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Here's a great big hug for all my friends out there in BlogLand. Happy Halloween!!!

I just read something that tends to negate my belief that those who run television networks have brains or education. It seems that professional muckraker Rush Limbaugh will be judging the Miss America pageant. Apparently there is no end to the stupidity of these beauty contests. I can actually picture a bunch of guys sitting around having a few beers, trying to come up with ideas to add scandal to an already exploitative show. Not only will they have a lineup of lovely ladies prancing around, each trying to prove she is more beautiful than everyone else, but they will be accompanied and judged by the most opinionated, self-centered, scandalous jerk in the country. I hope the owners of the pageant are planning on doing away with the speech portions of the pageant; Limbaugh won't let anyone get a word in crosswise, anyway. Let's just hope they don't let him try to sing. If they do, every news program in the US will be featuring the song stylings of Rush Limbaugh as their breaking news the next morning, in which case eating breakfast, for me, will be futile since it will all come right back up again. 

If you haven't already done so, boycott these stupid pageants. I did years ago, and I refused to allow my children to watch them, either. If you don't turn it off for the principle of pageant exploitation, do it to save your own ears from loud, lewd Limbaugh. 

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Little Stash is doing so well now, and is growing to be a beautiful little boy! His tail has healed completely and is indeed part of his adorable personality. He is like the class clown in our house. When the other cats are trying to act regal, Stash is the one who does something wild to wake everyone up. He likes to hide around corners waiting for one of his buddies to come into pouncing range. The hallway is the kitty racetrack, with Stash and one or more of the other cats chasing one another back and forth at breakneck speed. It is so fun to watch.

Stash is also one of the absolute cuddliest kitties I have ever had. He loves to climb down from the back of the sofa and drape himself around my neck like a collar, which makes stitching or watching TV rather difficult at times. And his purr can be heard throughout the room, even over the TV sound. When I get up, he follows me anywhere I go in the house. He tried to follow me out to the garage once, and it took me 20 minutes to get him to come back to me; there was so many places for him to explore and climb on, and he was having too much fun.

So, thank you SO very much to those who donated for Stash's care. He is a completely wonderful little spirit and totally worth the cost and effort to save him.