This is Patches, a surprisingly mean kitty . When not harassing my dog she tends to pick on my sister's cat Sandy. She has killed hundreds of mice, shrews, birds, moles and so on. Recently she has been trying to track down and kill snakes.

She enjoys using you to get on to high places by jumping on your back, digging her claws into your spine, then propelling herself up to where she wants to go. She also likes to steal food from you (one time she ran off with a whole hamburger). However most of the time she just uses her evil psycho laser eyes to control you to give her what ever she wants. This includes paralyzing you and any other prey she happens across.

Another of her tricks is to lay down on her back and stares at you in a way which makes you want to pet her.  Then she jumps on your hand and just about bites it off while kicking you with her claws out. She also enjoys cavorting on whatever you're trying to read or write. writing on.