The Italian Kitty catnapped, readying himself for the 1 hr “shut the lights off for Earth Day” at 8:30pm. He maneuvered the 60 minutes of darkness just purrfectly…

That’s right, it was a year ago when we decided to introduce Snuzzy.com to the world, ransacking the Internets like a bunch of furry, out of control puppies in attempt to bring you some of the cutest and fuzziest stuff on the web.

I was looking back at the first post (and this one went up before the actual site launched, sort of a test run of sorts, I guess) on March 27, 2008, and there wasn’t a single image involved. Yikes…

Wow. That sucked. And the first actual image to hit the snuzzosphere? Um ,well… it was this one, posted on April Fool’s Day, which (appropriately) is Snuzzy’s official date of birth:

Yeah, that’s right. Another beauty. Things do take a little time to get going, but it wasn’t long before Snuzzy.com was attracting some attention and getting some hits. The first major success was this post, 25 Bits of Snuzz to Improve Your Health, with almost 10,000 pageviews on May 29. To date, this post has been viewed over 70,000 times!

And as things go in cyberspace, we’ve had some other winners, and some real losers on Snuzzy. That’s the fun part about blogging cuteness – you never really know what’s going to strike a chord and what’s not.

For the rest of the week, I’ll be re-posting some of my favorites (both the popular and the unpopular ones) and encourage you to send me suggestions for posting. As you browse back over the snuzz from the past year, feel free to send me links to posts that you really enjoyed this past year!

As always, thanks for tuning in and sharing your thoughts and images with me, and for telling your friends about Snuzzy.com!

Launching into year number two with a promise to keep you pleasantly bombarded with cute and fuzzy collisions, I remain,

Very snuzzily yours,

Snuzzy

I am wearing my most patriotic outfit, because today is a special holiday where we honor all of our military veterans. Here are some things I learned about this day:

It was in 1938 that Armistice Day was enacted as an official American holiday. But eventually after WWII, citizens felt that the veterans of all wars should be recognized, not just those of WWI. So in 1954 Congress changed the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day. In America, the holiday now celebrates the approximate 2.9 million U.S. veterans with parades and ceremonies among other events.

Thanks for the great info, Daisy, and for the beeyootiful pictures!

You can see the rest of Daisy’s Veterans day post here.

Catster’s very own Guido the Italian Cat hung out with Woolery a couple weeks ago and is now getting ready for his big night! Guido will be competing on The Meow Mix Think Like a Cat Game Show, which will air this Saturday, November 15th, on the Game Show Network.

Here’s a clip about the show–you can see Guido at the 00:13/00:14 mark. Go Guido! (If the video doesn’t appear in your feed reader, you can watch it here.)

Link: [Guido on Catster]

These are just a couple of the hilarious shots that are a part of Costume-Shopping 101 by Karen Nichols. If you’re still trying to figure out what you are going to do with your pet for Halloween, you need to read this super informative piece over at one of our other cool pet blogs The Cat’s Meow. It’s primarily written with cats in mind, but I found that a lot of the advice carries over into the doggie costume world as well.

(If you don’t see the video in your reader, you can watch it here.)

Here’s a sneak peak into what you’ll see in part 6, assuming that I can get a little shuteye and edit some of the in-air footage (yes, IT’S OVER!) tomorrow…

Link: [Cat ster Video]