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He looks cute and adorable

Category: Organisms
Posted on: November 22, 2009 11:02 PM, by PZ Myers

Once again, I risk stirring envy by putting a picture of a kitty-cat on Pharyngula. I met some people who showed me a nice picture of their pet, which is named after…me!

Here's PZ Meowers:

And look! He's blogging!

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Posted by: Gyeong Hwa Pak | November 22, 2009 11:11 PM

Usually when cats do this, it's during a time when you must use your computer. lol

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | November 22, 2009 11:15 PM

Well, there's no doubt that a computer can be a bit warmer than the surroundings, which cats like. But I don't think his posts are very cogent.

Posted by: Daniel | November 22, 2009 11:16 PM

A Macbook Pro. That cat has good taste:)

Posted by: Gyeong Hwa Pak | November 22, 2009 11:19 PM

Well, there's no doubt that a computer can be a bit warmer than the surroundings, which cats like.

That's a problem that I find with cats. Many times, the warm place they choose to sleep on isn't ideal for them. (like a car)

Of course this is all observations.

Posted by: Andrew Ray Gorman | November 22, 2009 11:21 PM

Lets hope the cat does not see a creationist comment...it will surely shred them to bits. Or the Screen.
*rolls eyes*
Oh that PZ Meowzers!

Posted by: Janine The Ineffable, OM | November 22, 2009 11:25 PM

Nothing so fuzzy should be named after someone so tentacly.

Posted by: boygenius | November 22, 2009 11:27 PM

I can haz kitteh blog?

Posted by: GregW | November 22, 2009 11:27 PM

Obviously, he is blogging on the non existence of Dog.

Posted by: aratina cage of the OM | November 22, 2009 11:29 PM

Your names are so easy to confuse. This comment makes so much more sense now.

And good to have you back!

#10

Posted by: lewis e haymes | November 22, 2009 11:31 PM

A striking likeness!

#11

Posted by: Inky | November 22, 2009 11:32 PM

EeeeEEEEE !!

#12

Posted by: Sili | November 22, 2009 11:43 PM

So they finally found a use for their mac? Good for them.

Dummkatz had knack for hitting the off-button when he wanders over my desk.

#13

Posted by: Jimmy | November 22, 2009 11:44 PM

The cat kind of looks like you too, PZ! It's a shame he's not sitting on a computer running Ubuntu Linux ;)

#14

Posted by: WMDKitty | November 22, 2009 11:47 PM

D'AWWWW! How precious! Such a cutie!

Little PZ is right on, too! All a Mac is good for is an expensive cat bed.

#15

Posted by: Charlie Foxtrot | November 22, 2009 11:54 PM

Hope he's not a tinkerer like my cat - I came back into the room one morning to find he had managed to find a hotkey I never knew existed that switched the screen display into 'Portrait' mode.
Took me freakin ages to undo that one...

#16

Posted by: Kevin | November 22, 2009 11:58 PM

I probably laughed a little too hard at "PZ Meowers." :)

#17

Posted by: Robert MacDonald | November 23, 2009 12:27 AM

This is proof positive that decent and outspoken atheists of conscience trump religious mouthpieces for credibilty.
Who has named their cat Pat, Ted, Shmuley, Billy, Dinesh, or Terry?
I couldn't face the long list of horrible names I wouldn't give my cat.

#18

Posted by: JohnnieCanuck | November 23, 2009 12:35 AM

Not that I want to put ideas in your head, but you notice how well he is coming along with the mustachio waxing?

What Kevin said @16

#19

Posted by: JGG | November 23, 2009 12:36 AM

Ok, obviously you should have typed 'PZ MEOWERS' in big white-with-black-outlined text on top of the photo in the typeface Impact.

#20

Posted by: Mark A. Siefert | November 23, 2009 12:48 AM

My cat does the exact same thing and every time he does he gives me this look that seems to say:

"Pay attention to me, hominid! My ancestors used to pull your ancestors out of the trees for a mid-day snack. Now stop watching that porn and pet me..."

Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

"...And don't forget to scratch behind my ears or I'll kill you in your sleep!"

#21

Posted by: SioBabble | November 23, 2009 1:01 AM

And look! He's blogging!

Without question producing content more intelligent and engaging than anything that comes out of the MCM.

#22

Posted by: BrightIncite.com | November 23, 2009 1:34 AM

That's pretty good. Although I'm pretty sure I would have the best pet name in town if my girlfriend would have allowed my dog to be "Noam Chomsky."

#23

Posted by: BrightIncite.com | November 23, 2009 1:36 AM

That should be... Noam CHOMPsky

#24

Posted by: Jerry Coyne | November 23, 2009 1:48 AM

I feel like an independent bookstore next to a Borders . . .

#25

Posted by: Eric | November 23, 2009 1:59 AM

That's too funny. :)

#26

Posted by: Moggie | November 23, 2009 2:04 AM

I can has Zebrafish?

#27

Posted by: darvolution proponentsist | November 23, 2009 2:09 AM

This just in ...

For his own amusement, PZ Meowers has apparently trained his human to contact juggle.

#28

Posted by: Miranda Celeste Hale | November 23, 2009 2:19 AM

Aw! So adorable

#29

Posted by: Sarah | November 23, 2009 2:45 AM

My cat likes to lay on my computer, too.

#30

Posted by: Nick | November 23, 2009 2:48 AM

I am dead from cute.

#31

Posted by: Peter Magellan | November 23, 2009 3:38 AM

Awwww, bless!

And LOL @GregW @#8.

Jimmy @#13: I'd expect a cat with a Mac to be running Yellow Dog Linux.. :-)

#32

Posted by: Ned | November 23, 2009 3:50 AM

I just tried to upvote you for "and look, he's blogging!". Too much reddit...

#33

Posted by: DLC | November 23, 2009 4:07 AM

Evvylutionz werkz, beeches.
[/LOLcats]

#34

Posted by: Christophe Thill | November 23, 2009 4:24 AM

Great whiskers ! But where are his glasses ?

#35

Posted by: Mandolin | November 23, 2009 4:52 AM

"This is proof positive that decent and outspoken atheists of conscience trump religious mouthpieces for credibilty.

Who has named their cat Pat?"

Actually, I have atheist friends whose feline is named Cat Robertson. :)

#36

Posted by: Azkyroth | November 23, 2009 4:53 AM

Now I feel better about the pun I used in my final presentation last week on the Baikal seal, referencing the tendency of top predators to accumulate contaminants from their prey in their bodies and thus give an indication of the health of the fish population.

"So, in other words, Lake Baikal seafood is like the cans of jam and pickles and such that you get at the grocery store - do not consume if the seal is broken or missing." :3

#37

Posted by: MickeyM0use UK | November 23, 2009 5:16 AM

Wow that cat looks an awful lot like my Alfie, who coincedentally also tries to sit on my laptop...usually when I'm trying to use it

#38

Posted by: Lilith | November 23, 2009 5:22 AM

Maybe PZ can start sending his furry namesake along to debate IDiots in the future.

It would save a lot of stress and the IDers would look even dumber when the cat won.

#39

Posted by: Charlolz:D | November 23, 2009 6:08 AM

PZ Meowers. Supercute. He should be the mascot against the IDiots. "PZMeowers iz skeptical ov ur lak ov ebolushun in publik skoools"

#40

Posted by: Samantha Vimes | November 23, 2009 6:24 AM

Cracker, nail, litter box...

#41

Posted by: Mark A. Siefert | November 23, 2009 6:31 AM

Dear Editor:

I am writing to voice my strong disgust and offense at your "lolcats" images. I will have you know that we felines are an erudite and sophisticated species who would be quire articulate if it were not for our lack of a speech apparatus. Please discontinue said cartoons or I shall be forced to take further action.

Cordially,
Horatio "Mister Mittens" Mouser

P.S. I have never in my life wanted to "haz" a "cheezbuger."

#42

Posted by: tsig0 | November 23, 2009 6:45 AM

My 22 year old cat has occasionally surfed the web when I leave the laptop in the wrong place.

#43

Posted by: Dahan | November 23, 2009 7:02 AM

From what I've seen here at Pharyngula, PZ never sleeps. I'm betting that cat sleeps about 20 hours a day. Might this be a sort of a Dorian Gray sort of thing?

#44

Posted by: Claire | November 23, 2009 7:14 AM

Cat-like typing detected...

#45

Posted by: puseaus | November 23, 2009 7:36 AM

I know that look. It's the iz cold deadlock kitteh.

#46

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | November 23, 2009 7:41 AM

I met some people who showed me a nice picture of their pet, which is named after…me!
Here's PZ Meowers:

"Some people" needs to step away from the blog for a little bit.

#47

Posted by: Anri | November 23, 2009 7:52 AM

Doesn't post under the name 'Lion', does he?

...just askin'.

#48

Posted by: Steve in Dublin | November 23, 2009 8:09 AM

Cat-like typing detected...

Question is though, can PZ really do any better? Meow! ;-)

#49

Posted by: Matt Penfold | November 23, 2009 8:17 AM

Doesn't post under the name 'Lion', does he?
...just askin'.

Nah. No self-respecting cat (and all cats are self-respecting!) would write such drivel!

#50

Posted by: Forbidden Snowflake | November 23, 2009 8:20 AM

Pardon, but if that's PZM the cat, shouldn't the title be "He ONLY looks cute and adorable"?

Oh, and Anri @47 wins the thread.

#51

Posted by: daveau | November 23, 2009 8:26 AM

In support of Jerry Coyne, I refuse to comment on this thread. (...Oh, damn...)

#52

Posted by: bonze | November 23, 2009 8:40 AM

NOOOOOOO!

PZ has succumbed to the memace of tehkitteh! Avert your eyes! Click IMMEDIATELY to escape this page and view Metallica's ground-breaking PSA on tehkitteh addiction!

#53

Posted by: JennyAnyDots | November 23, 2009 8:49 AM

re the "Cat Robertson" - I wonder if the same principle of naming applied to my grandfather's old cat. I only found out after he (my grandfather) died a couple of years back that the full name was Meow See Tongue - Meow turned up as a stray kitten in the late 1960s and lived to about 18. My grandfather was a life-long member of the conservative party.

#54

Posted by: Jag | November 23, 2009 8:58 AM

If PZ Meowers likes to go and crap in creationist's litter boxes, then he is aptly named.

#55

Posted by: Magda | November 23, 2009 9:07 AM

I have a better blogger-cat, Dinah: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2779097&id=600589795

#56

Posted by: Notagod | November 23, 2009 9:26 AM

If PZ Meowers kicks ass on creationist's that crap in his catnip, then he is aptly named.

#57

Posted by: The Pint | November 23, 2009 9:52 AM

Thanks for this. I needed to start off my day with a good laugh.

#58

Posted by: Aaron Baker | November 23, 2009 9:53 AM

Adorable--and he's that rare male who knows how to make facial hair work.

#59

Posted by: Feynmaniac | November 23, 2009 10:21 AM

Noam CHOMPsky

Reminds me of Norman Chompsky (click if you want to see Ali G completely waste Chomsky's time).

Not bad, but I still prefer the chimp who knows some sign language: Nim Chimpsky.

#60

Posted by: Feynmaniac | November 23, 2009 10:27 AM

I'm thinking of naming my next dog Pavlov. If I ever get a cat: Schrödinger.

#61

Posted by: vespera | November 23, 2009 10:34 AM

That is a cute cat ... but mine is cuter.

#62

Posted by: tariqata | November 23, 2009 10:59 AM

That should be... Noam CHOMPsky

When Sputnik the Cat shuffles off (many, many years from now!), my partner is holding out The Great Catsby as the next cat's name.

#63

Posted by: Owlmirror | November 23, 2009 11:03 AM

Speaking as someone who has had a laptop hard crash due to heat issues, I think letting a cat lie on one is a bad idea in the long run.

And now, the capshun!

O HAI
I PZWND UR INTERNETS

#64

Posted by: Paul Burnett | November 23, 2009 12:11 PM

That looks like the same cat in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJr2evLANsE - A turtle that's madly in love with a cat.

#65

Posted by: Eva | November 23, 2009 12:24 PM

Maybe I want/need a fatwa: my 18 month old German Shepherd bitch is called Muslimah Hussein Obama (using Hussein as a middle name was so "in" 10.5 years ago-in dog years) and my new rooster's name is Mohammed. Hen's name is Kiki, so that should confuse the mullahs...

#66

Posted by: Sili | November 23, 2009 12:29 PM

Phil Plait's cat is called (Schrö)dinger.

Don't know the name "Ted". I could easily imagine naming one Father Ted. (And I'm sure there's a world of Father Jack cats out there.)

We once had an inbred bitch that we ended up calling Bonk, because she ran into stuff a lot.

#67

Posted by: WMDKitty | November 23, 2009 1:06 PM

#41 (Mark A. Siefert)

Speaking as a member of the feline species, I find LOLcats highly amusing. Mostly because the humans who make the best ones are dead on accurate. I'm starting to suspect, however, that they are not humans, but are cats cleverly disguised as humans.

Don't like it? Kiss my furry ass.

#68

Posted by: And-U-Say | November 23, 2009 1:20 PM

Looks like PZ Meowers can type equally well with his "hands" or his "feet". So I guess we will be seeing twice as much output from this PZ than the "current" PZ. Move over P-Zed, there's a new cat in town.

#69

Posted by: lose_the_woo | November 23, 2009 1:52 PM

Mr. Meowers doesn't look strident. I'm not sure he's an aceilingcatist.

#70

Posted by: Eamon Knight | November 23, 2009 2:03 PM

@42: My 22 year old cat has occasionally surfed the web when I leave the laptop in the wrong place.

One of my cats once created a file in Clearcase (that's a software library system, for those not in the biz). This was in the days when working at home meant borrowing a hulking terminal, and of course the cat loved to perch on top of the monitor as it was high and warm (and he occasionally got petted by whoever was sitting at the keyboard). I was doing some file-creation work one night and got called away briefly. While I was gone, the cat jumped down, stepping on the keyboard, and finishing the command I was typing at the time.

Of course the file name was garbage, and I had to ask the sysadmins to delete it the next day. They were highly amused by my excuse.

#71

Posted by: carlos.nunes-ueno.myopenid.com | November 23, 2009 5:06 PM

My favorite cat and keyboard story was the kitten who someone had brought into my wife's workplace who then proceeded to walk on her keyboard, typing out mews in the process.

#72

Posted by: Rosemary Amey | November 23, 2009 8:41 PM

Great, now my child is insisting on seeing PZ Meowers blog.

#73

Posted by: Crudely Wrott | November 23, 2009 8:46 PM

I'd call that cat "Smack Dab" since he is obviously smack dab in the middle of the way.

Once I rescued a raggedy male tortoise-shell colored cat who had two breaks in his tail, skinny as a rail (I never could get him fattened up), bones sticking out all over and a distinct isosceles triangle on his chest. He wound up named "Angular." Such a raggedy little fellow he was . . .

#74

Posted by: Hypatia's Daughter | November 23, 2009 11:01 PM

I named my two Birman cats Hubble & Herschel. I put a red collar on one, a blue one on the other. My friend insisted that there was actually only one cat: He red-shifted when approaching you and blue-shifted when walking away.........

#75

Posted by: PZcritic | November 24, 2009 11:51 AM

named after...me? yay! me!! me!!!!! MEEEE!!!

you give narcissism a new name, my friend.

#76

Posted by: Ichthyic | November 24, 2009 11:58 AM

you give narcissism a new name, my friend.

you give criticism a black eye, asswipe.