Thank you,everyone

For making the sale successful beyond my wildest hopes.

Updraft by Fran Wilde

Updraft by Fran Wilde

The 2016 Hugo Finalists

Once again, I am a mere background figure, not even a red shirt. But there are some interesting works up for Hugo, as well as puppy crap destined to place below no award.

Dear kitty

I did not pet you because you are not in fact a cat but
[ ] a bear or bear cub
[ ] a skunk
[ ] a racoon
[ ] a weasel-thing
[ ] an angry seagull
[ ] a surprisingly large house centipede
[ ] a tiny spider I am afraid of squishing
[ ] a large rat
[ ] a rotund raccoon I would bet a lot of money could not scale a security fence that quickly. Or at all.
[ ] a pushy squirrel
[ ] a Canada Goose who got up and out of my way as soon as I made eye contact.
[ ] a small gray mouse too busy going somewhere to say hi.
[x] A dog so elderly that when it started walking in circles before settling down, it forgot what it set out to do. It just kept slowly walking in circles until its owner reminded it by patting it on the haunches.