{"id":2097,"date":"2008-12-25T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2097"},"modified":"2008-12-25T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T16:20:00","slug":"of-cats-and-magnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2097","title":{"rendered":"Of cats and magnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meritagetherestaurant.com\/\">one of the pricier dinners I&#8217;ve ever had<\/a> &#8211; and I&#8217;m pleased to report that it was quite tasty.  The five course wine-paired Christmas dinner was really something.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redmed.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">redmed<\/a>s parents got me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sillyasstoys.com\/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&#038;ProdID=409\">Rattlesnake Eggs<\/a> for Christmas.  They&#8217;re sturdy little magnets that you throw into the air.  They bounce off each other rapidly, making a clacking-buzzing noise.<\/p>\n<p>The small cat HATES them.  As soon as I tossed them in the air, she hit the kitty-slink pose and slunk out of the room.  Now, whenever I go near the packaging, she hops down from wherever she&#8217;s perched and slinks out of the room.   I managed to get them near her by stealth and cunning, and decided to see if cats understand magnetism.  I held one magnet in my hand, and made the other one move around on the floor without touching it.<\/p>\n<p>She *growled* at the moving magnet when it moved.  She *hissed* at the one in my hand.  <\/p>\n<p>No kidding.  Cats hate and fear magnets.  Try it and see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from one of the pricier dinners I&#8217;ve ever had &#8211; and I&#8217;m pleased to report that it was quite tasty. The five course wine-paired Christmas dinner was really something. <\/p>\n<p>redmeds parents got me Rattlesnake Eggs for Christmas. They&#8217;re sturdy little magnets that you throw into the air. They bounce off each other rapidly, <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2097\">Of cats and magnets<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}