{"id":21832,"date":"2016-05-17T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=784"},"modified":"2016-05-17T07:00:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T14:00:53","slug":"cats-in-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21832","title":{"rendered":"Cats in Hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First there was the dog Oscar.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-dog.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-785\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-785 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-dog.jpg?resize=138%2C300\" alt=\"hat - dog\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dog Oscar had a costume including a tuxedo and hat. His owner says that depending on whether he wears that hat or not,\u00a0sometimes it makes him look like a gentleman, and sometimes it makes him look like a gentleman hobo.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was the hatting of the cats.<\/p>\n<p>First, Pete, was convinced to wear the hat. Despite his skepticism, he did not view the hat as a threat. He is here pictured next to an iPad on which is playing the game <a href=\"http:\/\/qwantz.com\/tobeornottobe.php\">To Be or Not to Be<\/a>,\u00a0the choose-your-own-adventure version of Hamlet designed by Ryan North.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-788\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-788 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"hat - pete\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?resize=500%2C281 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-pete.jpg?w=1590 1590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, there was Clone, whose love of humans overwhelms all. If a human is within 20 yards, he purrs like a truck. A hat is a small price to pay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-clone.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-787\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-787 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-clone.jpg?resize=215%2C300\" alt=\"hat - clone\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, Alexi, who accepted the hat along with some ear scratches. He did not seem to have noticed at all that there was a hat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-alexi.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-953\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-953 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-alexi.jpg?resize=300%2C291\" alt=\"hat - alexi\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-alexi.jpg?resize=300%2C291 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-alexi.jpg?resize=309%2C300 309w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rachelswirsky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hat-alexi.jpg?w=350 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He did, however, drool.<\/p>\n<p>Not pictured: two cats who expressed their lack of enthusiasm for headwear by running away really quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First there was the dog Oscar. The dog Oscar had a costume including a tuxedo and hat. His owner says that depending on whether he wears that hat or not,&nbsp;sometimes it makes him look like a gentleman, and sometimes it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/2016\/05\/cats-in-hats\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=21832\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21833,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21832\/revisions\/21833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}