New Cat Sensation: Faux Rat Tail

...f our cat, Buck, and his rat tail, which he would not share with the other cats (who were wildly envious), or slow down his play so I could get an clear shot. By the next day, when he tired of it, the tail had dehydrated into little more than a rat whisker. This Root Simple Approved Artisanal Feline Play Device contains no artificial flavors or colors. It is 100% organic, raw, vegan, locally grown, cruelty-free, sugar-free, gluten-free, compostabl...

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Toggler Snaptoggle® Heavy-Duty Toggle Bolts

...cally), that you want to mount that flat screen TV to the wall so that the cats can’t knock it over. This is where the Toggler Snaptoggle® bolts come in. To use them you drill a 1/2″ hole and insert the metal toggle thing in the wall. You then slide the plastic cap into the hole and rock the plastic straps back and forth until they snap off. Insert the bolt and you’re done. The Toggler folks claim that the bolt will hold up to 238 pounds in drywal...

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Saturday Tweets: Mid-Century Cookies, Harbor Freight Chainsaws and Epistemology!

...tps://t.co/RbREEuCusY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2016 Top 10 cats in literature https://t.co/AIdIUweE8I #Caturday — St. Margarets Sounds (@SM_Sounds) December 7, 2016 Podcast interview with memory champion and Memrise founder Ed Cooke https://t.co/Ov55rpweTG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 16, 2016 Podcasting’s positivism problem https://t.co/vYyGhxZQcY — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 16, 2016 CA Governor Brown vows to laun...

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The Root Simple 2016 Holiday Gift Guide

...ve come to enjoy beginning my day with a passage from Kenny’s book. Ship’s Cats in War and Peace There’s no nice way to say this. I’m a crazy middle-aged cat dude. The similarly pitiful cat-lover in your life will enjoy this strange and obsessively researched book, though they will develop a lifelong hatred of Ernest Shackleton (the bastard shot the ship’s cat!). You will learn two important facts: the celebrity cat phenomenon is definitely not a...

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