Better Cats

I have had a thought, and I may act on it, depending on how much willpower I have.

My thought is this:

Recently, we at Better Cats and Gardens introduced the Dionysus Award. This went over very well, and everyone who received a Dionysus personally called to thank me. So I was thinking of introducing a new award: The Better Cats Award.

And this would perhaps be a weekly award, given out every Thursday or Sunday or some such.

And who would be the recipients of the Better Cats award?

Why, the Better Cats, of course! Which is to say -- All my friends! I would post a picture of a given friend who had particularly pleased me that week, and write a bunch of stuff about how much I like them.

...Does that seem like too much sentiment?

I consulted a wise person on the matter: She said, "It would be really cute." I believe she is correct. So, introducing, the Better Cats award! Starting soon, everyone is eligible! (Except for people I hate, they are not eligible.)

We will see how this goes.

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On a completely different note, I think this is the saddest poem ever written:

With rue my heart is laden
For golden friends I had,
For many a rose-lipt maiden
And many a lightfoot lad.

By brooks too broad for leaping,
The lightfoot boys are laid;
The rose-lipt girls are sleeping
In fields where roses fade.

--A.E. Housman