DECEMBER 10, 2007

The good news? Kitten went to the vet and got a clean bill of health so she no longer has to be quarantined in our spare bedroom and now has free run of the apartment and kitten is turning out to be one incredibly sweet, funny, and lovable cat who keeps a smile plastered across our faces 24 hours a day.

The bad news? Kitten has quickly developed an obsessive love affair with our computers and spends her time sleeping and playing on our laptops, which is a concern in that she's managed to launch applications, rename files, and open preferences on my MacBook.

When I told Ross about that, he just laughed and told me kitten wouldn't be able to do too much harm, but then kitten managed to open several hundred emails in my mail program and address them to "nnmmmm" (click the image to the left to see the damage) at which point we knew we had to do something about kitten's computer fetish in order to prevent her from becoming an accidental spammer. Because that would be difficult to explain to our ISP. "No, really, we didn't send out all those penis enlargement emails, our cat did!"

We thought we were going to have to password protect our computers in order to stop kitten from wreaking havoc, but then Ross found a nifty program called Catnip that locks your keyboard when it detects "cat-like typing" and stops your cat from being able to rename files and other such nefarious hacker cat antics. Ross installed the program and, so far, it works great. Unfortunately, it looks like the program is only available for Macs, so it's not an option for PCs, but if you have a Mac and a Mac loving cat you may want to check Catnip out.

listening: depeche mode . reading: --

walk: 20 minutes . weight lost: 10.0 pounds

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