Archive for the ‘cats’ Category

Working from home with benefits

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

I took some time off to work to finish Wicket in Action, and even though our cat has put back the schedule with a couple of hours, she does help around the house.

Today she provided lunch:

Nice lunch gift

Fortunately for the frog in question, my appetite for living frog is not that great, so I had to let it go.

It's alive!

Mission Impossible: book writing

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

How on earth can you write a book or code with this happening:



Blame any delay for Wicket in Action on the cat!

Unusual entry: cats and doors

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

I usually don’t blog about personal things, and write just about Wicket, or any new, Java related subject I’m excited about, but I’m breaking that habit for this time…

What is the fascination cats have with closed doors? Everytime we shut a door to keep the draft out, a cat immediately wants us to open that door. Sometimes she’ll even grant you 5 minutes couch time, but I just think that is the time they need to realize the door has been shut.

Is there any scientific research being done on how long a cat can be in a (large) room with a closed door before she starts to scratch?