Seventeen Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat
If you have a cat or you just like cats, here are seventeen facts about them that you might find interesting from that fountain of strangeness, Matthew Inman. Who knew Abraham Lincoln was a cat lover?
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Internet Cat Costumes
Internet memes make great Halloween costumes, although they are usually only clever for one year. The exception is cats, because their popularity (at least on the internet) goes on and on. Here are some clever LOLcat Halloween Costumes.
Jacki was Spaghetti Cat in 2008. You don’t have the time to make a better costume for this year, unless you have been working on it a while already. In case you’ve forgotten, here is the origin of Spaghetti Cat.
Brad O’Ferrell showed up at the “A Night To ReMEMEber” internet meme party in a Keyboard Cat costume. All it took was a cat costume and a keyboard.
Matt Cutts is a LOLcat. Or he was for Halloween last year. The cheeseburger was a nice touch!
This LOLcat costume is perfect for trick-or-treating. You won’t get the full effect until you see the back of the t-shirt.
This Ceiling Cat costume should be easy to do, depending on the size of the ceiling. If you are going to sit on the porch and hand out candy, this would be OK. It might be a problem if you are a cab driver.
You can buy Hello Kitty costumes of all kinds, but making your own is a real accomplishment. Pink Daisy at Craftster made her own version of Hello Kitty for Halloween 2008.
This costume was posted earlier on Neatorama, but this collection wouldn’t be complete without Lime Cat, Melon Cat, Helmet Cat, or whatever you want to call this. Flicker user Alida Saxon’s brother put this costume together at the last minute. The helmet is a basketball painted green, and the fur was salvaged from a stuffed toy.
A warning: if you dress as an internet meme for Halloween, be prepared to explain yourself. Unless you’re meeting up with your online group, you’ll probably have to tell the whole story of your costume. If you’re willing to do that, the few who will “get it” will make the entire effort worthwhile.
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Man Stacks 61 Objects On His Cat While Serenading Him
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Sam Hart wrote a love song for his cat entitled “Kitty Song.” Then he sang it to his cat while stacking 61 objects on top of him. Most of them are just playing cards, but others are quite large. You can find the lyrics to the song at the YouTube link.
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Fur Elise with Animal Sounds
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The sounds of a cat on bass purr, a loon on lead vocal, two owls, wood stork and cuckoo (solo) are the sole musical instruments in this furry arrangement of the classic, Fur Elise, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
You can see who is currently singing at the botton of the screen.
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A Day WITH Cats: A Day Without Cats Counter Protest
Well, today is the day. A week ago, Urlesque blog dared the Interweb to ban posts about cats.
Well, that ain’t right – so us Neatorama folks decided to stage a counter protest. To restore the cosmic balance caused by the lack of posts about cats today, we will post about cats, cats, and more cats!
Here are a few from the archives of the blog to kick start the whole thing:
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The Cat Piano
A short film by The People’s Republic of Animation. The musical instrument featured is a Katzenklavier (previously at Neatorama). -via Metafilter
This is part of Neatorama’s “A Day Without Cats Counter Protest” inspired by A Day Without Cats on the Internet.
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9/9/09: A Day Without Cats on the Internet
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The pop culture blog Urlesque has called for next Wednesday, September 9th, to be a day in which cats are absent from the Internet. Ostensibly, Urlesque seeks to end the meme-driven exploitation of cats, but I suspect that it may find broad support for the movement among those who weary of lolcats, piano-playing cats, and other examples of feline ubiquity on the Internet.
What do you think? Should September 9th be a day without cats on the Internet?
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Cat With A High School Diploma
Better Business Bureau employee Kelvin Collins wanted to learn more about diploma mills and make a point about their uselessness, so he helped his cat Oreo receive a high school diploma from a diploma mill high school.
“Oreo’s a really smart cat… She keeps up with current events,” said Collins.
Apparently, Collins hardly even lied on the application.
“I did lie about one thing. You have to be 18 to take the test and Oreo is only two, but that could be 18 in cat years. Who knows?” he said.
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Cat Circus In Russia
This mini documentary has a great bit of info about the Moscow Cat Theater. Apparently shows like this are fairly common in Russia although we certainly have nothing in the states like this, at least not with cats. It’s easy to think the cats are unhappy if you saw them outside of the film, but seeing them with their owners, you can see there’s a lot of love there.
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Update: For those of you who can’t watch Hulu, coconutnut has found the video on YouTube. Thanks Coconutnut!
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Duetto buffo di due gatti (The Cats Duet)
Duetto buffo di due gatti {wiki} translates as “humorous duet for two cats”. Just try not to giggle as two members of a boys choir perform this number at a concert in Seoul, South Korea. Then compare that to an animated version with two cats. Link (embedded YouTube videos)
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Cat Ladders
Here’s a blog that collects and displays cat ladders from all over the world -and there are plenty, with a variety of useful designs. The ladder shown was found in France. Link -via Metafilter
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Glorious Pet Costumes
For those of you who love animals in costumes, WebEcoist has a collection of 20 great pet cosumes. There’s bunnies, kitties, doggies and more. I personally perfer the Harry Potter cat above. What’s your favorite?
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Cats In Costumes
Whether you consider it a form of animal cruelty or just a little harmless fun, it’s hard to deny that cats look pretty cute in costumes. The gallery on Now That’s Nifty has a few fantastic feline frocks for your viewing pleasure. Click and enjoy.
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Big Cats and Pumpkins
If you recall the kitten eating a melon video, you won’t be surprised at how much the really big cats at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida enjoy pumpkins and other gourds, both for playing with and for eating. -via Metafilter
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An Interactive Map of Library Cats
Way back in the day when I was in library school in Ohio, there was a slowly dying tradition in rural libraries of hosting “library cats.” These were cats that lived full-time in libraries, most public. Well, Gary Roma of Iron Frog Productions has created a worldwide historical archive of library cats and organized them around an interactive map, giving the names, locations, and dates of residents for individual cats. It’s a work in progress, so if you know of a cat that isn’t mentioned, be sure to let him know.
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Cat Loves Fennec Fox
If you haven’t gotten your daily cute animal fix yet, here it is. This little kitty just can’t get enough of her little fox friend’s ears.
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Fat Cats Need Love Too
How you know your kitty needs to go on a diet.
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Update 2/28/09: Let’s not forget our article on this very subject: Top 15 Amazingly Fat Cats
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Zombie Kitty Noms
I just can’t stop watching this hypnotic video of a cat mindlessly licking food from the man’s fingers. It’s so funny and yet, somehow disturbing.
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Cat Adopts A Bunny
Remind me to bookmark this for Mother’s Day emails. Who could resist a cat that has adopted a bunny as part of its litter?
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Butt Scratcher!!!! Kitty Butt Scratcher!
This cat’s expression is priceless. Super stupid and goofy.
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Subwoofer Kitty Vibrates
There’s not much to say about this video of a kitty cleaning itself on top of a subwoofer, other than “it’s pretty darn funny.”
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Cute Kitty Loves Presents
Who needs a present when you have an awesome box wrapped in paper to hide in? That’s certainly how this cute kitty thinks. I wish my life were so easily filled.
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If Jocelyn Wildenstein Reversed Her Plastic Surgery
In case you’re not familiar with her, Jocelyn Wildenstein is a wealthy socialite who is said to have spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $4 million on plastic surgery. There are a couple of different stories out there, both originating from when she found her husband in bed with a 19-year-old Russian model. Either she had surgery to try to keep her appearance young and fresh to try to save her marriage, or she purposely told plastic surgeons that she wanted to look like a cat because he loved big game cats so much. This is what she might look like if she had some of the most drastic surgeries reversed:
Here’s a progression of her look, by the way.
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Japanese cat Tetris iPhone game
I can’t decide whether or not this iPhone game is wonderful or terribly annoying. I *still* love Tetris and I love seeing games that build upon the original Tetris idea. I love to see the iPhone’s accelerometer being used in new applications. At the same time, however, having to listen to somebody else playing the game with its cacophony of cat-noises in a confined space seems like it might be tortuous. Has anyone played this? Any iPhone owners plan on buying the game now that you’ve seen the video? [YouTube]
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Anamigo
Anamigo is a social networking site for dogs and cats (and the people who love them). Your pet can have its own profile page, and you can join in the forums to discuss pet issues. They also have a photo contest with daily and weekly cash prizes! Members can upload a photo or vote for your favorite photographs, but you don’t have to be a member to look at the sweet puppies and kittens. Link -Thanks, Dan!
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Kitty Can't Stand False Idol Worship
This kitty can’t stand other cats, even photos of them. His destructive nature is adorable though.
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PETA Opts to Change "Fish" To "Sea Kittens"
Whether you love PETA or hate them, you still may find the humor in their new campaign to change the word for “fish” to “sea kittens.” Maybe they took the word “catfish” a bit to far, but you have to wonder is a fish still a fish by any other name?
Personally, I find this to be further discrimination against ugly animals. If they con you into thinking fish are like adorable little kitties, will it really get you to stop eating more fish? As for me, go ahead and dish me up some delightful meowing sushi, I’m hungry.
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7 Awesomely Cool Kitties
Web Urbanist has a great new post up of some really unique felines. There’s the cat that predicts death, the seeing eye cat, the station master kitty and more. Most of them, if not all, have already been featured on Neatorama, but it’s great to see these kitties all in one place.
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Ninja Cat 2.0
It seems as if this famous ninja cat has got a stair climbing cousin.
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Tough Guys Have Soft Spot for Cats
A group of tough-looking tattooed tattoo enthusiasts rescued 180 abandoned cats and kittens from a foreclosed home last week. They say it will take about a week to rescue and rehabilitate the cats found in Moriches, New York. The group Rescue Ink is dedicated to the welfare of animals. Link -via Fark
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