and as phesina can tell you, once we know about you, we NEVER forget--i just went and tracked her down after almost a year....

and just let me tell you, there is absolutely NOTHING like the feeling of being a bad influence on people!

the woman who took in both buddy boy and his brother joey is someone i "know" from, of all places, www.icanhascheezburger.com -- and she saw buddy's photo on my facebook page. having complicated her life in this joyous way has just enriched mine in ways you wouldn't believe--seriously!

i was also able to hook up a retired flight-attendant friend (also from cheeseburger!), and she's gonna accompany a three-legged kitty from houston to HIS forever home in boston over the weekend....

there is NO job better than this.

i'll be posting about sylvester later today--a very special little boy in the NYC area, who desperately needs a quiet, calm, place of his own....

MC