{"id":1777,"date":"2025-02-10T22:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2025-02-10T22:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:55:53","slug":"gordons-cat-learns-chess-while-he-plays-epic-shows-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/2025\/02\/10\/gordons-cat-learns-chess-while-he-plays-epic-shows-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"~Gordon&#8217;s Cat Learns Chess while he plays epic shows in Mexico~"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Phish&#8217;s bassist, Mike Gordon stuns the world, with his cat Toonces who learned chess while suffering from separation anxiety while the musician left to play out of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\" id=\"chesscat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Toonces the cat playing chess. \" class=\"wp-image-1780\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-1204x1536.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1-1200x1531.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0500-1.jpg 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Toonces the cat became addicted to tik tok reels while the love of his life, Mike, left him to go be with his fans in a tropical paradise for a week. During that time he tought himself to crochet pot holders and become a chess champoin. Rumor has it that Toonces will star in the upcoming Queen&#8217;s Gabit, a popilar Nexflix Series. Although this time it will be called the King&#8217;s Gambit. Sources say that it&#8217;s set to be a blockbuster hit. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Subject-660x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" style=\"width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Subject-660x1024.png 660w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Subject-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Subject-768x1192.png 768w, https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Subject.png 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phish&#8217;s bassist, Mike Gordon stuns the world, with his cat Toonces who learned chess while suffering from separation anxiety while the musician left to play out of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aad-086-sp25","tag-html"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1777\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appliedartand.design\/lj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}