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Elsa Update, originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Photograph courtesy of Elsa’s Portland parents.

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Originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Demeter Amamus Hughes, the sweetest cat ever, passed away March 27, 2006. After 15 and a half years of perfect health, she was diagnosed with a very aggressive, inoperable form of lung cancer shortly after we arrived in Vienna.
Demeter, [...]

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Remember how I just went on a long-ish vacation a couple weeks ago?
I probably didn’t tell you, but I felt great. It was the perfect length of time to recreate away from the home. Work had completely left the hollow husk of my brain and, by the end of the trip, I was ready to [...]

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I don’t mean to belittle the idea of a true hate crime, so forgive the title. But I thought I’d relate a little story that happened on Saturday.
My wife and I decided to have a few people over for gumbo on a beautiful Saturday evening. Being such a nice night, we opened the “front” door [...]

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Epicurus, the coolest cat ever, left this world on February 4, 2005

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This morning I was feeling lazy, so I opened the door to let Facebiter out to do her business in the front yard.
She bolted through the door, only to stop with that excited-tail-swishing-tongue-hanging-out-eyes-open-wide doggy excitement posture at the top of the porch stairs. She looked out into the yard, looked at me, [...]

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I feel half bad. I mean, I didn’t even mention the fact that our female cat will shred your fucking face if you try to get near her with those clippers. I hope they start with the male cat. He thinks of being groomed as a massage and attention and, by extension, [...]

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Elsa Von Facebiter Amidst the Lantana

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My cat just climbed up on my laptop and planted herself on the keys for a warm nap. When I pulled her off, the screen read “Are you sure you want to delete ‘My Documents?’”
Holy cow.

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I have finally posted a couple photos of our new hound, Elsa Von Facebeiter

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