"What do you mean, 'why can't I lay in the cat bed like a normal person'? This IS normal!"

You need a little scrunge in your life

"Why are we lurking under the kitchen table just before dinner? Why, no reason. No reason at all."

"You typed WHAT"

"I have notes about your most recent portrait of me"

Saja has been introduced to the concept of rain and is not sure he is a fan of it

Smudge in his Fortress of Solitude, ie, a laundry basket with a blanket over it.

"Don't speak to me or my son ever again"

Mischief considered, and then, reconsidered

The human is being informed that, contrary to its own opinion, it is not yet time for it to stop being a cat couch

Smudge, a perfectly normal cat who is absolutely not here to consume your soul

Remember that when you look into the abyss the abyss looks back into you

"You were away for a week, human. This is simply unacceptable."

THE MIGHTY HUNTER LEAPS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS PREY TO DRAG IT DOWN INTO OBLIVION

"Bird? Bird."

THE GUARDIAN OF THE STAIRS DEMANDS TRIBUTE BUTT SCRITCHINGS WILL DO

Saja confronts his greatest opponent yet: The blanket-covered foot!

POV: Soon-to-be-expired mouse

THE TUSSLE IS REAL

This just in: LOAF

"I SAW A BIRD"

Smudge shows off his mastery of the splooting form

"Stop typing, human. It is time to be my couch."

The human may have turned on Bird TV for Saja

"Everyone knows that eating boot laces provides your body essential fibers and aglets"

Today in "We Are Absolutely NOT Plotting Something Nefarious, Move Along, Human"

Just before the chaos

"'Insouciant'? I don't even know what that word means! No, seriously, I'm a cat and also I've only been alive less than a year, so many of your human words are beyond me, can you tell me what it means, please"

Sugar is here to provide the most annoyed of mlems

Smudge has doubts about whatever the hell it is you are about to do

Saja has spotted the birds in the bushes outside and wants to go hug them with his teeth

When you dare the dog to show up in the human's bedroom for an ass-kicking, and she shows up

Smudge wishes you a happy 2026 and also wants you to cover him with that comforter you're about to put on the bed because he likes him a cozy enclosed space

When you have a super cool secret hangout but then your STUPID YOUNGER BROTHER finds it and RUINS IT FOREVER

"Santa WAS HERE?!?!"

Sometimes they just pose. For no reason!

"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."

It's over, Saja! Smudge has the high ground!

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)

Sugar wishes to know whomst has disturbed her slumber (it was Saja)

Saja denies he is a real chaos demon and lies in wait to ambush all those who would say otherwise

This just in: for the first time, Saja has discovered the catnip toys.

Have you ever seen a kitten more embarrassed to be seen with his human, no, no you have not

"Damn it, she KNOWS the top bunk is mine! This aggression will not stand, man!"

THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE OF BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER

"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)

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...

NEWS FLASH: We have achieved the rare and coveted Cat Tree Triple Decker

Saja in the morning glow.

Give us this day our daily mlem