Ziggy has taken to sleeping on the dining room table. It's a terrible habit, and certainly one that we're trying to break him of. But he spends a lot more time in the house than either Marty or I do (since Ziggy is there 24/7, after all), and I happen to know that he's up there a lot when we're not around. How? Because every day I walk into the house and find at least one of the following things:

• Cat hair on the tablecloth. Ewwwww.
  
• Warm spot on the table, Ziggy blinking and yawning on the floor.
  
• Ziggy stretched out across the entire width of the table, fast alseep.

Is he doing it on purpose, to get attention? Maria asked me this, and it's certainly possible. But it's not really like him. He likes the sunlight the dining room gets, and he's always liked sleeping up high (rather than on the floor). But we have to find a way to stop this.

Our current short-term solution is to cover up the table with a big, heavy towel whenever we're not eating. This at least protects the tablecloth. But it's not addressing the real problem, which is finding a way to keep the cat off the table in the first place. (Of course, there are no doors to close off the room.)

Any ideas?