I picked up the engagement photos yesterday, and they turned out great. We look really good, I must say–Dawn and Staci did a great job. I had a good visit with Dawn too. She and her husband have a beautiful house, and a number of pets with really great names. Pet naming is a tricky business, there’s a sort of peer pressure to come up with really creative and erudite names, but you can’t go too far with it. For example, Hawthorne is a cool cat name, while Wittgenstein might be a little pompous. But then again, it might not, it all depends on the pet owner. Each individual owner must have the self-knowledge to understand how esoteric a pet name he or she can pull off, and learn to accept their limitations. Of course the pet’s personality has to be taken into consideration too, and no matter how literary you want to seem to your friends, if your cat is a Misty you shouldn’t try to force her to be a Mehitabel.
\nOne of the best cat names I have known is “Thurber”. Thurber was the employee of the month for many years at a used bookstore here in town, and he recently died at a ripe old cat age. He was a great bookstore cat–always monopolizing the best chairs, peering down at you from odd vantage points, and graciously allowing himself to be petted while rarely actually seeking out pets. He will be much missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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