Fluid Prejudice

"The very ink with which history is written

is merely fluid prejudice."

--MARK TWAIN

Three Out of Nine

I spent the entire month of October worrying about Mark Twain, who required two emergency veterinary visits and was hospitalized for approximately a total of ten days. This past Sunday, I was getting ready to take Mark Twain back to the veterinary hospital for another catheter (and an operation this time), when he suddenly took a turn for the better after Rebel comforted him, so to speak. Mark Twain was diagnosed with FUS. Although he's not out of the woods yet, Mark Twain is doing well, but he did use three out of his nine cat lives in a month's time.

Mikey, Featured Cat of the Month

Mikey became a member of our family when her previous owners moved out of the neigborhood without her. Apparently, that was just fine with her, since she had adopted my yard months prior to being abandoned. She had been an outdoor cat, who visited her owners at mealtimes. I named her Mikey because I thought she was a male cat, who would eat anything just like the Mikey character in the cereal commercial years ago. Anyway, when I learned Mikey's gender, I considered renaming her Mikayla, but Mikey suits her just fine. By the way, she immediately liked her new name, even though Mikey has become somewhat of a finicky eater over the past couple of years.

No Photo Today

My camera has decided to be uncooperative today. Otherwise, perhaps I would have attempted to take a photo of Ponzo insisting on giving Rebel a love bite; needless to say, Rebel does not desire a love bite from anyone, especially not from a feline.

Honest Statesmanship

"Honest statesmanship is the wise employment

of individual meanness for the public good."

--Abraham Lincoln

This Politics Thing

"The more you read and observe about this politics thing,

the more you've got to admit that each party's worse than the other.

The one that's out always looks the best."

--Will Rogers

No Party

"No party is as bad as its leaders."

--Will Rogers