Dave Astor
@daveastor.bsky.social
Author (including the comedic "Misty the Cat...Unleashed"), book blogger (at DaveAstorOnLiterature.com), humor columnist (for Montclair Local in New Jersey), and progressive. No DMs, please; thank you. 🙂
Misty the cat says: "That TV is showing my favorite sitcom - 'Bricks' - but (yawn) it's a rerun." www.youtube.com/shorts/42gnx...
Misty the cat says: "That TV is showing my favorite sitcom - 'Bricks' - but (yawn) it's a rerun."
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Misty the cat says: "Dave's delay in filming a dumpster close-up shows a distinct lack of judgment." www.youtube.com/shorts/zNHUn...
Misty the cat says: "Dave's delay in filming a dumpster close-up shows a distinct lack of judgment."
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Misty the cat says: "I expected the Rolls-Royce assembly plant to be fancier." www.youtube.com/shorts/IgYXK...
Misty the cat says: "I expected the Rolls-Royce assembly plant to be fancier." #catvideos #catshorts
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Misty the cat comedically guest-blogs on literature again... daveastoronliterature.com/2026/08/02/i...
It’s Meow or Never
My feline self is seen next to Sue Grafton’s final novel. The airborne tail is a commentary on Wuthering Heights. I’m Misty the cat, returning for my every-two-month guest blog post about books. W…
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Misty the cat says: "I'm here at Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club,' minus pony and club." www.youtube.com/shorts/-mDdE...
Misty the cat says: "I'm here at Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club,' minus pony and club." #catvideos
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Misty the cat says: "If that rabbit hadn't moved, we would've negotiated an end to the war on Iran." www.youtube.com/shorts/XtA64...
Misty the cat says: "If that rabbit hadn't moved, we would've negotiated an end to the war on Iran."
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Misty the cat says: "The flowers to my left were gray until Taylor Swift sang 'Red.'" www.youtube.com/shorts/yCfm0...
Misty the cat says: "The flowers to my left were gray until Taylor Swift sang 'Red.'" #taylorswift
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My latest humor column includes riffs on "The Odyssey" movie… montclairlocal.news/2026/07/mont...
MontClairVoyant: Quite a Journey Before Hiring an In-House Attorney
Montclairvoyant takes inspiration from an ancient Greek epic.
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Misty the cat says: "This sidewalk is made of cement or petrified mashed potatoes." www.youtube.com/shorts/WESsN...
Misty the cat says: "This sidewalk is made of cement or petrified mashed potatoes." #mashedpotatoes
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Misty the cat says: "Dave filmed a deer more than me with his new phone? He'll hear from my lawyer." www.youtube.com/shorts/JzO0K...
Misty the cat says: "Dave filmed a deer more than me with his new phone? He'll hear from my lawyer."
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Misty the TV-critic cat says: "I like the view and 'The View.'" www.youtube.com/shorts/BW4XX...
Misty the TV-critic cat says: "I like the view and 'The View.'" #tv #theview #catshorts #catvideos
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Misty the cat says: "Gotta buy the two-ton canister of Rogaine for this lawn's bald spots." www.youtube.com/shorts/PSJbU...
Misty the cat says: "Gotta buy the two-ton canister of Rogaine for this lawn's bald spots." #catcute
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My latest blog post about books... daveastoronliterature.com/2026/07/26/u...
Unlikable Characters Return with a Vengeance
In 2017, I wrote a post about novels with unlikable characters and how we might still like those novels – or maybe not. I noted nine years ago that “we hope the story line is compelling enough and…
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Misty the cat says: "One more space to add to my classic car collection!" www.youtube.com/shorts/cYef8...
Misty the cat says: "One more space to add to my classic car collection!" #garage #catfunny #cats
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Misty the cat says: "I thought the stairway to heaven would be more ornate." www.youtube.com/shorts/rjgQR...
Misty the cat says: "I thought the stairway to heaven would be more ornate." #catvideos #catshorts
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Misty the cat says: "The Great Wall of China isn't as tall as I expected." www.youtube.com/shorts/92pzF...
Misty the cat says: "The Great Wall of China isn't as tall as I expected." #greatwallofchina #cats
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My latest humor column comments on Spain's World Cup-winning soccer team staying at a hotel in my town, a bank pressured to see the light on cruelty aimed at immigrants, a rejuvenated local ice rink, and a strong avoidance to running for Board of Education seats. montclairlocal.news/2026/07/mont...
MontClairVoyant: Welcome to the Hotel World-a-Cuppa
Everyone had World Cup fever, including the Montclairvoyant.
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Misty the cat says: "The yellow crime-scene tape is here because Dave films me with a 2017 phone." www.youtube.com/shorts/OtUCY...
Misty the cat says: "The yellow crime-scene tape is here because Dave films me with a 2017 phone."
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Misty the cat says: "I'm preparing for the Olympic hurdles in 2028." www.youtube.com/shorts/sC1c0...
Misty the cat says: "I'm preparing for the Olympic hurdles in 2028." #catvideos #catshorts #olympics
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Misty the cat says: "That fast car confirms that Tracy Chapman was correct to sing 'Fast Car.'" www.youtube.com/shorts/72UA1...
Misty the cat says: "That fast car confirms that Tracy Chapman was correct to sing 'Fast Car.'" #cat
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Misty the cat says: "This is breakfast at Tiffany's, minus the Tiffany's part." www.youtube.com/shorts/Mpbf1...
Misty the cat says: "This is breakfast at Tiffany's, minus the Tiffany's part." #catvideo #catshorts
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My latest blog post about books... daveastoronliterature.com/2026/07/19/f...
Fictional Characters Inspired by Real-Life People
Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks (left) and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham in the official video for the Nicks-written 1977 song “Dreams.” (Screenshot by me.) Fiction is of course not always totally ficti…
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Misty the cat says: "Two more foundations and we'll have Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation Trilogy.'" www.youtube.com/shorts/7rnqa...
Misty the cat says: "Two more foundations and we'll have Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation Trilogy.'" #cat
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Misty the cat says: "I must be west of my apartment because the ants are wearing cowboy hats." www.youtube.com/shorts/bwjEd...
Misty the cat says: "I must be west of my apartment because the ants are wearing cowboy hats." #west
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Amid the wildfire smoke, Misty the cat says: "Beware the bad air and the hare." www.youtube.com/shorts/AKinh...
Amid the wildfire smoke, Misty the cat says: "Beware the bad air and the hare." #wildfires #catshort
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My latest humor column includes praise for my town's welcome pulling of $91.1 million from a bank supporting cruel privately run immigrant detention centers. montclairlocal.news/2026/07/mont...
MontClairVoyant: Fleeing a Bank with a Morality Deficit
Montclairvoyant is ready for banking differently.
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Misty the cat says: "Is that a large twig, a small branch, or a long-lost Rodin sculpture?" www.youtube.com/shorts/BM1mD...
Misty the cat says: "Is that a large twig, a small branch, or a long-lost Rodin sculpture?" #feline
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Misty the cat says: "The painter who drew this flower box made it look almost three-dimensional!" www.youtube.com/shorts/wK1jp...
Misty the cat says: "The painter who drew this flower box made it look almost three-dimensional!"
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Misty the cat says: "Rabbit turned left and I turned right, but we're on the same page politically." www.youtube.com/shorts/dB5Wv...
Misty the cat says: "Rabbit turned left and I turned right, but we're on the same page politically."
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Misty the cat says: "I'm behind my apartment, 'searching for the lost Xanadu.'" www.youtube.com/shorts/ove2a...
Misty the cat says: "I'm behind my apartment, 'searching for the lost Xanadu.'" #rushband #xanadu
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