My condolences to everyone who's lost a baby and a friend lately. Happy dooking to all. I've finally gotten to see Mookie do his version of a war dance! He's always bopped around, but he's learned how to do the sideways moves, and he 'hisses' while dancing. Suzy, Genie, and Mookie were all playing this morning and he was just dancing up a storm, chasing them and me. I love it. I've now got 4 out of 7 converts to chicken gravy! Socks will literally nudge and bug me till I get it fixed for them. Calvin won't come up for air at all, and then when Socks, Kit, Suzy, and he are done, he tries to cart off what's left with the saucer. Now if I can just get the other three to eat...... Last July Sara, our daughter, spent that month in Montana and South Dakota with relatives. She brought Larry back a rainstick. I don't know if anyone else has one, but the fuzz butts go wild when you shake it! Scully was charging and leaping for it last night-looking like Scar in the final battle scene from the Lion King! It was soooooo funny. They were all wound up, and when I'd put it down, they'd roll over the top. Now I'm thinking about buying BB's, taking some of the plastic eggs and putting some in it, then gluing it shut so they couldn't work it open. For the last thing: enough already on the Tiffany Taylor/Modern Ferret thing. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, etc. However, blasting a lady who has chosen a different sort of occupation but is a ferret lover is just getting out of hand. I agree with Marie, this lady didn't do anything like Clinton and Lewinsky, and people all over, for some strange reason, still think he's the best think since sliced bread, and fawn all over her. I personally refused to read the Time magazine with her interview in it, but I didn't cancel my subscription to it. How many of the people blasting Tiffany watch afternoon soap operas? Granted, you can't compare those to Playboy, but from what I've glimpsed every now and then, I'm not watching them, and I'm not throwing out the TV. I also haven't seen the issue of MF, so can't pass judgement on that, either. But the woman is a human with a love of ferrets, and willing to help promote them--read what Randy from F.A.S.T. wrote. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but please, let's give the issue a rest, ok? Enough is enough. Rebecca & the two other human slaves Socks (Yawn, whaddaya mean Playmate? I've got 6 of those already!) Kit (Mom, you should enter my picture--I'm sooo sexy!) Genie(Lovely to look at, delightful to hold, but if you touch me, I might bite your toes!) Scully(Big deal. Just shake that stick again and lemme at it!) Calvin(Nah, I don't wanna look at any picture, I'm trying to get this saucer and gravy hid) Suzy Derkins(Kit, I've got a longer, softer coat than you do) Mookie(Hey, can I be a Playmate? Mom, what's a playmate, anyway?) Chewie, Dribble, Sarabi & Tigger(So, Playmate? Is that a catnip toy?) ======================= Rebecca McFarlane Secretary Basic Medical Sciences School Veterinary Medicine Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1246 Phone: 765-494-8632 Fax: 765-494-0781 "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" [Posted in FML issue 2682]