Before you get into the bad luck of black cats. She ain't all black. Click for close up of Pearl the sweetest kitty on earth.

There in the background flies my flag. And contrary to others view that a light should shine on it at night and that it should be taken down in the rain, mine flies at night and in the rain because this flag is not a fair weather flag. We fight at night and in the day in the rain and in the shine. The United states of America better not be a fair weather friend. Otherwise we are just the land of the enslaved and the home of the Cowards.