The Great (Hamster) Escape
When hamsters came into my house years ago they had little plastic balls, so they could run merrily all over. (Humans now have those, too. You’d think we could just walk.) We did have to […]
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Even More Turkeys On the Highway
War has broken out, which didn’t seem like a good time for a long humor piece–although we do need humor, now more than ever. Instead, I dug this out–something that’s been sitting in my drafts […]
A CAT NAMED HARMONY
Living with a cat is a battle of wits. This is true of any cat. All cats are smart, but some are kitty geniuses. One of those is the cat who lives with me, Harmony. […]
A Hamster, By Any Other Name, Is Still a Rat
Let’s get this out of the way right now: Hamsters are rodents. Mice are rodents. And yet one elicits an “Aw … cute …”, while the other delivers “Eeeeeekkkkk!!!!!!!!” I don’t get that. It’s true […]
Truth is Stranger, If You Can Believe It
I had some interesting “facts” e-mailed to me, and I held onto them in case we all ever needed a cheap laugh. This is that time. Now, these may or may not be true — […]
In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle, the Giraffes Hum Tonight
I once read in Time Magazine that giraffes, who were always thought to be silent animals, actually hum to each other at night. Time didn’t tell us what giraffes hum to each other at night. […]
Stories from the Cat House
My wife and I run a cat house. We take in girls – and boys – who were living on the streets and require them to do tricks in exchange for room and board. We’re […]
Life With Harmony the Cat
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed below in no way correspond to the opinions of the human who typed this. I typed it because I am the only creature in the house who has opposable thumbs. Furniture […]