Sometimes during the hubbub of Mother’s Day, we forget about those who might have been mothers but for the effectiveness of our decades-long national campaign to spay and neuter our pets. So it’s nice to check in on them during the holiday — or after, if you haven’t seen them for a while. I decided …
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After seeing my fifth “Oh, look at my cat’s newborn babies” announcement on Facebook, I was ready to lose it. I struggled valiantly and managed not to comment, “Will you please, for the love of Christ, get your damn cat SPAYED?!?” Yes, kittens are ridiculously cute. I know that. But here’s something else I know: …
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Doctor Who has become a worldwide phenomenon as well as the BBC’s flagship television series. For those who don’t know, the show — a sci-fi and fantasy staple in the United Kingdom since 1963 — concerns the exploits of an alien being called the Doctor, who travels through time and space in something called the …
On June 28, 1914, a Yugoslavian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo. That event was the trigger for a conflict of previously unimaginable proportions. During the next four years, military actions in World War I claimed the lives of an estimated 8.2 million combatants and 2.2 million civilians. It was a war …
You’ve got to love a cat with a gloriously over-the-top name — like Winston Smushface, our Social Cat of the Week. But there’s a lot more going on with this Instagram star than just his fantastic moniker. The distinctive Persian constantly entertains his growing legion of fans with his quirky adventures and striking shaved look. …
