Felis catus status

I'm sure you've been desperately wondering how the cats are doing. You've probably lost a couple of nights' sleep here and there wondering to yourself, "How are Olive and Beatrix?!! What are they doing, thinking, eating, etc., etc.?!" My apologies. They're fine.

Olive has decided to pursue a modeling career. I'm not opposed to this as long as she works on her portfolio on her own time. Here she is this AM, practicing for a photo shoot that I see on her Google calendar is scheduled for sometime in the late afternoon tomorrow.

    It's a jungle out there.

Beatrix has no such ambitions. Sometimes all the "what should I do with my life?" pondering she does obviously depresses the hell out of her but it's nothing a romp around the hallway or a wrestling match with a rubber band can't solve.

    Who am I? Where am I? Why am I?

On the subject of ambitious felines, have you heard about Lil' Bub, a cat who is turning into the ruler of the internet, who also happens to have a jaw problem that prevents her from shutting her mouth? Here she is when she spent a day working at the Buzzfeed offices recently. Enjoy. (If you haven't seen it already, that is. Apparently she's so famous she even made an appearance on Good Morning America. Not that that's such a great barometer of fame or anything.)