Sunbeam stare

Michael T. sends a sunbeam out to California where we’ve had like, 30 straight days of rain. Gracias, Michael (and prosh kitten.)

Sunbeam

54 comments … read them below or add one

  1. caitlin says:

    oh my god, my brain just exploded.

  2. Aubrey says:

    Am I first? Am I the first one to say that my head just exploded??

  3. Aubrey says:

    Wow – a narrow miss. But with nearly the same wording! Spooky!

  4. Christina says:

    Awww… so cute and yet so eerily spooky. Probably just me..

    Adorable.

  5. Jude says:

    Oh. My. God. That is the most beautiful thing I have seen in a long time. Well, since I saw that picture of the two kitties cuddling a few posts down, anyway.

    Hey, it’s sunny in San Diego today, finally!

  6. Adalia says:

    The Analytic Philosophy book in the background adds a nice touch… is the kitten’s name Socrates?

  7. punkpie says:

    so anerable!

    (I’m sick of this rain too. I’m soggy!)

  8. Mel says:

    I don’t know why, but I find myself staring at this photo and am almost overwhelmed with an urge to purchage squishy gourmet cat food. Is this an experiment in kitten mind control?

  9. Jan Spencer says:

    I love it! OH I’m gonna go squeeze both my kitties now… he looks like he’s posing for a magazine, or better yet, and album cover, you know light on one side, shadow on the other…

  10. Rafael says:

    Peeekaboo!

  11. A thinker says:

    This kitty looks like he’s in the midst of saying something incredibly earnest and profound. If I knew more philosophy, I’d be able to put some words in his mouth. Somebody help me.

  12. janna says:

    Wee babyhead!

    So much cuteness!

  13. Aubrey says:

    It’s almost unearthly, as if the ray of sunlight it’s basking in brought it to us from another plane of consciousness.

    Unearthly, unbearable cuteness.

  14. ElfOwl says:

    Heh, I was just thinking it looks like those really contemplative black and white pictures of the author on the back of a book jacket. Kitty’s a genius!

  15. Theo says:

    Angel fluff!

  16. Michele says:

    aww hes like in a little professors portrait in a newspaper, and that book is, like, his first best seller and he is being interviewed by a reporter about his new found success

  17. Cairo says:

    This is an AMAZING picture! WOW

  18. Zombie says:

    KITTEH+SUN=WIN

  19. Lacrossedragon says:

    ^_^

  20. s says:

    this picture makes me think of those old kodak portrait guides from the 70′s. all you need is kitty in a big floppy straw hat with some long hippy blonde hair and a big daisy

  21. Zombie says:

    “^_^”

    QFT

    KITTEH FOR YOUR INTARWEB USAGE:

    =^..^=

    ALSO SLEEPY KITTEH:

    >^_ _^<

    DISTRIBUTE FREELY – YOU CAN’T STOP THE SIGNAL

  22. Darcy says:

    That title sums it up PURR-fectly.

  23. Darcy says:

    Cutie pie!

  24. Darcy says:

    When I saw this title, I thought of a cat with laser vision! LoL!

  25. E. Collison says:

    Very contemplative kitty, though there’s something a bit unnerving about its stare…

    As for it looking like an author portrait – yep!

  26. Carlisa says:

    This photo is amazing! Kitty looks so apprehensive. Pictures like this kinda of leave you lost for words because they’ve already said it all. Felt like I visited California for a while. I think you should make him/her your official weather reporter. I love this picture!!!!!!!

  27. Subhangi says:

    Ooooh. Heaven with a kitty angel bathed in luminescence ready to welcome me. Ahhh.

  28. finn says:

    “Statistically speaking, the cat (goes the joke),
    Is half a cat breathing and half a cat croaked.
    To some this may seem a ridiculous split,
    But quantum mechanics must answer, “Tough @#&!”

    excerpted from The Story of Schroedinger’s Cat (an epic poem):
    http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_122.html

  29. finn says:

    p.s.
    meg, we’ll take your rain. we’re parched here in DE.

  30. The Guy Over There says:

    If Deep Throat was a cat!! :O

  31. Wendy says:

    Scrumdidilyumptious kitten!

    Plenty of sunshine here on the Northeast coast!

  32. c says:

    Hmmm, It’s film noir meets 1st grade school picture!

    Verrrrrrry cute!

  33. ariel says:

    angel face kitty.
    here in the midwest, it’s thunderstorms, tornadoes, and premature heat.

  34. Aelfwyn says:

    This is a very philosophical little cat. I think it’s pondering the Unbearable Lightness of Being (So Cute). BTW, I thought it was just Brits who went on about the weather? It’s cold and windy here in Scotland and the snowdrops are only just being replaced by daffodils!

  35. Teughcats says:

    Ariel, I don’t know where you are in the midwest, but here in Michigan it’s SNOWING!

    And yes, the kitty and the photo are precious and adorable.

    LOVE this, site, Meg!

  36. gnatish says:

    It might be that I’m just tired, but this is so pretty I’m getting teary eyed. what an angel

  37. Rafael says:

    There two types of weather in Michigan, Winter & Under Contruction!

    I think this kitty is drinking up the light.

    Perfect wall poster material.

  38. Theo says:

    Finn — that Schroedinger’s Straight Dope link? It is teh Über-Shizz and my lmao is rofl. Truly classic.

  39. ariel says:

    teughcats: i’m in mid-mizery.
    although chicagoans have tried to tell me i live in the south.

  40. ariel says:

    we’ve got daffodils, hyacinth, & redbuds busting out.

  41. opalbeach says:

    I feel like i’ve just been stabbed in both eyes with a rainbow switch-blade knife!

  42. faye says:

    Come on kitty, give us a smile!

  43. kochou says:

    oh, it’s darling!

  44. belle says:

    Weather update: at this very second it is SUNNY in downtown SF.
    Thank you, sweet kitten, for the mojo you worked!

  45. Theo says:

    Oh hey, is that only one paw, showing on the tabletop? We may have a polydactyl kitters here.

  46. ami says:

    um can anyone say…scrumptious? and is it ok to squeeze the screen?

  47. belle says:

    Hey kitten? Uh, yeah… your powers are faaaading…
    Well, at least you’re still cute!

  48. Darcy says:

    faye, when you said: ‘Come on kitty, give us a smile!’ I pictured the above kitteh with those anime happy eyes and a smile. Gyeeeah! Cute!

  49. sally says:

    Hmmm…liken that philosophy in the back too! You know this kids gonna be smart!

  50. Mook says:

    Sun-bathed kitten with serious gaze
    soulful eyes hint at mysterious ways

  51. Jackie says:

    Extra toes, extra toes! How prosh…

  52. Christine says:

    OMG, Michele, that makes it even cuter.

  53. lily says:

    THIS IS SOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!

  54. . says:

    to The Guy Over There who said “If Deep Throat was a cat”… I say, yes… so that your dick could get bitten or clawed off, for saying that.