Replicant: I'm very sorry to here that you lost your kitty. We used to lose dogs and cats all the time when I was a kid in the Oregon mountains. I never let myself get close to them. I have never really LOVED a pet until we got Sabastian. He adopted me. I can now understand your loss. We resqued Sabastian from an animal shelter. I came around the corner and there he was bangin his tin cup against the bars. Meowin and purrin like a 429 big block. He was awsome! The lady at the shelter said he had been there for 3 months. Normally they don't keep them that long but they really liked "the king" so they kept him around hoping that someone would take him. She told us "he is blind in one eye and has a big cyst on his neck". She also told us that it is very hard to find a home for black cats. The whole "black cat bad luck" thing. I said "really"? "That's interesting". "We'll take him". We are glad we did. I love the things they do such as giving you a head but if you aren't giving enough attention to him. He plops all 16 lbs on top of us while we lay on the couch and watch a movie. He grooms me and my wifes hair. He will sit there for 20 or 30 minutes licking my hair all over. It actually messages your scalp and promotes hair growth. :) Anyway... He is awsome and I'm glad we resqued a kitty from the gas chamber (so to speak)