Bitter. That’s what I am right now after reading an article titled “Ugliest animals in the world” and seeing this picture:

Let’s make something very clear. Sphinx are NOT ugly. Sphinx are amazingly beautiful creatures, worthy of being heralded by the Pharaoh’s. To even see these magnificent entities lumped in the same category as the naked mole rat, or the aye-aye, or the Yeti crab is just blasphemy.

I think we can all agree that seeing something like THIS:

…is likely to make you scream bloody-pink murder and run for your life. I know that if I saw something like that buck-toothed monstrosity I would think I had somehow landed in a county fair and next up on the tour was the three headed marmoset and the bearded lady. Either that or it was an episode of http://www.fox.com/fringe/.

And so to clarify…

Buck-toothed mole rat: UGLY.

Sphinx cats: GORGEOUS.

Can you tell the difference? The spelling is COMPLETELY dissimilar. Yes there are two letters in common but that’s where the similarity ends.

Heck, I’ll even go so far as to say the Yeti crab has a furry elegance about it, and the sloth is just absofreakinadorable. But the mole rat and the aye-aye…I’m sorry, but no. The aye-aye reminds me of a Chinese Crested – you know those dogs with whisps of white hair and liver spots all over their bodies? *SCREAM*

Now – I know there are probably some of you who OWN a Chinese Crested…you should be ashamed of yourself. Put some clothes on your dog.

But I digress. I really had not intended to do anything other than point you to the article and tell you how wonderful sphinx are, but here I go mouthing off about mutant moles and leprous dogs. What is the world coming to?

I would blame it on Monday, except it’s Tuesday. So maybe I’ll blame it on the rain, blame it on the stars, whatever you do don’t put the blame on you, blame it on the rain yeah yeah.

That’s right – it’s gotten so bad that I’m singing Milli Vanilli now. Make it stop.