This week's Carnival of the Vanities is simply magnificent, and it is truly the first Carnival that I can wholeheartedly recommend even to people who would never bother to read the Carnival.

I'd go further than that, and recommend this carnival even to the illiterate!

That's because host Laurence Simon (Laurence Cardinal Simon to those in the know) has assigned cats not only to each, well, "category," but to each post. That's right; each post in the catalog is scratched and sniffed by its own cat or cats -- all of whom are excellent (and, of course, "catty") analysts.

My post about killing was double catted by this feline duo:

(I just made Coco jealous by posting that picture.)

So don't sit there taking a catnap.

Seriously, if you like the Carnival (and especially if you like cats or cat photoblogging) don't miss this one.

MORE: Probably because I was unconsciously ashamed of my own inabilities, I failed to mention my earlier lame attempt at catblogging. (Obviously, I should leave such things to the pros.)