Senator Ken Jacobsen, of Seattle, loved his cat Sam very much. So much so that now, as part of his support of a bill that would allow humans and pets to be buried in the same plot of graveyard land, he gave the Seattle Times a photo of himself with his dead cat. The caption confirms: "Sen. Ken Jacobsen and his cat Sam that died several years ago." It's all a little morbid, if you ask us. Surely after several years Jacobsen would have been able to gather the strength and energy to find a plot of land in which to bury poor Sam, even if it meant the two of them couldn't rest in peace together forever. To each his own, though. There's no law against just keeping the dead pet on a lawn chair for awhile, is there? more ›