The demise of the newspaper-as-we-know-it has led to a lot of anxiety about where we’ll get original reporting, particularly of the investigative variety. But as Chris Kornelis rightly noted after one of those big hand-wringing forums, West Seattle Blog is leading the pack in demonstrating an effective new model. Of this new model’s many strengths–excellent neighborhood coverage is but one of them–the opportunity to profile shop cats has gone unnoticed.Shop cats are those felines that kick it in places of commerce, and WSB is apparently doing a series of profiles on them. As you know, we love us some cats, so this is a pretty exciting development. This week’s cats are Presta and Schrader, who are named after bicycle air-valve brands and who spend their days at Aaron’s Bicycle Repair.Bonus neighborhood blog animal cuteness: MyBallard’s awesome raccoons.