I have 5 cats.  Two of them live indoors full-time, while the other three are indoor/outdoor pets.  All but one are siblings, (but the oldest one is probably a distant relative).  There for a while, it was smooth sailing in the animal

So, I used to blog here quite frequently, but not for about a year now.  Why?  Just got bored, I guess.  After B-C went to paid subscriptions, the vast majority of my readers gave it up.  I nearly did as well, but then I decided t

Say what?  That's the question that I kept asking myself today as I aerated my front lawn.  No, I didn't rent a fancy machine to do the dirty job.  I did it in the most manual of ways--by walking around and stabbing the ground

Ah, America...Home of the free, land of the brave.  Home to the stupid, conniving capitalist pigs who think they have a sense of entitlement to haggle in every store that they shop in!  Domain of the losers who hold up the checkou

Today, as I watched the news coverage of Fidel Castro's stepping down, I heard yet another incredibly stupid Bushism:He stated that he hopes Castro's resignation will bring "fair and democratic" elections to Cuba instead of "st