But I will do the blog under an alias. My children and grandhild(ren) will all be featured in this blog along with the cats, and I just prefer not to use everybody's real names. If you check the other link, the one to my under-construction Running Dog website, you can find my real name there.

Yes, I do still eat at Taco Bell, but I have cut down to just once or twice a week, when I am home. When I am out and about, there are usually no Taco Bells to eat at.

Thunder Paws was an orange cat with white face, breasts, belly and paws.

The black cat is Jim Slim Many Toes, and that is him in the picture with my son and grandson. He is kind of naughty looking, because he is naughty. My first black cat, Little Guy, was exceedingly handsome. I no longer had him when I discovered Cat of the Day, but I have referred to him a number of times in past posts.

I once, very briefly, posted the picture story of Thunder Paws' life online and Little Guy was in an image or two.

None of my cats will ever be Cat of the Day, because I never yield copyright to my images and that is why I have not shared them here. But now you can find them on my blog, which is copyright protected.

As noted, the real Kracker Cat blog will begin in the fall. It will be something special. I promise. Until then, it won't be much, but I will keep it going as best I can. I will miss many days, because between now until the end of July, I will be lucky to spend two weeks at home. I should be able to make some posts from the field, but not many.

I just made a new entry, but, layout-wise, I could not get this generic google blog to do what I wanted it to do. When I do my real blog, I will have total control.

I'm glad that I helped inspire you to become a poster!

Thanks all who have replied, for your kind words!

Catmandu! Join me in the blogosphere! Create your own blog.