He (from the kitchen): “Emo is a pessamist.”

She (half asleep): “Huh?”

He: “He always sees his bowl as half empty.”

**Tim’s response to Emo’s daily ritual of meowing us awake so we can turn on the tap in the bathtub for his little drink (David Suzuki would have my head on a pike, rightly so) and also ration out the morning cup of kibbles, into a bowl that already has food in it, partially eaten.