There was a knock at the door of Zak and Zelda’s house. Zelda went over to the door and yelled, “Who is it?”“It’s HT.” Came back the whispered reply.Zelda’s first thought was to leave the door locked and to yell go away. On the one hand Zelda knew it would be wrong to turn HT away. She was one of 287 first cousins. On the other, HT was essentially Hurricane Katrina in a fur coat. Following her could only lead to a disaster that would never be cleaned up. Still, thought Zelda, it’s not all bad... Read Full Story

Since he began teaching science at the middle school, Zak regarded Saturday as a well deserved break from yelling, screaming and out of control kids. It was a well earned pre-Sabbath rest period. A Saturday in the summer was just an extension of that philosophy. He had planned to wake up late, have breakfast, feed Zorro the chipmunk, and then to lay down on the couch. After lunch he would let Zorro hang out in the back yard while he took a nap. Sometime later, he planned to eat dinner and wat... Read Full Story

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon. It was one of those Saturday's where the sun was shining, the air was warm with a cool breeze and the grass beckoned to be cut. Of course, at this point in his life, Zak had no interest in being anywhere where a lawn mower might be operational. So, Zak did what he was best at this Saturday. He curled up on the couch and watched the sail boats and motor boats moving up and down the bay. Zelda lay on a chair nearby and did the same. Neither cat expect... Read Full Story

The thunderous roll of the music began and the fog (dry ice mist) parted to reveal a real live Indiana Jones look alike who claimed to be a paleontologist. He began his story by saying that 200 million years ago, give or take, the dinosaurs were here. To make his point, out came a a couple of baby dinosaurs (future plant eaters) from eggs, a momma dinosaur plant eater to protect the baby, and a meat eating dinosaur to eat one of the babies. It was all very dramatic. It was like he was saying,... Read Full Story

As they got off the bus, all the cats were sooooo excited to be going to see the "Walking with Dinosaurs" show. Of course they knew that these were not real dinosaurs, but ones made with the newest green technology. Chase, a rough looking brawny cat who had gotten his name because he liked to chase cute tabbies around, thought he was being smart when he asked,"Can we pet them, professor Zak. "Zak answered, "I don't think you want to pet them. Since they are built ... Read Full Story

Zak wanted to really impress his class of young Facebook and texting addicted young cats. He knew it would require something astounding to wake them out of their teen cat, boy-girl obsessed stupor. He had a great idea. The animatronic monster dinosaur show was in town. He could take them on a field trip and discuss nature, evolution, intelligent design and high tech robotics all in an afternoon. He had called the show's director and specifically asked if the cats could see a demonstr... Read Full Story

Zak was so happy. He accepted a position as the new science teacher for the Pensacola School for Special Needs Cats. Thanks to the stimulus package the city of Pensacola was able to fund a position for Zak and one for an assistant. His assistant was an old retired cat that had lost her fortune in the market. Her name was Leberre. Hers was a sad story. First the markets crashed as the U.S. became a communist country, then she found out that she had invested with the now famous Bernie Mad... Read Full Story

Zaron, Zak's nephew and Zak had planned for a day hiking and hunting squirrels. Actually, Zaron did the hunting, Zak's days of hunting ended the day he topped 40 lbs. He could, however, supervise Zaron and the boy would think Zak the best uncle ever. Since Zak and Zaron would be gone all day, Zelda decided to have a friend over for a scrap fest. Sort of a "When the boys are out the women will play" deal. Zelda's friend, Carly Lou had just gotten her copy of the Cricut D... Read Full Story

Zelda, Jebelle, Zak and Zerbert were all situated around the low, square coffee table in the living room of Zak's house. The were so excited, it was to be their game night and they had a new game, Plug the Hole. It was the new hot board game from Hasbeen.The board was 40 squares laid out in a circle. The first player to reach the end without dying won. If no one reached the last square, then the board game won. The last square was called, "Live in Good Health Today." or Light. T... Read Full Story

The meeting was called to order. There were 8 cats in attendance. The newly elected chairman Zak felt it important to explain why this meeting was more urgent than most of their meetings.Zak began, "As a result of the economic crisis, we expects a significant uptick in anchovy harvesting. This means upwards of 500 million anchovy will suffer needlessly on their way to becoming cat food, bait and pizza toppings. This is unacceptable!"Phillipina raised her paw.Yes, said Zak, pausing i... Read Full Story