January 22, 2009 (2)

Dear Obie,
How is your name pronounced? Is it OH-BEE or AHH-BEE? The latter would seem more correct since you said your first name is Obsidian. Please settle this argument between me and the other cats in the house.
Yours truly, Takashi


Dear Takashi,
AHH-BEE would probably seem more correct, but my humans aren't always known for being correct! My name is actually pronounced OH-BEE. They derived that from my initials, O.B. (for Obsidian Bulungus.) The Obsidian is for my coal-black color, and Bulungus was the name belonging to a black cat that lived next door to my human daddy when he was a child. Occasionally I get nicknames like Obiwan, lengthened to Obiwan Kenobi, and then changed again to Obiwan Cannoli! (My humans are goofy!)
Thanks for the email, Takashi!
Your friend,
Obie

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