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This Made Me Feel Horribly Guilty

As regular readers know, I'm one-third of the way through reporting a book on entrepreneurs in emerging markets that has me spending at least half my time in other countries. I'm spending about six weeks in the U.S.-- and it's the only stretch in the 18-month project where I have such a break. My poor cat, Vinnie, who I've had since I was 20 (pictured here in a sadder moment) has been alternating between being excited to see me and moping around the house the entire time. He's started acting out and gaining weight too.

I've been pretty annoyed. After all, he's got Olivia and Mr. Lacy to lavish him with attention, right? Then Mr. Lacy showed me this MSN report on noisy cats:

"Siamese cats have extremely friendly personalities, and they thrive on human companionship and affection. They form extremely close bonds with their primary caretaker, and they do not like to be left alone for long periods of time. The Siamese may have a nervous personality as well, and many Siamese cats do not like changes in their environment and are often skittish towards new people in the home."

I'm a total jerk.

August 01, 2009

12:02 PM

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Sarah Lacy is an award-winning reporter who has covered high-growth entrepreneurship for more than fifteen years. She is the founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of PandoDaily.com, the site-of-record for the startup ecosystem. She lives in San Francisco.

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