I like both dogs and cats.

Right now, cats fit into my lifestyle better. Dogs make certain demands on your time -- beyond what a cat does.

Of course, on occasion my two cats decide that it's playtime -- like tonight as I was attempting to do some business over the phone in my home office. They've also got a habit of wanting to place themselves right in the middle of whatever it is that I am doing.

This evening , my door kept opening & closing by itself. I can't see the floor past my monitors, so I couldn't quite make out what they were doing. Then one of the cats decided to jump into the trash, and she was promptly pursued by the other cat. This activity resulted in a considerable amount of noise, all while I was attempting to discuss connecting a Micro Motion control loop to a PLC over the phone.

Also, one cat decided that I needed to be paying attention to her: as opposed to doing whatever it was that I was doing. So, she took to bumping me with her head, meowing insistently, and jumping up on the chair next to mine. From there, she wanted to see what I was up to -- so she jumped part way over onto my chair in order to obtain a better vantage point.

Of course, after my extended phone call was over both cats went sound asleep.

They know just what to do: and they know just when to do it.

;)

BTW - things like this usually happen when I'm playing around in Poser, too.

Something To Do At 3:00AM