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You are here: Home / Anderson On Health Insurance / Meet Buttercup and GOAT

Meet Buttercup and GOAT

by David Anderson|  January 15, 20209:33 am| 22 Comments

This post is in: Anderson On Health Insurance, Cat Blogging

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Health policy writing will be light today as I owe my co-authors a revised draft and so far it is not making enough sense to me to share.

However, I would like to introduce you to Goat and Buttercup.  We adopted these two, a brother/sister pair of eight month olds, yesterday.  They spent most of the afternoon under the couch but by evening Goat had explored the entire living room and most of the kitchen while Buttercup explored as she wished.

 

Here is Goat:

 

Meet Buttercup

And here is Buttercup:

Meet Buttercup

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  1. 1.

    rikyrah

    January 15, 2020 at 9:38 am

    You’ve been holding out on us, Mayhew.

     

    more Goat and Buttercup :)

  2. 2.

    dr. bloor

    January 15, 2020 at 9:40 am

    Looks like a faster shutter speed is going to be S.O.P. for Goat.

  3. 3.

    Yutsano

    January 15, 2020 at 9:45 am

    KITTEHS!!!

    Enjoy your life of cat slavedom Mayhew.

  4. 4.

    CaseyL

    January 15, 2020 at 9:47 am

    Well, I’m happy you keep us updated on the really important stuff! :)

    Nice to see B&G quickly acclimated to their new home and were able to leave the safety of the Undercouch Cave to go exploring.  In the first photo, what is that blur by Goat’s head?

  5. 5.

    Redshift

    January 15, 2020 at 9:49 am

    Awww!

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    January 15, 2020 at 9:51 am

    Why one name in all caps?

  7. 7.

    Gin & Tonic, Duke of Tanqueray

    January 15, 2020 at 9:53 am

    @NotMax:  GOAT is an acronym.

  8. 8.

    TomatoQueen

    January 15, 2020 at 9:56 am

    Hello GOAT and Buttercup. Merlin sends Brrrrrp?

  9. 9.

    NotMax

    January 15, 2020 at 9:57 am

    @Gin & Tonic, Duke of Tanqueray

    Okay, I’ll bite. For what?

  10. 10.

    David Anderson

    January 15, 2020 at 10:01 am

    @NotMax: my 7 year old named GOAT and insisted the name should be all capital letters as that is cooler

  11. 11.

    David Anderson

    January 15, 2020 at 10:01 am

    @rikyrah: 16 hours before first pictures

  12. 12.

    MazeDancer

    January 15, 2020 at 10:06 am

    Congratulations! Expecting many updates.

  13. 13.

    TaMara (HFG)

    January 15, 2020 at 10:16 am

    A fine respite. Beautiful new family members. Give them a skritch for me.

  14. 14.

    Roger Moore

    January 15, 2020 at 10:26 am

    @NotMax:

    Okay, I’ll bite. For what?

    Greatest Of All Time

    ETA: This usage is common in sports, e.g. “Many fans believe LeBron has surpassed Jordan as the GOAT.”

  15. 15.

    Aardvark Cheeselog

    January 15, 2020 at 10:32 am

    Welcome to the Tuxedo Cat Conspiracy.

  16. 16.

    David Anderson

    January 15, 2020 at 10:45 am

    Some type of cat toy/cloth mouse

  17. 17.

    J R in WV

    January 15, 2020 at 11:05 am

     

    Sweet !! Lurve them kitties…

  18. 18.

    TupeloPhoney

    January 15, 2020 at 11:24 am

    I’m sorry, GOAT is what kind of animal? As near as I can make out from the photo, a guinea pig? ;^)

  19. 19.

    ThresherK

    January 15, 2020 at 1:21 pm

    My late Madeline shared much of the black and white markings I see on Buttercup. More pix of them both would be enjoyed.

  20. 20.

    Mai naem mobile

    January 15, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    Seriously Goat and Buttercup? What kind of names are those? All the other cats in the neighborhood are going to.make fun of them. Also your photography skills are a step up from Cole’s. Take that however you want to.

  21. 21.

    Mai naem mobile

    January 15, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    @Mai naem mobile: oh, i forgot to tell you to that the cats are adorable.

  22. 22.

    EmbraceYourInnerCrone

    January 15, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    Cool! Kitties!  Your Buttercup looks like my new shorthaired tuxedo, Curren  he is about 6 months and full of beans,  his new brother Hugh is 7 months and a HUGE floofy white and gray spotted love muffin, we call him stoner cat because he is so chill.

     

    My dog may forgive me…someday!

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