Pet Peeve: What to Name the Kitty?

What is a peeve any­way? It’s an annoy­ance. Some­thing that irri­tates you. Humor is what keeps us sane when events in our home office turn us peevish.

Here’s my take on a ‘Pet’ Peeve. Tongue in cheek? I’m not telling.

Tiny, adorable kit­ten. Old enough to leave his mamma. The last of his sib­lings to be adopted. And mine. All mine.

What do I name him? Hmmmm… Glis­ten­ing, black long hair. Tuxedo-​​like white breast and adorable white nose. White sock-​​like col­or­ing on his paws. Sox? Mit­tens? No. Not right. Too cutesy. He is going to be a hand­some, regal King of the house for sure. Some­thing will come to mind. He’s only been here for a few hours.

Shy lit­tle boy. Maybe if I ignore him for a while he will come out from behind the chair and find my lap. Back to the com­puter for me. Play­ing with a new kit­ten is more fun, but does not put food on the table for either of us.

Damn com­puter. Why is it doing that? Maybe it’s some­thing in DOS. I’ll reboot and check the bios settings…

NOOOOO!

Kitty! What have you done, Kitty!

Noooooo!

<sigh>

Back now, after tak­ing com­puter to the repair shop to replace the key­board dri­ver and other impor­tant tech­ni­cal stuff that my new kit­ten deleted when he jumped on the Key­board at the wrong time. I am amazed at how the stars in the heav­ens came together at the exact moment he leaped, allow­ing his tiny paws to strike the unique com­bi­na­tion of keys that deleted crit­i­cal dri­vers and saved the changes.

DK

He is proud of him­self. Purring in my lap and com­fort­able in his kingdom.

Am I peeved that my com­puter had to go to the shop? That I had to write on my type­writer for a day and a half? Yeah. But who can stay mad when purring is involved?

Oh, he has a name now. DK.

Stands for Delete Kitty.