Birmingham, England, November 20: This blue-eyed diva – a Colourpointed British Shorthair – is Parradazy Popstar, basking in her glory at Fancy’s Supreme Cat Show. 1,196 cats were exhibited, delighting and antagonizing some 1,196,000 cat ladies.
From the monthly archives:
November 2010
In November 1982, A 10 year old schoolgirl from Maine named Samantha wrote a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, seeking to understand why the relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were so tense: Dear Mr. Andropov, My name is Samantha Smith. I am ten years old. Congratulations on your new job. […]
Ah, the Midterm elections. Not sexy and traumatizing like the Presidential, but often a political barometer, with seats shifting to or from a governing party, so the result can be high drama. Remember that in 1994, the Democrats’ lost both congressional chambers and Bill Clinton was forced to govern with the (1990’s versions of) hostile […]