Cat Blogging

I can tell you’re trying to concentrate. I’ll sit 2 feet away and stare at you so hard you will physically feel my steady, unblinking support. You’re welcome pic.twitter.com/A867qWNrS2

— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) January 19, 2022

Book Club posts in an hour or so — here’s an Even More Open Than Usual Thread to tide y’all over…

The whack a feathery mole toy is officially a success. It's day four and they're still obsessed. pic.twitter.com/rcd2J5FXmU

— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) January 12, 2022

Semyon the cat takes his job — wearing a uniform and lounging around the fire station — very seriously https://t.co/YCuhqicklY pic.twitter.com/qGrsrpn7kE

— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) January 19, 2022

Wednesday Evening Open Thread: FOCUSPost + Comments (57)

Cats !! @shannonminter5@Barkiologisthttps://t.co/xrcqB2KTmn

— Jmyvr 🍁🍁🍁 (@gypcbtrfly1) January 8, 2022

They’re no Jorts, but the Vitamix Kitnapping Trio are a little Sunday treat.

Cats hold couple's new Vitamix hostage. https://t.co/Z8uNwrUUBH

— Elleee (@elleee_rose) January 9, 2022

… It arrived on Dec. 16 at their home on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Jessica put the hefty box down on the floor in the kitchen, just for a second. Her 4-year-old tuxedo cat, Max, otherwise known as the “sentient soccer ball,” jumped up on the box. Jessica thought it was funny and snapped a photo.

Then Max’s 13-year-old feline siblings, George: Destroyer of Worlds (“sentient potato”) and Lando Calrissian (“the questionably sentient dust bunny,”), demanded their turn on the knee-high box…

On Jan. 2, the couple reached out to Vitamix on a public Facebook post, asking for three empty boxes that might fool the cats into relinquishing the appliance. The company immediately obliged, but between snowstorms and customs, the empty boxes have yet to arrive — and Nikii and Jessica aren’t quite sure how the boxes will fit in their small apartment, much less if they will satisfy the cats.

But the duo and their many followers are happy to let the battle run its course…

Sunday Morning Open Thread: VitaMegaCATaMixPost + Comments (90)

Does tape taste good or do I just like sticky? Study and report

— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021

The person behind the @JortstheCat twitter account absolutely deserves some ‘Best of 2021’ awards…

Report 2: Standard methods (meowing) did not get the tape back. Without reliable access to tape this is going to be a hard science question to answer

— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021

Report 4: Tape box access removed due to “making an annoying sound” but I’m pretty sure tape tastes good and the sticky is a bonus.

— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 26, 2021

And we needed that lol! But also:

I learned from a coworker whose husband is paralyzed that Jorts has now transcended Twitter and “buttering the cat” is now the term for ablest “help.” As in “are you coming up with real solutions or are you just buttering the cat.” I hope you’re proud of yourself, Twitterverse.

— BLACKLIVESMATTER FIGHT ABOUT IT (@heulangel) December 28, 2021

It’s from this (remarkable) essay, for those who may have missed it https://t.co/BQ17Zc0Czv

— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) December 29, 2021

Wednesday Evening Open Thread: HAIL JORTS!Post + Comments (25)