Stupid Pet Tricks Filler

We have two cats. One, named Theo, is a normal cat, aloof around people he doesn't know, generally friendly, but equally skittish. The other, called Sage, is a big galoot of a lunkhead (or whatever the female version is), not very smart, but probably the most people-friendly feline I've ever known.

We're in the process of having our basement finished. This weekend, the painters toiled in our basement to prime the walls.

I came home yesterday from grocery shopping to find Sage waiting at the front door, angling to make a run for it, which is her normal move. I looked down at her, and saw some sort of foreign substance on her head. When I reached down to investigate, I felt a crust on her fur, and realized that it was obviously paint. I grabbed a wet towel and went to work on her, to limited success.

Later that evening, I went to the basement to see the progress. Sage, dutiful dog-like cat that she is, followed me. While I looked at the walls, she climbed a ladder that stood in the corner. A ladder, as it turns out, that still had wet paint on it. She doubled up on the paint-head look, as you can see:

That white spot in the middle of her head? Not fur.

And yes, it appears that we are down to posting filler photos of our pets. It's summer, man.