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Alas, we have to start with Jake being a bad kitty. My cats know... they know... that they are not allowed on the kitchen countertops. It's the only area of the house they can't go, because I'm a kitchen clean-freak. But, well, they're cats, and so it's not like I can trust them. So I have two security cameras with a countertop "zone" that will alert me if there's movement there. My interior cameras turn off when I'm home except these two, because I want those alerts.

This past week Jake has been ignoring the countertop rule, and I don't know why. The first time was this past Wednesday. I'm at work, I get an alert, I tune in and see this...

So I use the microphone to yell at him, he jumped off, and I thought that would be the end of it for a while.

Then it happened again on Friday.

And then this morning I wanted falafel for breakfast. It happens. After frying it up, I let the oil cool so I can strain it and use it a couple more times. But do you know what happened after it had cooled a bit? JAKE JUMPED ON THE COUNTER AND STARTED DRINKING THE OIL! GAAAAHHH! The little shithead! Not only can't I use the oil again, I have to worry if the oil is going to do anything other than make sure Jake shits out his hairballs easier. GAAAAHH!!!

After chasing him off the countertop, he scampered upstairs IN SHAME! That lasted all of ten minutes before he was downstairs laying next to me expecting pets...

Jenny, on the other hand, has been an angel...

She may insist on a foot massage sometimes, but she's still an angel...

Except... when she wakes me up at 12:30am wanting attention and I can't fall back asleep for 2-1/2 hours...

Now, to be fair, Jenny has woken up from what I'm assuming are nightmares since she was a kitten. And this is likely what the situation was. Because the minute I turn the light off at night to go to bed, she immediately hops off the bed and runs downstairs (Jake goes to the end of the bed and sleeps there). So she better not be waking me up for a foot rub!

Meanwhile in the kitty igloo shelter...

The Mystery Cat, whom we're pretty sure is not Fake Jake, is still showing up as it gets colder and colder at night...

But this cat isn't the only visitor. The neighbor's dog is curious about the new intruder's scent...

And that's your Kitty News update.