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Other distinctive breed-specific personality features of the Maine Coon:

Fondness for water
It is widely believed by cat experts that Maine Coons are a natural breed derived from selection in a sea-faring environment. Cats were frequently kept about trading vessels as pest control, and may have done some disembarking into fairly harsh climates, breeding, and returning shipboard. The thinking is that this eventually resulted in a domesticated but hardy breed of cat largely unafraid of water and possessed of a fine, silky coat of water resistant fur, the result of breeding between European longhairs and domestic North American shorthairs. The Maine Coon's unusual response to water is another distinctive feature of the breed.

My Maine Coon (Zoë) does not have any interest in swimming, but loves to play in water. She bats at the stream of water coming out of the sink tap, and will happily sit on the very edge of my bath…

A bombshell is a woman-shaped natural phenomenon not covered under the terms of most insurance policies. The return of the bombshell as an ideal and lifestyle choice was officially heralded in The Bombshell Manual of Style by Laren Stover, although rockabilly, swing, and retrogoth kitties have been keeping the faith for years. Classic examples include:

• Marilyn Monroe
• Jane Russell
• Mae West
• Dorothy Dandridge

Paracelsus was born near Zurich in 1493. His father was a country physician with an interest in alchemy which he shared with his son, who would later become the first proponent and theorist of iatrochemistry.

Paracelsus left home to study when he was 14, and traveled widely as a student and later as a roaming physician. It is certain that he studied for some time with Johannes Trithemius, and also that he held a high opinion of himself, particularly in comparison with the…