Ubikitty

The cats are named Sundance and Cassidy, since Tom and Helen somehow had the custom of naming cats for outlaws and dogs for NASCAR champs. But they also have nicknames.

Cassidy is noticeably plumper and this extends all the way to her tail. So Tom calls her Fat Tail, and Sundance is Skinny Tail.

He also calls Sundance Dancer. I call both of them Thundercats, but the name mainly applies to Cassidy who sounds like a baby elephant when she climbs the basement stairs or runs across the living room floor.

This morning Sundance was in even more needy-mode than usual, and everywhere Tom or I went (mainly Tom), she ran over and demanded attention. Tom and Helen say that Sundance was taken from her mother too soon and has never quite adjusted. Although she and Cassidy are from the same litter and look so much alike, Cassidy is the independent one and Sundance likes to be in physical contact with someone. So I decided another name for her is Ubikitty. You know, from ubiquity: existence or apparent existence everywhere at the same time. (Not quite the same as ominpresence, which means being everywhere at all times, not just at the same time.)