Well, there has been great wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Thomas household. The new kitten came home last night. He (yes, I know I said I was gonna get a girl, you know how it is ...) is tentatively named Psycho, which is probably a good name for any cat, possibly Buddy, because he has enormous eyes like the ancient black &white cartoon Buddy. He also has huge head, huge ears, and huge paws. Unfortunately, his body is very scrawny, making it easy for Seymour to beat the crap out of him! The kitty eats like a pig, so he should be putting on some weight quickly. The little guy is only 7 weeks old. Seymour seems to want to make friends, though he's terribly jealous. Sometimes he'll go off into a closet and mope. Not in the back of the closet to take a nap, but right in the doorway where we can see the pitiful look on his face. But other times, he follows the kitten around and tries to get it to play. Problem is, as soon as the kitty starts to play, Seymour gets too exited and takes a chomp at the new kid. I don't want to use Bitter Apple, cause I don't want to discourage Seymour from playing with him. We'll have to wait it out and see. And I'm gonna have to get used to this, because when the lease runs out on the apartment, we want to move into a small house in the country, where I plan to have at least 5 of every domestic species on Earth. Double that number for the ferrets(hee-hee). Well, I'm hoping to sort this thing out about MF once and for all (as far as a 19 yr.-old college student can sort out anything, that is) so if you have anything to say about it, or any suggestions about how to go about finding out what's fact and what's fiction, please e-mail me. Once again, I'd like to keep this off the list, for now anyway, SO SEND IT TO ME!!! Good- day to all from Barb, Seymour, and the Psycho-kitty. Seymour- Come, young Jedi, you must join me on my never-ending mission to destroy the apartment. Psycho- Why? Seymour- To make sure Mom and Dad don't get thier security deposit back. Psycho- Why? Seymour- Because it's fun. Psycho- Why? Seymour- Ah, you as too many questions, kid. *chomp [Posted in FML issue 1318]