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The Purr-pose of
CATalyze
The CATalyze Concept
The Members of the CATalyze Tribe
CATalyze Photo Gallery
The
CATalyze Forum
Thanks for
visiting the CATalyze Page! The CATalyze Tribe's page is the
result of a coordinated effort by the cats living in the home of
Delusion & Athene. The primary focus of the CATalyze Tribe is
NET PRESENCE. We're great cats; we're anxious to gain exposure
and waste bandwidth. The secondary focus is the creation of a
'common space' for cats, a place to consolidate our knowledge.
The name
CATalyze comes from the third given definition of the word
'catalyze', "To produce fundamental change in;
transform." The reason we've chosen this as our emblem and
motto is our tendancy (and that of cats in general) to produce
fundamental change and transformation in our world. Obvious
examples would be Delusion & Athene, their couch and blinds,
our many chew toys, Athene's leather coat (which we have not seen
in a long time and believe to be somewhere in the Great Beyond),
etc.
The CATalyze
Tribe consists of three dedicated felines. In the absence of a
feline-only written language, our human-given names are Bouncer,
Minx, and Sabrina. Bouncer and Minx formed the CATalyze Tribe in
Washington, D.C., and relocated the tribe to Laurel, Maryland
shortly after the adoption of their humans, Delusion &
Athene. Sabrina is a Laurel native who joined the tribe after its
relocation.
Bouncer's Catcode
Bouncer:
DS
Rt
Y 1.9 (as
of 1 Jan 1996) Y L++ W++ C+ I++++ T++
A- E++ H S++
V
F- Q-
P
B
PA++
PL++
During my early months, I scrambled around
a cage in the Washington Animal Rescue League with my sister,
Minx. Minx and I then adopted Delusion & Athene. They named
me 'Bouncer', probably because when they first saw me, I was much
leaner and scaling the gate of my cage at the League. I've put on
a bit of weight, so now I ride the diet roller-coaster. Athene is
my favorite human. My interests include eating, devouring bugs,
hard back-patting, and licking plastic.
Minx's Catcode
Minx:
DS
Rt+W
Y 1.9 (as
of 1 Jan 1996) X L+ W C+ I++++ T++
A+ E H+ S+++
V+
F Q
P++
B
PA PL-
I spent my early months in the Washington
Animal Rescue League with my brother, Bouncer. Bouncer and I then
adopted Delusion & Athene. Their name for me is 'Minx'
because when they first met me, I was demure and sweet when I
wasn't being a hellion. Sometimes I like to chase or run from
imaginary friends, other times I like to plot the defeat of my
arch-nemesis, the vacuum cleaner. Delusion is the human I love
the most, and I have him wrapped around my paw. My hobbies
include begging for scraps, playing ball, catching bugs with
Bouncer, and rubbing my nice clean fur all over the concrete
whenever me and Delusion go outside.
Sabrina's Catcode
Sabrina:
DS
(R+S+W+B+O)r
H 1.7? (as
of 1 Jan 1996) X L- W C+++ I++++* T--/+
A--/+
E- H+ S/+++
V+
F- Q-
P-/+
B
PA-/++
PL-
I spent my early months in the outdoors,
usually living in a drainage pipe next to an apartment building.
Several people living in the building thought I was cute. One of
the people caught me before it was going to get dangerously cold,
but he turned out to be allergic to me, so he introduced me to
other people in the building, Delusion & Athene. They named
me 'Sabrina' because it sounds exotic and I'm an exotic looking
tabby-tortie kitty. Minx and Bouncer were scared of me at first,
even though I'm smaller. Bouncer, Minx and I get along fine now,
so I've been accepted into the CATalyze Tribe. I have to admit
that I didn't adjust to living with humans very well, and made a
break for it once. Delusion was with me out on the second story
deck, and I saw my little drainage pipe in the distance and took
a swan dive off the deck. After about an hour of pleading and a
thick coating of mud, Athene convinced me to adopt them for good.
I'm small for my age, and tend to be kinda clumsy. I have a
bi-polar personality; sometimes I'm just so laid back,
but other times phantasms terrify me. My favorite ways
to spend time include sleeping, napping, resting, licking my
humans to keep them clean, and freaking out for no apparant
reason.
View the CATalyze gallery page, filled with pictures of the Tribe...
The CATalyze
Forum is presented as a way for cats across the internet to share
their accumulated knowledge.
Some humans keep fish, but in spite of conventional feline wisdom, they're not considered to be acceptable prey. Humans will come to their defense with WATER GUNS!
Submitted by the Lindsay Tribe, New Brunswick, Canada
(Editors - What is a "fish"? We are familiar with water guns, however. Ghastly weapons!)
Submitted by the Lindsay Tribe, New Brunswick, Canada
(Minx - I've taught Delusion a cute trick - he will give me chicken as he holds it between his teeth)
Submitted by the Tribe of Blanca and Daisy, California
(Sabrina - Please don't talk about dogs! ALL dogs are scary!)
Submitted by the Tribe of Blanca and Daisy, California
(Minx - I'm a very good hairdresser - I make my humans look very pretty.)
Submitted by the Tribe of Blanca and Daisy, California
Submitted by the Tribe of Wynonah
(Bouncer - Big camel crickets work well in this regard. Leaving a fat cricket leg in the kitchen will inspire your humans to talk of your hunting ability.)
Submitted by; Wynonah
(Minx - Laundry baskets are wonderful even when empty, but are simply divine when full of warm laundry!)
| Usenet: rec.pets.cats
- find out what humans say about us. |
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Catcodes - describe yourself! |
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At The Pet Lovers' Gallery, they've got handmade gifts to give to your beloved people, as well as links of interest to cats. |
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Visit Daniella Harel, providing many of our kind with a virtual "get out of jail free card" with her Adoption page. |
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Visit Whiskers and his Cat Chat. |
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Visit Princess Sabrina, a very pretty pale dear. (No relation) |
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Visit Gataria - in both English and Portugese - Visit the Portugese page even if you don't speak it because that's where the pictures are. |
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Visit Punkie (Minx: our humans call me and
Bouncer that, too). She's had a rather harrowing battle with cancer, but fortunately has trained her human very well in the art of caregiving. |
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Visit the Catterfly Boutique, Shadow's shop that's open to humans as well. |
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We're not sure we understand The Cat's Pajamas, but we don't watch much television. (Bouncer: Minx has tried to catch TV race cars, and Sabrina sometimes approaches the television if a human has his hands spread out, but don't tell them I said so.) |
| For those of you who want to establish ground rules for your humans, read the Contract for Adoption of Humans by Cats. |
The world is not yet ready for Web-savvy cats, so all credit is hereby granted to Delusion. He'd love any comments you may have.
Any e-mail for Bouncer, Minx, or Sabrina can be sent care of Delusion - the world isn't ready for cats with direct internet access, either.
We've been watching Delusion work on other Web material - he's currently updating his own pages.
