Cat Confirmed Not To Be Garfield; Nermal Relieved

If it’s a new month, it must be time for another COUGAR SIGHTING article!

(Wild cheers, screaming, party balloons and streamers falling down, Pee Wee Herman dancing around, etc.)

The Inquirer writes today that Robert Squillace, a Camden County man, snapped three pictures of an unusually large cat — MOST CERTAINLY A COUGAR — in New Jersey.

Although the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection averages one report a week — that’s enough for a full time “Cougar Hunter” position! — Squillace is certain he saw a cougar. Patrick Carr, who works for the DEP, said the cat has a white tip on its tail, which cougars don’t have.

But Carolyn Welty, who lives across the street, says it was as big as “a golden Labrador retriever,” whatever that is.

That’s not it for the comparisons! “World-famous tracker” Tom Brown Jr. said that the cat is most certainly a cougar, further clarifying:

“That’s no Garfield.”

Duh, of course. The cat was seen on a Monday. Everyone knows Garfield doesn’t do anything but sleep that day. He hates Mondays.

Will big cat amount to anything? [Inquirer]

No snow forces NBC 10 to scrounge for ideas

Currently on NBC 10:

Is your house cat rather large? We’re looking for our area’s biggest cat. Send us your picture and the weight of your tabby!

Alright, I’ll bite:

We Need Big Cat Photos! [NBC 10]

Quickies: Cute animal edition

• Aww. Over 300 puppies were rescued from a house and barn in Chester County. They’re not up for adoption, though, even though they are oh-so-cute. [NBC 10]

• This is amazing. These people made Garfield funny. Well, not totally funny, but sort of like a tragicomedy where it’s just a lonely man talking to himself. By taking out all of Garfield’s thought bubbles, the comic is a post-nuclear absurdist piece of art. No, really. [Something Awful Forums]

• Convention Center expansion will not only take the Paul Green School of Rock, but the 24-hour adult book shop, too! Nnnnnnooooooo! [DN]

• If you build it, they will come (and piss on the seats): The Puppy Monorail. [Monorails.org]