Hey everybody!!
First of all, I’m back. (Duh.) Did you miss me?? No, you didn’t, so don’t lie. It’s not that I discourage people from blowing sunshine up my ass, but let’s save that for a more important issue, like whether this post makes my butt look big. 
Updates on my life upon request, but since I doubt there’ll be any, let’s move on to the more important subject of this thread which is . . . .
THE PUNKYOVA ROCKS!!! Allow me to 'splain.
A while (more than a year?) ago, I decided to take a small teddy bear and send him around the world, courtesy of my fellow dopers. The idea was to have him visit the hot spots at various global locales, have his picture taken, and then be sent on. Pix would be sent back to me (along with cheap souveniers), inter-Doper greetings would be forwarded in the bear’s accompanying journal, I’d post the pix so that people could see who and what the bear had seen, and where he’d gone, and a semi-great time would be had by all. Details here.
But alas, the ship of happy optimism was soon dashed upon the rocks of irresponsibility. After visiting a few FABULOUS people (CANADIAN SUE, FAIRYCHATMOM), CECIL THE BEAR was lost, apparently kept by a person who neither sent him on nor sent him back nor answered my repeated requests to do either. Details ici. And don’t get me wrong – no hard feelings. Que sera sera, and all that, and I hope the bear is happy in his new home, which I hope is not a landfill. BUT . . . .
Recently and belatedly I received some really great pictures of the bear from the aforementioned PUNKYOVA, who squired him around St. Paul. Seeing the pix made my day and reminded me why I thought this semi-organized bit of silliness would be fun. So I post here to Thank PUNKY profusely and to declare I will try try again.
So does anyone want to host a small quiet houseguest?
Please read the first post of the first link above to get the general gist of what’s expected of those silly enough to participate. The first order of business, I suppose, is to name the new bear. Suggestions greatly appreciated.
I know there were a lot of people who signed up for this the last time, and I hope they’re still willing. I have to ask you all, though, to e-mail me again with your information, since I didn’t bother to keep any of it once Bear the First went permanently missing. Anyhoo, if you’re interested, my e-mail addy is in my profile. Once again: Let’s get this bear in the air!
:: Sniff :: I’ve missed you guys.