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Now that I am married, I feel like I can say things I didn’t really feel comfortable saying when I was single.

I like cats.

There, I said it.

Lots of guys aren’t man enough to admit that they like the little furry creatures. Some think it is weak to like cats because the (unfounded) belief that they are inferior to dogs. I’m not sure why. Have you ever seen a cat and a dog fight? Well, me neither. But, I bet if we went to YouTube and looked it up, we would see cats winning a large majority of the time.

Is it because cats lick themselves (and each other) to stay clean? Cleanliness isn’t masculine? Next are you going to tell me that women were meant to stay in the kitchen because they have small feet?

Is it because a cat’s meow melts a little piece of a man’s heart? Not mine, clearly, because I have few emotions. The ones I do have mainly involve lifting weights and grunting.

As far as I’m concerned, icanhascheezburger was the original and ihasahotdog is a less cute imitation. People don’t say LOLdog speak.

I think the time has come for guys to admit that cats aren’t so bad after all. You’ll feel better when you stop lying to yourself.

Although I do not work in the online social media world, I follow it closely thanks to FriendFeed and Twitter (when it is up).

This morning, my wife read Jeremiah Owyang’s post on Social Networks for all kinds of folks. He didn’t list AARP’s Online Social Community, so she left a comment about it. The comment hasn’t been posted. I’m not sure why.

Besides the point, soon after joining AARP’s community, which accepts everyone but focuses on the 50+, she received a friend request.

I don’t know how many people participate in AARP’s online community, but I feel like M. Rogers is to AARP what Facebook Gangsta is to Facebook. He has 414 friends and 488 testimonials. I’ll go out on a limb and say that is a lot for this community. Don’t get me wrong, there are almost 40 million AARP members, but I doubt many of them can spell internet.com.

Back to M. Rogers. I’m sure he’s a great guy, loving father, kind husband, but his profile page kinda scares me.

Maybe it is just the concept of my mother on a social network that I find odd (she is an AARP member, but not part of their community). Hey, don’t get me wrong, everyone needs a social network (according to Jeremiah’s post, even dead folks). It is probably just the profile pictures of old people that I can’t help but laugh at.

(Sorry Mom)