I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of the expression, “Cats have nine lives.” Have you ever wondered where it came from?

Apparently, a huge part of the expression has something to do with the clumsy biped (read: you and me). People are fascinated with cats because of their seeming grace, stealth, and athleticism. Cats are really more tenacious than most creatures, which means that they’re more curious (let’s not insert another expression here, please) and adventurous than other animals. This implies that they get into more fixes than others, because they tend to put themselves at risk. Just imagine them falling off a height and then landing on their feet, and you’ll have an idea on how well they can survive adverse circumstances.

Now, why nine? Let’s bring the explanation to the place where they were revered in the past: Egypt. For starters, their gods were collectively known as the Ennead, or the nine. If that’s not enough, Atum-Ra, said to be a cat-headed god there, is known to have nine lives.

In reality though, cats don’t always end up falling on their feet, as some kitties who end up limping and bruised have found out. So kittens, felines, cats, and kiddies, don’t try this at home.

So cool. Ataraxia featured a cat (named Hershey) that we have in the pet blog. I was a bit confused that there were multiple authors who post there, but it’s fine, just because it features a lot of cute, fuzzy-wuzzy animals.:D

They even added a caption to Hershey’s picture! How cool is that?

Anyway, here are some of the other pet pictures I took (in relation to the jar, anyway).

No animals were harmed when these shots were taken.

If you’re an animal lover like me, send your pet pictures to the Ataraxia blog too!:D They’ve got all the details there, so just post away.

My last entry made me think of another kind of question, where you literally have to find the answer to!

“Where’s Waldo?” is this book/game where you have to find the character (three characters on what his name is) amidst a very messy, creative scenario with lots of activity going on. A TV show was also made with Waldo (or Wally, whichever name you prefer), with the intervals following the concept of the game: looking for the lanky, bespectacled guy wearing a red-and-white sweater.

Here are three “Where’s Waldo?” puzzles I found on the Internet. Enjoy!

Anyone else remembers Wally/Waldo?

“Murphy’s Law” is this smart-sounding term used to describe the phenomenon, “When it rains, it pours.” Or more succinctly, “If things go wrong, they’re going to go wrong big time.”

Now, who is Murphy?

There’s this idea that there was this guy who lived in the 20th century named Edward Murphy, whose assistant made a mistake in one of his [flight] inventions. Legend goes on that he says, somewhat disgustedly, about his assistant, “If that guy has any way of making a mistake, he will.” The medical doctor John Paul Stapps was the one who tested out the invention on crash dummies, so he was the one who saw it fail, and also the one who mentioned “Murphy’s Law” in a press conference.

Now you know Murphy.:p

I saw this on one of the blogs here on Sanrio Town, and I think this is just too good a Brain Freeze site to pass up.

I love bubble wrap, especially this one because it can’t cause environmental dangers.:P This site is a lovely place to destress. Just go to it, and pop! goes your stress. LOL Manic mode is especially wonderful. Just roll your mouse and away you goooooo.

Man, I got to get me some sleep.@_@ I’m not making the slightest bit of sense here.

Oh yeah, go to http://www.danpat.fi/janne/flash/kuplamuovi.swf to check the site out.