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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 022

Fight for Your Right…to Research!

Riley and Malley, being brothers, LOVE to play-fight. It almost always ends up with them bathing each other, then curling up and going to sleep, but first, the fight.

Sometimes DiNozzo wants to get involved, but Riley & Malley’s relationship is so tight-knit, he doesn’t feel he can intrude. Sometimes he does anyway, but often, he seeks me out for attention and play since he knows they would prefer him not intrude on their “bro” time. Let that be a learning lesso...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 021

Ah, yes. Catnip.

Riley and Malley remind me of “I love you” drunks. When they get ahold of cat-nip, they roll in it a bit and eat it, then sit and stare at the cosmos as if the universe stretches out before them in its infinite nature. On the other hand, DiNozzo is a mean drunk. When he gets ahold of catnip, he rolls and rolls and rolls and rolls in it. He wants his body covered in the stuff. He wants to smell like it and taste like it, too! If Riley and Malley approach him, he will cut a bitch ...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 020

I hope that it won’t end…alone

If any creatures out in the universe are watching us through this pandemic, particularly the United States, their thoughts must be a mix of “OMG, barbarians!” and “Well,..this is not going to end well.” Or perhaps they have sympathy for so many people dying alone on ventilators…

It’s difficult enough watching our world shift in ways we didn’t anticipate–mass work-from-home and businesses closing while streets are empty (or they should be). But for us to live in a 2...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 019

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 018

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 017

Netflix and Chill.

My work life didn’t change all that much during quarantine. My partner, Erik, began working from home back in the beginning of March and will continue to work from home until I am no longer at high risk for catching Covid19. He works downstairs in the basement, and I continue working in my office. The cats have settled into the idea of both of us being home but realize I am more likely to pay attention to them than he is. They also seem to know when either of us is in a Zoom m...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 016

*THWAP*

When we first introduced DiNozzo to brothers Malley and Riley, they were terrified of him. Despite having spent the first year of their lives in a foster home full of cats and dogs, they’d lived the next year with us and no other animals. I guess they’d forgotten what it was like to have another animal in their lives. Both of them hid on the cat tower until DiNozzo began to climb it. Riley ran down it and hid near Erik. When DiNozzo reached Malley, he bapped the hell out of DiNozzo. The ...

Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 015

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 014

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Cat-tain’s Log: Episode 013

When quarantine struck, it really did feel like humanity held its collective breaths. Many places of employment ground to a halt, shortened their hours and/or staff, or switched to online production. The economy tanked, unemployment hit record highs, and people stopped going outside. Grocery and food delivery shifted from something disabled people used to something everyone was using. Suddenly Amazon and InstaCart were taking in record profits, while everyone scrambled to adjust to a new way of ...