Okay, today’s news is supposed to be about Phyllis Diller. But it’s not. Yesterday morning I was flipping through the auction catalog again and thinking about what to write when I heard a heart-stopping cat scream! I raced outside and saw Smokey streaking toward the house and then over the wall from the neighbors, Blackjack’s head appeared. He seemed to be struggling, but managed to pull himself over the wall and make a run for the house. He looked very odd with his fur matted down, and as he ran, he left a trail of brown stuff behind him. I thought that he had literally had the cr*p scared out of him. When he got in the house, the poor little guy was so frightened he streaked through the kitchen, the dining room, into the living room, behind the furniture and finally down the hall to the bedroom where he jumped across… Read More »