Although I disagree with this sort of thing, I admit there was much squealing. Fat kittens are just. so. cuuuuute!!!

He was in the news over there a lot a couple months ago. Don’t remember if I linked to it or not then.

But seriously, there’s something to be said for the relation between the loss of your self-respect (a cat letting itself be showered) and being obese, and the lessons we, as individuals and a society, can learn from that.