A world-class cat: Pico, devourer of voles. The author is depicted half-asleep, in a comfy shirt, on his aged Poang.

The tiniest of fellows: Speck, our rat-terrier / chihuahua mix. "Where is the food, you promised me food."

On our trip to Budapest, Summer 2004. The author and his lovely wife, Joanna. Most of our traveling involves scientific conferences; in this case, I was presenting a poster at the Human Brain Mapping conference. On our non-science trips, we tend to drive...