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Cat & Dog Page-A-Day Gallery Calendars
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Published: Jan 09, 2019
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In the 14 years I’ve been publishing Head Butler, I’ve never said word one about my pets.
Because I’ve never had one.
In 1990, my stepson went to a birthday party for the son of George Soros and came home with a goldfish. We bought a bowl and food. Death came soon. My stepchildren asked about burial. I told them about toilet funerals – like dust to dust, only for fish. They agreed. As I dispensed the goldfish, I sang a bit of “Tears in Heaven” — “Would you know my name/ if I saw you in Heaven?” — which Eric Clapton wrote for his four-year-old son Conor, who died when he fell out of a 53rd floor window in the apartment where his mother was staying in New York City. The kids were pissed.
A few years later, my stepson announced, “I don’t want a dog, I need a dog,” so we went to a shelter and got him the barkiest Bichon Frise on the planet. Winter came. I found myself, night after night, walking the dog in the snow — in terms of man hours spent with this animal, you could say, yes, I had a dog. In the divorce, I didn’t ask for joint custody.
In recent years, some new friends have entered my life. Almost all have pets. I’m good with the dogs; they’re well behaved, generally old, not at all frisky. The cats are another story. They know I loathe them, so they come to me. And their owners have bought them carpeted towers. They like climbing these ridiculously ugly structures and perching on top, where they seem primed to make a flying leap in my direction, ending with their claws in my neck.
And now some joker — I’m thinking a cat-owner — has sent me two pet calendars.
There are a million pet calendars, but among the most loved, I have learned, are the pet-a-day calendars from Workman Publishers. I think I know why. On a monthly calendar, you get a dozen animals. With these, you get 365. To put it in 1950s American male terms, that’s like getting a new centerfold every day.
If you’re a cat lover, the Cat Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar will have your purring. [To buy it from Amazon, click here.]
If you’re a dog lover, the Dog Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar will have you barking for joy. [To buy it from Amazon, click here.]
And if you’re like me and are in the market for a calendar…
Consider the Paris Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar. [To buy it from Amazon, click here.]
Or perhaps the Islands Page-A-Day Gallery Calendar. [To buy it from Amazon, click here.]
That’s all I’ll have to say about pets for the next 14 years. Though I fully expect to hear suggestions from you…
