LOL, Jess.
Del - could you elaborate on 'hubris and signs', please? I voted a little bit superstitious, I think, for the same reasons as you. Kitties, black or otherwise, are all good in my book.
Well, you know what hubris is, right? I definitely believe if someone gets too full of themselves, they're just asking to be knocked down - by the gods, by fate, by karma, by sheer statistics, whatever you think.
As for signs, you know, dreams, deja vu, divination, cledons. Sometimes they just slap you in the face and won't be ignored.