Murphy the cat is apparently "too big" to be adopted by old ladies, even though he is the second-tiniest cat around. :(
In other news, I found a nice little interactive fiction engine the other day called Quest. It comes with the "Quest Development Kit" demo, which is super easy to use but puts limits on the # of rooms and objects. Thankfully, if you have the slightest bit of programming knowledge, you can edit and write the source code directly from Notepad. Woo, I just saved myself $40! Er, assuming I would've bought it. Which I would't, because I'm a cheap bastard. But yeah, I've started writing a little newbie-game (which is an X-men fan