Absolutely, and those snakes are the coolest. Is Choco not eating because he's getting ready to shed? But at least Addy is now eating. And Zee sounds pretty indomitable. How's Maizey?

You're an original, girl. Stick around.

My best friend is 3000 miles away in Albany NY. Thank God for email. Our phone bills used to be pretty big.

My sister-in-law's sister-in-law, with whom I play constant online Scrabble, emailed me a screechy complaint about her contractor. Ha. Given my recent and ongoing experience (now they've invaded our crappy little basement dungeon living space and it's all draped with visqueen so they don't totally trash our stuff and it looks like The Andromeda Strain), I just emailed her back and said, "I recommend a flamethrower."