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I would really love to meet your pups!

Social media can be a rabbit hole. I'm on it sparingly, mostly scrolling when I'm bored to watch cute dog reels. Yesterday at work, I was out on the golf cart (preferred mode of transport lol) when a couple flagged me down. An African gray parrot had flown up to them and perched on their rig. The bird promptly flew on top of the golf cart. I gotta admit, it was a beautiful bird. The bird would let you get close, or give it a cracker but flew off if you tried to catch it. I asked my activity director to post a notice on the community Facebook site (I don't belong) to see if anyone in the park had lost it. A few hours later after multiple shares she got a response. A couple 2.5 miles away had lost their bird on New Years Eve when he flew out the door when someone was coming in. They were devastated. In the meantime, my housekeeper and maintenance guy had managed to catch the bird and had him in their RV. Ziggy was reunited with his owners who were ecstatic. Happy ending credited to the power of social media. It was a good way to start off the year.

Welcome back, my friend! Wherever the new inspiration came from... run with it while you can! Thank you for this. It's good to see the survivors are still hanging in there and making some solid plans for the future. Hopefully Jake will prove a useful addition to the group.

I'm a little late to the party but Happy New Year everyone. I, for one, am glad to put one dumpster fire of a year behind me. I'm looking forward to getting on with life and focusing on being happy and healthy. It'll take some work but now that I've kicked the nasty norovirus, I feel up to it. Have a good year!

Yeah... it's usually me.

Go bed.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Leave it to @Danilo Syrtis to create a mountainium out of a mole holium.

I'm sure the threat still exists. There's no statute of limitations.

The damn doghouse has been rebuilt so many times I might as well build a dog mansion and throw all of you in it.

Jeezus... I'm sorry I said anything. Geek.

True.

What a coincidence... so am I.

No....I didn't misplace the burner phone. I've been battling a stomach flu since 4am Sunday. Today was the first time I managed to eat since Saturday night.

I have no idea how long it will be. Happy New Year to you too!

I heard that, or some variation of it, a while ago and stuck it in the 'future use' notes I keep. It seemed like a good time to pull it out.

From ground level I'm sure he does.

I hope it will be interesting and compelling. As I mentioned, it'll be a while before I start on that. It's like a sourdough bread starter... it needs to brew for a while.

Someone has to be.

Quite the ankle biter, aren't you?

Thanks Chris! Happy New Year to you too!

Yeah... I'm a glutton for punishment.

Same to you my loveable geek!

You'll blame anyone or anything other than yourself.

It still ain't right. It's right up there with aluminum...a-loo-min-um vs. al-you-mini-um. There's NO "I" after the "N". I bout died when I heard that's normal in the UK (care to verify @chris191070?)