Important Research

I spent most of this evening doing sleeping position research on the butterfly chair, a lifelong interest to me. Soon I hope to publish the seminal work in the area.

Most of tonight's research was in the area of keeping control of the chair after you have obtained it. I see three main approaches toward this goal:

1. Anger - A human approaching an angry cat on a chair will instinctively leave the cat alone. Unfortunately, this can cause other problems: humans appear to often punish kitties for anger, especially when related to furniture.
2. Cuteness - Purring and rubbing one's head on a piece of furniture, especially when laying on one's back, are well-known methods of obtaining human approval and holding one's ground. This is usually done at the cost of one's dignity though.
3. Floppy Kitty - This is my personal favorite. By pretending to be too tired to move, humans will often give up and move on to a different chair. Even if they do have the ambition needed to sit in the chair, the only way for them to secure the chair is by physically picking you up. From that point you will generally just be deposited on their lap when they sit down, which is a very good postion: now you are both sitting in the chair and have a warmth device below you.

There is still a lot of work to be done in this and related areas, but I feel this research will be far-reaching in the kitty world.