I can’t wait to read this book by noted ailurophile and comedian Marc Maron.
Is this a great book cover or what?
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Survey says…
Cat-loving men – Please consider taking a moment to take this online survey about human relationships with pets. See below for details. Mikel Delgado is a doctoral student in psychology at UC Berkeley. He and his co-author, Gretchen Reevy, did a study last year about how people perceive cat personality based on coat color, and only 9.5% of the respondents were male! Mikel says, “We’d like to increase that percentage for our new study.”
Participate in a study about you and your pet!
You are invited to participate in a study about people and their relationships with their pets.
Participation in this research entails taking a survey answering questions about yourself and a favorite pet. All survey respondent information will be anonymous. Your participation will take approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
By taking part in this research study, you may help increase our understanding of the human-pet relationship.
To participate, please visit this weblink:
http://ucbpsych.qualtrics.com/
If you have any questions, we can be reached at: gretchen.reevy@csueastbay.edu or mikeldelgado@berkeley.edu.
The “worst” pictures of men and cats
A friend of mine just alerted me to this website called “Absolute Worst Pictures of Men and Cats.”
Are these the WORST or the BEST?! You decide!
Another Insane Devotion
I just finished reading the book Another Insane Devotion by Peter Trachtenberg.
I read the review of this book in the New York Times Sunday Book Review and knew I had to read it. It’s a lovely nonfiction book about the author’s relationships with his cats and his wife. During the course of the book, cats come in and out of his life; love waxes and wanes; and the author questions at times why he’s so devoted to these loves of his lives.
It’s a beautiful, and at times, melancholy, book on the nature of love of both human and beast. Anyone who’s ever experienced a devotion to a cat should read it. Men and Cats gives it two paws up.
Cat Yoga
When I received an e-mail with the subject “Cat Yoga on VICE” I forwarded it to my husband, saying “I like that I got an email with the subject ‘cat yoga’ in it – I was kind of like, why have I never before now received an email with the subject ‘cat yoga’? Seems so natural.”
Anyway, apparently the folks at Vice are doing a whole series on cats and… I dunno, cats on the Internet or something? Here’s the video. I also realized I know one of the people interviewed in the video, since I went to college with her. Hello Amy, if you happen to read this, and I’m glad to see we both appreciate funny cats.