We have four beasts:

1. Domino - The first evening after she was brought home, as a kitten, we were sitting around trying to decide on a name for her. When the delivery man rang the doorbell with the pizza we ordered, we instantly knew...

2. Cunningham - I had won a modest sum of money playing fanatsy football. One day at lunch, with absolutely no forethought, I went to a pet store. Toby, as he was then called, looked so sad and lonely in his cage I had to rescue him and take hime home. Immediately he was renamed Cunningham, in honor of the football player who's MVP seasson allowed me to win the money I used for the adoption fee.

3. Chloe - Cunningham turned out to be such a cool cat we decided another was a good idea. No name changes were in the offing for this torty calico - just could not come up with anything moew suitable.

4. Riccio - Named after the (in)famous Italian adviser to Mary Queen of Scotts, who was brutally murdered by the King's underlings, for being suspected, incorrectly, of having an affair with the Queen. The name seems to fit, as our Riccio is a big fan of pasta, especially lemon-pepper fetticine with alfredo...