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    Hi!
    
    Congratulations on the *new additions* !!!!
    
    Whenever I've named my cats, it was always a name that came right to
    mind when I first looked at them. You end up with some rather odd names
    that way, but they're always names that really fit the animals. The
    first two I had were named Gremlin (aka STRIPE) and Punky. It was
    something about the look in Punky's eyes that reminded me of a playful
    little kid, and Gremlin was a grey and black tiger cat that had a head
    just like a gremlin, later when she started to get into anything she
    could, she got the nickname Stripe, after the head gremlin from the
    movie. Now, I've got two other cats, one black and white, markings
    exactly like Sylvester the cat, we call him Taco, just a certain funny
    look that comes over his face, he looks almost Mexican. The other cat
    I've got right now is a little grey tiger cat that was really roly-poly
    as a little kitten, and we call her JellyBean (Beaner for short). They
    are both a bundle of joy. I've got a new addition on its way to me this
    weekend too (a christmas present to myself :)) - - - he's a Maine Coon
    cat kitten (about 6 months old), and I named him Sparky... he's got
    this certain sparkle to his eyes when you look at him... it's hard to
    describe.... other cats I've named have been Midnight (a jet black cat
    that had bright blue eyes as a kitten), and Mushroom (she really was
    the same off-white color of one!)... i also had a dog, purebred Golden
    Retriever, and we had to think of an *original* name to use for his
    papers. It was a long time ago, and since he was such a klutz, we
    called him The Duke Of Hazard (it was when the show was still
    popular)... we call him Duke for short. 
    
    Anyway, sorry to ramble, hope this helps! And good luck with the new
    ones !!!
    
    

    I have some strange names for my babies but they definitely do fit.
    
    The first is White Lightning.  She is all white with a grey streak on
    her head (which has now faded).
    
    The second is DejaVu.  She is a half-Siamese calico kitty.  My daughter
    was taking Latin when I brought the new kitten home and came up with
    the name.  It was either that or Ayla from the Clan of the Cave Bear.
    
    My third is Black Thunder (to go with White Lightning).  She is all
    black and loves to *thunder* down the hallway.
    
    The fourth (and hopefully last) is Storm.  She is a mostly black
    tri-color collie.  I will probably add Cloud to her name as in Storm
    Cloud.
    
    The neighbors really think I am really *strange*.  Whenever my three
    declawed kittys get out, I stand out there in my fluffy red robe
    screaming THUNDER!!!!! LIGHTNING!!!! STORM!!!!!!! oh DEJAVUUUU!!!
    
    Sandi  mom to four WONDERFUL babies
    
    

    re: .0
    Actually, I believe the name you're looking for is not "Jerrico", but
    "Jellicle".  The name comes from a series of poems by T.S. Eliot,
    titled something like "Old Possum's Guide to Cats" or something like that.
    The play "CATS" is loosely based on this book, in that each of the cats
    in the play is a reflection of one of the poems in the book.  It's very
    cute, and was my wife's favorite book when she was a child.  We have a
    copy at home, and, if people are interested, I'll enter one or more of
    the poems (starting with "Jellicle Cats") here...
    
    Todd

    We decided a long time ago that Bumpy-tail is a Jellicle cat.
    
    Somewhere amongst the notes from the past year you will find one
    about nicknames that we all call our cats.  That's certainly
    worth reading if only for the laughs.
      Nancy DC
    

    I think in naming cats, or even dogs, you kinda have to try the
    names out on them for a few days or a week to see if they fit. 
    Or sometimes you can have a bunch of names, and over a period of
    time try calling the cat by the name, and whichever it answers
    to--that's it!
    
    I have three cats in my house:  One is a yellow and white male manx.
    I originally named him Stilgar (from the Dune books) because he
    was kinda wild, but also acted like a king and leader.  But because
    he's a manx, and has BIG back legs, and he sits like a rabbit with
    his front paws up and his ears up.  And because he has so much
    rabbit-soft white fur, he ended up with Mr. Bunny as a name.
    
    My other cat is a slate grey housecat.  I  couldn't think of a name
    for her.  I thought of Pewter, and Rain, and Slate.  But thought
    they were all inappropriate.  I called my mother, described the
    cat, and we came up with Gershwin.  The cat answered to the name,
    and it fits somehow.
    
    I just got a cat for my roommate/boyfriend.  She's all white with
    light green eyes.  He named her Tatiana.  It sorta fits because
    she's very feminine, and the kitty DEFINITELY needed a "winter"
    sounding name.  We were looking for something Russian (Siberian)
    or Nordic.  However, she is a trouble maker, and gets in the trash,
    etc.  So it may change.  we've only had her a week.  I wanted to
    call her Guinevere because of the C,S, N song.  You know the words:
    "Guinevere had green eyes, like yours lady, like yours."  Or Sugarloaf,
    after the group that did "Green Eyed Lady".  Or for some reason
    Emmaline popped in my head (From the song by the group Hot Chocolate).
    But I've also been calling her Squeaky because instead of meowing,
    she squeaks.  So we'll see.
    
    I used to have a cat that was black with brown and white speckles
    all over.  I named her Klondike (after the ice cream bars.)  I had
    a black kitty that was a real witch, er bitch.  I named her Morgan,
    after the legendary sister of King Arthur.
    
    My dog is part Malamute.  Looks like a wolf.  Needed a Siberian
    name.  She is Malasha (a Russian name.)  But because she snorts,
    and always has a runny nose, and pokes you with her nose whenever
    she wants anything, her nickname is Booger.
    
    So have fun naming yours!
    

    
    	Well let's see....Cary had Brandi before he and I met so
    	I don't know where the name came from.  But you must spell
    	it with an "i" and not a "y".  He's very adamant about that! =)
    	She likes to lay on her back with her legs in the air so we
    	call her Brandi_slut-kitty from time to time.  (and she's
    	fixed!!)
    
    	Sasha just looked like a Sasha.  She's a beautiful fluffy
    	Maine Coon/Brown Tabby (I think) and had blue eyes as a baby
    	but have since changed to gold and now green.  Sasha is a
    	"sexy" name and she just thinks she's the "cat's meow"!!
    	She is the "bully" also.  So we call her the b*tch sometimes.
    	Especially when she's terrorizing Chloe.
    
    	Chloe was named by Cary's brother who owned her before 
    	we did.  She's a blue/cream point himalayan and so she
    	needed a dainty feminine name.  And she is very timid
    	so the name fits.  When she's in heat we call her
    	Chloe-horny-kitty.  She's the only one of our females that
    	we haven't fixed.  I'll call her "Momma's pouffy kitty"
    	too sometimes.
    
    	And lastly Duke.  We gave him this name because he was
    	the runt of the litter.  And he is our sick baby but
    	is fighting like h*ll.  So Duke is a strong name...
    	the exact opposite of him physically but mentally
    	and as far as willpower goes, it fits.  His nickname
    	is Stinky.  He has ulcers on the roof of his mouth
    	which gives him bad breath.  Cary calls him "My
    	little guy..or my big guy"
    
    	It's fun!!
    

	 For the most part, all the names for my critters have come from
     the bible.  There were Adam, Eve, Mary, Candy (like Cain, but for a
     girl,  and  these  were  Adam  &  Eve's  kids), Able & Seth Gerbil,
     Abraham,  Sarah, Hagar (renamed Vanessa for the V on her forehead),
     Rachel,  Leah,  and Laban Mouse, and Joshua (guinea) Pig.  Then the
     rodents  all  left  and  I  got the cats.  They were/are Joshua and
     Rebecca (rip) and Hannah.   

	 In the  case of the cats, especially, since you like them to at
     least  respond (even if it's negatively) when you call, you have to
     try  the  name  out  for  a few days to see if it 'fits'.  Josh was
     almost  Tarzan,  or  Huck(leberry Finn) or Tom (Sawyer).  Becky was
     actually  Becky  Thatcher,  but  Rebecca is in the Bible, so it was
     okay.  The problem was Josh.  I wanted something from the bible (so
     scratch Huck & Tarzan) that I would consider calling an elderly cat
     by,  since I plan to keep these guys forever.  The name also had to
     be  easy  to  say/yell,  since  he was always getting into trouble.
     Joshua seemed to stick (things coming tumbling down!).

	 Hannah wasn't  too  hard to name.  I needed something feminine,
     cuz  she was (is) small and dainty.  I have a cousin Elizabeth, and
     another  named  Alexa  Ruth, so Elizabeth and Ruth were out.  Since
     there  had  alredy been a Mary, Eve, and Sarah, those were out too.
     (I  know, Josh is a repeat, but...) There's not too many girl names
     in the bible.  Hannah's original name was Geneva, but she looked at
     me  when  I  called her Hannah, so it stuck.  She didn't look at me
     when  I called her anything else, including Geneva ;^).  (Hannah is
     kind  of  hard to yell with Josh, or shorten, but...her nickname is
     'clinger' or Hannah-kit.)

	 I guess  the gist of this dissertation, is that the name has to
     fit the cat.  If you like the name, thats the first step.  Now does
     that cat like it? Does it suit their personality? Those, to me, are
     the  more  important  things.  Inevitably, your kitties will end up
     with several names, not all of them complementary.

    Well lets see, Monroe and Winston were named for famous people,
    they needed names with a lot of dignity since both came from rather
    unidignified beginnings.  Monroe is really President James Monroe,
    and Winston's full name is Winston Churchill.  Ken named Tilly,
    Chantilly Lace since she is cream and white and very feminine.
    
    Our first Birman was going to be named Joi de Vivre (joy of living
    in french), but on the way to the airport, I discovered in the Birman
    newsletter that someone else had used that name already.  Not wanting
    to copy, I chose another Jouissance, or Joui for short, which is
    actually a french verb for delight.  It fits her well since she
    has been my delight since she arrived.
    
    Our second Birman was quite vocal, and would just talk and talk
    for no reason.  We named her Kyrielle, which is french for rigamarol.
    Then came Kalliste, who was named by his breeder.  I can't remember
    what his name means now, another noter told me once.  Then came
    Lyscentia, which is the greek root of the word liscentious.  Believe
    me, it fits!  Just check out the note about her and Moody and you
    will see.  
    
    I sometimes choose names that seem incongruous.  Like Moody.  He
    is actually Moody Blue, after the group, but we call him Moody.
    Funny thing is that he is the sweetest thing you would ever want
    to meet.  Not the least bit Moody. 
    
    Most of my other Birmans were named by their breeders.  Ken and
    I seem to be following a trend of naming cats after bands, songs,
    words from songs, etc.  We had a Lady Sings the Blues, and a Livin
    In The Wild Wild West this year (called Lady and Westie of course).
    Oh, and Dreamer, AKA Midsummer Night's Dream.
    
    I have a litter right now that are named  Move and Shaker, Motion
    Detector, and Major Aftershock, all for the earthquake.
    
    Jo                            
    

    After losing my first cat of 18 years, he was a Siamese, I knew
    that the next one I would get would have to be completely different
    - So a friend of mine called the SPCA and told a friend who works
    there to bring down all the black kittens he had to this one mobile
    adopt location.  Well, there she was in the back of the top cage,
    shaking each time a car passed, and these huge green eyes were looking
    right at me - they looked like Pippin apples - so she became Pippin.
    She's not completely black anymore and her eyes can change to include
    a yellow cast, but she turned out to be a Pip as well.
    
    Gino, the second one, is Siamese and was a very LARGE kitten.  We
    noticed he had this kind of John Wayne swagger when he walked and
    kind of reminded me of a big hood - We had seen a movie where the
    "heavy" was named Gino - so the big kitten with the swagger became
    GINO THE CAT.
    
    Stitch is our third cat and he was abandoned by his mom - and during
    the night before we discovered this motherless litter, Stitch had
    been attacked, most likely by a tom, so this little guy had this
    cut on his neck which required 3-4 stitches - the sutures looked
    so big on this tiny body - so when I got him for Xmas two years
    ago - Richard decided that he would name this one - and he became
    Stitch.
    
    I guess we really didn't have to think much about names - they just
    happened - I had all kinds of names picked for Pippin but when I
    saw her they really didn't fit.  Sometimes that first encounter
    will automatically bring a name to mind.
    
    Have fun!
    
    Giudi in SF (Pippin, Gino & Stitch Too)

    When I first got Bailey I couldn't figure out what to call her.
    Jo Ann and I went through several names and almost called her
    "Sadie Painted Lady" (she's a blue-cream).  It didn't quite fit
    though.  She was showing alot of the same characteristics of a
    cat Jo Ann had recently placed in a new home; her name was Bailey.  
    Bailey seemed to fit her so well that I named her Bailey's Irish 
    Cream (because of her blue-cream color)...I call her Bailey.
    
    Then, I got Amelia.  I sort of wanted to call her Amanda but a
    woman who showed cats in the same general area I do already had
    a cat named Amanda.  I hadn't had Amelia home very long when she
    started this little game of flying through the house, taking flying
    leaps at the sliding glass doors, tapping them with all four feet
    (sideways..with her feet on the glass and body parallel to floor)
    and running away the opposite direction.  It was shortly after that 
    that she got the name Amelia Earhart.
    
    When I met Carrie, I took one look at her and decided her name was
    Carrie Nation.  I wasn't even planning to keep her.  I was trying
    to find her home.  Dave and I discussed calling her something like
    Bonnie Blue or Lady Blue (she is grey (blue) and white) but nothing
    seemed to fit her like Carrie Nation.  It's a perfect name for her;
    she's a little rabble rouser.
                                                                       
    Jan

                        The Naming of Cats
    			------------------
    
    The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
      It isn't just one of your holiday games;
    You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
    When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
    First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
      Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,
    Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey --
      All of them sensible everyday names.
    There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
      Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
    Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter --
      But all of them sensible everyday names.
    But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
      A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
    Else how can he keep his tail perpendicular,
      Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
    Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
      Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
    Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum --
      Names that never belong to more than one cat.
    But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
      And that is the name that you never will guess;
    The name that no human research can discover --
      But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
    When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
      The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
    His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
      Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
        His ineffable effable
        Effanineffable
    Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
    
    
    				-- T.S. Eliot
    				   reprinted without permission from
    				   "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"

    The Song of the Jellicles
    -------------------------
    
    		Jellicle Cats come out to-night
    		Jellicle Cats come one come all:
    		The Jellicle Moon is shining bright --
    		Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.
    
    Jellicle Cats are black and white,
    Jellicle Cats are rather small;
    Jellicle Cats are merry and bright,
    And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul.
    Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces,
    Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes;
    They like to practise their airs and graces
    And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise.
    
    Jellicle Cats develop slowly,
    Jellicle Cats are not too big;
    Jellicle Cats are roly-poly,
    They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig.
    Until the Jellicle Moon appears
    They make their toilette and take their repose:
    Jellicles wash behind their ears,
    Jellicles dry between their toes.
    
    Jellicle Cats are white and black,
    Jellicle Cats are of moderate size;
    Jellicles jump like a jumping jack,
    Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyes.
    They're quiet enough in the morning hours,
    They're quiet enough in the afternoon,
    Reserving their terpsichorean powers,
    To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.
    
    Jellicle Cats are black and white,
    Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small;
    If it happens to be a stormy night
    They will practise a caper or two in the hall.
    If it happens the sun is shining bright
    You would say they had nothing to do at all:
    They are resting and saving themselves to be right
    For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.
    
    
    				-- T.S. Eliot
    				   reprinted without permission from
    				   "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"

I always find a name that sounds good when hollered.  Wimp names like
Princess and Darling just don't have any punch at high volume.  Honey's
real name is Hamilton Bates Farnsworth, which sounds great screamed.
HoneyBunnyMummy'sLittleBaby doesn't!!

Mary

    Mary,
    
    that's one of the reason's that I have attached "S. Pussycat, Esq"
    to each of my cats' names (or in Argus's case "J. Pussycat, Esq" , where
    J is short for "Junkfood").
    
    Deb

    Boy, Mary, I"m with ya on that note.  If it doesn't work when
    you are screaming, who_ever_the_hell_you_are_cut_it_out, it's
    a name that shouldn't be used!!  For example, Ivan Ivanovich,
    Yurii Andreiveich, Katenka Dolly, Alexander, PASHENKA (Shenka, when
    I haven't got time to say the whole thing because he is really into
    something he REALLY shouldn't be into), NIK_O_LAS (that one yells
    real well), LI_LY (FlatFace), Chow_LEE - boy, some of them are
    really great screamers !!!
    
    Hamilton Bates Farnsworth, the second ? - that's a really GREAT
    name!  I love it!  It's a good thing my windows are closed these
    last 2 weeks - must be the full moon.  The kids have been real
    brats.
    
    E.

    E.T., seems like you and I both say NIK_O_LAS when our Nikki's are
    doing something bad!!  That's my favorite name to yell of all five
    of them.  It's really effective!!  Nik's the most well behaved of
    my crew as a result.
    

    I usually say it the same way, followed by a few choice Greek words
    that I can't repeat in here.
    
    Deb

    Yup!  and boy does he know it! I can make them ALL effective when
    I'm really mad at them.  I hiss at them and they really RUN like
    crazy - then I pick up the C.A.T. - it's all over by this time.
    
    E.

    I know someone else out there has a Pookie (her Royal Highness ?!?!?!).
    How did you choose the name Pookie? I chose it because that is what
    Garfields teddy bear is called. My Pookie is ginger like Garfield, but
    Garfield is a boy and Pookie isn't, and anyway Garfield didn't seem very
    original! Percy (also ginger and a boy) is also not Garfield for Some
    of the same reasons! We just liked the name and it goes well with Pookie.
    
    I think I've rambled a bit here! Sorry!!
    
    
    Lisa, Percy and Pookie.
    

    Most of mine came already rather attached to a name, but I do
    know most of the origins...
    
    1.)  Niniane.  I named Niniane before I even got her.  It is one
         of the names given to the woman who seduced Merlin into teaching
         her his art, and then locked him in a cave for 50 years.
         Evidently I chose well, since Niniane has grown into the
         description quite nicely!  ;-)
    
    2.)  Charm.  Actually, her full name is Third Times Charm. I adopted
         her from a family whose first two cats had gotten killed by
         automobiles rather young.  Charm was their third - hence the
         name.  It worked, Charm is working on nine now and is quite
         content to stay indoors.
    
    3.)  Boogie.  Her registered name is "Ripus" (Rhode Island
         Puss).  She was also called "Lacey" as well as "Boogie".
         But considering the fact that she bops around the house
         with all the grace of a linebacker, we stuck with Boogie.
         She seems to approve.
    
    4.)  Dream.  Registered name "I Have a Dream's Dream". Reserved,
         petite, queen of the house in her own right and her own mind.
         Prefers to answer to her full title.  Gives speeches.
    
    5.)  Mips.  I named.  Stands for "Millions of Interruptions Per
         Second".  Seems very accurate at the moment.  Goes into
         litterbox and occasionally forgets why she went in there.
    
    6.)  Belle.  She reminded me of a little Siamese I met when I
         bought Niniane.  She was the runt of the litter and her
         name was Belle.  They had hand-raised her, and she was
         the tiniest, most affectionate kitten you had ever seen.
         My Belle is also tiny, and very very affectionate.  I walk into
         the room and she starts purring.  

    I sometimes think they telepathically let you know what they want to be named....
    
    Mary-Michael    

    Well last night I think we came up with some names, I like the idea of 
    their names coming from CATS - I loved the show so much....  
    
    Last night the little black and gold kitten who loves pounce -- started
    dancing around on her hind legs -- I blurted out
    Cassandra_the_dancing_piglet!  my husband and I both started laughing
    --  she seems like a Cassandra -- and she always eats more than her
    sister -- could be cassie for short -- the other girl, we are still
    unsure about -- however we came up with Coricopat_the_Calico_Cat - my
    husband wanted something that had to do with triple -- well we came up 
    with Triple C in the name -- so for short this could be t.c. I'd still
    call her Coricopat though......
    
    what do you think?
    
    Suzanne

    
    Diamond got her name from the previous owner, and we couldn't
    think of a better one.
    "Catfish?" was a feral we caught with a fishnet at a friend's
    house, couldn't think of a name, I still can't get close enough
    to find out what sex, so I thought a gender-neutral name would be
    good, as something funny might do.
    
    Fred, Diamond, and "Catfish?" the mystery cat

    Tis Moi..well I got my name from my mummy.. My real name is Simbelair's
    Countess Portifiole of Valley-vu.. my "breeder" used to call me
    the Countess.. I still will answer to that, but only if you whisper
    in my ear .. then  I sit very pretty... when I had my 1st litter
    many moons ago,, my breeder gave me the nickname PUT-PUT, cuz
    of the soiunds I made when I was delivering my babies,,, as well
    as when I was weaning them.. When Mummy  Brought me home,
    she named me Pookie, which is "take off with the gaelic
    word pooka.. (a gentle and sweet Irish "spirit..)
    Perhaps we can have "a cuppa together sometime.. Do you know
    the QUEEN?..
    lOVE
    Pookie

    Gee, Kate, I never realized that Pookie was a "simbelair" cat before. 
    I know we talked about her name being "countess" but I didn't realize
    that she was bred by "simbelair"....no wonder she thinks so much of
    herself...Simbelair cats have quite a reputation!
    
    cin
    

    
    	re: .20
    
    	"the grace of a linebacker"
    
    	I'm dying!!  =)
    
    		JJ
    

    Cin.. yes.. now you know why Allison 'co-owned her.." .. I also 
    beleive that 2 of her litters were sired by  Simbelar Hubby..
    when I got her from Allison..I"signed an agreement" I would never,
    ever show her, and Allison was quite  adament" about tht. she
    sadi that the "countess was to be  "retired"..I wasa allowed
     to transfer her papers to my name, but she was not be 
    shown, even for exhibition, or definitley not as an "alter
    either, oe even as an apparant purebreed..Happy  also
    has a simbeliar  grea t geanddaddy.. it was Pookies
    grandfather.. so they are related.. I did try ot explain
    this to Pookie.. she was not ammused,, she indicated she
    felt there was AN ERROR made.. no way could she be related
    to Happy.. Sigh.. every now and then.. she threatens to contact
    her atty.. tee-hee.. Happy thinks it is great..  tee-hee.. 
    just like you said Cin.. "typical smoke tortie.." of course
    you realize when I got Pookie..it Dr eric to explain the Simbelair
    stuff to me.. sigh..the granddady they share  was a black
    smoke.. I think he is called  B&B... AND They also
    or is it Pookie. something about JOVAN.. was I think the last 
    litter of Pookies.. I forget.. I also thought somewhere
    in Happy ther was some Jovan too.. morelater..
    Kate

Kate,

Does Pookie realize she could have had one of Allison's names, like Chicken 
George, or my favourite, The Blue Nun (a blue cream female who wouldn't let
any of the boys near her).  She also had a cameo boy who only had one of
his 'family jewels'; I won't say what she called him!!

Pookie sure is gorgeous!!

Is she getting her platinum card for Christmas??

Mary

    Well, my babies got their names for a number of reasons.
    
    Tabitha:  She's a pure black cat the we got two weeks before halloween. 
    We wanted to think of a "spooky" or "witchlike" name.  We thought of
    Tabitha from "Bewitched".  It fit her.
    
    Silver:  Actually named "Sterling Silver".  She's a Korat.  Her
    coloring is called "Silver Blue".  pretty appropriate.
    
    P.I.T.A.:  Well, most of you know about this one.  P.I.T.A. actually
    stands for Pain in the *SS!  But her actual name is "Lady sings the
    blues".  She's also a Korat.  The cattery that we got her from had a
    theme.  She wanted all of her cats named for something about a broadway
    play.  Lady Sing's the Blues half sister is "Jaltari's Rave Review". 
    The best Korat and 6th best cat in CFA last year.
    
    Michaela:  Heard it from a friend.  Michaels (Micki) is a Golden Tabby
    Persian.  We decided that she needed a "delicate" name.  It fit.
    
    Seasea:  Actually called "Leg-a-sea" was named before we got her.  I
    believe that all of her cats were named after horses.
    
    Sweetie:  Sweet sixteen.  Named because we got him on my neice's 16th
    birthday.
    
    Holly
    

    Mary,  I do remember the "blue Nun.. tee-hee.. Chicken George did 
    "approach " Her Royal Highness.. ahem.. she was not amused, as you
    might weel imagined.. in Allisons words .. :she sent him packing. after
    she " beat him up.. I am sure muttering Peasant and other choice
    words.. Allison always referred to her as "strong willed". AHEM.
     Yes , Pookie has wriiten up her list of demands.. er requests..
    she sits  by the door at nite when I come.. checklist in hand..
    let do inventory again.. Mom.. sigh.. Happy was looking for
    a "special gift" for Kittymas.. Aunt Cin and I are working
    on it..   we have explained she must be very patient...
    her special gift will be here soon.. Pookie on the other
    does  not accept" verbal promises  for any reason. all promises
    must be written,  and Notarized, by her attorney.. and they usually
    have  if I am lucky a 24 hour turnaround time.. (wwekends only,
    weekdays are 8 hours.. tardiness is  not understood..
    grins.. 
    Kate

    	We got our first cat when I was a student of electrical
    engineering, hence the name: Ohm. Some students were giving
    away kittens at the student union and I just couldn't "resist-her". 
    Among the first priorities was a food dish, also referred to as 
    "Ohm plate".  She settled in quickly and we sometimes spotted
    "Ohm at home on the range". Later on we got a second cat we named
    Ampere. Amp quickly learned Ohm's law: you don't mess with Ohm.
    	The third cat escaped being named Volt when my math major wife
    suggested a 'math symbol' name, so we came to have Pi. Then
    came Mu (pronounced "mew"). Mu was an Abysinian who was fond of
    green pepper pizza and beer (just the bottle caps). I still recall
    the evening the paw came out of nowhere and knocked the pizza off
    my fork onto the floor (guess MU had had one to many bottle caps).
    Mu never came to terms with Ohm's law and finally went to live 
    with our vet.....
    	Now there is a stray hanging around our house, a very 
    un-neutered adult male. He has, like one of T.S. Eliot's cats,
    at least 3 names. We call him Big Balls, but in polite company
    we refer to him as Big Bootes after a character in the movie
    'Buckaroo Bonzai'. Lately he's begun to wear out his welcome and
    we just call him Melon Head after one of his other more prominent
    features.... Anyone have a home for a grey cat with white markings?
    He's a little worse for wear but very flexible about names!

    Perhaps you ought to scoop him up and take him to the vet.  You
    can easily rectify that BB problem :-)  While you're at it, have
    him FLV tested.  After that he'll probably be much better about
    Ohm's Laws.  
      NDC