1.0link102928<![CDATA[In Praise of Imperfect Pets]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-stein-wellner/in-praise-of-imperfect-pe_b_102928.htmlLast Saturday, my husband Phil and I ran two cat-related errands. The first was to visit a cat we were thinking about adopting, who was being sheltered at a vet's office in Alphabet City.
The young man in question was eight months old, very small, and had a jet black coat. I'd been to visit him on Friday, and knew almost immediately that this was going to be the cat for us. He purred on contact, but had a gleam...