I'm one who'd never fling my cats into water.  I haven't viewed the video, but what I've heard reminds me of one of my cats (Comet) from decades ago.  Her name came from her habit of ranging unseen in far corners of the apartment, then every so often racing past wherever I was, only to disappear once again.  She made me think of a comet's trajectory, and their occasional speeding passes near our Sun.

One of our play habits was sliding a plastic button around inside the bathtub, where it would follow nice curvilinear paths around the banked sides.  She enjoyed it so much that sometimes when she saw me headed that way she'd race to the bathroom and leap right in, anticipating another wonderful play session.  Once--only once--she leaped into the tub to find that I'd drawn a bath about 15 minutes earlier...

Rose: I heard a story on the radio this weekend about the Atlanta Humane Society having received a number of Micheal Vick football jerseys as donations--to be used as animal bedding, or possibly for cleanup.  A worker there mentioned one dog using a jersey as a pillow.

Jim Dandy: Since a recent merger/acquisition, the company I work for began offering pet insurance as a payroll deduction option.  At first, that sounded pretty cool!  But unfortunately, the participating vets were quite a bit farther away from home than my regular clinics.

My    just hate to travel in my , and aren't the least bit shy about letting me know it!

Jim Dandy: Pardon my cynicism here, but I think I live in a country where people can get as much "justice" as they can afford.  And unfortunately Mr. Vick can afford plenty of it.

I hope I'm wrong.

HERE'S A STORY FROM THE L.A. TIMES ABOUT A DOG THAT COULD USE SOME TRAINING IN FINANCIAL MATTERS!

DEBBIE HULLEMAN'S DOG PEPPER HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GNAW ON LIPSTICK AND MUNCH ON SHAMPOO BOTTLES. BUT PEPPER GOT HULLEMAN INTO A REAL MESS AFTER GOBBLING NEARLY $750.

"THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST," HULLEMAN SAID THURSDAY, RECALLING HOW SHE POKED THROUGH VOMIT AND DOG PILES IN THE YARD.

HULLEMAN HAD ASKED HER MOTHER IN OAKDALE, MINN., TO TAKE CARE OF PEPPER AND HER OTHER DOG LAST MONTH WHILE SHE AND HER HUSBAND WENT ON VACATION. PEPPER, AN 8-YEAR-OLD BLACK LABRADOR-GERMAN SHORTHAIR, GOT INTO A PURSE BELONGING TO HER MOTHER'S FRIEND AND CHEWED THE CASH FROM AN ENVELOPE.

HULLEMAN'S MOTHER RECOVERED SOME OF THE MONEY THAT PEPPER SPIT OUT. BUT WHEN HULLEMAN RETURNED AND WENT TO CLEAN UP HER DOGS' MESS OUTSIDE, SHE SAW A $50 BILL HANGING FROM ONE PILE.

THE CHORE OF SORTING THROUGH DOG FECES NETTED ABOUT $400, SAID HULLEMAN, 50. BETWEEN THAT AND OTHER BILLS THAT PEPPER HAD EITHER VOMITED OR SIMPLY CHEWED ON, THE FAMILY RECOVERED $647.

THEY SWAPPED THE SOILED MONEY FOR FRESH CURRENCY AT A BANK. "I SOAKED IT AND STRAINED IT AND RINSED IT," HULLEMAN SAID.

My youngest cat still loves the Dragon.  It's so funny to watch her tracking it as it glides across the screen.

I might have to disable it, though, before she lunges and shoves the display to the floor.