Bad Management P.T. Barnum, the co-founder of the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth circus, said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” I’m not buying that and neither are the citizens of Gadsden, Alabama. For more than five years, Mama Cat has been roaming the aisles of Gadsden’s Lowe’s hardware and homeContinue reading “Don’t Mess With Mama”
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Porch Pirates
Catnapping Has the following happened to you? You’re at home waiting anxiously for your Amazon package to arrive. Then you receive an alert on your phone that includes a photo showing you it has indeed landed. In a minute you open your front door, look down, and………. It’s there. Except your cat, who you justContinue reading “Porch Pirates”
Escape From New York
All Out Effort It’s been a very cold winter in the Northeast. So when one cat’s flight to Florida was canceled, she took matters into her own paws and made a dash for the next flight to the Sunshine State. At least that’s what The Chester Chronicles believes. Ellen Russell of Flushing, NY and herContinue reading “Escape From New York”
No Soup For You
Catatouille A word of advice: if you’re a cat owner, never turn your back on what you have cooking on the stove. You might not like what you find in the pot. Then again, we all have different tastes, and you could just compliment your feline chef for the added ingredient. Such was the caseContinue reading “No Soup For You”
Unequal Justice
Size Matters “It’s not the size of the dog cat in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog cat.” Mark Twain (as edited by a cat) Law enforcement recently discovered that Mark Twain was correct, though it doesn’t hurt to be a large feline. In Thailand, a small cat named NubContinue reading “Unequal Justice”
Cats Know Stuff
Credit Fraud Great discoveries in virology include Doctor Jonas Salk, who created the first effective vaccine for polio; Doctors Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó’s pioneering work on messenger RNA that helped find a quick vaccine for COVID-19; and Pepper the cat, who discovered the first-ever jeilongvirus to be found in the United States. Of course,Continue reading “Cats Know Stuff”
Catlateral Damage
Bombs Away If you see a cat strolling through the airport, don’t assume it’s lost. It might be doing the same thing you are, getting on a plane for vacation. This summer a cat named Harry, was found wandering Boston’s Logan International Airport. For three weeks his humans thought the 8-year-old cat went missing fromContinue reading “Catlateral Damage”
Cat Physics
Newton Schmooton We’re all suckers. That’s right class. For centuries we have been led to believe that Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, has been an absolute order of the natural world. Silly Newton. He didn’t come up with that idea by observing cats.Continue reading “Cat Physics”