He looks like Felix the Cat and has six toes on each foot, each with a long claw. They are formidable weapons.

His M.O. is to spring from behind you and what he does is wrap himself around your legs and he bites and scratches.

The Avon lady was getting out of her car when Lewis attacked her from behind. She ended up going to the hospital.

We got off to a tough start again. We continue to shoot ourselves in the foot and have to claw our way back. We had chances in the second and third period but came up a little short.

Maude regards the ones who don't make it as her own personal failures. "I guess I didn't put enough emphasis on 'until death do you part,'" she says sourly, whenever she hears about the latest divorce. "Sad to say, but some are in it just for the good times. Married folks, they gotta be like that cat's claw acacia I've got growin' in my yard. Gotta grab hard and hold on tight when the going gets rough. Only way to get through the bad times. Grab hard, hold on, and ride. No matter what.

Shit. I hated her already, and we hadn’t even met.