For 1,000s of years people near jungles and wilderness areas have lived in fear of sudden attacks by the great cats, lions, tigers, panthers and their cousins. 

But now, home office people face dire threats by the supposedly-domesticated cousins of these great cats. 

In a recent savage attack, our half grown kitten landed on the keyboard of our Sony laptop, fell backwards and caused severe damage as he dug in his claws to find purchase. 

The result?  He broke a number of keys off the keyboard.  Unfortunately, these types of keys are not as easy to replace as a standard keyboard so I had to order a keyboard from the manufacturer at a cost of about $130.  And now I have to pay someone to install it...

I had a couple of workshops to teach while waiting for the new keyboard, so it was very difficult to type to demonstrate Internet marketing techniques with keys missing.

Past victims of our cats included:

• House plants and seedlings
• A bowl of grapes
• A crystal punch bowl supposedly placed out of reach
• Papers coming out of the printer
• Crystal spheres from my wood carvings that become late night cat toys - very loud!
• A large picture being knocked off the wall
• Jewelry and ornaments
• The Christmas Tree
• Our little white dog

And we won't even talk about the infamous "cat-landing-on-bare-back with-claws-out-bathroom-incident."

So home business owners beware!  Behind that adorable kitten face lies a jungle predator, poised for attack!

Garland Coulson, "The E-Business Tutor"

Last Updated Wednesday, March 23 2005 @ 02:58 PM CST