Hobey, 1995-2014
Submitted by Sarah D. Bunting on March 28, 2014 – 3:04 PM213 Comments
Professor Sunbeam, June 2013
One time, years ago, I started making a list of all the nicknames I had for the Hobe: Orangino. Hobey Wan. Clicks. Herr Mittenspiel. Grampy. Creamsicle. Tolstoy.
I stopped after, like, 37, because it was still only a fraction of the list, because he would keep licking a plastic bag like a big weirdo no matter what I called him, because they all meant the same thing, the thing all nicknames mean, that he was known, that he was loved.
And he is, more than all his names can say.
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@Cora, he was pulling that face at Mabel to this day.
Thanks again, guys. Strangely, I think in JOE’S heaven, they’re together, but in Hobey’s heaven, Joe is nowhere around. Or if he is, he’s made of lemon yogurt.
…I miss those freaks like you wouldn’t believe.
Condolences Sars. They go, but they are not forgotten.
Oh Sars, honey. Poor baby kitty, you love them so much. A tuna-juice toast to the Hobster, the finest fuzzy paperweight a website ever had.
So very sorry for your loss, Sars.
Oh, I am so sorry, Sars! The Hobe was such a good kitty. I’m sure he’s up there on a big Staples box, snoozing and swatting at the Little Joe alarm clock of “Mee? Mee? Mee?”
I’m sorry for your loss, Sars. Pets will break your heart. I guess life will, really. I’m glad you had a lot of years together.
Cats are such heartbreakers! The more you love them, the worse it hurts.
RIP Hobey. We will all miss him. Sending hugs for your loss.
I’m so sorry to hear it. I’m crying at my desk for a cat I’ve never met and for the people who loved him.
Losing a pet sucks. I’m sorry.
Sars, so sorry for your loss. always loved stories about Hobey :)
There just aren’t words to express how sorry I am for your loss. I’ve loved reading about your cats over the years, and it’s clear how much you love them.
Your tales of Hobey and Little Joe inspired me to give cat ownership a shot about ten years ago, and I’ve turned into a cat person.
thank you for sharing hobey with us; i’m so very sorry for your loss.
I’m so sorry, Sars.
Oh, I am so sorry for your loss. Goodbye, Hobey, I feel like I knew you.
Really sorry, Sarah. I know you loved him so much.
It’s going to be a different Nation without the ever present beloved orange cranky pants. I’m so, so sorry for your loss.
He was known, by more people than he ever knew. (My cat also licks plastic bags like they’re drugged or something. Cats are so weird.) I’m sorry, Sars.
Aww, I’m so sorry. He was a handsome fellow indeed.
Oh Sarah, I’m so sorry. Hobey will be missed by all of us. I still send friends over here to read your cat essays and literally just said “noooo” out loud at this. :( I’m so sorry for your loss.
Oh, Hobey. This is immeasurably sad. I’m sorry for your loss.
What an awful week for you. I’m so sorry. I’m giving my cat an extra snuggle tonight for you both. Need to go get a Kleenex now. Dusty in here.
@Cora “I AM ORANGE, Louis Braille” is one of my all time favorite TN quotes as well. Sars, my heart is hurting for you right now.
I’m so sorry.
Thank you for sharing him with us through your stories.
Very sorry for your loss, Sarah.
I’m so sorry. I love reading your cat stories and I love your cats.
I am so, so sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss. I have my own orange boy, and I’ll give him an extra snuggle tonight.
I’m so sorry, Sars. I’m going to snuggle my cats extra long tonight in memory of Hobey.
((((Sars)))) So sorry to learn of your loss. Hobie will live on in your stories, and in all our hearts, because you so generously – and hilariously – shared those stories with us.
So sorry for your loss, Sars. Thanks so much for sharing so much of his & Little Joe’s life – you’ve made me a better cat cohabitant because of all your stories and advice over the years.
Not to make this about me, I’m so so sorry for you, but I was just thinking on my way home today that it’s almost 4 yrs since my beloved cat Woody died and I was thinking of all the nicknames I had for him. I took my other (20 yr old) cat in to the vet and had a hard discussion about even trying to find out why he’s losing weight because why bother at his age and then came home to see this. I’m going to have some more wine now in honor of big orange cats. Sending good thoughts your way, I’m so sorry for your loss.
So sorry for your loss, Sars. Rest in peace, sweet Hobey.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Sars. They’re such darlings, our lets, and they always leave us too soon.
Sarah, I’m so sorry. We grew to love Hobey along with you, and he will most definitely be missed.
Oh no! I loved your cat stories too. I hope Hobie and Little Joe are in a cat heaven where they finally chase the Roombas and can eat all the yogurt and french fries they want.
I’m going to hug my sister’s cat extra hard when she wakes up me in about five hours by singing the song of her people at the top of her tiny cat lungs.
Rest in peace, Hobey.
I am so very sorry. :(
I’m so terribly sorry. My deepest condolences.
Aw shit, Sars, I’m so sorry. What a beautiful long life, but that doesn’t make it easier. Makes it harder, maybe, except — I don’t know, every age is the worst time to lose them.
My Dreamsicle kitty (in his own final days, goddamn it all to hell) is a plastic-licker too. Something carried on the ginger-fur gene? Makes me crazy, but I’m so aware of how much I’m about to miss it. My thoughts are with you.
A friend of mine recently said (and may have been quoting, I’m not sure): “My advice to the world is, if you want to be immortal, be loved by a writer.” I was so sorry to see this post — got choked up just as when we read about Little Joe. Like everyone else who is posting today, I had such vivid mental images of those two — the hilarious and awful and disgusting and never-would-trade moments of pet companionship. You’ve made them immortal.
Awww, I’m sorry, Sars. I know how hard this is.
What a long and happy life Hobey led. I know that doesn’t make it easier though.
What a brutal, heart-breaking couple of days for you, Sarah. I am so, so sorry.
I am so sorry for your loss. I loved those kitties and your stories about them.
Oh sadness. The Hobe. I think of him every damn time I see a Roomba – “now it’s eating the kibble???” Hahahaha. Big hugs to you Sars.
It occurs to me, all these hours after first seeing this on FB, that I took for granted that Hobey would be around forever. Because he’s always BEEN around. I can’t imagine how much it hurts to lose your boy.
I’m not a cat person by any stretch, but Hobey was a cool dude. And I really wish I could see what he and Joe are up to now. Hobey’s heaven = Joe bending to Hobe’s exasperated will. Joe’s heaven = purple monkey dishwasher startle poo.
Love and hugs to you. I’m gonna go read some Hobey archives.
I’m so sorry.
So very sorry. I wish i could say something more helpful.
We all loved stories of Hobie/Hobey.
Oh Sars. I’m so damned sorry. We’ll all miss The Hobe. Not that it makes it any easier but you should take comfort in the fact that he had a great life, thanks to you. And also thanks to you, we’re all going to remember him. RIP, Hobey.
So sorry for the loss of your fuzzy family member. May perpetual sunbeams shine upon him.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Sars, but thank you for giving the Hobe such a long, happy, and well-loved life.