This is one of my favorite topics where people's pets (and human kids, for that matter) are concerned, and yesterday's discussions of Emma/Emmanuel/Samson and Gizmo's new little buddy made me think of it. How did you name your kitties? Any good stories? Were they pre-named? Could you just simply not stop calling him Herbert, no matter how hard you tried?

Rizzo is a Muppet name. I thought I wanted to name him after a Muppet before I even saw him (I'm a Henson fan, so sue me!). And after he came to live with us...well, in his awkward kitten stage, he looked rather Muppetty! But I couldn't call him Kermie, 'cause you know, only Kermie is Kermie. And I didn't like most of the other names for him. I really, really, really wanted to name him Sweetums, after the big, shaggy, other-Muppet-eating monster. But taken out of context, I just couldn't live with myself if I had to introduce any pet of mine as "Sweetums." So I named him after another shaggy brown Muppet---Rizzo the Rat! It probably wasn't nice to name a cat after a rat, but what are ya gonna do? The name just suits him! Rizzo the Cat.

Looking forward to your stories! There are some good kitty names on this board.