I didn't tell you this yesterday, because I didn't speak to you, but I got an email. From my neighbor H and she said, "Oh, by the way, M (down the street) is friends with the dog warden and is going to set a trap for that grey cat who is harrassing all the cats on our street." I wrote back and said, "I think I know where the grey cat lives do you think we ought to go and tell it's owner?"

I know that's a stupid response, to go and tell the owner of the cat your trying to trap that you're out to trap it. And H wrote back to me, "In my humble opinion, they probably don't care about him very much or they wouldn't let him run around like they do." And I didn't respond, but I was thinking, "Cats are cats. Jesus. They do what they do. I don't think manners are at the top of their list."

And I let BK outside all the time. She likes to play and eat bugs and the outdoors is her catbox. She's a bit of a feral kitty... until naptime. My thought was also, if there weren't other cats outside, like H's for example, then the grey cat wouldn't have any other cats to harrass. I wanted to point that out, I wanted to say, "Whoa, wait a minute, your cat Larry lives outside and is practically beating down my door to get inside my house sometimes." But I didn't. And I've noticed that Larry has been out of sight for 2 days... to keep him trap free, I'm sure. But which won't last long and you know why? Because he's mean to H's other cats and so they skedaddle him out the door as soon as he starts his territorial boycat stuff!

Anyhow, instead of raising unneighborly ire with my next door neighbor (who I generally love, but find her tendencies toward revenge a little irrational), I went on a mission to track down the grey cat's owner.