On the bright side, no one seems to be arguing in favor of the Jerkoff of the Peace’s right to be such a flaming bastard.

Also, this seems like the perfect opportunity to (as I often do, here) promote the amazing songs of Roy Zimmerman.

“Summer of Loving” commemorates the historic “Loving v. Virginia” decision that put an end to the last of this country’s miscegenation laws, and ties that great moment in civil rights in with the current struggle for same-sex marriage. It’s both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, and it is by a wide margin the best “Mamas & the Papas” pastiche I’ve ever heard.

Funny….the 3 year olds in my class do very similar things if we don’t monitor bathroom time.

Felines are often fascinated by watching water swirl down the drain, so a cat entertaining herself/himself by flushing the toilet seems like a natural extension.

My cat never flushed (and I always kept the lid closed), but he did think it was great fun to unroll the entire toilet paper roll into a pile on the floor, shred it, take a nap in the pile, and then carry toilet paper shreds all over the house.

And for some reason, cats like to sleep in sinks.

http://www.catsinsinks.com/

If you’re not familiar with the NG tube, this thing is about two feet long, threads through one’s nose, down the back of the throat, through the larynx, down the esophagus, and into the stomach. Patients usually gag when the tube goes down the throat, and I am TOTALLY blown away that Maggie inserted this thing herself.

I think she has a new career of sword-swallower in her future.

http://www.littermaid.com/

I think many cats would be spooked by some automated litterbox gizmo. My cat certainly would have.

My late feline had very simple tastes in litter and litterboxes – clean and cheap. He didn’t care for any of those fancy cat litters made of alternative materials (buckwheat husks, corn cobs, recycled newspapers), and definitely did not care for any perfumed litter. He would indicate his displeasure with the litterbox by using the floor right next to the box. So I stocked up on cheap generic clay cat litter, mixed in a little baking soda, changed it twice a week, and we were both happy with the arrangement.

I can’t imagine sharing the toilet with the cat. What if you both have to use it at the same time? And won’t it smell like cat piss? Yuck. I suppose folks who have multiple bathrooms can dedicate one to the feline(s).

I knew a woman who had trained her cat to use the tub. She put some shredded newspapers in the tub for poop, and the cat pissed in the tub. Totally disgusting. She had only one bathroom, which reeked of cat piss and vinegar (her idea of cleaning the tub involved rinsing it with white vinegar).

Really, how hard is it to scoop a litterbox daily and dump it once or twice a week? Perhaps if one is disabled or infirm, one of these alternative litterbox things might be useful, but for the vast majority of able-bodied persons, this is just more overpriced unnecessary crap that we import from China.

or if you’re off fell walking, see also the alternative – the pet sling.