Rachel Ray's Newest Fan

This morning, I decided to watch the Rachel Ray 60 Minute Thanksgiving show on Food Network. Now, for those of you who have had the discussion with me directly know, Rachel Ray gets on my very last nerve... it's a love/hate thing on par with how I feel about Martha Stewart as well. Like some of the ideas and concepts, but listening to either one of them is like nails on a chalkboard. But what I learned this morning is that my Vinnie-kitty absolutely loves Rachel Ray. He situated himself on the chair in front of the TV and for an hour was attentive and all indications were is that he was watching her and purring the entire time. And with Vinnie, it is all about intonation and food--both of which Rachel Ray much have.

A cat watching TV... can you really be serious? Yes. It doesn't happen often, but my favorite story regarding that was Calvin watching Big Cat Diaries, then emulating the cheetahs as he crawled, creeping around the apartment, sneaking up on his food dish. Of course, if Vinnie suddenly whips up a turkey dinner and stuffin' muffin's, I'll be convinced to get rid of the TV forever.