Friday catblogging: Nemo and Nuala

Meet Captain Nemo Tubbs, on the left, and his sister/companion/eternal tormentor Miss Nuala Boots. They live with my best pal and neighbor Bonnie. Nemo is quite possibly the sweetest, most gentle cat in the world: Veterinarians who’ve had to do terrible, painful things to him (for his own good, of course) have had to ask whether he’s been declawed (he hasn’t), because never in all their ministrations does he protest or take a swipe at anyone wielding a pointy needle or a rectal thermometer. Nuala (pronounced "noo-la" -- it’s Celtic for "Christmas") is jealous of the fact that everyone loves Nemo more, and so she takes it out on him: She is equally likely to attack him without provocation as she is to groom him in a way that makes his eyes narrow in pleasure.

Nuala recently took an interdimensional adventure that gave all of us quite a fright, but that’s a story for another Friday.