A Quartet of Cat Links

Last night Janice shared with me some cat footage that's too good not to pass along--how to wrap your cat (hint: it helps if you have the most mellow cat ever):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm3dm5J5r0A

Meanwhile, this just in: scientists study how cats drink water. After four years, the answer: with great efficiency, at about four laps per minute (two per minute for lions):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111104952.html?hpid=topnews?tid=wp_featuredstories

And just to add a little literary note, here's some bookstore cats you can drop in and meet if you're in the right area(s), courtesy AbeBooks.com:

http://www.abebooks.com/books/bookseller-bookshop-bookstore/cats.shtml

Finally, there's Stalking Cat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzjgBAaWZw&NR=1

--JDR

current reading: TOLKIEN & THE SILMARILLION, plus the deleted chapter -- by Clyde S. Kilby.