A menandcats.com reader tipped me off to this video, where ABC’s Dan Harris complains that his cat, Steve, attacks him – but actually it’s a video about his love for Steve. At one point, though, he asks “Is it weird for men to like cats?” Why on earth is this even a question in anyone’s mind?! Of course it’s not weird! He says some of his colleagues give him hard time about his cat-love. Remember, Dan: Real men love cats! Stay strong.
From today’s NY Times Metropolitan Diary:
Dear Diary:
This happened on the day I brought my kitten, now an elderly cat, home to my apartment in Chelsea from the A.S.P.C.A. shelter on East 92nd Street.They gave me a cardboard travel crate to carry her, and I took her on the 6 train downtown. Almost as soon as the train started moving, she began to cry and wail. I was self-conscious then, but when a huge and rather intimidating man — dressed like a biker, with chains and a neck tattoo — sat down across from me and began to stare, I couldn’t wait for the ride to end.Then he spoke — “My kitty does the same thing” — and gave a sympathetic nod and grin.
Lara Bergen
This pair of cuties is Jarad (man) and Hannah (cat). Jarad’s wife, Ginger, says Hannah is 9 years old. She was adopted after her former pet parents decided it was more important to focus on their two dogs and remodeling of their house, banishing Hannah to their basement and neglecting her for over a year, with little human contact. Even after this experience, Hannah jumped into Ginger’s lap when they first met! “One look into those blue eyes and I was hooked,” Ginger says.
Hannah developed an unexpectedly strong bond with Jarad. According to Ginger, “They’re inseparable. She sleeps on his right thigh (always the right!) and is always at his heels.”
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Is this cat who lives in a vet’s office in New Hampshire* the “world’s ugliest cat?” His name is “Ugly Bat Boy” but he gets plenty of affection from the man who adopted him, Dr. Stephen Basset, and clients at the vet’s office.
*You know if he was my cat, I would have been tempted to name him “Mew Hampshire.”