Games you can play with your cat:

Chasing cat food pellets across the floor.

Playing fetch with hair ties.

Alien Flashball.

Yes, folks, it's the first video game you can play with your cat.

My cat Fuzz likes to sit on the table right next to the computer and watch me play this. Occassionally it gets to be too much and he decides it would be better as a tag team effort and tries to hit the flying balls himself. Only problem: he uses his paws, not the trakball.


He's also an immensely educated cat now. He enjoys watching science show videos on Google Video. We've watched all of Cosmos, The Elegant Universe, and Nova's "This Old Pyramid" together. He really does pay attention. He sits here beside the screen and watches it with every sign that he's paying attention. Sometimes he even tries to sniff the screen or bats at the people or things moving on it, but not in his Matrix-trailer "must KILL NEO" kind of way.

So at least one of my furry children is getting an education.