The following is an actual, honest to God, e-mail I received over the weekend. Other than adding hyperlinks to referenced blog posts, the e-mail has not been modified in any way. This just goes to show what I’ve been saying for years: Cats love my blog.

Dear Kev at SKOS:

After over two years of being a faithful reader of your blog, I wanted to take the time to write a letter to let you know just how awesome I think you — and your website — are.

It all began in the year 2006, when My Human (affectionately referred to from here on out as MH) discovered the “comedic gold” that is your writing.

One warm summer evening, I was in the window basking in the sunset, minding my own business, when my ears were pricked by the sounds of her mirth coming from the other room. Thinking perhaps she had been suddenly possessed by some obscure force causing her to make this unnatural noise, I meandered my way down the hallway to investigate.

Upon arriving in the area MH refers to as the “couch,” I immediately feigned concern and leapt fluidly onto her lap. MH loves this, for reasons unbeknownst to me. After taking a perfunctory sniff in the general direction of her face, I turned my attention to the source of her glee.

Little did I know that what I would see would forever change my nine lives.

Splashed across the top of MH’s laptop screen were the words I Am an Awful, Awful Actor. I began to read. The more I read, the more I laughed (on the inside). The more I laughed, the more I loved it. The more I loved it, the more I wanted to read. Next article? One Word: Gigli.

Amazing. Incredible. Addicting. A-List Stars Blacklist Mel Gibson. What Happened to the Dell Dude? Atlanta Braves Sign Charlie Sheen. I couldn’t get enough, I was hooked.

Ever since that fateful day in July of ’06, I have never missed a single article. Every time MH is on your site, I am on her lap, reading with fervor and absorbing every word. Your blog is my catnip. Sometimes, I read your site in the middle of the night, when MH is fast asleep. She does not know this.

I will admit, one of my all-time favorite entries is still 50% Fur, 50% Awesome. This cat you speak of, “Smokey,” sounds like a cat after my own heart. I have committed to memory all of the “Smokey Facts,” in case I am ever granted the privilege of meeting him whisker to whisker. I dream of such things.

Suffice all this to say, Kevin, you are one Awesome Human. Please continue writing for as long as you are able. I hope to continue reading SKOS for years and years to come. And someday, if I am so blessed, I hope to have my humble cat chin scratched by those talented, blogging hands of yours.

Sincerely yours,

DC

P.S. I have enclosed a photograph MH took one evening recently while I was reading your blog from my perch on her lap. She thinks I was keenly observing the mouse cursor skimming its way across the screen, but that is what all Humans think. In actuality, I was rapt with attention for your latest article.