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No Cat is Purrfect

Personality Disorder Would you describe your cat as neurotic, extravagant, domineering, impulsive or agreeable? Maybe a combination of some? Would your cat agree with your assessment? I believe our cat, Chester, goes through all these personalities which a research paper on cat psyche explored. A recent article on the internet resurrected results from a surveyContinue reading “No Cat is Purrfect”

Cheaters and Plumbers

Two-Timing Cat How would you react if your cat; the one you feed, provide shelter for, give scritchies to, serve catnip and spoil with everything a feline would want, comes home after a night out and it’s covered in lipstick marks from another human? Bamboozled? Outraged? Jealous? Filled with thoughts of retribution against the person,Continue reading “Cheaters and Plumbers”

Mistaken Identity

Cat’s Eye Point of View Admit it parents, you go to school or an activity to pick up one of your kids and you bring home another species by mistake. I admit I’ve done that. One time I went to retrieve one of my daughters from her school drama rehearsal and didn’t realize until IContinue reading “Mistaken Identity”

Necessity is the Mother of Cat Invention

Catamatic While you probably visualize humans as the sole users of appliances, that hasn’t stopped cats from taking advantage of them too. The electric home appliances we’re familiar with started in the early 20th century and help you clean clothes, wash dishes, keep food fresh and toast bread just to mention a few. So, whenContinue reading “Necessity is the Mother of Cat Invention”

Catwalk

Feline Fashionista It’s Fashion Week in New York City, a chance for hoity-toity couturiers of the fashion industry to show their latest pseudo-highbrow wares. It’s also a chance for the hoi polloi to ask, “WTF is that,” and “why do those rip jeans cost $400”? Since “art” is subjective, The Chester Chronicles won’t attempt toContinue reading “Catwalk”

Wedding Cat Crashers

With This Cat I Do Thee Adopt Cassie and Jonathon Roth put a twist on the traditional tossing of the wedding bouquet at their reception that was purrfectly suited for their love of cats. The bouquet toss has its roots in 19th century England where it was considered good luck for an unmarried woman toContinue reading “Wedding Cat Crashers”

This is a Joke, Right?

Bathtub Yule Logs A cat in Liskeard, England showed she was a quick learner in how to celebrate Christmas by taking a human joke and turning it into a series of very real Yule log excretions. Sophia Williams thought it would be funny to place an Elf on the Shelf inside the jaws of aContinue reading “This is a Joke, Right?”

Cat Detective

Sherlock Chester Holmes Let’s say you’re a homicide detective called to a crime scene in someone’s home. You see the victim lying on the floor but an initial exam of the area appears to lack any evidence about what took place. No weapon, footprints, hairs, fibers, body fluids, finger prints or DNA from someone otherContinue reading “Cat Detective”

What Hath Cat Wrought?

A Bird in the Mouth is Worth Two in the Bush Our do-nothing cat Chester had a wonderful summer doing what he usually does – nothing. While Chester was chilling, the humans in our home took a vacation to the beach. During that time Chester stayed home and was taken care of by our neighbor.Continue reading “What Hath Cat Wrought?”

Just Like Mama Used to Make

Who Wants Italian? They say you can get anything you want in New York City, but count me out on a new restaurant idea by cat food producer Fancy Feast. The company announced that it is opening an Italian-style trattoria in the Big Apple to “bring the mealtime experience of cats to life for catContinue reading “Just Like Mama Used to Make”