My Friend's Cute Cat Video Campaign For ModKo

My friend and filmmaker/colleague Gregory Kennedy has produced a fun cat video for the Internets. It's a promo for Modko, a company that has designed a very mod looking kitty litter box. But as smart as the box looks, the cats in this video (two of which I've "cat-sit" for before) are just adorable.  And there are more where this came from at the Modko website, where each cat type gets it's own video. My personal favorite? The Teenager! That cat (whose real name is Burt) has opened a few doors on my watch too. He is sexy, surly, and crafty....and very well-named.

Cat Travels From Colorado To New York City

This story hit the wires yesterday about a cat who somehow made it from Colorado to New York after having gone missing in 2006.  However, there was a curious lack of explanation or even speculation how this cute cat pulled this off. Today, the veritable NY Times has some cat travel experts (?!) discussing the how's and maybe the why's of this kitty's cross-country trip.  

In true Times fashion, the story has some amazing little facts;  did you know that 1,715 Coloradans move to NYC every year?  More importantly who the hell is keeping track of these sort of things? Apparently, that is the leading theory about the cat's remarkable trip, that someone in her home state found here and then moved with the cat to New York where she got loose again to be found on East 20th Street.

Anyway, what truly tickled me about this story is the TIMES' photo treatment of the cat as the atypical New York-dreamer, thinking about a new life in the Big Apple and then actually having the gumption to make the trek to get there, hell or high water. (In this case, a tough crossing of the Mississippi River seems to rule out an actual cross-country journey on its own four feet).  No matter what the real story, which we'll probably never find out, this whole yarn would make a pretty good Disney movie, in the old-fashioned animation style of course.  Throw in a couple yearning songs about living the calico dream in Manhattan and I think you've got a blockbuster.

$#!@?* Profane Animals

I recently posted about the LOLcats website/phenomenon spawning a new musical, getting it's premiere in NYC this month as part of the Fringe Festival. Well, that website has apparently spawned a newer and somewhat more profane website entitled Fucking Delicious.

Like LOL Cats there are plenty of cute shots of animals doing cute things, though on this site it's always involving eating. However, the captions are filled with expletives and can be hilarious. For example, the photo above is captioned as follows: "Food! … Foooood! … FOOOOOODDDDD!! … Food! … FOOOD! … Come on you fucker let’s get this feeding frenzy fucking started!"

So...if you have fallen out of your chair howling with laughter, you can check it every day for new pics and even submit your own profane animals. If, however, this is all too much for your genteel sensibilities, I would suggest checking out LOLcats partner site...for dogs.