Pookie is evil

We got Pookie three years ago because we had mice. We have no more mice. So from that point of view the "cat project" has been a success.

But in all other ways he is a failure.

He bites and scratches if you try to pick him up or pet him. He pees in the bathtub instead of the litter box. He has the personality of a rock--but one that bites and scratches you if you try to pick it up.

I told Jennifer that we should have Pookie declawed, but she reminded me that we live on the Upper West Side, where such things are punishable by death. If we were to even ask about it, we'd probably be blackballed for life from the vet.

I'm thinking of renting a car and taking Pookie over the border to a red state where such things are still done.