A Brief History of House Cats (Part I)

It has taken a while for scientists to piece together the riddle of just when and where cats first became domesticated. One would think that the archaeological record might answer the question easily, but wild cats and domesticated cats have remarkably similar skeletons, complicating the matter. Some clues first came from the island of Cyprus in 1983, when archaeologists found a cat’s jawbone dating back 8,000 years. Since it seemed highly unlikely that humans would have brought wild cats over to the island (a “spitting, scratching, panic-stricken wild feline would have been the last kind of boat companion they would have wanted,” writes Desmond Morris in Catworld: A Feline Encyclopedia), the finding suggested that domestication occurred before 8,000 years ago.
Thanks to David Zax, SMITHSONIAN.COM, June 30, 2007

Top Ten Cats' Favorite Christmas Songs

#10 "Up on the Mousetop"',
#9 "Have Yourself a Furry Little Christmas",
#8 "Joy to the Curled",
#7 "I Saw Mommy Hiss at Santa Claus",
#6 "The First Meow",
#5 "Oh, Come All Ye Fishful",
#4 "Silent Mice",
#3 "Fluffy, the Snowman",
#2 "Jingle Balls",
And finally!
#1 "Wreck the Halls!"

Ice cubes in kitty's water!

Try floating some ice cubes in your cat's water. They like the cold, fresh feel of the water and love to poke at the cubes! I think moving water makes it seem more like running water as well.