You’ve met Intern Steve, and Intern Steve 2.0, and Blowfuzzy von Sassy, and we mustn’t leave out Bitsy the editing orc: now it’s time to meet the real masterminds who keep the staff on their toes earning kibble and gushy fud!
Lightly-Toasted Marshmallow, Toast for short, keeps designer and editor Cedar Sanderson occupied with re-shelving books. As you can see, she’s all about quality control in the library.
Henry is the Most Interesting Cat in the World, or at least HE thinks so. He’s the companion of Production Manager Jonna Hayden, and is a published author in his own right. His “So Sez Henry” series is on Amazon. Full of his deep thoughts. (They’re blank journals).
Amelia Pond, also known as “Skittish Kitty” has no concept of personal space, but she enjoys assisting Laura Begley in her copy editing duties. She’s a very paws-on kitty.
Inky Underfoot is another of copy editor Laura’s hoard of felines. He will gladly work for cheese sandwiches. If you tell him to “ask nice” he will stand up on his hind paws. Such a good boy!
This happy fellow is Bandit, sometimes called Bandito or Frito Bandito, Look at that amazing smile! He loves playing with his stick toys and his Bun-Bun. He’s the youngest and most noir of Laura’s cats, at two years old.
Last but not least is Rocket Pepper, PhD (Dr. Pepper). Despite being on the fireplace mantle - where he shouldn’t be - he is happiest when he is in Laura’s lap, enjoying lots of petting during his copious cat naps.
At Mike’s house, Calvin is the resident attack hugger. This is his general posture after having spent the night walking up and down the length and breadth of his humans.
Despite Mike’s insistence he could care less about the damn animals, they have all decided he is the sun and remain in his orbit. In the foreground is a guest kitten found abandoned in a barn. She was dubbed “Little Butt-butt.” Somehow this name did not stick with her new owners. In the background is Bubbles, a literal shit-bird.
Meet Linus, the owner of copy editor Lisa D. Moore. He has scaled/defeated roofs, refrigerators, dishwashers, attics, trees, book cases, and more. He lives to save humans from clean clothes, donating his grey fur vigorously, and defend them from laser pointers. He makes phone calls regularly and also answers to “Meow Meow.”
If moggies are your thing, check out what malfeasance they can get up to in space and beyond!
Noticed a copy error. The article has, "He’s the companion of Production Manager Jonna Hayden," "companion" needs to be struck and "supreme feline overlord" inserted.
Cats offer reciprocally healthy relationships — many owners describe them as somewhat symbiotic — particularly for those suffering physical and/or mental illness. It’s the pet's many qualities, especially its non-humanly innocence, that makes losing it someday such a heartbreaking experience.
Yet, human apathy, the throwaway mentality/culture and even a bit of public hostility toward them typically result in population explosions thus their inevitable neglect and suffering, including severe illness and starvation. With the mindset of feline disposability, it might be: ‘Oh, there’s a lot more whence they came’.
It’s likely that only when their over-populations are greatly reduced in number through consistent publicly-funded spay/neuter programs, might these beautiful animals’ potentially soothing, even therapeutic, presence be truly appreciated rather than taken for granted or even resented. Until then, cats likely will remain beautiful yet often misunderstood, prejudged and unjustly despised animals.
Also, many people cannot relate to cat owners finding preciousness and other qualities in their beloved pets, including a non-humanly innocence, that make losing them someday such a horrible heartbreak. Even when the innocent animal has been made to greatly suffer needlessly, perhaps before finally being murdered, many people will instead think and maybe mutter, ‘It was just a cat’.
And many non-cat-fans don't care for the innate resistance by cats to heeling at their masters’ command. And their reptile-like vertical-slit pupils and Hollywood-cliché fanged hiss when confronted, in a world mostly hostile toward snakes, cause cats to have a seemingly permanent PR problem, despite their Internet adorable-pet dominance.
Noticed a copy error. The article has, "He’s the companion of Production Manager Jonna Hayden," "companion" needs to be struck and "supreme feline overlord" inserted.
Cats offer reciprocally healthy relationships — many owners describe them as somewhat symbiotic — particularly for those suffering physical and/or mental illness. It’s the pet's many qualities, especially its non-humanly innocence, that makes losing it someday such a heartbreaking experience.
Yet, human apathy, the throwaway mentality/culture and even a bit of public hostility toward them typically result in population explosions thus their inevitable neglect and suffering, including severe illness and starvation. With the mindset of feline disposability, it might be: ‘Oh, there’s a lot more whence they came’.
It’s likely that only when their over-populations are greatly reduced in number through consistent publicly-funded spay/neuter programs, might these beautiful animals’ potentially soothing, even therapeutic, presence be truly appreciated rather than taken for granted or even resented. Until then, cats likely will remain beautiful yet often misunderstood, prejudged and unjustly despised animals.
Also, many people cannot relate to cat owners finding preciousness and other qualities in their beloved pets, including a non-humanly innocence, that make losing them someday such a horrible heartbreak. Even when the innocent animal has been made to greatly suffer needlessly, perhaps before finally being murdered, many people will instead think and maybe mutter, ‘It was just a cat’.
And many non-cat-fans don't care for the innate resistance by cats to heeling at their masters’ command. And their reptile-like vertical-slit pupils and Hollywood-cliché fanged hiss when confronted, in a world mostly hostile toward snakes, cause cats to have a seemingly permanent PR problem, despite their Internet adorable-pet dominance.