Me, a Cat Person? - As Jamie and I have pondered the possibility of purchasing a pet -- and the lifestyle changes that would entail -- we have been united in our determination that it be a dog. We simply are not cat people. I personally can't stand the beasts, and will forever maintain that my aversion is due to their conniving, unloving personalities, or possibly their infanticidal tendencies, and not at all connected to my severe allergies to feline saliva.

Yet with new advances in biotechnology making the dream of hypo-allergenic cats a reality, I wonder, could I someday learn to love pusses?