Much is made of Eduwonk’s Friday Fish Porn. This week’s edition features the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence’s Dave Saba.
I hadn’t thought of Mr. Saba since October, 2007 when he blamed sexual misconduct in schools on a shallow teaching pool. He left an indefensible, inadequate comment and never returned.
I don’t eat fish, and despite being a member of the Hartwick Rod & Gun Club, I’m not much of a fisherman, either. It’s cat time.
If you haven’t met her before, meet Princess Pia, The Minion of Evil.
Her vitals:
- Born: May, 2003
- Birthplace: Victoria, British Columbia
- Residences: Victoria, BC, Canada; Boston, MA; Cooperstown, NY [Dual Citizenship]
- Breed: Burmese Tortie
- Weight: 4.5 pounds
- KittenWar Battles: 934 Wins, 1,835 Losses, 391 Draws
Career Highlights: Named after Pia Getty; has logged over 10,000 travel miles by car and plane; killed 1 mouse in 2005, didn’t eat it; razor-sharp claws, freakish quickness; vertical leap of ~46″; illicits reactions like “Sweetest Thing Ever!” and “Awwww!” when introduced; incredibly tiny for an adult Burmese, otherwise normal; weirdly rabid, in the fanatical sense, supporter of John McCain. Often mistaken for a kitten despite being 5.
Here’s Pia resting on a Friday afternoon, head buried as I pound away at the keyboard:
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Awwww!
Sweetest thing ever!
Told ya.
Does she have a Warrior Cats name?
Barkpelt. She’s a medicine cat in the service of ThunderClan.
I hope she wasn’t one of the ones that died in the fire.
“Fire will save the clan.”
You gotta read books 4 and 5, yo.
Makes me miss having a cat. She is adorable.
I’d like to tell Pia that I’ve written a scathingly funny book, The World Is Your Litter Box, which is in bookstores now. The book is cleverly disguised as a cute cat book so humans will buy it, but is, in fact, a how-to manual FOR cats. Check it out on my website, http://www.theworldisyourlitterbox.com.
Michelle,
For over 4 years now Pia has hung out with me for most of every day. She’s the coolest.
I bought her with money I won playing video poker - I hit a Royal Flush and got $1,250 on a $1.25 bet. I figured that I’d take some of it and get something I always wanted. A Burmese kitten! One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
Quasi,
18 pounds!
Very cool book. This was a funny line in the bios:
“He “works” long hours at his computer and (according to Quasi) does not appear to have a real job.”
I have a feeling that Pia would write the same thing about me. :)
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