Ah, the adorable Max and Sheldon. (From left: Sheldon and Max. But Max is first in all other things.)

Plato once warned: "Is it not true that in the last age, no man, however cynical he may be, will resist the urge to publish pictures of cute animals on the Web? Thus the nightmare of technology will be complete. I believe it is time for my bath."

* well, cats, actually