. A humble home for the interesting bits of feline trivia, prose, quotations, poems, odes, and otherwise culled from hither and yon by readers. Submitted by Eileen C.: "I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. " -Jean Cocteau Submitted by Stephanie: CATS Sweet-talk artist, malcontent Quiet little innocent, Agile gymnast, silly clown With cheshire grin or solemn frown, Busybody, stay-at-home Fearless hunter free to roam, Alley-fighter, diplomat . . . So many faces has the cat. --Anonymous Submitted by Rebecca (site maintainer): ODE TO SPOT Felis Cattus, is your taxonomic nomenclature, an endothermic quadruped carnivorous by nature? Your visual, olfactory and auditory senses contribute to your hunting skills, and natural defenses. I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations, a singular development of cat communications that obviates your basic hedonistic predilection for a rhythmic stroking of your fur, to demonstrate affection. A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents; you would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance. And when not being utilized to aide in locomotion, it often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion. O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array. And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend, I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend. - the android Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, to his own space-faring feline. Which explains a lot. ^_^