<<What do you mean exactly by ‘it’s time to get your toenails trimmed?’>>
<<Don’t make me hurt you human, because I will! Why do you think I keep my claws so long and sharp?>>
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In the spirit of “flattening the curve,” Pepe demonstrates the technique of self-isolation early in the morning.
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The cats have a cute toy that looks like a tiny chinchilla. A few weeks ago the human spied the chinchilla balanced precariously between a bottle of filtered water waiting to be carried upstairs and the stair railing. It would have taken incredible skill to toss the toy up in the air and have it land (and stay) there deliberately, so the two-legged figures this was an unintended consequence of a night of frivolity while the human slept. Still, it made for an interesting discovery.
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Anyone know what the proper social distancing is for cats? They’re much smaller than humans, so presumably it’s way less than 6 feet/1.8 meters. Still, one does think that this is probably too close.
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Turns out that Ms. Mac may have been justifiably offended when the human accused her of tossing water out of the bowl and flooding floors on several levels of the house the past few weeks. It’s not that the human hasn’t caught her red-handed with her paws in the water bowl. However, she’s apparently been busy training understudies. Now, Fireball and Corky are also drinking oddly out of the bowls and tossing water around. In fact, splashing water out onto the floor has become Corky’s go-to form of throwing a tantrum. He’s come to understand that the human merely laughs when he stands up behind the curtains and pummels them. Hence, he’s adopted one of Mac’s more annoying behaviors to get the human to respond to whatever it is that he wants in the moment. How the human is going to respond to this situation is a matter of great discussion at the moment.
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The silly human was walking through the living room when the edge of her foot stepped on a piece of rug that didn’t feel “right.” Upon closer inspection, the human noticed that the edge of the rug was slightly elevated. That usually means only one thing: one of the cats has lifted the corner of the rug and tossed a toy underneath, then either forgotten to remove it or grown bored and left it there. 
Sure enough, upon lifting the edge of the rug, the human spied a little toy mouse. 
How nice to find a kitty gift so early in the day.
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Five years ago today, brothers Corky and Pepe came to live with the trio. Those first few weeks were pretty awful for everyone concerned, but the human is so glad to have the duo here. They are a constant source of entertainment for two-leggeds and four-leggeds alike.
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One of the feral kitties the human feeds outside has figured out how to jump up on the outside window ledge and look into the kitchen. Last week, she did this when Macaroni was sitting on the boot bench looking out, and Mac just about tore the glass out of the window frame trying to get at the interloper. The outdoor visitor also hopped up when Pepe was on the bench, and received a better welcome. Pepe just stared at her through the window.
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The human was trying to read a book. Pepe decided to help. He climbed onto the human and laid across the book. The human couldn’t budge the book. So much for a little reading before bed.
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The Merkitty has been very busy flooding the water bowls upstairs and down — not just once or twice but three times a day. The human simply can’t get the microfiber dish-drying mats under the water bowls dried fast enough to keep up, so has had to go out and purchase more of them. Still, the splash, splash, splash of little black & white paws continues. When the human catches the Merkitty doing this and scolds her, asking her to stop, the 2-legged gets a glare from the 4-legged, and the Merkitty gets the hairy eyeball from the lower life form. In fact, there was an epic stare down in the hallway on Saturday evening. That led to two days of the Merkitty boycotting the “kitty nest” (the human’s bed) and sleeping elsewhere. However, something has shifted and the new mats aren’t nearly as wet when the human has checked them. Even better, Miss Macaroni has returned to the communal sleeping area and even curled up with the evil human this morning. Does this indicate that detente is near? <<Don’t worry, we aren’t really parting with the Girly Girl. She keeps life way too interesting.>>
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Living with Carnivores 