Althouse: Cats are for..

April 30, 2013

Cats are for..

... artists.

21 comments:

bagoh20 said...: Yea, but Hitler liked dogs, and who is more famous today, him or your pansy pussy lovers?; 4/30/13, 9:58 AM
Palladian said...: Eww. I dislike cats.

Warhol doesn't count, he was a dog person (dachshunds). Picasso had dogs. Gertrude Stein had dogs. Arthur Schopenhauer had a poodle named Butz...; 4/30/13, 10:00 AM
Robert Cook said...: I grew up with dogs and was never partial to cats. However, 18 months ago I became the caretaker of a cat for a friend whose changing residential circumstances prohibited her from keeping her cat and I am definitely a convert! I won't say I've renounced my liking for dogs, but I've gained a new appreciation and definitely a love for cats. Such funny, smart, quizzical animals!; 4/30/13, 10:06 AM
BarrySanders20 said...: Pictures of pussies being stroked have always captured interest.; 4/30/13, 10:07 AM
Nonapod said...: "Meow, I'm gonna have to give you a ticket on this one. No buts meow. It's the law."; 4/30/13, 10:09 AM
traditionalguy said...: I think one also wrote a musical. Damned talented animals.; 4/30/13, 10:13 AM
Widmerpool said...: You still see the occasional cat at the Edward Gorey House in Yarmouth Port.

Ombledroom; 4/30/13, 10:19 AM
Icepick said...: And no mention of Hemingway!; 4/30/13, 10:22 AM
Icepick said...: And no mention of Hemingway!; 4/30/13, 10:22 AM
Shanna said...: Salvador Dalí with his pet ocelot, Babou.

Ha! I didn't realize the ocelot name on Archer was a reference to this.

I always wanted an ocelot when I was a kid.; 4/30/13, 10:25 AM
traditionalguy said...: The Algonquin Hotel that had the famous Round Table also had a famous fluffy white lobby cat (or descendant) that strolled around the lobby that opens on the restaurant area.

So guess who decided to end that 90 year tradition so he could save the health of the world from a cat? Bloomberg, the nasty idiot, did.; 4/30/13, 10:26 AM
lemondog said...: Hemingway had lots of cats

Love dogs.

Love cats.; 4/30/13, 10:27 AM
Shanna said...: And no mention of Hemingway!

Were they only dealing with visual artists, though? Maybe that's why they excluded him.; 4/30/13, 10:28 AM
Christy said...: I'm a cat person now living with a joyous beagle and a loving chow mix.
I prefer people and critters who don't need my attention.; 4/30/13, 10:29 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: I'd like to see a photograph of this cat's human.; 4/30/13, 11:00 AM
edutcher said...: Cats are like women.

bagoh20 said...

Yea, but Hitler liked dogs, and who is more famous today, him or your pansy pussy lovers?

He also like big blondes.

My favorite Today in Military History every year.

4/29 1945 Adolf Hitler makes an honest woman of Eva Braun; 4/30/13, 11:10 AM
Sam L. said...: But more for photographers of cats for LOLCaqts.; 4/30/13, 12:14 PM
ampersand said...: I was watching an old Amos and Andy Episode. Sapphire buys a new dining room set explaining she wants to entertain a higher class of guests.
Kingfish schemes to pay for it by selling his friends meal tickets at his home, He introduces them deceitfully but never lying
about their occupations. Sapphire asks "So my husband tells me you are a painter. What Do You Paint?" The man answers "Kitchens".
Kingfish jumps in and say 'Dem's dem little cats'; 4/30/13, 3:24 PM
Deb said...: Such fancy names. I give my animals plain human names. Like Leonard and Stella. Cats are uppity enough.; 4/30/13, 5:07 PM
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Bill said...: "Dogs are family;
cats have staff."; 4/30/13, 5:44 PM