When my wife and I bought our cat litter box a few weeks ago, we couldn't imagine it would have magical properties. To look at it you wouldn't know--it looks just like any other PetSmart covered cat box. We use the store brand bulk clumping cat litter with the pleasant-smelling deodorant powder that we mix with the cat litter.

Our kitten makes it smell purely evil at certain times of the day, usually while we are eating dinner for some strange reason, but the deodorant leaves the long-haired kitten smelling clean. That's not what makes the cat litter box magical, but it is a miracle.

So, what does make the cat litter box magical then? It pretty much cleans itself. As part of keeping our house clean during the day, I grab the scoop to take out what our kitten has left behind. What I've noticed, however, is that there are pee clumps that take the shape of a ball of cat litter, but there is nothing else. Read: no evidence of twosies. The whole house knows when he does them because it's hard not to notice unless you are standing next to an open window.

What gives? I would like to believe that we got one of those self-cleaning models, but I was there at the store when we bought it. I know what we purchased. It wasn't self-cleaning.

Well, I'm going to sit down and think about it. Oh, look. Here comes Bob, our three-year-old border collie. Wait. Why is there cat litter on his nose?

Ewwwwwwww...