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Free Hugs Campaign
I am officially offering anyone who reads this a free hug.

I believe that all living creatures deserve a home, food in their bellies, and compassionate care. I believe that the most innocent of creatures – companion and farm animals – especially deserve guardianship and protection from cruelty and neglect.

I do not have the ability or desire to stop fighting for the animals until [...]

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(Oh, and it’s a boy - an unaltered boy)
Update: He has a name now:  Graham.  He is now a neutered male cat.

Need to keep a friend, lover, co-worker, or teammate of a task they promised they’d follow-up with? Put a monkey on their back!
You’d better believe I sent one to Justin (I love you, Baby!) about painting my “library” red!

If you do not already have plans for Saturday, October 28th, and live in the St. Louis area, I welcome you to attend the St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START) Silent Auction and Cocktail Party.  It will be held at the Regional Arts Commission on Delmar Boulevard in University City (a suburb).  The costume-optional event [...]

Many stray and feral cats exist in St. Louis City – the city in which I reside – and the surrounding area. It is heartbreaking to see so many cats without homes and food and with so many environmental hazards surrounding them. One stray cat has adopted my part of the neighborhood as [...]

Moi as Comic Book Character
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Thanks for the link, Ali!  Clearly I can’t sleep tonight.  ;)

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
7
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

Yesterday, Justin and I visited Everest Café for lunch.  Everest Café serves Nepalese food – primarily vegetarian food.  The chef and owner is personally vegetarian, but serves meat because it is “good business,” as many people are meat eaters.  At lunch, a buffet is provided with a nice spread of vegetarian items and a few [...]

Tuesday evening I watched Dark Water Rising at the St. Louis Animal Rights Team (START). Dark Water Rising is a documentary, by Mike Shiley of Shidog Films, following those rescuing animals post-Hurricane Katrina. The documentary follows the Humane Society of the United States and one of the renegade animal rescue groups (the Winn [...]