Kate's Point of View

Wonder Boy and I have fostered many cats and kittens over the years. We’ve been volunteering at our animal rescue for six years and when I’m asked to take care of a cute kitten for a while, I can’t resist. One of our most special litters were named (by us) after 80’s cartoon characters: Jem (of the Holograms), Cobra (from G.I. Joe), Voltron (from the cartoon of the same name) and Optimus Prime.

I was recently contacted by the moderator of Good Morning Kitten to see if these kittens could be featured on that site. Heck yeah!

Today, I present Jem.

Maxwell Smart had a shoe phone and, during the pre-cellphone era in which I watched the show, I always thought that was the coolest. Our cat Addy has a foot phone. At least that’w what Wonder Boy thinks it is. Whenever Addy looks at us with his foot in the air, Wonder Boy says he’s making a phone call.

Personally, I just like it because it shows off his long foot hair. 🙂

Addy has always been this grouchy old man. Lately, though, with the addition of the Notorious B.I.G., he’s gotten real lovey dovey. He wants to be petted a lot more and follows Wonder Boy and I around like a shadow.

I’ve been asked how the addition of cat #3 (we’re trying out the name Notorious B.I.G. / Biggie Smalls) has been going, specifically how he’s been getting along with cat #1 and #2. Um, not so good. Also, people want to know who, in our household of male cats, is the alpha male. Oddly, it’s the one who is not in the best health and weighs the least.

Meet the alpha male, displaying all emotions of how he feels about Biggie.

The cat formerly known as Logan STILL does not have a name. For a while we’ve been trying out Barry White on him but it just isn’t sticking. I’ve tried Pinkerton but even that I struggle with. I’d like to give him a new, funnier name. Suggestions? Please???