Artsy iPhone Photo of Bits.

He looks so serene. Yet he's thinking about wrecking something of value to me.

Seems Like We Should Just Get a Trough.

I'm Pretty Sure Bits is Part Snow Leopard.

Discuss.

Captured Forever on Canvas

Mama and Daddy got married on July 19th. Now that we're all legally a family, I decided to paint the kiddos portraits. I included their new surname. Before the wedding, Bilton and Bits were Robison's because technically I had adopted them. Now we are the Bushes and we are a lovely little unit.

Why We Do This.

Because when we brought this little guy home from the Humane Society, he used to cower when we tried to pet him.

Now he hops up on my lap and helps me work. And he isn't afraid of guests. And he seems to understand that the world isn't always a frightening place.

Not trying to pat myself on the back here; I'm just sayin'.

It's a good feeling.

How to Anthropomorphize Your FIV+ Cat

For those of you unfamiliar with the term, when you anthropomorphize your cat (or any animal) you assign them human qualities. For example, we refer to our cats as our children. This is classic anthropomorphization.

In addition to thinking of the cats as our offspring, Brad and I have adopted different human voices for the cats. I think it's hilarious. So I've decided to share them with you.

The first is Bilton.

At first, we weren't sure what his voice would sound like. Then we both read Malacy McCourt's memoir, "A Monk Swimming" and we had our answer:

Next is The Bot.

It was pretty obvious from the get go that The Bot was not a happy go lucky sort of cat. There is a sadness to The Bot and we immediately started comparing him to Eeyore. Though, giving him Eeyore's voice would be too easy. Oh no, this cat is more complex. This cat has the voice of a younger Ed Asner:

Finally, there's Bits.

As soon as we saw Squidbillies on Cartoon Network, we knew that Bits had the same voice as Rusty Culyer. In this NSFW clip, he's the squid with the spiky red hair:



There's no possible way that anyone could find this as groin-grabbingly hilarious as Brad and I do; but I thought I'd share it with you, you know, because I felt like it. So go out there and anthropomorphize your animals! You have my blessing.

Now I have to go spray Bits with the water bottle because I can hear him climbing on the kitchen counter.

The Special Technique of ShadowBilton.

Allow me to demonstrate.