This week’s New Yorker has a profile on economist and NY Times columnist Paul Krugman. Not only is the article a good and interesting read, I was delighted to see this photo of “Krugman and his wife, Robin Wells, at home with their cats, Doris Lessing and Albert Einstein” by Tina Barney.
Smart men love cats!!
Paul Krugman & cats
March 1st, 2010NJ flights are delayed due to a tubby tabby
February 26th, 2010According to NJ.com, Newark Liberty International Airport recently experienced delays because “a skittish kitty lodged itself under a bomb-detection machine.”
“A woman and her young daughter had the brown-and-black cat in a carrier but when they removed it so the container could go through the X-ray machine, the freaked-out feline ran under the CTX explosive-detection device, Port Authority officials said.” The cat, who weighed 25 pounds, eluded officials’ initial attempts to lure the feline out. Eventually, they managed to lift the heavy machine and get the cat out with a “combination of the snare and a ‘hydraulic spreader’ to lift an end of the bomb-detection machine.”
And now, Menandcats presents to you, courtesy of Catpaint, what this scenario might have looked like:
JR & Milo
February 17th, 2010
JR had always been allergic to cats and claimed not to be a “cat person.” But when he started dating his girlfriend Rachel, she already had one cat, the skittish Wylee. Miraculously, JR was not allergic to him. Rachel loves animals and would have easily adopted lots more, but JR made it clear that he didn’t want Rachel to become “the crazy cat lady” with tons of cats. But in 2008, Rachel and JR were in Brooklyn meeting a potential PUPP client (Rachel is the founder of PUPP; she and JR are both on the board). The client had two cats, and JR made a comment that “Wylee could really use a friend.” Coincidentally, walking back to the subway that night, they found a cute, dirty, crooked-tailed kitten. Rachel says, “He was injured, and the only thing we could do was rescue this poor kitty (we carried him home in an empty Colt 45 box we found at a bodega). We had no intention of keeping him, but after seeing how affectionate he was and seeing how well he got along with Wylee, we realized we couldn’t let him go.” They named him Milo, and JR – who still pretends sometimes that he’s not a “cat person” (Sorry, JR. I have lots of photo evidence and eyewitness testimony to the contrary) – plays with Milo all the time, and when Milo cuddles with Rachel, JR gets jealous and tries to lure Milo away and over to him!
Two hearts beating as one
February 8th, 2010
Charley learns a trick!
January 31st, 2010My husband was very skeptical that I could teach Charley a trick, and refused to admit he’d learned it until he performed the trick on at least 5 separate occasions. Well, I’ve taught Charley to jump onto the top of his scratching post on command by saying “Charley, up!” He’s a smart cat and he likes to jump and perch, so I knew he could do it!
