Never mind that those wonderful, misunderstood animals don’t know any better. Never mind that I enjoy owning both of them, after a fashion. Why does my cat like to wake us up by biting our heads, and why does my dog think that if it just growls and looks scary enough, 15 pounds of it will be able to intimidate 150 pounds [you wish!] of me?

While I’m on the topic of pets, why won’t the dog just bloody well give up already? Its snout is hatched with cat-cuts. The other day I picked a claw sheath out of the side of its face. Stubborn, stubborn terrier.