heh ... Kathy, the other day I was waiting for my bus when one of my neighbors was bringing his cat back from somewhere. I could hear the feline complaints across the street and half a block away.

Cats aren't big on the suffering in silence thing, are they?

Cats aren't big on the suffering in silence thing, are they?

Sweet heavens, no. They're more about the suffering like a Cuban mother-- they're not happy and they're going to make sure everyone knows how their ungrateful children (humans) are making them suffer.

Not that I'd know or anything. (On cats AND Cuban mothers.)

As I often say, misery demands company.

I took my cat to work in a carrier (in a taxi) a month ago. She meowed once, in the elevator, and was quiet the whole rest of the day.

The most mellow cat I've ever seen....

I think the last time my cat was ever quiet was when she was at the shelter. She was one of those cats whose personality definitely changed when she got away from the big cat room and was brought into a stable home.

I think the last time my cat was ever quiet was when she was at the shelter. She was one of those cats whose personality definitely changed when she got away from the big cat room and was brought into a stable home.

Heh. I know people who went to shelters and picked out "the quietest cat" or "the quietest dog"....

Guess what they found out when they got home?

More from Sullivan:

When America Executed Waterboarders For War Crimes

Paul Begala gets his facts straight:

After World War II, an international coalition convened to prosecute Japanese soldiers charged with torture. At the top of the list of techniques was water-based interrogation, known variously then as 'water cure,' 'water torture' and 'waterboarding,' according to the charging documents. It simulates drowning." Politifact went on to report, "A number of the Japanese soldiers convicted by American judges were hanged, while others received lengthy prison sentences or time in labor camps."

Now, waterboarders, according to John McCain's former spokesman, are American heroes.

Oh dear. A facebook friend, who is a Capuchin Monk, just posted as his status that he likes to mow the lawn. Which of course made me think of those shaving ads.

So very, very wrong.

I dare you to post the link on his wall!

Some three-year-old asked, "Do cockroaches have a penis?" The result was this blog post with probably more info on cockroach reproduction than you want to know:

Science Question From a Toddler: Insect Sex

But I was impressed that the word "cockblocking" showed up....

Timelies all!

Not clicking on Tommy's link about insect sex.....