Felines in the Time of Covid
Meet the ironically named Liʻi (tiny in Hawaiian), a.k.a. Meow Meow Boy. The likely runt of his litter, he was found abandoned in a parking lot in August 2013. We didn't expect him to grow up to be such a big boy. When I am working from home, he will circle around me and meow until I pick up him and put him on my lap. Most of the time, he will jump right off. When he does stay on my lap, I eventually have to push him off because he's heavy and he cuts off blood circulation to my legs. I keep a supply of catnip at my desk. To distract him, I place some catnip in a nearby box and he'll stay stoned inside the box for a while. We think he's a Republican because when he was a kitten his first poop was on a magazine with Hilary Clinton on the cover.
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