Cat Tales

Tips was barred from Barnes & Noble yesterday, and the sun shone bright so the afternoon was a relatively quiet one for me. That makes me want to do an even better job at the Main Library in downtown Charleston, where I'll be appearing on August 30th.

The Library staff have picked a Wednesday evening as a prime time for an author visit - I hope they're as smart as they look. (They're librarians, they've got to look smart to get hired in the first place, right? Isn't it on the job description, to wear glasses and look brainy?)

While I'm on the catwagon, I'd like to draw your attention to a Cats in the News webpage. Included in this gallery of heroes are Jack (who scared a bear up a tree), Benji the year's top slimmer, (who went from 11 kg to 8 kg) complete with before & after pix, and one of cats' greatest human pawns, Yuri Kuklachev. He thinks he's getting them to do tricks to make him money, but they've actually trained him to give them lots of treats...