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Meet the Kitties: 2013

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I recently rediscovered a bunch of pictures of my cats from their kitten days, and I feel I need to share some of them with you. I’ve also provided a few more recent shots for purposes of comparison. Enjoy, please!

Oh, you may notice in some of the kitten pics that their fur seems to be wet and/or greasy. That’s because I was giving them eardops for mites at the time, and neither of them were very much interested in having these drops remain in their ears.

Also: I’m a terrible photographer, and sometimes cover up the poor quality of my pics by running them through filters.

The black cat is Professor Murder, aka Pantz; the grey tabby is Sweetie Pie Jonas. They’re both named after characters on Mr. Show.

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The floor doesn't always look like this; she's lying on papers that had recently been the site of a very boisterous catnip party.
The floor doesn’t always look like this; she’s lying on papers that had recently been the site of a very boisterous catnip party.

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Hyena Girl
11 years ago

Adorable owners you have.

ronanwills
ronanwills
11 years ago

Oh my God that black cat is just the cutest little ball of fur ever.

More cat pics!

Tulgey Logger
Tulgey Logger
11 years ago

I don’t understand that fourth picture. It just seems to be an old iMac with Manboobz on the screen.

Alison
Alison
11 years ago

De-lurking to say your cats are wonderful, and also have wonderful names.

leftwingfox
11 years ago

Makes for a very stylish cat-cave. 😀

Amy
Amy
11 years ago

I love the kitties!! Professor Murder is the best name. I like it when kitties sleep with me so much that I don’t usually mind the fact that they hog my entire bed, and I’m squished up in the corner.

Fi
Fi
11 years ago

Ha, that iCat is like one of those fish tanks inside an old hollowed-out TV. Always wanted one of those!

grumpycatisagirl
11 years ago

I am taking notes on Sweetie Pie’s expression in the last picture. It could come in handy next time some anti-feminist tries to mansplain something to me.

Athywren
Athywren
11 years ago

“I am king here! You dare to question ME?!?!?
Cute kitty overlords, you have there. :3

kittehserf
11 years ago

The ear drops thing is such fun, isn’t it? We’ve got pics of Hadji (who looks just like Pantz) looking like a Brylcream fanatic from his kitten days, too.

Great to see pics of them again, David – thank you for sharing!

Athywren
Athywren
11 years ago

Ah, img tag no worky… makes sense, thinking about it. That caption was for this picture: http://manboobz.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/sweetheadpn.jpg?w=600&h=450

Brooked
Brooked
11 years ago

@Amy

I love the kitties!! Professor Murder is the best name.

QFT

House Mouse Queen
11 years ago

Sweetie is so proud! What a queen in her own right!

Kim
Kim
11 years ago

Speaking of cats – I was at the library yesterday, and I found some books that have a cat as a co-author – a cat called Sneaky-Pie Brown. Do you and sweetie write under aliases?

http://www.ritamaebrown.com/content/books_mm.asp

LBT
LBT
11 years ago

Brylcream, a little dab’ll do ya! (And keep your ears free of mites!)

kittehserf
11 years ago

Brylcream, a little dab’ll do ya! (And keep your ears free of mites!)

LOL!

Biot
Biot
11 years ago

@Tulgey: it’s a prototype dual-core iMac that was never released. Rumors state that its processors would purr when running at speed and that the CD tray would attempt to “eat” disks or not eject them.

CassandraSays
CassandraSays
11 years ago

Sweetie Pie is giving the camera some serious stink-eye in the second to last picture.

BigKitty
BigKitty
11 years ago

What lovely furry snugglepigs you have there!

Jane Knisely
Jane Knisely
11 years ago

Another lurking fan of ManBoobz, who has two shelter-monsters of her own. Both black except one has a white spot on her chin- right where one is supposed to kiss her… Coincidence? I don’t think so!

No ear drops necessary on adoption, luckily, but all the china and other breakables have been put in storage!

I can tell from those photos that your kittehs adore you with all their hearts and eyes!

kittehserf
11 years ago

@Biot – damn, if they’d released that one, I’d be converted to Mac in a whisker!

@Jane Knisely – yay, another delurker! Hi, and have your official Welcome Package!

Nitram
Nitram
11 years ago

Firstly, I hear ya about ear mite drops. Just about every cat I’ve ever owned has had ear mites during their kittenhood.

Secondly, those are awesome cat names. I was always partial to using old fashioned and borderline silly names like Mortimer, Merlin, Amos, and Conrad (yes, I’ve owned mostly male cats). The female ones have had less noteworthy names (Rosey, Wanda, or Dice because white with black spots, oh-so-clever I know)
but that has much to do with the fact that they were in my life when I was a kid and my mom had the final say on naming them. Actually, my female cat Florence – that was a cool name. We called her flossy. Anyway, your names are wonderful! Must rethink my naming process.

Thirdly, fabulous use of obsolete Macintosh. Lol!

kittehserf
11 years ago

Mortimer and Amos, love those! Our boys have been Magnus, Thomas and Hadji. The girls have been Sheba, Abigail, Mamie, Caitlin, Freya and Madeleine.

I had a real yen to call my next cat Daisy, a while back.

I suspect I’d get a lifetime of stink-eyes if I tried, though.