The Time Is Now

for pet-oriented holidays. I have no idea whether pets are more or less gratifying to love than humans. How would you measure it? But face it, they're easier and simpler to love by a wide margin. I don't think there was ever a case, in the history of the world, in which a pet got mad and threw all its owner's clothes out the window. Most of us get along pretty well with our animal friends. So let's decide that the next time someone manufactures a holiday, the way it's been done so often before, it's about dogs and cats and birds and fish and chinchillas and whatever sort of critter you're glad to see at the end of the day. I'm not arguing you shouldn't love humans—hey, feel free, whatever—I'm just saying we do love pets, and if trees and flags and April Fools get a day I think my cat should too.