Those of you who aren't particularly cat lovers should know that there is a slightly sadistic strain of cat-lover -- to which group I belong -- that delights in the cuteness of mild cat torture, like scotch tape on the feet, or firmly gripping a cat's tail in such a way that he doesn't really notice ... unless he tries to go away. On that note ...
I need some amusement after this sad weekend, so, as promised, here are some cat pictures via boing boing.
This artist, Louis Wain, became schizophrenic at age 57, whereupon his kitties became increasingly abstracted. A student studied his art for a look at how schizophrenia might make the real world more abstract.
Those of us with cats know it's not the schizophrenia that did it.
Also here's this video from Japanese tv of a cat that suckles on women's breasts. It's not creepy that the cat does this -- cats know what nipples are and not inhibited about getting a little nippy comfort. What's creepy is that they're letting it.
Finally, some 18th century dude invented a cat piano to amuse a bored monarch. Yes, there were differently pitched kitties who got spiked when a key was depressed, therefore meowing. (Wow, who ever thought I'd write "therefore meowing", ever? I should make sure that phrase is in everything I write from now on.)
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UPDATE!
Jose Marquez, being a dog owner and much, much crueler than I, sent me this unimaginably cruel website full of videos of people scaring their cats. It's really, really not okay folks. *giggle*.
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