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A Moment Of Zen

by John Cole|  December 21, 20053:56 pm| 18 Comments

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Winter means no more sitting in the windows all day because it is too cold. Nowadays, afternoons are spent curled up in a ball hibernating on a couch in the home office. When I took this picture, he was so asleep I thought he was dead.

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  1. 1.

    J. Michael Neal

    December 21, 2005 at 4:14 pm

    Your heading reminds me of a book titled Zen for Cats. For the most part, it was horribly serious, but on the back, there was a blurb from PJ O’Rourke:

    “Zen for cats? How much more empty can their little heads get?”

  2. 2.

    TallDave

    December 21, 2005 at 4:19 pm

    My kittens like to burrow their way under 2 layers of comforters when they’re cold.

    Otherwise, they sleep on top of each other in the sink, where we leave towels for them to lie on. It makes an unbearably cute little pile of kittens.

  3. 3.

    Laurence Simon

    December 21, 2005 at 4:33 pm

    Soon, you will do nothing but catblog. Soooooooon…

  4. 4.

    Lauren

    December 21, 2005 at 5:01 pm

    Tunch and Doug are long lost brothers. I second Laurence.

  5. 5.

    p.lukasiak

    December 21, 2005 at 5:39 pm

    Dammit! Its not even friday, when I am usually prepared for the onslaught of blogging about those rodent-lite creatures.

  6. 6.

    my cat

    December 21, 2005 at 5:53 pm

    There is a weblog called Cats in the Sink, for the addicts of cute.

    My old pug dog was the world champion of sleep. I never thought he was dead since his snores could be heard in the next county but there were times when I believed that nothing, nothing could wake him. Every morning I would pick him up. (curled up, snoozing mightily), carry him out the back door and down the steps to the grass to pee..and set him down on the ground where he would fall in a heep and continue to snore. Poor old Charlie loved to sleep.

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    Ekim

    December 21, 2005 at 6:56 pm

    Two cold?

  8. 8.

    John Cole

    December 21, 2005 at 7:11 pm

    Ekim- I don’t know what it is, but I am making mistakes like that a great deal, lately. their/their, two/too, bare/bear, etc.

    It was never a problem until recently.

  9. 9.

    Ekim

    December 21, 2005 at 7:58 pm

    Wish eye could help. :)

  10. 10.

    Stormy70

    December 21, 2005 at 8:30 pm

    Tunch needs some skritching post haste! My kitten should have been named briquette, since he emits more heat than any cat I’ve ever owned. My 12 yr old cat considers him her personal space heater and will just sprawl all over him. I am surprised she hasn’t suffocated him, yet.

  11. 11.

    Steve S

    December 21, 2005 at 9:45 pm

    It was never a problem until recently.

    A good fifth of scotch will cure you of all spelling problems, or at least make it so you don’t care.

  12. 12.

    Gotham Image

    December 21, 2005 at 10:21 pm

    That’s a happy looking cat – stop by GI, when you get a chance.

  13. 13.

    Ian

    December 21, 2005 at 11:50 pm

    Aww ..

    More cat pics please :)

  14. 14.

    Talking Talent

    December 21, 2005 at 11:53 pm

    Hey.

    Pajamas media?

    Plame gunning for you or is it the Dr. WMD Iraq just released?

  15. 15.

    Krista

    December 22, 2005 at 10:00 am

    Awww…

    John, you should let us each email you a picture of our own pets, and you can post them, so that we can all admire each others’ furry friends.

  16. 16.

    Paul Wartenberg

    December 22, 2005 at 2:14 pm

    As it got colder this month, my first cat Tehya has developed a habit of jumping onto the bed after I pull up all the blankets, push aside my left arm, curl up in the space she makes between my arm and chest, shifts about to get comfortable, and then starts purring away. My second cat Page just heads underneath the bed for warmth. ;)

  17. 17.

    my cat

    December 22, 2005 at 2:44 pm

    Happiness is a warm kitty.

  18. 18.

    BIRDZILLA

    December 25, 2005 at 3:59 pm

    had you ever had a cat climb a christmas tree? or sleep under the bed covers? we had cats that did that

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