One of my cats (I’m looking at you, Valentine) decided to ring in Cat Friday this morning by barfing on the dining room carpet, so fuck ‘em.

Meet Stinker, who is guest starring at the Mercury office today, visiting from Seattle where he lives with Dan Savage.

Fans of Savage’s books might recall Stinker’s starring role in The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, a memoir in which Savage recounts the time that Stinker fell out of a moving car window while Savage’s partner Terry was driving (thus, the missing eye). When Savage called the vet hospital to check on his family dog, he was told information could only be given out to a spouse or family member. So there you have it. A tiny celebrity and living example of the struggle for equality in same sex partnerships walks among us. And won’t stop humping resident pug and Office Dog in Chief, Olive.

ALSO: Thanks to my BF for digging up this podcast of Savage telling the Stinker story in his own words, which you can listen to right here:

The Stinker Story