Friday Cat Blogging – 30 September 2011

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Monika Bauerlein,
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Dear Reader,

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December is make-or-break for Mother Jones’ fundraising, and in "No Cute Headlines or Manipulative BS," we hope that giving it to you as matter-of-fact as we can will work to raise the $350,000 we need to raise this month. Donations make up 74 percent of our budget this year, and all online gifts will be matched and go twice as far until we hit our goal.

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Yes, I’m still traveling. Sort of. Actually, right about now I should be sunning myself at Golden Gate Park, where we’re holding a MoJo staff picnic. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get catblogging this week. It only means that catblogging has been reduced 50%.

Sorry about that, Domino fans, but I just didn’t get a new picture of her before I left. What I got instead was a rare inside look at the working conditions here at blog central. I am, as you can see in this picture taken through my window, closely supervised. Until my supervisor gets bored, that is, which happens a lot. Still, you have to stay on your toes. It’s sort of a feline-opticon around here.