Instead, he had lain awake for hours, knowing he'd made a pig's ear of everything, and trying to think of a way to sort things out.

one, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend

Orange cats, sometimes called ginger, may be tabby or nontabby. Blue and cream coats occur with a dilution of black or of orange, respectively.

Whever you read something written by a Neocon/Rethuglican, remember, they may brag about how great they are, but they ain't in Iraq.