Seven Random Facts

We got tagged!!! By Fiona and Ali, The Attack Cats.

The rules: Each player starts with seven random facts about herself. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own diary about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment/pawmail that they have been tagged and to read your diary/blog.

Anastasia will do it:
1. I live by the motto "My way or the Highway!"
2. I love to eat bugs and insects.
3. I like to sneak up on Karl and sit on him when he is sleeping.
4. I do not socialize with humans, except for the maid and the butler.
5. I sometimes scare the maid and the butler by staying out all night long.
6. I eat very loudly, the staff calls it "bad table manners".
7. I am a very fast runner!

And I tag:
Fat Eric
Marie the Defender
Mr.Hendrix
Perfectly Parker
Suzanne
Mickey Mantle
Tara, Princess Meezer

Disturbing News!!!

It seems that a human is invading cat privacy in the most horrifying way:
A German engineer, Juergen Petzold, currently living in South Carolina, has forced a camera on his boss, Mr. Lee, to document his whereabouts at all times! We think this is outrageous!
See the German article in Spiegel here.
And here is Mr. Petzold’s website, with links to the pictures of his criminal act on the bottom.
We encourage everybody to write a protest letter in the name of Mr. Lee!
We sure did. Let others know you did too:

HELP!!!

Only a few weeks after starting The Cat Realm we find ourselves addicted to the blogging. We blog compulsively. We are compulsive bloggers.

We need help.

So we started another blog (wrong approach to compulsive blogging???) in order to maybe find help...

PLEASE help us! Or do you have the same problem...?

Confessions of a Diva

Yes. I did vote for ourselves for the Blogger Choice Awards. Karl had nothing to do with it. Anastasia

Karl asks...

...is modern life alienating us?

Does the spread of technology invade our every aspect of life?

Research data from studies with Homo sapiens seems to draw a dire picture.

And take a good look at yourself in the mirror!

Why do I do this:

When I should do that:

?????

"Animal" Communicator

We are happy to announce that we found a very talented human! Her name is Mary and she calls herself an “Animal Communicator” which means nothing less than that she is actually able to understand us!

Think about it for a minute! The possibilities are endless. Finally you can communicate with your humans through a clear channel. A lot of times their bad behavior has it’s origins in their non-comprehension. MAKE YOUR WISHES CLEAR, communicate through Mary.

We have put a permanent link to her website on the side bar, look for "Animal" Communicator

Staff Management 101

If you are a cat reading this post chances are you have human staff.
The good news: you actually ‘have’ staff.
The bad news: they might not be properly trained and/or not operate at full capacity.
Here is where our course comes into play. We developed a very easy to follow guidebook to train humans properly and we will post a summary of it right here on The Cat Realm!

And once again, here are the good news: Humans aren’t as complicated as you might think:
1 they are easily manipulated
2 they are pretty stupid and
3 they are really low maintenance

The bad news are that they require a lot of repetitions and redundancy before training success will be fairly permanent.

Here is Guideline # 1: MANIPULATE
Humans LOVE to be manipulated (just look at the way how they do what they call “politics”).
You get best results if you make them think that what they do (i.e. the desired behavior that you aim for) was their own idea and accomplishment.
Example for Petting: That’s an easy one. Just lay down on the floor, belly up, in your most ‘pathetic’ stance and give them “The Look”.

More Guidelines to follow in the coming weeks!

Why Do(n't) Humans Do That?

What they do: make artificial rain and stand under it.

What they don’t do on the other hand: roll around in dirt…

The behavior of ‘taking a shower’ as it is called in human, probably has to do with their flawed outer integument. They do not have body hair (Except for a few small patches. And a few very hairy individuals.), and are covered with sweat glands. At what point they decided to switch from grooming (which their close relatives, the primates still do) to showering we might never know. Vases and murals show that showering was already practiced during the times of the Greeks and Egyptians.