This is one of TMV’s two cats, “Chappie.” When he was being named, The Moderate Voice’s father, The Moderate Father, was asked what name would be nice for this cat with its little black moustache.
“How about Hitler?” The Moderate Father suggested.
But then TMV worried that if the cat got out he’d be shouting “Hitler!” through the streets of San Diego.
So he picked Chaplin…which became Chappie. Chappie is around 13 years old but (like TMV) doesn’t act or show his age.
Photo by teen photographer Greg Powell of San Diego.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.