that lived in the White Settlement Public Library, near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. He is a grey tabby cat. In July 2016, Browser was evicted from the library by the local municipality, provoking an international backlash that resulted in a re-vote, and a unanimous decision permitting him to stay. Browser died on September 3, 2025.
Here he is:
As you see, Browser crossed the Rainbow Bridge recently; he was fifteen. The eviction is also described in Wikipedia:
Browser was adopted by White Settlement Public Library from a local animal shelter in October 2010.[1] Originally he was obtained to control rodents, but later became a popular mascot of the library among patrons, even featuring in the library’s fundraising calendar.
On June 14, 2016, White Settlement City Council voted by a majority of two to one votes to remove Browser from the library. The removal motion was made by councillor Elzie Clements, who claimed, “City Hall and City businesses are no place for animals”, and council member Paul Moore, who was primarily concerned about triggering people with allergies to cats. Mayor Ron White claimed that the motion to remove Browser was a response to a council worker not being permitted to bring his puppy to City Hall.
The mayor was an idiot. But Browser came back! A council member tried to evict him again, but that councilman was voted out of office—and I’m sure it’s because of his hatred of Browser:
In response to the eviction decision, a petition to permit Browser to remain in the library attracted over 12,000 signatures worldwide, and Mayor White received over 1,500 emails advocating for Browser to be permitted to remain in the library. On July 1, 2016, White Settlement City Council unanimously voted to reverse its earlier eviction decision.
Browser was subsequently dubbed by the mayor as “Library Cat for Life”.
Browser was featured in the library’s yearly calendar as a fundraiser, effectively bringing in more money than he cost.
On December 13, 2016, Clements again tried to bring the council to vote to remove Browser, claiming “I’m a council member and I can put anything I want on the consent agenda”, but the motion did not pass.[This would be the last meeting attended by Councilman Clements as an elected official. Clements had been defeated decisively during his council re-election bid in November 2016, and died on January 1, 2022.
Reader Michael, who sent me the link, says this:
I live in Fort Worth; White Settlement is a a few minutes away. And boy do I remember the big stink about WS city council voting to eject kitty! It was in all the local news.
And two stories about Browser (click to read). First from FOX4 in Fort Worth:
An excerpt:
Browser died peacefully of natural causes, the City of White Settlement said in their Wednesday Facebook post.
The cat was adopted in 2010 at the age of 1, when the library staff was inspired by Dewey Readmore Books, a famous Iowa library cat. Since then, Browser lived in the building, making him one of the longest-tenured employees, White Settlement says.
Some of Browser’s favorite activities included riding the book return cart, watching bird videos, and joining the craft club. According to the city, Browser sat in on so many GED classes, he was awarded with an honorary GED.
. . .Others who met Browser at the library remember his impact on their day-to-day lives.
“I remember sitting in the library doing school work and Browser came up to me just as I had a flare up of my disease,” Tina Dawson said. “He sat with me allowing me to have him in my lap and purred calming me down and helping me get through the flare. It’s like he knew I needed him at that moment. I will miss him, I haven’t been able to come back to White Settlement since moving to the Hulen area. But I will always remember the library cat that sat with me when my world was spinning and I needed comfort. Thank you Browser, I’ll miss you.”
https://www.fox4news.com/news/browser-library-cat-dies-15-white-settlement-says
And from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
An excerpt from the paper above:
However, some people in White Settlement didn’t like Browser’s library tenure.
The White Settlement City Council, led by Council Members Elzie Clements and Paul Moore, voted to evict Browser from the library in June 2016, according to past Star-Telegram reporting. The vote was covered by news outlets as far away as Britain, India, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
Browser’s eviction was reversed a month later when the council held another vote, led by Clements, who faced backlash on social media and from the White Settlement community. Clements later lost every precinct in the November 2016 city council election to challenger Evelyn J. Spurlock and drew 43 percent of the vote.
That’s what you get for hating on library cats! Click below to see the City’s announcement of Browser’s death.
Here’s the City Council meeting in which Browser was reinstated. You can see the evil Elzie Clemens, who originally voted to evict Browser, blaming “This media.” What a dork! They gave Clemsns the boot.
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If you are a “Swiftie” or a cat lover (I’m the latter but not the former), you will know that Taylor Swift has three cats named Meredith Gray, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button (you may recognize their namesakes). And if you’re an American you will know that Swift is now engaged to marry Travis Kelce, a football player with thee Kansas City Chiefs. Travis’s brother Jason, a former player for the Philadelphia Eagles, has four daughters, and Jason made a big boo-boo if you know about Swift’s ailurophilia. The kerfuffle is in this People magazine story (click to read):
An excerpt:
Taylor Swift has found her greatest challenge yet — making Jason Kelce‘s daughters cat lovers.
The “Cruel Summer” singer, 35, appeared on Jason and Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights and was asked by the Kansas City Chiefs tight end about his brother telling his four daughters that cats are poisonous.
“It was actually really a great challenge because as soon as I got the kids around the cats, it was my goal to prove to them that they weren’t poisonous,” Swift explained. “And there’s no better way to prove that than to just hand them Benjamin, my rag doll cat, who lets humans hold him like he’s a baby.”
“And I mean, my favorite thing ever is when [Jason’s daughter] Benny will come up to me and just go, ‘I find Benjamin. I find him,’ ” she continued. “And she’s just like over there, laying with him and petting him and holding him.”
The musician went on to say that her cats are “so good” with kids, especially since Jason’s daughters will just “drag” them.
“They’re just like, ‘Meredith is here!’ ” Swift said, mimicking Jason’s daughters’ voices. “I’m like, ‘Yup. And you know what? She didn’t bite you at all, did she? And if she did bite you, she wouldn’t be poisonous.’ They’re like, ‘That’s not what our dad said.’ And I’m like, ‘Well.’”
Swift then went on to say that she had heard Jason and his family were getting a cat from a very “well-placed source.”
“I will neither confirm nor deny. We’ll see if it does get to that,” Jason replied.
“You’re getting like a proper cat. You’re getting a cat that chases mice,” Swift said. “What I have are not that. They sit around, and that’s enough.”
Swift’s cats are clearly improper. But they’re famous–and RICH! Here’s an informative video documentary of Taylor’s cats, and explains why one of them is worth $97 million.
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Lagniappe: Readers’ cats this week. First, a video from reader Reese Vaugn, showing his cat Woodford (surely named after the bourbon) after the moggy broke into the ‘nip:
And from another reader, Simon. Here are his two cats (in top picture it’s Harry on the left and Balian on the right, and the bottom is called, “Stressful time watching t.v.”:
h/t: Michael, Reese, Simon
Haven’t seen My Neighbor Totoro but now it’s on my short list-
Enjoyed the home photos of the very satisfied cats Harry and Balian.
Goodbye Browser! Little did he know how he took down a local politician-
My Neighbor Totoro is fantastic; the only better Studio Ghibli animation I have seen is Spirited Away.
Now why did Jason Kelce tell his kids that cats are poisonous?! Perhaps he’s an ailurophobe and really, really doesn’t want a cat. If so, I feel sorry for him. But he doesn’t have a chance now, with Swift in his kids’ corner.
I’ve never owned a cat that had any sensitivity to catnip, surprisingly enough.
He does talk about his d*gs occasionally – I believe Irish Wolfhounds. Which may not be fully compatible with cats.
Well, he had better not alienate his sister-in-law!!!
Great stories! Go Browser (z’ll)! And where did Travis Kelce get the crazy idea that cats are poisonous? Will Taylor Swift convince Kelce’s children otherwise? Yes, she will.
And, when we had cats, I always had one or both of them in my lap when watching TV. It’s a universal law of nature that cats will land in your lap in front of the TV.
I always smile whenever someone says something might be poisonous. To find out if something is poisonous you have to eat it. I don’t think any snakes are poisonous, nor spiders, nor cats. Some of them might be venomous, but not necessarily poisonous. I know for a fact that rattlesnakes are not poisonous; I have eaten fried rattlesnake. But not spiders, nor cats; but I was offered fried puppy while in Vietnam. I declined.
RIP, Browser.
I do hope Harry and Balian have allowed Simon up since that photo was taken!
Yes, the feeder went off and they ran upstairs – we were in the basement. It’s amazing how fast they can go from asleep to running with the right stimulus. As I was looking at this Balian decided to try to fish an ice cube out of my glass of water. I’m hoping nothing toxic fell off his paw. But I’ll risk it rather than get a clean one.
I hope he had not just buried his poop in the litter box. . .
I’m not as comfortable with sharing my cat’s germs as you are.
I used to always leave a glass of water for myself in the kitchen so I could just take a sip whenever I wanted one. Then, one day, when I came back into the kitchen, I caught my cat with her head entirely inside the glass, helping herself to my water.
I realized instantly that it was improbable in the extreme that I had just happened to catch her in the act the first time she ever drank from my glass. As much as I loved my cats, the realization that I’d been sharing my water with my cat was … not pleasant. From that day forward I never dared to leave a glass of water unattended unless I put a plate or piece of paper on top of it first.
If they can’t get their head in, they will reach in with their paw. And our glass of water is infinitely more desirable than their bowl of water.
RIP Bowser. Love the office manager kitten! 🐈🐈🐈
Cats! Always good to see cat posts. I was party to a charming tableau yesterday afternoon involving my cat, a Blacktail fawn (most of its spots gone) and a doe, and me without a camera. Also, re water, etc., yes, I have learned to attend, protect, or, if in doubt, get a fresh drink.
I live in Fort Worth, TX. White Settlement was so named to separate it from the nearby American Indian settlement. (Or should it be the Native American settlement?) It had nothing to do with any racism. There was a big push several years ago to rename White Settlement because some people thought it was designed to exclude Black people. It was not, and the name was kept.