As you peruse the smart, informative articles here, you’ll notice that they are published with images typically – often stock photos. Now, stock photos aren’t always the most compelling form of imagery. But there is one type of stock photo that truly represents the height of the art form. I am, of course, talking about stock photos of kittens. DepositPhotos.com maintains a database of what seems like 12 billion kitten pictures, and as I clicked through them for this article, I was filled with more and more joy, as I’m sure you will be as you click through this absurd yet somehow completely necessary slideshow (which comes just in time for Adopt a Cat Month).
So, enjoy these kittens, along with the nicknames I spontaneously came up with for each of them. The one pictured here is named “Kristen Chenoweth.”
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Rocky Barbacoa
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Mr. Serious
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Oprah
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Goat
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Wildling
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Prozac
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The Dude
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Hourglass
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Cleopatra
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Spock
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Alladin
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Steve Jobs
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Woodstock
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Potato
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Mila Kunis
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Adele
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Doc & Martin
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Tai Chi
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Harvey
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Chubby Checker
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Johnny Depp
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Hamlet
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Joe, pick up the phone! *
* Note: I realize this isn’t an actual name, but the picture reminded me of my grandmother, who used to scream “Joe, pick up the phone!” at her husband frequently, temporarily deafening whoever was on the other end.
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Windmill
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Pennywise
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Buddy
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St. Croix
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Tucker
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Jack & Rose
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Night King
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Wilson
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Bunson & Beeker
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Towelie
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Gizmo
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Bert Lahr
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Jadis
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Holstein
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Wilco
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Gene Kelly
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The Supremes
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Tony
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Phil Collins
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