First I am going to tease us with his "Formal Show Stance" picture. I cannot WAIT to bring him home! I am going crazy!!


Titan. Hmmm. Saturn's biggest moon.

Moons.
Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto

Saturn:
1. Mimas ..NO!
2. Enceladus
3. Tethys
4. Dione ...Anyone know the "Dionne Reel? I'll play a few bars.."
5. Rhea
6. Titan ...Big Boy
7. Hyperion ......Squirrell on crack.
10. Phoebe .......Hahahaa
11. Janus ............Hey, the god of good beginnings.

15. Calypso ....Come Mister Tally Man.
17. Atlas .........."Who is John Galt?"
18. Prometheus ...Fire Bringer, Algonquin: chipmunk
20. Pan ...Haha, IΩ ╥an!!
...

Gems and minerals:

Onyx
Jasper....?
Obsidian
Jet
Anthracite

Stars:
Vega
Sirius
Vega
Capella
Rigel
Procyon
Betelgeuse
Altair
Aldebaran
Antares
Spica
Pollux
Fomalhaut
Deneb
Regulus
Castor


See why I get nowhere? How many NAMES are there???

This is from my nutty artist wife's page..I just thought of it now.
We went through this YEARS AGO 0when she had to name her car:


"The naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games.

When you notice a Cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
Her mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of her name:
Her ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name."


With appreciation of T.S. Eliot in helping name Jon and Mary's Leaper, most definitely a girl, please meet the magical Jaguar, Misstoffelees.
Jaguar (JAG-you-uh)n. A large, fierce, pavement-eating member of the cat family. Just About the Greatest, Ultimate, Automobile on Record.

Jon you are cracking me up with all this excitement of yours. The name will come to you when you least expect it to. Just reading your lists gets me so excited I probably will have difficulty in sleeping again tonight. LOL one of these days I am going to learn not to come here at night before I go to bed.

I remember when my sister gave birth to her 5th babygirl (The last one. Thank God!) She had picked her name out before she was born and decided on Tillie. The entire family tried to get her to consider other names, but she was very adamant about it. So, we shut up and respected her choice of names. After all, it was her baby. Well, lo and behold, that name grew on all of us. When I look at her today so grown up, I can't even imagine a more perfect name for her.

On the other hand, before I brought my newest puppy home this last weekend, I had decided between 2 names for him.(Or so I thought) As it turned out we did not wind up choosing either of those names. We brought him home on Saturday and did not name him until Sunday. Then suddenly it hit us that Browser was the perfect name for him.........even though I call him lots of other names like, Lil Dickens, ShortStuff, PeeWee etc. etc. etc.

Show me another list please LOL. It sounds like the names are what is keeping your mind busy while you sit on pins and needles. Just wait til he's home with you.........the excitement really heightens then. I am anxious myself to hear about the stories you will tell us about this little kitty who wears a fur tuxedo.

Enjoy!

Hey.

You don't suppose...

He will grow up to look like...



????
Look at the markings! Oooooh!

Come on May 15!!!! I am going nuts.

News Flash!
My sister-in-law, a true Cat Lady just called.
She likes "Jasper".
Any votes? She clucked and cooed over it.

Jon: That Formal Show Stance picture is really priceless. It looked to me like he was so cute I wanted to say he has a button nose...the kind you like to touch. How about Buttons?

Jasper? Does he look like a Jasper? Does it sound right to you?

It sounded like you were introducing him as Jaguar....

I know Bogart wore a tuxedo but when I think of one...I think of the old Fred Estaire movies..how about Freddie?

May15th? What a darling you have found, Jon. Your kitten Interview was everyone was at the right place at the right time and it felt right. How perfect is that?

You could also search the www.petfinders.com on the Internet and see the names Tuxedos have gotten..maybe one of them will remind you of something.

I have one..when I think of a kitten...I think of the energy and as you have seen from Ken's Elvira and Ellen...,they love to get into
mischief.

How about calling him Mischief? I'll bet he lives up to that name.

Judy

Ooooh...What a doll! But MY kittie to be has white further up his face, giving him a (Squealing like a little girl ) LITTLE PINK NOSIE!!

Ooooooh! (Melting)


2 more weeks.
I think I am going to slow down posting on this till he is here because I am going to drive everyone else besides me crazy!!!!

My wife says I should name him a Big Male Cat name like "Spike". My niece suggested "Jeeves"...so the domestic name wars have begun.
I kind of liked "Jasper", myself, but my wife said he would die of shame and be effeminate. (Well, Damn! I am going to have him neutered, of course!! Does the term "Vienna Boys' Choir" mean anything to you???)
(She was being humorous. Since she is left-handed/right brained we forever tease each other about the Engineer/Artist Communication Problem- Never mind BOTH my parents were artists! THEN Things deteriorate, I tell a blonde joke, and she reminds me that she is a certiifed firearms instructor & Etc.)

NOW I get an email from my Sister-in-Law, "Does he have a brother?? Because I just lost my dear old Steven!" I fear this litter will go like hotcakes.

I hope the cat lady keeps her word and he is there for me May 15! If not, there will have to be a new support topic..."Found and Lost"!

hi, Jon730
i like your thread, and i am feeling with you, beeing excited and happy, waiting for the little kitty.

how about "Bastet", the agyptean cat-goddess, many thousand years ago.

maybe you know Erich Kästner, a german writer (+1974)
one of his wonderful poems is wondering about the names of cats ( and how cats deal with their names..)
that cats do have always 3 names !

one like Bastet, Zeus, Saturn,
one like Baby, Honey,
and the 3rd name, this name, only the cat knows!
Eva

i think, Erich Kästner was a big cat-lover and did know a lot about cats.

PS.: what about the "Vienna Boys`Choir" ?
i have no idea, i could do a little research, since i am living in Vienna
something to do with "neutered" ??

It is used as a euphamism, because the Vienna choir is so well known but actually, neutered males were once used in Rome in great numbers. Why spend a fortune training a singer, only to have their voice change? I don't think it has to do with them spraying...hahaha.

Bastet is a name I had once considered, but he is a boy cat, and his father is a giant...hence the suggestions like "Titan".

Fifteen more days......

Wow- all such beautiful cats! Jon and Joanne, you are really selling me on tuxedos- they are beautiful...although, I do have to be fair, I love all kitties-they are all beautiful! Jon, we are all waiting in suspense with you!

QUOTE (jackjackbojack @ May 1 2008, 07:26 PM)

Sounds like he already is! There is so much laughter and joy in this thread, I love coming here. It's great to see people enjoying life!

One week down, Jon....

YUP!!! Not long to go now. I am anxious myself to hear all about him after you get him home. Anymore ideas about a name yet?

NINE more days. At C-Day Minus 2 I will make the Vet appointment and start getting his room ready and buy new toys.

Names: My wife suggested "Ignatius", so I could call him "Iggy".
And REALLY old people like myself can remember the cartoons of Ignatz, the brick-throwing cat; "Precious dollink, ever fetful". I am not really wild about it.

I had suggested "Welan", because I want him to grow up to be a magical craftsman like his Daddy. (Katzen11, Sie verstehen!)
My wife said, "No one will know what that means!" I said "HE will!"


I kind of like "Oreo", too, but it's Trademarked. It Means "Mountain" in Greek. I mean, his father is a BIG cat....

I like Oreo.

He is black and white. He is cute. He looks sweet. I would be tempted to call him Oreo and then I could tell him
he is "my little cookie!".

**********BULETIN*************

The Kitty Lady called and left a message! Some have already been taken by new adopters, so it looks like they are old enough and the mother is not too upset, so it could happen sooner. I am awaiting a phone call from her.

Vet appointment.
Ready.

new catbox.
Done.

Toys.
Get some new fresh ones.

Kitten food.
Tomorrow

Scratching post.
Or else.

I would add to that list:


Heart
anxious

Emotions
Very High

Love Ready?
Without a doubt!

nothing to add, how exciting !
Eva

My dogs and cats all became fast friends.

Other than that, there is nothing I can say on a Family-Friendly forum, except, "If they have a baby, will they kill the dog?".
Some people just do not Get It.

On the bright side, I had a dream about my new cat last night...This is getting mentally sick. I had better try to move the timetable up a littlle! I will try calling again tonight!

TUESDAY AT NOON I go get him!

Now it is looking like "Iggy", for "Ignatius".