Dilemma: Switch seems completely uninterested in the wet food we got for him. Is this just a matter of figuring out what he likes? He's only ever eaten dry food till now, although he did sometimes eat some wet kitten food when he was tiny. (Cortez seems uninterested in the wet food, too. What's wrong with them?!)

Switch is also not drinking water, which is what he needs right now with the UTI, and I can't figure it out because he usually drinks water happily.

Switch is also not drinking water, which is what he needs right now with the UTI, and I can't figure it out because he usually drinks water happily.

Can you add a little water to the dry food to make it mooshy, and see if he'll eat that? Or, maybe not water, but chicken broth or tuna juice?

Signed,
Has a cat with frequent UTIs (but she loves the canned food, so I don't have any suggestions there)

That's an idea. Thanks!

Dilemma: Switch seems completely uninterested in the wet food we got for him.

IME, the answer is to have your boyfriend pretend to eat a bowl of the stuff and then feed it to the animal spoonful by spoonful until it is gone, pausing to mimic eating it yourself every few spoonfuls.

Or at any rate, that's what's going on at my sister's house this week. I'm sure it applies in all cases.

IME, the answer is to have your boyfriend pretend to eat a bowl of the stuff

Okay, so you're saying I need to find a boyfriend now? I hope S. is okay with this, but he does love the cat, so ...

(Poor Darbs. It's a shame you can't just tell her to relax, you know?)

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

I would buy a pink gun. Not from the Komen people, but I consider it only a marginal step up from pink wraps or my floral-patterned 6" knife.

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

Yeah, here's the statement:

The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. We have been distressed at the presumption that the changes made to our funding criteria were done for political reasons or to specifically penalize Planned Parenthood. They were not.

Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.

Oh Komen, too late my friends, too late.

NYT is reporting that Komen has changed its mind and will maintain PP funding.

They say: "After due deliberation, we have decided blah blah focus on the mission blah blah woman power hope! Give us your money and we'll pink up corporate sponsorships."

They mean: "We're getting out ass kicked! Total PR nightmare!"