I'm in your house, playin' with your catz.

Jen and I broke down and bought a laser pointer for Patches. It was only 5 bucks in the check out line at Meijer, and he seemed to really like the one we borrowed from her parents.

It's a crappy piece of junk, sometimes it works great and other times not at all. You usually have to push the button a few times to get it to turn on at all. From what the directions said you click the button once to turn it on, and a second time to turn it off. That's not how it works though, what you really have to do is push and hold the button the whole time. Which makes playing with the cat rather tiring for you thumbs or fingers.

But, all in all it was worth the 5 bucks we payed for it. And Patches loves it, or at least he like to play with it. Well, at least for five or ten mins before he gets bored with it. He will chase it around the living room, stumbling and flipping over everything is sight. Our slightly retarded cat is fun to watch. It's even more fun to watch him try to climb a wall to get at it.

At least it give us something to play with, and lets him get some exercise. He's getting old and needs something to keep him active, especially with the way he freaks out about everything.

The company that makes the pet laser MiracleBeam also sells other laser and led products, including a really neat green laser pointer. It is 20 times brighter then the average red laser, and you can see the beam mid air. I know that I'm kind of a geek for it, but I want one.

Oh, and the fish like it too.