Now for something different Today was a bank holiday and I spent the day with my family at home. On days like these, when we don't expect any visitors and don't have any agenda for the day we just hang out at home and everyone is pretty much free to do as he wishes. On this occasion we even managed not to spend too much time on housekeeping or gardening, a default activity of house owners with virtually no substantial return on investment. Because of my morning routine I am always the first one to get up and I consider it an utter privilege to witness everybody's 'start the day process' as the morning unfolds. The first ones to join me early are our cats - the standard routine is that I prepare their breakfast. Eventually they eat, I read. Then they either take a nap or they leave to follow nature's call. Today however something extraordinary happened: our lady cat approached me in my reading chair and complained about something. I didn't get what she wanted...