Category: Cats

I Ain't Superstitious, leastways no more than Howlin' Wolf, but two twin black tuxedo cats just crossed my path.  All dressed up with nowhere to go.  Nine lives and dressed to the nines.  Stevie Ray Vaughan, Superstition.  Guitar solo starts at 3:03.  And of course you've heard the story about Niels Bohr and the horseshoe over the door:

A friend was visiting in the home of Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr, the famous atomic scientist.

As they were talking, the friend kept glancing at a horseshoe hanging over the door. Finally, unable to contain his curiosity any longer, he demanded:

“Niels, it can’t possibly be that you, a brilliant scientist, believe that foolish horseshoe superstition! ? !”

“Of course not,” replied the scientist. “But I understand it’s lucky whether you believe in it or not.”

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Top of the season to all my readers.  I really do appreciate your 'patronage.'  I wish you all the best for the New Year.

Peace to all who want it, and good will to those who have it.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

More such kitties here.

You didn't know that cats have a patron saint, did you?  Here she is:

And here is her story.

Art Carney with cat from movie Harry and Tonto.

Tim Kreider touches upon some home truths in a recent NYT Opiniator piece, A Man and His Cat.

. . . proved once again, this time scientifically.

And to think that F. H. Bradley hunted them!

Some say that cats are opportunistic and disloyal.  A sterling counterinstance.