As anyone who has a cat will know, you can get infinitely more “cat enjoyment” mileage out of the free stuff (milk-jug cap-rings, empty boxes, etc.) than you can from the high-priced “cat toys”.
G’Kar, the younger of my two cats, has been in cat heaven for the last week or so. I’m in the process of building out the new colo facility for The Pit. That means there’s literally dozens of empty boxes all over my apartment — server boxes, switch boxes, cable boxes, you name it, it came in a box and I’ve got the empty box somewhere in my living room or dining room area, while I prep the hardware that came in it.
Which, of course, gives the cats lots of places to hide from one another and pounce on each other as they go by.
They’re going to be disappointed the beginning of next week when it all starts vanishing…
Posted by: dballing | September 25, 2003
Cat Heaven
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Until they guilt you into keeping some. I still have an old computer box sitting in the corner of my office for the explicit reason that cats love playing on it and sharpening their claws on it (and not on the couch, but that’s a different issue). When it gets too ratty (ie: is no longer recognizable as a box-shaped-thing) then it’ll be replaced, or another will rise up and take it’s place.
By: Arcterex on September 25, 2003
at 4:42 pm
Gotta love the wonderful stinging sensation you get when you put your fingers through the handle holes on an old computer or monitor box that one of the cats has claimed as his temporary kingdom — and attacks your hand.
By: Lucas Thompson on September 25, 2003
at 5:04 pm
Somehow I cannot imagine that one cat of yours pouncing.. does that feel like an earthquake
By: kasia on September 25, 2003
at 6:24 pm
Or if one of the cats pisses you off, you could sneak up to it while it’s in the box with a roll of tape and ship it to Uzbekistan.
By: Brian on September 25, 2003
at 11:58 pm