To begin with, I do not know how or when he acquired the name Sidney Crosby. According to his fosterer with Toronto Cat Rescue1, he was originally named “Buster”. He was apparently surrendered by his former owners and needed a lifesaving perineal urethrostomy to treat a severe urinary blockage.2 In Judaism, there is a tradition of changing a gravely ill person’s name in order to change their fate; I like to think there is perhaps a symbolic connection. (Then again, traditionally we do not name people after someone who is still living.) Anyway, Sidney Crosby he now is. Continue reading Introducing Sidney Crosby
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Wasabi, c. 2008-2024
I am immensely grieved to report that my beloved cat Wasabi died this morning, aged about 16. Continue reading Wasabi, c. 2008-2024