Right now, my 16 year old cat, Archimedes, is curled up on his much-worn Pillow Pet (also a cat)  dreaming about the sound of a can opener chiseling open some tuna on a lazy Sunday morning.  When he wakes up, he will stretch contentedly and wander over to my legs purring hopefully to be picked up and cuddled.  If he achieves this goal, his purrs will crank up a notch while he burrows his long-haired furry head into my hair and drools.
He does not know that somewhere in New Zealand a man is working as hard as he can to eliminate his feline brethren.  

"Your furry friend is actually a friendly neighborhood serial killer." claims Gareth Morgan on his website devoted to convincing the people of New Zealand that domestic cats kill native wildlife and must be stopped.  He expounds further with, "If we are serious about conservation, protecting and enhancing New Zealand’s native fauna, even supporting a predator free New Zealand, then we must overcome our denial and acknowledge that we are harboring a natural born killer." Morgan believes that cats should be "phased out" of people's lives and while he says you don't necessarily have to go and have your cat euthanized, he does state that it is an option. 

New Zealand is supposed to be the land of hobbits and Rhys Darby.  How can this whimsical place also be the home of Dr. Catvorkian?  To make matters worse, his website is filled with the "real" truth about cats ("Your cat is not innocent!) and why they should be eliminated, yet these supposedly vicious monsters are  consistently referred to in cuddle talk as "furry friends" and "little balls of fluff".  Poor Archimedes, if he could read, he would be so confused about his role in the world.  At least here in Oregon, he can curl back up on his Pillow Pet bed safe in the knowledge that he is a cherished, fuzzy, squeeze-cat and I fully expect him to wake the heck up and swiftly exterminate any rats that run across my living room.  

So what watch can capture the juxtaposition between sweet pet and deadly enemy of mice?  Well, perhaps Tom and Jerry summed it all up on the small screen and now live on to share their tale with this retro watch from Hannah-Barbera.

But if you really fancy cats and would like to combine that with your ability to tell time on a completely modern device, why not just download this Cat Clock app to your iPhone?

Phase that out, Gareth Morgan!

Can a vintage or modern watch face convey emotion?  Yes!  Sure, you could use a typical emoticon or banal wordage to describe how you feel, but wouldn't the world be a better place if you used a watch face instead?  Well, we are going to find out!  To start us off, here is an interesting piece of news followed by the watch face that best sums it up.  

According to the ancient Mayans paired with conspiracy theorists and completely legitimate, scientific websites everywhere, the world was supposed to end on December 21, 2012.  Since I am writing this on December 23, I can somewhat assure you that it did not. But don't let this get you down!  There are plenty more chances for the the world to end, starting with tomorrow, the new last date, December 24.  After months of panic surrounding the end of the Mayan calendar's 13th baktun on 12-21-12, German researcher, Nikoali Grube is now telling the world that it turns out it's kind of hard to match up modern calendars with ancient Mayan predictions and the 13th baktun will probably end on Christmas Eve instead.  It's okay Nikoali, we know that these are very tricky matters and anyone could have made such a little mistake.  So brace yourself for the new, and much less catchy end of the world date, 12-24-12!

The perfect watch to sum up the new end of the world?  Take the jaunty, all-knowing greatness of a high and mighty Rolex and pair it with the lowly but ever-useful-when-electricity-fails-us sundial and voila!  You have...

Note: Dial may also be useful for jabbing enemies in the event of a widespread zombie attack.