You are being silly. Or maybe it means you need a new job if you are this bored.

Cats are easy, feed them, scratch them, play with them, keep their litter clean and don't kick them or roll on them at night if their favorite place to sleep is in your bed.

"and don't kick them or roll on them at night "

Oh no, actually they like that! Because then they can act all offended. So you start groveling and apologizing and giving special treats and extra petting.... And then you are more enslaved to them than ever.

To be as close to your cat as possible just stay home all the time to provide a warm lap, scratches and special treats whenever requested.

So what did you learn in the articles?

Hmmm.. wonder if the lady wearing the jacket had a cat at home named Mariott or Hilton and found herself at a hotel of the same name with a clerk researching the subject of cats? Maybe if we were conscious of other peoples coincidences that paralleled our own, they wouldn't seem such a fluke.

Gammyt, thanks for responding. That sounds like a great idea... I will quit my stable job because I had some free time on one slow day. I can't imagine why I didn't think of that all on my own! Putting in my two weeks notice tomorrow. I am not a person who thinks the sky is falling if an acorn falls on my head. But, to have those things happen all within 30 minutes of each other. That's too weird. There are some people who believe that things happen for a reason, and that all living things have spirits or souls. I'm including a link to the article I was reading so you can see what I mean about the Orange Jaspurr thing.

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One day my ex who loved playing the lottery kept seeing the numbers 666 all day long, on licence plates, store receipts, just about every place imaginable. So he played 666. He came home all excited that he was sure to win the pick 3. I calmly told him yep, those are winner's alright. You should've played them yesterday.
The devil made him do it.:-)
I personally think your Jasper was just letting you know he was looking forward to the ear rubs he was going to get when you got home.

It does seem like there's a synchronicity or a pattern or rhythm in things sometimes, & it's often the little things (like "cat coincidences").

One morning last winter, as I was doing my mental inventory ("keys? check. cell phone? check. etc), my eyes lighted on my nail clippers in the bathroom drawer...
nothing at all unusual about that, that's where they belonged.

so I put 'em in my coat pocket.

Every now & then during the day, when I reached in my pocket for my keys or whatever, I thought what a nut I must be!

When I stopped by the feed store that night, the lady behind the counter was worrying with her fingernail.

She said, "I tore a little piece of cuticle this morning, & it's been aggravating me all day long.
I wish I had a pair of nail clippers."

So I handed them to her.

I've got a more-than-a-coincidence story about cats! This happened four years ago. I had a pair of elderly cats which I had had since they were kittens. An out of town friend came to visit and brought me, as a house gift, a beautiful stained glass museum-art quality placque of two cats, a standing black cat and an orange tabby squatting at its side. (It is a famous painting; I just can't remember right now who did it). I hung it in the window and it catches light beautifully. Four months later, quite unexpectedly, one of my elderly cats died. I grieved for awhile, but then started looking for two new young kittens/cats (I always like to have at least two). I started searching the websites of several no-kill groups in my area and I found a pair, posted that very day, of orphans who matched the pictures exactly--a lanky black male and his much more roundish orange tabby sister. Needless to say they are the loves of my life. I adore it when they pose under the picture exactly like the "famous" cats!

Great stories. Things were pretty normal last night when I returned home to Jasper. Except he slept on my pillow by my head, instead of in the desk cubby hole like he always does!

vacuumfreak- Have you read The Celestine Prophecy. The book is very interesting to those who think things are sometimes more than coincidence. Borrow a copy, it has been out for years and on NY Times Best Seller List for long time.