A Cat’s Map of the Bed

Sharky Cools Off

"Sharky Cools Off" originally uploaded by elysiumbound

Dallas Wind Symphony's office cat gets high-style home

The lovely Miss Widget is the official mascot and office cat at the Dallas Wind Symphony.

Miss Widget has spent the past few months overseeing a design overhaul of the historic
DWS headquarters in the Fair Park Bandshell.

Knowing Miss Widget's discriminating taste, the design team got the idea of also creating a special house just for the cat. The concept captured the interest of the Art Institute. Thus, the Best Little Cat House in Texas competition was born.

Though Miss Widget has sampled and approved of all the houses, one in particular appeals to her. It features a tall post with a perch at the top, and it's decoupaged with sheet music of the first piece the DWS played together: Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-Flat.

Cuddle Bundle

BBQ Helper

Photographing Kids and Pets

Penny Adams at Webshots Blog shares her secrets for taking great shots like this one:

Got Your Nose!

"Mom Smila with one of her puppies from Dittes litter", originally uploaded by ingrid_brandt.

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Video: This cat knows how to get home

This cat has trained his human very thoroughly.

A cool drink

"Lessie" originally uploaded by LESI

Joke: The consultant

A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of the dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"

The shepherd looked at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looked at his peacefully-grazing flock and calmly answered, "Sure."

The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM Thinkpad and connected it to a cell phone, then he surfed to a NASA page on the internet where he called up a GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then opened up a database and an Excel spreadsheet with complex formulas. He sent an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, received a response. Finally, he prints out a 130 page report on his miniaturized printer then turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586 sheep."

"That is correct; take one of the sheep." said the shepherd. He watches the young man select one of the animals and bundle it into his car.

Then the shepherd says, "If I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?"

"OK, why not," answered the young man.

"Clearly, you are a consultant," said the shepherd.

"That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required," answers the shepherd.

"You turned up here although nobody called you. You want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked, and you don't know crap about my business. Now give me back my dog."

Oliver's shower

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Chill!

Breed Selector

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hide and seek in the dryer

"hide and seek in the dryer" originally uploaded by Malingering

How is a person supposed to get any work done with THIS on their desk?

There are many more cute pictures here.

Get this thing off of me!

Video: Monster the singing cat

Monster has a vocal cord condition that makes it sound like singing when he yawns.

Joke: Catholic Dog

Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for company. One day the dog died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest and asked, "Father, my dog is dead. Could ya' be saying' a mass for the poor creature?"

Father Patrick replied, "I'm afraid not; we cannot have services for an animal in the church. But there are some Baptists down the lane, and there's no tellin' what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the creature."

Muldoon said, "I'll go right away Father. Do ya' think $5,000 is enough to donate to them for the service?"

Father Patrick exclaimed, "Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! Why didn't ya tell me the dog was Catholic?

Six Cuties

Bubble Nose

Photography by Cathy Barrows