The Dog part of Something the Dog Said died yesterday. Tycho was a ten year old three legged Springer Spaniel and my very good friend. He had vascular cancer (cancer of the blood vessels) and it was moving into his lungs and stomach. There was nothing that could be done to extend his life, so Liz and I fulfilled our part of the bargain and put an end to his pain and suffering.

While I have zero doubt that there will be a lot of condolences from this post, that is not the purpose for it. I have had a lot of pets in my life, but this is the first time that I had to take responsibility for ending the life of one. I knew pets died, but I had not been there when they did so. I was very concerned what it would be like. I am writing this post so folks who have never been through it will have a yard stick.

This post is for some of the followers of Southern Dragon’s weekly Caturday column. When I mentioned that my recently acquired cat looked like she was going into labor in a comment on one of the regular threads, several folks responded to my comment by requesting pictures when the babies are born. This post includes a picture of Goldie, the mew mother, as well as two pictures of the kittens; one while nursing and one when mom was out of the laundry basket I bought for the purpose of being their nursery.

Barack Obama probably is our most athletic president ever. So why doesn’t he always look the part?

i turned my van around yesterday ,when i saw a dead squirrel in the street,50 speeding cars hadnt squished it yet,and i had a happy surprise

Of congratulations and pupplies and promises….