a race to the finish!

 

this is donald pinkus the cat. he is named after

donald pinkus the person.

    we used to foster kittens when I was in high school. We would get new born kittens and the fat mama-mama cat from the shelter and play with the kittens making them well socialized so that they are more likely to be adopted.

    It was sad to have to give up tons of kitties but we always got more littler kitties so I was stuck in a state of perpetual kitten-having which is pretty cool.

     the kittens in each litter were all given names starting with the same letter as their moms name So theirs was a 'D' litter. we decided to keep donald and daniel and I decided that those were dumb names for a kitten so I said that they were donald pinkus the cat and danny mason the cat, named after two of my buddies.

    danny mason has already been featured in the blog having produced the dan mason the cat mix as dj dan mason the cat (available for download over to the right)

but today is all about donald otherwise known as "the sock".

    basically me and lou went to wilmette to visit patsy and when we were there lou and donald had a confrontation. as often is the case the fight ended with donald challenging us to a race around the world! 

here are some photos from the race

we started in chicago, il.

 

a balloon is a great way to start a race around the world and donald made it all the way to france.

lou and I rode west to california. we stopped in mexico to sell cocaine and stashed the money in our gas tanks.

 

donald rode his bicycle across europe climbing the alps along the way. he made it all the way to japan, prudently skipping over asia because its like really big and annoying.

lou and I got on a freighter and made it all the way from the pacific ocean to the Mediterranean somehow with magic then punted down the canals of venice which was very romantic.

donald surfs one gnarly wave from hawaii down around the horn of south america and then back up to the crystal clear gulf of mexico.

 

lou and I crossed the atlantic in a paddle boat then took off from florida in a one man-one cat go-cart hoping that we would run into donald pinkus the cat along the way so we could chuck a red shell at him.

donald pinkus began speed skating on a revolving treadmill of ice that powered a train (picture not available) that brought him to patsy's just in time to get a belly rub and to take a drink from the faucet before lou and I power-slid down ouilmette ave to the finish.

 donald pinkus won and his prize was a little mouse with catnip inside with which he was thoroughly content.

 lou and I retreated back to madison, wi to write this blog post and to eat popsicles.

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