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First of all, this is not a tribute to Max Spevack, great guy that he is.

This is a long-overdue introduction to my alpha male cat, Max.

Also, Max was not named after Max Spevack, honest.  I'm a big fan of Fedora, but not so obsessional that I would name my pet after the former Fedora Project leader. Sorry, Max (the former FP leader, not my cat).

Here's the real explanation: Max (the cat, not the human) had a sister named Minnie - yeah, Max and Minnie.  Unfortunately, Minnie died while boarding at the vets (go figure), so Max is an orphan and without family, which not too uncommon a situation for rescued cats.

Max is the handsome cat with his tongue sticking out  in the accompanying photo. He serves as my mascot and hackergotchi. His breed is shorthair domestic cat. Max's pedigree is very mixed. His coloring, as the photo shows, is ginger and white.

Max is around 4 years old, having been rescued around the time of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina happens to be the name of his mother, who also passed on, but not after dragging Max and Minnie into my apartment one night at the tender age of 7 days.

I'm happy to say that Max has not only survived, but thrives. He weighs approximately 8 kg. I refer to him as my "dog cat", since he has quite a few canine traits along with the usually feline ones. He's cohabitating with Mollie, a very affectionate stray I rescued a few years back on a cold winter's night.

So there you have it.

For the record, I also like dogs and other living creatures. It just so happens stray cats are much more common in my part of the world.