Hello Russia!!

Добро пожаловать читателей из России!

I hope that means,  "Hello! Welcome to readers from Russia!"

Photo of Moscow's St. Basil Cathedral
by Christophe Meneboeuf

I was looking at my blog statistics and realized that I have A LOT of readers from Russia! Most are from the U.S., but check this out: 

                                                                                               ← Look at all these guys!

Approximately 64% of people (and pets) who visit this blog are from the United States. The second highest number of readers - 17% - are from Russia, and that's been pretty consistent for the last year or so. I thought for sure my second highest reader count would be from the U.K. or Canada, but nyet! Russia rules! Who knew?

I couldn't think of any Russian Blue pals, so I just followed Alexi (@KrasotaCastle)
Privet Alexi!

I decided to learn how to say "cat" in Russian. Turns out the Russian language doesn't have a gender neutral word for "cat" in Russian. They have man cats and lady cats.

I am a kot (rhymes with pot), which is Russian for man cat. 

Kot. Obviously.

And this is my lovely košečka, Jazzy da Cat 

(pronounced "koshechka").

Jazzy da koška 

That's the endearing term for a girl cat. 

The regular word is koška ("koshka").

Jazzy can call me her kotik.  ; )

You should check the stats on your blog and see where your readers are from! You never know...

=^..^=

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to my Jazzy Cat

(Turn off my stereo above before you play this slide show)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Jazzy da Cat and I put together this little music video for our friends for Valentine's Day...

Hope you like it!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Happy New Year 2011!

This has been a tough year on a lot of us. I lost my sweet Wynnie princess cat, Dad lost his brother, Grandpa got lymphoma, and a lot of my anipal friends and family have been sick or gone to the Rainbow Bridge, including my dear friend & soul twin, @inigoflufflebum. @Pepismartdog has been crazy busy keeping up with all the new residents at the RB... And when I was very ill myself, my darling @jazzydacat wheeled me out and eloped me! So, yes, I am no longer a bachelor. I'm not even kidding.

For better of for worse...  ; ) 

So along with the sadness, there's been some joy. I married my British tart, I became Editor-in-Chief of the new online newspaper for anipals: The Anipal Times, which has an international staff of 40 and has raised $3000 for the NYC Shiba Rescue and Hope for Paws through advertising and AT Pawpawties. And my mom started two new projects of her own: BohoPets portraits & gifts and The Pawed Squad pet-centric reviews and giveaways. 

My New Year Greeting - Abridged Version
You might want to turn off the stereo for this.

Here's hoping 2011 will be the best year ever, with each year to follow even better for us all! I love you guys.

Cokes

On the 1st Day of Christmas my True Love Gave to Me...

On the 1st Day of Christmas my true love @JazzydaCat gave to me...
A super comfy leopard print self warming thermal cushion for my aching bones. Thank you, love.