West Coast Kitties

I visited Leng & Lisa recently, and got to spend some time with their cats Tobey and Bon Bon. That's Tobey up there. I can't remember Bon Bon's real name...Leng, help!

Tobey was a hard cat to know. He tolerated my presence and occassional petting.

Bon Bon, on the other hand, was a very persistent and vocal cat. I had several length conversations with him. "Meow", I would say, and he would quickly respond with a "meow!" of his own! We could go back and forth, modulating our tones in response to the previous meow. His meow reminded me of an old jewish man from New York who'd spent a lot of time smoking and drinking martinis back in the 1940s.

Bon Bon is also very dog-like in that he liked to be roughhoused. You couldn't pick him up because he doesn't drop very well due to age and weight. He also had very interesting white wiskers that showed up in stark contrast to his face. He resembled a seal or walrus at times, beached on top of the bed meowing for attention.

Tommy

Here's a nice new picture of Tommy, of Orange County, California.

Knock

I think this is Lao & Harlan's Abyssinian Knock. The last cat picture!

Tommy

Here's another picture of Tommy, Mark's Russian Blue.

Jenny!

Here's Jenny lurking on the couch while she was visiting.

Kat

Here's Kat, mellowing out by the sofa.

Abby!

Kind of a funny picture of Lao & Harlan's cat Abby, sometime in 2001 I think.

Allergy Free Cats in 2007!

Seen on Slashdot: Allegedly, ALLERCA will be producing genetically engineered, hypoallergenic cats. So if you're allergic to the regular kind of cat, these cats won't induce sneezing and swelling.

Weird!

Audrey

Audrey was not very trusting of Uncle Dave when they first met :-)

James

Today's cat picture is of James chillin' out in my room, around 1999. The lighting is a little weird because it's such a low-level light image to start with, and the color balancing didn't quite work out.