You absolutely must go see this photo of Saturn’s moon Titan silhouetted in front of the planet’s rings.  This is a “Wow!” photo.

Don’t hesitate to take a look at Weekend Cat Blogging #53.  You’ll find a lot of great cat photos in the links, not to mention the anticipated Kiri photos.

PZ discusses everything you never wanted to know about earwax and smegma.

Tattoos and piercings: “The people who don’t have them are becoming the unique ones.”

Carnival of the Godless #42 is overflowing with all sorts of good stuff covering ground from pirates to vikings to screen doors to smart people to bar spirituality to atheism and on and on it goes.  There’s even a bit on Anne Coulter (more on her in a separate post).

Carnival of the Cats #116 is full of great stuff.  Don’t miss these buddies (a must see), this striking Bengal kitten, and these freshly planted kittens as well as the subsequent kitten trafficking.

Don’t mess with Jack.  He may be just a cat, but even the bears are afraid of him.  Yes, he treed the bear — twice!  I guess he was serious when he said that was his yard and it wasn’t available for interlopers.

Check out this snake.  Absolutely beautiful.

This is horrifically disgusting.  From what I can tell, you can abuse animals all you want, including shooting and beheading a cat as in this story, and you have nothing to fear from law enforcement.  I hate people.

Even the Canadian Prime Minister can find time to provide foster care for pets.  I wish Dubya had half the heart to do as much…

A new species of hammerhead shark has been discovered off the coast of South Carolina.

What would happen if the starship Enterprise met the Death Star?  Go find out!

Birds in the News 62 (v2n13) has the latest avian news and, as always, many spectacular photos.