The Scamperbeasts
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Sugar, Spice, Smudge and Saja, and occasionally guest animals and humans.
When you have a super cool secret hangout but then your STUPID YOUNGER BROTHER finds it and RUINS IT FOREVER
about 23 hours ago
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"Santa WAS HERE?!?!"
3 days ago
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Sometimes they just pose. For no reason!
7 days ago
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"Yes, the human was sitting in this seat mere seconds before I claimed it, if he wanted to keep it, he should have stayed in it."
11 days ago
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It's over, Saja! Smudge has the high ground!
14 days ago
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Saja thought he would surprise a snoozing Spice with a friendly pounce. It did not go as he expected. (PS: They are both fine now)
17 days ago
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Sugar wishes to know whomst has disturbed her slumber (it was Saja)
21 days ago
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Saja denies he is a real chaos demon and lies in wait to ambush all those who would say otherwise
28 days ago
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This just in: for the first time, Saja has discovered the catnip toys.
about 1 month ago
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Have you ever seen a kitten more embarrassed to be seen with his human, no, no you have not
about 1 month ago
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"Damn it, she KNOWS the top bunk is mine! This aggression will not stand, man!"
about 1 month ago
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THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER
about 2 months ago
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"When I woke this up this afternoon I could tell that a couple of very important things of mine were missing. And when I find out who took them... I SHALL HAVE MY VENGEANCE." (Get your pets fixed, folks)
about 2 months ago
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Happy Gotcha Day to Sugar and Spice, who were adopted ten years ago today. Their human gives an appreciation of them (complete with video of the two of them tusslin' as kittens) on his personal site:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/01/a...
about 2 months ago
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NEWS FLASH: We have achieved the rare and coveted Cat Tree Triple Decker
about 2 months ago
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Saja in the morning glow.
2 months ago
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Give us this day our daily mlem
2 months ago
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"Only this thin plane of glass keeps you from being smacked SO HARD"
2 months ago
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Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf
3 months ago
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Spice wishes to inform you that she has chosen this yarn octopus as her new favorite toy. Please alert the media.
3 months ago
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Saja discovers that the wide-angle lens is not the best one for portraits
3 months ago
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Saja contemplates birds, Smudge contemplates murder
3 months ago
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"Oh, the human is back, let me yawn in an aggressively unconcerned manner to show my lack of interest."
3 months ago
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Mere seconds before what is now known as The Great Kitten Smackenation (The kitten is fine) (Sugar is annoyed but also fine)
4 months ago
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Is Spice judging you? Yes. Did you do something for which you deserve to be judged? Oh, probably.
4 months ago
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Shenanigans? Shenanigans!
4 months ago
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Update: The newest Scamperbeast has an official name. Meet Saja!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/02/s...
4 months ago
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There's important and exciting news today: There's a new official Scamperbeast in the world!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/01/k...
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Kitten Update: All Hail the Fuzz Butt
So, we kept the black kitten. I want to stress this was not the plan all along. I did in fact have a new home scheduled for this kitten, but then, more or less at the last minute, the people at theβ¦
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/09/01/kitten-update-all-hail-the-fuzz-butt/
4 months ago
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Step One of Smudge's master plan to eat all the treats was accomplished: He had infiltrated the pantry. However, Step Two - grow opposable thumbs - was taking longer than anticipated.
4 months ago
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The foster kittens know how to pose.
4 months ago
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THIS JUST IN: The calico foster kitten says hello
4 months ago
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The humans are fostering a trio of kittens, which makes them Temporary Scamperbeasts. Here they are. More details about them (and also how you could adopt one!) here:
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/21/p...
4 months ago
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Smudge has questions.
4 months ago
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Spice acknowledges the return of the human after a trip without feeling the need to be impressed by the fact.
5 months ago
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"Whatever happened, we were here the entire time, both of us, you can't prove otherwise, so there."
5 months ago
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Smudge, plotting the Great Fish Stick Heist of 2025
5 months ago
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Smudge caught in the middle of a head shake
5 months ago
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Sugar and Spice don't normally deign to sit on the same bed at the same time, but they're both waiting for Charlie the dog to enter the room to commence... shenanigans.
5 months ago
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The Scamperbeasts just reached 30k followers on Bluesky. To celebrate, here's a picture of Smudge seven years ago, when he showed up in the yard demanding to be taken in. Also, the Scamperbeasts have donated to the Miami County Animal Shelter. Thanks for following!
www.co.miami.oh.us/799/Donations
6 months ago
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"Did I give you permission to make the bed? No. Did you look to see if I was on the bed before you made it? Also no. Will my wrath concerning this error be biblical in its proportions? Oh, my, yes."
6 months ago
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"No harm shall come to your ankles when you reach the top of the stairs, I swear it."
6 months ago
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Not so much a "blep" as a "bleh"
6 months ago
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This absolutely adorable ScamperPal is named Hamish and he was at the Big Ohio Book Con today, promoting literacy and fuzziness in equal measures
6 months ago
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Sugar doesn't understand why any human would ever want to do anything but be her squishy mattress
6 months ago
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Venetian cats really are world-class loungers
6 months ago
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Today's Scamperguest comes to us from the Italian island of Burano. This cat is a master of Adriatic loafing.
6 months ago
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IMPORTANT NEWS: All mlems are bleps but not every blep is a mlem. Here we see a blep gracefully and dare we say triumphantly transitioning into a mlem. Truly a beautiful moment, captured for posterity. We are lucky to be here for this spectacular moment in time.
7 months ago
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"So I snuck out of the house, was gone for five days and you were worried sick about me? Well, that's a 'you' problem, now, isn't it?"
7 months ago
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Smudge has already had enough of Monday, thank you.
7 months ago
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"I absolutely am NOT lurking underneath the bathroom storage shelves to attack your ankles as you pass by, and frankly, I am offended that you would even suggest such a thing."
7 months ago
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