When I saw Mayhem trot through the living room with his open collar dangly limply in his mouth like a dead snake for the second time in less than 30 minutes, I gave up. It took him less than 48 hours to figure it out. The furry brats are again running about nekkid and shackle free. The little escape artist’s technique? It’s a press-and-pull safety collar. Mayhem wiggles it with his paws until he gets…

Have I mentioned lately that I HATE cold weather? We’ve been below freezing for most of the past month. My driveway is still covered with ice from the storm we had four weeks ago, covered by snow we got three weeks ago, and topped off by snow we got last week. Tomorrow the temperature should get into the mid-40s, but it’s just a tease. The cold will continue for the next 10 days at least,…

I’ve been accused have having commitment issues. – After several years of a love-hate relationship with Mike’s Chair of Intelligence aka the cat’s chair aka that damned recliner… – After several years of saying “I can’t have new furniture until the cat dies” and nearly a year of saying “Well, the cat has been dead for a while now”… and aquiring two new cats with healthy life expectancies in excess of at least another decade…