Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 14, 2019

Maybe Elvis is just jealous that someone who is not him is paying attention to the Baby!

Nana is strong with the Force!

Aww … is Elvis really being a jerk? or does he want some attention from Nana?

I hate to disagree with Nana, but Elvis is not a devil cat. That would not be dignified, and Elvis is always dignified. Even when he’s not!

“Devil-cat” snerk!

Further comments on Friday the 13th weddings, Ruth and Billy Graham were married on a Friday the 13 the in August. They lasted 34 years. We were married for 40 years last July. It has to be a good luck day.

Elvis’ claws in panel 3: wow!

Elvis would like to play peek-a-boo with Nana! He is feeling left out.

Poor Elvis! Nana is trying to control his behavior, his housemate is calling him a jerk, his baby girl has abandoned him for the person who is verbally swatting him down, and his woman isn’t protecting him from her. He’s having such a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day! (With thanks to Judith Viorst for that most descriptive phrase!)

Bit slow telling him to get away from her purse when he’s already in her handbag.

I don’t like Nana. There I said it. How many people does Elvis want to play with?? It is a small and select group. I <3 Elvis!

Elvis is busted. Sooooo busted!

Face it, Elvis, she is always one step ahead of you.

I feel like Elvis and Nana have a special kind of bond.

Poor Elvis? Can’t catch a trick!

“The Nana” is awesome. Elvis, concede defeat and be the good boy we all know you are.

Will she ever be nice to him?

All his jerkiness is known!

Poor Elvis he is so jealous ., in order to get some attention he must show that he is the alpha in the house..look at the claws…but the nana is always 1 step ahead of him and he is not happy.

the impressive part is not The Nana knowing the “when” of the jerkiness (which seems to be “always”).the impressive part is she knows the “how”!

Elvis is shocked The Nana knows he is at her purse despite her looking the other way.

Elvis seems to know The Nana is looking the other way while he is looking the other way.

I feel like Elvis always gets the stick end of the tuna-flavored lollypop whenever the Woman’s relatives come to visit. Remember her sister and the picture of baby Elvis as a pirate ballerina?

How dare ANYONE call our sweet Elvis a devilcat!!! Bite your tongue Nana!

Wow – Nana is GOOD!

Nana doesn’t miss anything!

Love Elvis’s expressions after each rebuke by “The Nana”!

I’m just glad that my own heathen-cat isn’t quite such a jerk with visitors; he saves his hostility for me. Yes, he is his Papa’s cat.

My cat named Tugger used to jump into anyone’s purse and root around. Back in the days when people smoked cigarettes, he would take them out of the pack and stuff them under furniture. When cleaning I would find all kinds of things he would hide. He was a Maine Coon and very smart.

Seriously Folks, this is the first time I’ve seen purse and handbag referred to as separate items. I always thought they were different words for the same item. I sense a deficiency in my education!

NanaVision. Setting kids straight since the beginning of time.

Madam Nana knows all and sees all…she holds out the, Devilcat, card!

Oh, she’s good.

Motherhood grants us eyes in the backs of our heads; we don’t lost that ability just because we become Nanas.

OT, Kiki. And, Sweetheart.

Elvis isn’t really hurting anything-why is Nana such a jerk-hard to believe sweet Georgia grew up in her household.

Ember is not whatever the feline equivalent of a “people person” is. She’s a “My People” person/cat, but not a people person/cat in general. She even hides from the cleaning lady, who brings her treats (although I suspect Ember may simply be intimidated by the language barrier; Yaneth was born in El Salvador and Spanish is her primary language).

When my mother came to visit, however, Ember was more than happy to seek out skritches … much to the dismay of my MIL, who had not won her favor after several visits, whereas this was the first time my mother had ever met Ember.

Doesn’t Nana remember how much Elvis loves her? Doesn’t she love him, anymore? I feel sorry for him.

OT: Enrico Furmee

Enrico is now in a foster home. I miss him, and I’m a little worried because the foster has both an elderly cat (a good thing) and a … dog.

When we left him at the shelter where the foster was going to pick him up that afternoon, he gave me such a look as I left. I now understand how easy it is to become a “crazy cat person” with far too many cats in the house. Sigh.

Later, on Monster-Chiller-Horror-Theater: Devil-Cat – The Movie!!

Eyes in the back of her head. And on her legs as well.

OT: Espresso

At last, someone understands Elvis.

I’m loving this arc, having long wondered how the Boys got along with their Grandpeople. Almost a shame we probably won’t see them “meet” Georgia’s grandmother, since she’s the inspiration for Freddie (the Old Woman who hangs around in the attic with her lifetime’s worth of cats).

Elvis, Nana’s had QUITE a bit of practice spotting shenanigans brewing, what with her own kids and cats. I wonder if she has her sweet little cat yet in the newspaper timeline? (If you’ve read the Shelter Cats Special, Georgia’s mother is the one who adopted the lil’ Siamese kitten.)

A Dang Yankee, here. To my knowledge, there was coin purse, clutch, purse, hand bag, shoulder bag. For the men, it was billfold, wallet, biker or truckers wallet. Billfolds are bi-fold, or tri-fold. Wallets are longer, keeping the bills flat, with a series of slots on one side for business or credit cards. I like the flat wallets, because a billfold is bad for your hip. And I can slip it in either jacket or front pants pocket.

Elvis no es jerk, just a little … playful.

I am so happy! Rosie has been understandably reserved/out of sorts since returning from the vet/dentist yesterday. She wandered into my office a little while ago for some petting and words of encouragement/adoration. She turned around, ran out into the hall, pounced on her favorite toy and ran down the stairs with it in her mouth. What a relief.