Waking the Cat is Normally a Bad Idea. This is the Exception.:
If three decades of cat ownership have taught me anything, it's that a cat at rest should be let stay at rest as long as feline-ly possible. Cats are at their cutest when unconscious. Wake them and they begin scratching things, poking their nose into the kitchen, and filling the designated boxes (and anything remotely resembling said boxes) with various bodily fluids. More »