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2A Daily News – Friday, August 16, 2013 Community people&events Military The 'cat'scade' effect It's difficult to describe a room's watch television. I'm sure most coulayout without showing an image — so ples — for that matter, most families — always sit in the same if you're really, really into folplace. In our case, I without lowing this column (which fail place myself at the "top describes how the furniture in of the L" while she sits on our living room is placed), the other end of the couch. you might want to draw a big Motor, our younger cat, "L" on a piece of paper. Then perches on the coffee table. again, you probably aren't Mini-Schnauzer Jack rests that compulsive. between the two of us on Anyway, a chocolate the couch. brown three-person couch Then there's Tiger; our comprises the vertical leg of older cat, Alpha of the fourthe "L". Perpendicular to it, legged members of the forming the horizontal leg of family. After everyone is the "L" is a recliner, with both Scott Q. settled, he makes his grand facing the entertainment cenentrance, which he does ter, which would be by the top exactly the same way night of the "L." after night after night. Stick with me. It'll all Leaping upon the end table by me, he come together soon. On either end of the couch is an end struts across my legs, skirts Jack (peritable, usually covered with the com- odically slapping his tail in the dog's mon odds and ends that collect over the face), climbs over my wife, over the day. You know, wallets, reading glass- other table (scattering what might be in es, books, maybe a coffee cup or two. his path), leaping on to — and over — The room has a picture window, the recliner, and finally commandeerwhich would be "below "the bottom of ing the coffee table, forcing hapless the "L" and behind the recliner. In front Motor to flee. We've never understood why he of said window, and behind the recliner, is a coffee table. That might seem a doesn't just go direct to the coffee poor placement — unless cats reside in table. But, then, he probably wonders your house as they do at ours. There- why we don't walk on the couch. Diffore, utilization of the table has been ferent strokes and all… The other night, not meaning to ceded to our two ginger felines who sit cause any problems, I sat on the reclinthere, staring out at the street. er. Motor fled the room completely. Okay, the stage is set. Here we go. My wife and I sit on the couch to Although Jack remained next to my Marcus Courtesy photo Airman Chase Corry graduated the Air force Academy June 28 and is in Security Forces technical school. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. wife, as per usual, he could not settle down; glancing restlessly forth and back at me on the recliner and then toward the space I usually occupy. Finally, Tiger arrived, first surveying his kingdom, and preparing for his pattern. He looked where I usually sit, then spotted me in a different location. Next he studied my wife; repeating this cycle for no short time. Finally, after several moments, ignoring his standard pattern, he leaped directly on to the coffee table, bypassing the entire standard regimen. We didn't need to buy new furniture, or even rearrange it to cause this cosmic cascade in animal behavior changes. All that was necessary was a simple relocation of four feet, from one chair to another. That insignificant variation triggered a ripple effect; causing everyone else to change, especially Tiger. It was an appropriate reminder that it doesn't take much to change a habit; all that's required is to move your butt. About the author: Scott "Q" Marcus is a motivational productivity expert and weight loss speaker. He is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com and founder of 21DayHabitChange.com, guaranteed to help you change a habit in just 3 weeks. He can be reached at 7 0 7 . 4 4 2 . 6 2 4 3 , scottq@scottqmarcus.com or facebook.com/ThisTimeIMeanIt. Community supports Red Ribbon Week Our community is very supportive of the Red Ribbon Week efforts of the Tehama County Young Marines, Dept. of Ed. and other agencies. Every year the Young Marines request and receive a Proclamation from the cities of Red Bluff and Corning, as well as the county of Tehama. 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