Do not be fooled – this is not a dog, but a Muppet. As soon as I took my hands off her, she started playing the piano and telling corny jokes. Devilry!

This Jack Russell Terrier demonstrates his opposition to breast cancer at the 2006 Run for the Cure.

Here I am seen on pilgrimmage on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the Lourdes of the HTA ministry. Cats, squirrels and marmots live a monastic existence, sleeping in an open-air shelter and (hopefully) biting the occasional legislator.