Cats & All That ™

I am not a supreme vocalist but I do Karoke .  I have also sang a few church solos in my time.  These days the primary audience for my singing is Roxie.  She definitely has her pop preferences but she likes listening to my pastor online.   Roxie also is a fan  of Mariah Carey (on VH1) and Old Cary Grant movies.  Here’s a You Tube video link to one of Roxie’s favorite tunes  featuring another furry friend,    Mel Waters “The Smaller the Club,”   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2EGp66Q98

I’ve mentioned in the last blog about Roxie biting me on the toe but that pales in comparison to tales I’ve heard from fellow animal lovers about  other cats….yep  – cats.   I had the pleasure of doing some political canvassing today with two women I admire.  We covered several houses  solo  but always went in twos to houses  that  had the “Beware of Dog” signs.  My fellow canvasserYvette  said cats are just as vicious.  She  told the story of how while in Pittsburgh she and a fellow canvasser went to one house where the cat seated in a lawn chair on the front porch.  The cat braced as if to attack and actually lunged at them missing them  by inches.    Yvette also told us the story of her nephew and his wife  who put their cat outsid   after some particular jealous behavior on her part to the new baby.  The cat was more than surly.  It was almost vicious not just to the baby but everybody in site.  The couple finally  gave the vicious vermit  away to a family  in West Virginia.  Less than one month later the cat was back on Yvette’s nephew’s  front porch.    Here for those of you who haven’t seen it is the original Pinky the Cat video  .Pinky The Cat

I am, I admit, a bit of a Diva.  I picked it up from Roxie.  She clearly is all girl and all that.  This morning when I wouldn’t respond to her jumping on top of  me as I relaxed under the bedcovers – I was tired and didn’t feel like moving –  she did what any diva would do-  she crawled under the covers and bit my big toe.  Not to be outdone Jean Claude went to my bedroom window and patted the blinds  three times  as if to indicate it was time for them to be raised   I guess he’s a De-vo.