In Loving Memory
Fup. Store Cat.
1988 — 2007
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Fup watercolor courtesy of reader Linda McDougall. Click here for a larger view.
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Fup stares out from behind his big green eyes, striking his famous Buddha pose.
I say to him, "Fup, you know why I'm here." I tell him, "I know you know why
I'm here, Fup."
He pulls his paw out from under his chest, licks it twice, and folds it back
underneath himself.
What if Fup doesn't talk? Here, in his Internet debut! I'll be a laughingstock,
but how much longer am I supposed to sit in front of this cat before I just
give up and go home? I'm all out of wet food and treats. Fine, then – the
Fup feature is a complete failure. And only a week after those crickets escaped
from the gym bag in my locker. I'm sure to be sacked, now.
Fup's Picks
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That Cat That Changed My Life: 50 Cats Talk About How They Became Who They Are
by Bruce Eric Kaplan
"All these cats lead exciting and varied lives wholly independent of the human
race," notes the editor in his Introduction. Well, duh. Scant attention has
been paid to the role of community in modern cat culture, so what a relief that
here, finally, fifty articulate felines set the record straight. Funny, sad,
occasionally shocking, but never less than true, these brave monologues
reaffirm our interdependency in ways that choreographed public displays such as
Paws Across America never can.
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 Unleashed:
Poems by Writers' Dogs
by Amy Hempel
In "Dog Kibble," Tasha Baxter's verse exhibits a brutal economy of
words: "Life is never meaningless," her villanelle announces, "there is
always food." Here and throughout this collection these authors demand
your attention, as if to bark, "You can send me to my room for yelling
at the neighbors but you cannot silence what woofs in my heart!" Among
the selections nominated for Best
American Writing by Pets 2000 are Bob Barker Barry's sordid and hilarious
hallucinogenic escapades with Lynda; a tragic, posthumous prose poem by
Marrow Irving; and Sadie Louise Lamott's "Spoon River Sadie Louise," a
wildly metered exploration of the cross-cultural dynamics within a
household occupied by dogs, cats, birds, and small children. The sheer
intellect of these collected pieces will renew your faith in dogs.
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 Is Your Cat Too Fat?
by Bronwen Meredith
Too fat for what? And what business is it of this Meredith person's
anyway? Bronwen sounds like the kind of lady I wouldn't like at all.
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