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It should make noise
it should easily snag on claws
it should have a tail
it shouldn’t take more than five minutes to make
it should require recycled material
it should be ugly.

That’s right, cat toys are often designed to appeal to the human, not the cat. They are going to end up ratty looking anyway, so why bother making it pretty?

How do you know if your toy is a success? Immediately upon receiving new toy, your cat walks away from you, toy in mouth like a dead mouse and starts to torture it at the base of his favorite scratching post. Sans catnip mind you. If it’s a really good toy, it will remain a favorite for over a month.

It struck me while reading a paper this evening, that there are some words that become as familiar to you as your own name. It’s not just the look of the word or its sound. It’s the context, feelings and memories that are associated with the word. It’s how often you hear and read it. That word for me is ‘library.’ What’s your word?