Quote of the day:

A word on cats, from the First Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica:

OF ALL DOMESTIC ANIMALS, THE CHARACTER OF THE CAT IS THE MOST EQUIVOCAL AND SUSPICIOUS. HE IS KEPT, NOT FOR ANY AMIABLE QUALITIES, BUT PURELY WITH A VIEW TO BANISH RATS, MICE AND OTHER NOXIOUS ANIMALS FROM OUR HOUSES....CONSTANTLY BENT UPON THEFT AND RAPINE, THEY ARE FULL OF CUNNING AND DISSIMULATION; THEY CONCEAL ALL THEIR DESIGNS, SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY OF DOING MISCHIEF, AND THEN FLY FROM PUNISHMENT....IN A WORD, THE CAT IS TOTALLY DESTITUTE OF FRIENDSHIP.