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Monday, October 29, 2007

Books Farewell Fup

Posted by Chas Bowie on Mon, Oct 29 at 10:45 AM

Fup, the feline-in-residence at Powell’s Technical Books died this weekend at the fantastic old age of 19. This would be an appropriate time to bust out this t-shirt. (This one would also do quite nicely.)

In her youth, Fup would sometimes climb ladders and hide at the top of book fixtures to look down upon the humans in her domain. Over the years, Fup acquired a well-earned reputation for biting employees who intruded on her time for more than about 30 seconds. However, she would always be sitting in front of the office to greet whoever came to open the store in the morning, demanding her serving of canned food for breakfast. She was more patient with visitors; Fup played the celebrity game well. She received many gifts and cards and emails from fans, which she appreciated.

Read the whole obit here.

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Oh, shoot.

I'm going to have to tell my The Wife™, and she's gonna cry.

19 years is a hell of a run for a kitty, and 19's an auspicious number too. Fup left a good mark in the world.

Posted by Samuel John Klein | October 29, 2007 11:00 AM

Godspeed, Fup!

Posted by Mike Williams | October 29, 2007 11:06 AM

19 is remarkable. My longest lived cat made 18. Hate to think about my current best friend coming up on 16.

Posted by Dave Lister | October 29, 2007 1:52 PM

Aww. I remember petting Fup a ton when I was younger, but she seemed to do little more than hide the last few years. I always loved peeking around the corner to see her sleeping in her bed. But! About a year ago I actually found her just outside the door and picked her up for about 30 seconds. It was the first time I'd touched her in years, but it made me so happy and I took pictures.

Yay, Fup! Bye, Fup!

Posted by no one in particular | October 29, 2007 1:56 PM

We were lucky enough to meet Fup on our trip to Portland last year. We took a video, just outside her office in back, and several pictures, and the links to these are below. We offer these as a tribute to her.

Fup was a legendary great bookstore cat, and we will never forget her!

Video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zW62Q0m8uQ

Pictures are here:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/12445908@N04/nEtgY9

Posted by Karen Hagglund | November 3, 2007 9:28 AM

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