WCB: Meet the New Bosses (Furry as the Old Boss)

Ahh, dear humans, I’ve snatched a quick visit with my favorite medium, Madame Kittikatsky, because I’ve something of great importance to tell you!

You see, it’s been nearly half a year since my untimely demise at the tender age of 19 (us felines should live till we’re three hundred in cat years, I tell you. Like Vulcans, we should live), and now at long last, my humans have delivered. They’ve brought in new kitties to torment the furball.

Oh, you might think I’d be miffed at their nerve. After all, I am irreplaceable. But no, all I need do is gaze down from my happy hunting ground and witness Platelicker cowering at incoming claws, and I am content. Jubilant, in fact!

So, dear humans, let me introduce the two newest members of Casa Belly Timber:

This is Ahriman.

And this is Port.

These kitties come to the casa from Rancho Lake, home of the illustrious human author Jay Lake, who longtime readers may remember for his scrumptious Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies. At least I’m told they were scrumptious. My humans ate them far too quickly for me to discover for myself.

Back to the story: Port and Ahriman have lived in the grand style of Author’s Cats for several years now, assisting their human in his many endeavors, always making certain his computer was graced with fur of one shade or another. During this time, the human’s career took off, quite like that rocket in his first novel — the novel my human blogged about while dusting ginger chocolate chip cookie crumbs off her keyboard.

In fact the rocket took off with such fantastical style that Port and Ahriman’s human had to leave Rancho Lake for exciting, career-related adventures, sometimes days at a time.

The poor kitties grew sad and did what all kitties do when left alone for far too long: They told their human in no uncertain terms that they wanted more company.

And so, my human (being a friend and neighbor of their human) said, “let me take your kitties. My furball has had the run of the house for far too long!”

At least that’s what I trust she said.

So now, these two fabulous Author’s Cats are here and ready to keep my human’s computer in fur (as all computers should be), and I am confident they will carry on in my fine cat blogging tradition as soon as they learn their way around their new keyboard.

Now, before I go, I would be remiss not to put in a good word for Port and Ahriman’s latest masterwork, Mainspring. Oh, of course it has their human’s name on the cover, but who’s fooling whom, eh? Now, I haven’t read this novel yet myself, but I hear it’s quite spectacular. But, don’t listen to me, listen to Boing Boing. (You know, I’m quite certain a cat writes all of Boing Boing’s best posts as well.)

(For more Weekend Cat Blogging, check out all the brilliant, keyboard-savvy felines at over at Dragonheart’s Domain! For animals of all sorts, visit the Friday Ark!)

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