Exciting morning. Tortie kitty has anal gland issues, so to the vet for clean-out. We had her wrapped like a sausage roll. On came the proctologist glove, ha, ha. Feared a real battle but she was as good as gold. No fuss, not a peep, but she was very glad to be home.

Belated Caturday. Our late Gorgeous George. I miss him so much.

2/ They trusted the experts. I remember the then fear of polio. As a child, I knew that it weighed on my parents and that they were overjoyed when I could receive vaccines in 1955 and 1956. JFK Jr. and the dimwitted anti-vaxxers can GFT. They are stupid and dangerous.

Here’s George a little looped after playing with his new Christmas present, the pink catnip mouse. What a guy.

He looks so much like our late George, who was also a big cat.

I know I’m not a dog (as if!) but I’d send my favourite comfort dog toy to Kevin if I could.

This bar chart shows size of US deficit as % of GDP and cyclically adjusted relative to other advanced economies. US 7%+, Canada less than 1.5%. Canada is clearly not broken.