Laura and I have had several cats in our life recently. Poe (b. 2006) is an energetic three year old black male cat we have had for 3 years. He loves to play, run around, chew things and get his face rubbed. Unlike most cats he loves being around people. Unfortunately for Poe we recently brought home a new kitten who now makes Poe's life miserable.  Pepperjack (b. 2009) is even more outgoing than Poe and was described as "confident" by the cat shelter.  He certainly lives up to that description. Miss Pixie (d. 2008) was a striped female we adopted from a British cat sanctuary. After almost four years with us she recently passed away. Shadow (b.1987-d.2007) was our grey friend who I had since he was a kitten.