Bert

Bert was with us from 1982 to 1986 in Fairfax and Fairlington. Bert came to us as a kitten in late 1982 when we lived in the townhouse in Fairfax. He got off to a good start as a kitten, though our various kitten tortures may have had a long-term effect. Pumpkin time, Halloween 1982. …

L.C.

In a surprise move, my sophomore year (1978) roomate, Vas, decided that he also wanted a cat, so he acquired a very small kitten that Barb and I named L.C., short for Little Cat. Zig and L.C. were buddies for the rest of that semester until I moved to a new place in August. We’re …

Ziggy

In February of 1978, we decided to take another shot with a cat, after the sad and premature demise of Ralph. Ziggy was an orange tabby with a very patient disposition who put up with my long learning curve. He was already four months old when we got him (from where, I’m not sure) so …

Ralph

We got our first kitten, Ralph, in October 1977, shortly after I moved into my college apartment in Arlington. We figure she was born in August. I’m not sure where we got her, but her first photos are from Barb’s birthday party later that month. Very unfortunately, Ralph died only a month or so after …

College Jobs

Once I got to college, summers opened up and there was the prospect of internships. Pretty much the whole time I was in college I viewed it as a sort of minimum security prison sentence — a period you had to get through in order to actually start working and making money. I was always …