Oliver died this morning. We think he was 9. He was an adult cat when we adopted him, so we can’t tell for sure. Oliver was the first cat I ever loved. I think part of that was that he was the first cat who ever chose me. (That’s him hanging out in my study, … Read more
Some stuff hangs onto its relevance and/or utility in modern society by a half a hair’s width. Here are my five nominees. 5. Condoms. (I mean for birth control, not disease prevention.) Yeah, all right. Did my time with them. Paid my dues. For a couple of years now there’s been a 99.995% chance I’m … Read more
You ever feel like that? Wow, is everything nuts right now. The biggest, and saddest, news is that we’re almost certainly going to have to say goodbye to Oliver next week. He is severely anemic, and we’ve systematically eliminated potentially treatable causes over the past couple of weeks. Our last try is doubling his prednisone … Read more