Remember me?

Hi blog fans! I have been a Very Very Bad Famous Blogging Library Cat. I think everybody's probably forgotten about me. My July 7 Resolution is to become (once again) a Very Good Famous Blogging Library Cat.

I want you to know that I have been a super big help to the Library Staff here in Thorntown. If you will recall, my Staff found me "playing with" (their words) a wasp several Saturdays ago. They found out it was a wasp and smacked it and killed it because wasps have stingers and they didn't want me to get hurt. (I was glad they did this after my faithful Followers informed me that getting stung really is a pretty Bad Idea.)

Wasps keep getting into my Library, though, and the Staff and customers don't like them one bit. So I help find them. Humans aren't sensitive to the sounds of bug wings, so I tune in and meow and stare in the general direction of the bug that needs swatting. I also twitch my tail. Then my nearest helper kills it! (The bug, not my tail.) Then, if I'm quick, I eat it! This is wonderful--better than those canned treats they give me all the time (although I love, love, love those, too).


Here is a picture of me. I hope its cuteness makes up for the fact that I have not been a good Blogger or Blog-reader. These humans seem to think that I have other More Important things to do (like finding all the wasps and shelving DVDs and warming seats and such).

He of the ever-lengthening job description,

Tober

Happy International Box Day!

Hi Everyone,

I had plans for a super-spectacular International Box Day picture. . . but this is what you get:


There are books in the box, if that makes anyone super-excited. (It's like Christmas every day for book-lovers who work here!)

Hope your Box Days were filled with. . . Boxes!

Tober

Library Security--Earning My Keep!

Saturday was a fantabulous day at the Library! I began with a nice roll on the floor, which earned me tummy rubbings and exclamations of admiration about my fuzzy yet mancatly belly.


Before we opened I decided to help a little bit with the shelving:


Then, right at closing time, I found an Intruder in the Library. My Assistant Assistant Bosses came to witness the Battle. I found a bug in the window of my Library, and I will not stand for that. Bugs do not belong in Libraries! So I jumped into the window to attack:


Christine and Chris were Very Impressed that I got into the window all by myself. I don't know why they were Impressed. I am a cat, and that is what cats do.

Anyway, I got the evil intruding bug in the corner of the window, and I was really giving him a rough time:


I was winning the fight, and had gotten him between my paws and teeth a few times when AABs Chris and Christine started getting really excited.


They started yelling about "wasps" and "stingers" and started moving furniture around. Then Chris did a really Bad Thing. She climbed up on a chair, took off her shoe, and smashed my opponent.

I was WINNING, and she took my fun away!

Apparently some ladies are afraid of things with stingers. AAB Christine confessed that she normally RUNS AWAY when she sees a stinger-bug. I will have to coach her on bug-hunting in the near future, because I obviously cannot be awake every time a stinger-bug invades my Library.

Chris, on the other hand, is Very Brave. . . even though she could have left the killing of the bug in my capable paws.

After AAB Christine smooshed her hands all over my face and nose and feet (she thought I might have been wounded in action) I received treats and tummy-rubs.

Tober, Defender of Library Windows & Staff

My business cards.

Below are my two current business cards.

Card #1:


Card #2:


Which one do you like better? I like #2 because I look much Taller, but I think #1 has a snazzier layout.

I will make my Assistant do it again until she gets it right.

Tall AND snazzy,

Tober

A letter to my V-e-t.

Dear Dr. Jon and Dr. Dave,

First of all, thank you Dr. Jon for telling my toenails to grow back. I am happy to report that my left toenails are almost as long as my right toenails, and they are very useful when I romp through the stacks in the mornings.

I would also like to let you know that you do not have to look in my ears when I visit you in the future. My Photographer has gotten annoyingly close when she takes pictures, and she has several pictures of my ears. This is one of several:


Above you can see that my right ear is very clean, and you don't need to poke anything in it when we next meet.

My feet also look very nice and healthy, so you don't need to touch those, either:


Please disregard that teensy piece of litter in my foot; I cleaned it immediately after this picture was taken.

My staff can vouch for me that I have no strange bumps, lumps, or lacerations anywhere on me. I use the box regularly, eat plenty, and am alert and inquisitive when I'm not busy napping.

Karen has duped me into eating teeth-cleaning treats, and I keep my teeth nice and strong by chewing on cords, paper, bows, and plants, so you don't need to look in my mouth.

I keep myself very clean, so there are other places you do not need to look. Pictures can be provided upon request. . . but I will not post them here.

So you see, when I visit for my annual exam, we can dispense with the formalities! I can gaze out your window for a few minutes, you can pat me on the head and rub my tummy, and I can be on my way!

Your fine specimen of Cathood,

Tober

PS--We don't need a weigh-in either. This isn't The Biggest Loser.