Mossad was an illegal cat. The rules at Colorado State's dormitories were very clear---no pets. Screw that. He'd been picked up as a stray and lived in my dorm room as well as shacking up on occassion in Jim Shapiro's (aka Mad Manny). Manny found him and picked the name Mossad because the cat w...  read more

It's actually my brother James' fault. He always slammed the front door after bringing in groceries from the car outside. Mama cat and her kittens lived a semi-feral existence on the front porch of the house, trying to zip in when we had bags in our hands in order to make it to the kitchen where ...  read more