Should have done this back in August had it occured to me, but here goes

anyways, happy belated birthday to these August birthday guys and gals (kitties and dogs included)


Aug 4. Raymond D. Smith (b. 1912) : who saved the then floundering feline care publication CATS magazine which was great while it lasted


Aug 6 and 7. Ambassador Bruce Laingen and my dad Bernard, : Though they actually did vote Republican (or would have, had they been American,) I wouldn't hold that against them


Aug 7. Buddy Clinton (b. 1997): Stalwart canine buddy to Bill Clinton and archnemesis of Socks


Aug 19. President Bill Clinton : All right I admit it at times, I would have taken a "sex rogue," to a "warmongering asshole" any day, and as for the name of his birthplace and first hometown being "Hope," that ought to tell us all something


and also Aug 23. Ginger (b. 1971 (?) because her birthday may in actuality, be unknown) : who would have been another "John Asscrotch or Ashcroft scaring extraordinaire" calico cat, had she been in her "prime."

On edit: Amb Laingen (who is the very Bethesda based individual I knew indirectly) may no doubt have also "kicked Shrubya's butt" as far as being "Presidential" goes, and this is what Ginger would have thought of Geedubya or "bolp, bolp, bolp, bolp, BUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

aren't they wonderful?

There's a new cat litter out that is color coded. When your cat
urinates, if its healthy, it will be one color. There is a sliding
scale of color up to red <the worst-get to a vet> that helps you
maintain your cat's health. Its on the boob-tube.

support organizations/ programs for people whose pets have cancer.