Grey and Black were born around March of 1994 behind the foreign auto repair shop where Jim worked at the time. Grey knew a sucker when she saw one. She began to ingratiate herself to Jim, and in time moved her sister, Black and herself inside the shop. Being feral cats, it took a while before they would let anyone touch them. Grey made the transition first, then tricked her sister into allowing herself to be petted one day. This idyllic existence came to an abrupt end one day when the girls sharpened their claws on a customer’s Mercedes...oops! By the end of the day, they had come to live with us "until we found a good home for them." Many years later, they are still here, and ruling the roost. Looks like they found themselves a good home. Black Died May 2, 2002

T.W.A.I.N. (Tomcat Without An Interesting Name) is a purebred Cameo Maine Coon. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and came to us as a trade for merchandise that we were selling at a cat show. Being really stupid is a desirable trait among show cats. This being the case, he would have done very well, had we ever actually shown him. He is pretty much the Fabio of our cat world. Big with long blonde hair, pretty to look at, but not very bright. Twain's hobbies include splashing all the water out of the water dish (watch for this behavior on the Litterbox Cam), drinking water out of glasses, eating Vaseline, and antagonizing the other cats. His dislikes include being brushed, food bowls that are not brimming with food, and being bathed. His favorite sleeping spot is in the bathroom sink. . . . really   
                                                TWAIN Died October 21, 2007

Marco Polo was adopted from our local shelter as the successor to our previous office cat, Taffy. He rules the warehouse and offices of Third Planet Imports with an iron paw. His hobbies include lounging on the boxes in the warehouse, chasing Styrofoam peanuts across the shipping room floor, supervising all office personnel and extorting tuna (packed in spring water ONLY, Please) from his co-workers. Although his official job description includes “mouser” to date he has only caught one mouse, which he left on the office manager’s desk for approval. He is well known to local law enforcement due to his skill and determination in figuring how to set off the security system. (since fixed) He is also quite fond of "helping out" during product photo shoots, hence his very professional portrait.
                                 Marco Polo was killed by a coyote on June 11, 2007

Trillian (registered name: Moonrose Mostly Harmless) is Twain's cousin. O.K., it was one of those incestuous cat breeding things where Twain mother is Trillian’s grandmother, but they had the same father. Maybe they should be called Arkansas (insert state name of your choice here) Coon Cats instead of Maine Coon Cats. Jim tried to sneak Trillian into the household thinking no one would notice since she looked so much like Twain The ruse was successful for a short time, until Twain got an inkling that maybe there was something fishy about that story. Whereas Twain is the Fabio of our cat world, Trillian is the Calista Flockhart. She is an exceptionally thin cat who seems to pride herself on not eating.
                                   Trillian was killed by a car on April 27, 2005