Attack of the furries

more kittens!!!!! the mother cat was in labour for 3 hours, one by one kitties popped out until there were 5 of them. 3 more black ones and 2 with white spots. all this happened on mike's bed... at least we managed to get towels under her before most of the mess came. we moved them into the garage now, in a cosy box.

they look like rats... sooooo tiny. the first kitten (the 4 month old one called Ninja) was sitting by watching the whole ordeal. hopefully we can find somebody to take the mother and all the kittens before we go back home... otherwise mike's mother will probably take them to the SPCA :(

for those who don't know, the mother cat is a stray that happened upon this house along with her spotted stray boyfriend... one thing led to another, and a single kitten was born 4 months ago... we don't have money to get strays spayed, and SPCA's tend to be overloaded with unwanted animals, so they usually kill them after a week :( taking cats 1200km on a plane doesn't sound like a workable plan either :P

who wants a cat? how about 3?? :P

GW Bush: a good dad?!

i know this country is a bit behind in the TV shows dept, but i just watched GW Bush and his wife get interviewed by Dr Phil. he asked them a load of questions about parenting and how they raised their daughters. Bush said actual intelligent, reasonable things... like, love your kids and tell them that you love them, and don't tell them what to do unless you can set the example yourself. and he kept coming back to saying "just love them" in response to a lot of things... don't set goals for them, let them figure their lives out for themselves, stuff like that... like, wtf, the guy's actually a good parent, who would have guessed?! i'd have figured by his political stance that he'd be some uber-strict old bastard or something. maybe i was just in shock or something, but i couldn't find anything terribly wrong with anything he said (about parenting that is).

any theories about this? how come he's such a moron/bastard in politics then?