Nathaniel Christopher / May 15, 2016

Remembering my diabetic cat Khan (14 Feb 2005 – 15 May 2015)

In February 2008 I adopted a three-year-old grey cat named Khan. “My neighbour Pat is looking for a new home for her cat Khan,” my sister tells me. “I think he would be perfect for you. He’s cal...

Nathaniel Christopher / May 18, 2015 / 2 Comments

My cat Khan has died

My cat Khan died at home on Friday, May 15, 2015. He was 10-years-old. He had been very ill for the past six weeks and couldn’t hold on any longer. At around 11:30 a.m. Housemate found him curled up i...

Nathaniel Christopher / March 10, 2015

Man and cat eat breakfast

The stuff I got from Elizabeth May! The brid on the card is a black-throated green warbler.

Nathaniel Christopher / April 23, 2013 / 6 Comments

Elizabeth May mailed me a photo of her cats!

I just received a big letter from Green Party leader and Saanich – Gulf Islands MP Elizbaeth May! Here’s the photo she sent me of her cats when they were kittens: Last month my friend Jane...

Nathaniel Christopher / December 21, 2012 / 5 Comments

Khan has to wear a cone!

For the next two days my cat will play the part of a walking lampshade. No, he won’ after my vet put one of those plastic cones on his neck. This afternoon I was petting him when I noticed blood comin...

Nathaniel Christopher / December 2, 2012 / 8 Comments

Cheap insulin for Khan at Costco!

The other day I realized that my cat’s insulin bottle was almost empty so I phoned my vet who kindly faxed a prescription over to the pharmacy so that I could buy another vial. Normally she’d just sen...

Nathaniel Christopher / April 9, 2012 / 8 Comments

A drug addict’s dream come true!

For those of you who don’t know my cat is diabetic. I have to supply him with diabetic cat food, blood-glucose tests, insulin and insulin needles. After I inject him with his insulin I deposit the ne...

Nathaniel Christopher / November 22, 2011 / 7 Comments

Surviving the Burnaby power outage

Housemate rudely woke me up at approximately 3:42 this morning. For shame! The volume and intensity of his outbursts led me to believe something terrible had transpired. I thought he’d been robbed, re...

Nathaniel Christopher / October 16, 2011 / 2 Comments

Nyan Cat attends Occupy Vancouver!

Yesterday I attended the Occupy Vancouver protests… because Michael Moore said so! I couldn’t summarise any coherent points into a sign message so I just wrote “Meow!” I decided against bringing the s...