Yeah. It sounds like a name a five year old would give to her goldfish. But if you knew him like I know him, you'd see it fits. His full name is actually Eric Tostenrud, after an orange-haired kid I knew in grade school. And often he answers to you cute little orange bastard.



He ran away from one of those 'Don't let the cat out!' houses a few blocks away, and eventually found his way to my door, hungry and frightened. His life is really good now and he knows it.

I've heard it said that when married couples talk about their children at parties, the single people bring up stories about their pets. Yeah, I'm using the almost limitless potential of the information superhighway to post pictures of my cat. There are plenty of blogs and websites about weightier topics. Meanwhile, Orangie is on the Web.