Monday, December 15, 2008

The Last Days of Socks the Cat

Sad news this past week that Socks the Cat is nearing the end of his ninth life. I was surprised to see the news, since I'd read a false report several years ago that he'd died shortly after Clinton left office. Instead he's had a long, peaceful retirement and is now nineteen -- about the same age Parker would be if he were still with us.

So, fare well Presidential Cat; go easy into that good night.



see here for an account of Sock's life in retirement after his abandonment by the Clintons and adoption by Bettie Currie:

http://www.somdnews.com/stories/06062008/entecov172737_32166.shtml


and here for the news of his current condition:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/12/12/clintons-socks-the-cat-near-death.html

--John R.

current reading:
THE DEFINING MOMENT: FDR'S HUNDRED DAYS AND THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE by Jonathan Alter [2006]

current audiobook: VARNEY THE VAMPIRE [1847]

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