Furkids and Playing Cards

We're having a bout of wild weather up here in the Southern Hemisphere tropics. Cyclone Koji swept through last night with gale-force winds and...

Furkids’ Welcome Wishes for 2026

The Furkids decided to begin this new year by envisioning the world they want to live in as a meditation to music. I asked...

Furkids: Nom Nom Nom

For the last Sunday column of 2025, the Furkids opted to go with what they consider to be the celebratory theme of the final...

Will Trump Sue Tom Cruise For “Political Stunt” Like He Is...

This is truly comical, the level of unawarness that you are about to read about. Ric Grenell, who runs the everyday activities at the...

“How Do You Sleep In Front Of the Media?” Roars Trump...

This is a must-see video and it goes on delightfully in a continous loop for ten minutes. It's the worst of the worst of...

Rum Christmas Cake with Rum and Added Rum

A well-known South Australian distillery held an annual competition for the best recipe incorporating their famous spirit. I don’t recall which spirit it was:...

Furkids: The Twelfth Day

While this is the last of the twelve days before the Twelve Days of Catmas, it is not the last you'll see of the...

Mary Trump On Why Her Uncle Renamed the Kennedy Center

File this under shocking but not surprising. Eric Trump referred to his cousin Mary once as "disturbed" and I suspect that's because she's the...

Furkids: The Eleventh Day

In early versions of this song, “my true love sent” me the gifts. However, a 20th-century variant has “my true love gave to me”; this wording...

Furkids: The Tenth Day

I have to say I was surprised by the Furkids’ choice for Day Ten. They’re not the best spellers so I assumed there’d been...

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