We should have a cat blog. Am I right?

From Paper Cuts, the best thing I’ve read all day: an excerpt from Philip K Dick’s YA fiction novel, Nick and the Glimmung.

Nick knew exactly why his family intended to leave Earth and go to another planet, a colony world, and settle there. It had to do with him and his cat, Horace. Owning animals of any kind had, since the year 1992, become illegal. Horace, in fact, was illegal, whether anyone owned him or not.

For two months now, Nick had owned Horace, but he had managed to keep Horace inside the apartment, out of sight. One morning, however, Horace climbed through an open window; he scampered and played out in the back yard which all the apartment-owners in the building shared. Someone, a neighbor perhaps, noticed Horace and called the anti-pet man.

“I told you what would happen if Horace ever got out,” Nick’s dad said…

That’s so scary! Especially since my own cat hasn’t been home for 3 days. I hope no one called the anti-pet man. (If anyone runs across an extremely handsome and charming tabby cat who answers to “Queequeg,” you know where to find me.) Thanks to Erik for the link, and for an excuse to FINALLY blog a picture of my cat.