I can’t resist doing a mini-bleg: vote for our kitty Sasha as cutest pet in the American Express Cutest Pet Photo Contest!  The pic you’re looking for is:

Voting runs to 10/1/2010, and you can vote every day for Sasha!  We’re way behind (I’m pretty sure folks are gaming the system), but the benefits of winning aren’t trivial — we could win a $2000 gift card.

The only catch is that they ask for an email on first voting.  They aren’t verifying emails, however, so you can put pretty much anything in to thwart future correspondence.  You will lose out on a chance for a $375 gift card if you don’t use your own email, though.

At this point, it’s partly about pride for me — Sasha is way cuter than some of those other animals, and deserves more votes!

(Okay, I’m done begging — back to science blogging!)