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Today I asked our cats to tell me what they’re thankful for, since Thanksgiving is in a few days. Monty even agreed to contribute to this one. So here are the boys, me, and Monty telling you what we’re thankful for this year. Me: Okay, boys. Let’s hear your lists. Mackin: I’m grateful for my dad. My list is done. …

I saw a meme yesterday with this quote: “It’s okay if the only thing you did today was breathe.” And I was instantly irritated. Last spring, I saw the quote on social media, and it had a video with it, featuring a woman who’s a bestselling author and motivational speaker. In the video, she talked about how terrible that quote …

Contrary to what some people might think, I don’t spend my days chilling in my jammies, playing with my cats, and writing whenever the muse happens to strike me. Well, come to think of it, I kind of do, since I work from home. I have a full time job working for our family business–an internet company that sells USB-based …

I never watch TV alone. My cat Seamus always watches with me. And I mean it when I say he watches. He’s as engaged in TV as I am, until he finds something boring enough that he can fall asleep to. But this is rare—Seamus hates almost everything on TV, and he lets me know it. He’ll either bite my …