Cats are such amusing little creatures. Whenever we have a thunderstorm our two freak out and demand to be let outside. Of course, if we give in and let them out, as soon as they discover that it is even noisier outside, they desperately want back in. The really funny thing is that they never learn from this experience. Once inside again, after running around the house for a few minutes trying to find a quiet, non-scary place to hide, they go back to the door and beg to get out again. This provides us with entertainment during those times when the power is out or the weather interferes with our satellite connections.

March 20th, 2012 - 4:20 pm
The dogs don’t try to get outside during a storm. They seem to remember what is our there.
March 21st, 2012 - 8:24 am
The indecisiveness of cats is legendary. There was an adage about them to the effect that a cat likes fish, but doesn’t like to get its paws wet, so wavers on the river bank “Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’. _Macbeth_, Act I, Scene 7:
Letting ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would,’
Like the poor cat i’ the adage?
This weighing of options is a sign of high intelligence, along with sleeping through most of the March of Time.