Dearest readers,

If we hope to continue this little online dalliance of ours, I want to get a few things out in the open.  I am confident it will make us stronger in the long-run.

1. I’ve blogged with 67 people.  And I’ve had 7 different viruses, 3 of them at once.
2. My name’s not really Reggie, it’s Craig.  Craig the Vampire.  My first agent thought Reggie had more ‘pop’ to it.  I was young and naïve.
3. I am really (and I mean really) into lolcats.

The basic make up of a lolcat is a picture of a cat doing something funny, and a caption on the picture that gives a sneak peek at the hilarious thing the precocious pussy is currently thinking.  Like so:

You’ll notice the text is usually in a sans serif font and contains numerous spelling errors and truncated, IM-style shorthand (eg. thx = thanks).  The captions also often, though not always, follow the format seen in the example:

“I’m in your ________
_______ing your ________”

Seems easy, but staring into the face of a well-executed lolcat (like the iconic originator “I Can Has Cheezburger?”) feels like descending into a bottomless vortex of adorable hilarity.  The folk art form has evolved since its inception earlier this year, and now boasts blogs, Facebook groups, and the mind-melting LolCat Buildr.

To honour the tradition, we thought we’d drop a little comp.  Our very own GoatBoy was kind enough to volunteer the photo below of his beloved kitty Poosy Cat, so all we need now is a riotous caption to launch this adorable bastard into the comedic stratosphere.  Post your captions in the comments below, and we’ll Photoshop up the winner next week.

Safe weekend.  I’m glad we had this talk.
Craig.