And I'm published! How excellent. It required some frustration (a lot of frustration), and it required some patience (I culture patience). But it's all up, and I'm ready to receive some love... not really, but it seemed like the right thing to say. I was outside on my balcony last night and there was this bird shit on the banister. Now I only know this, because I can't think of anything else it might be that would *magically* appear. Now what bothered me was the high berry content of said waste. I'm not sure what kind of berries these are. They're on this tree outside of The Manifesto Headquarters and they're also outside of S.M.U.T. Central -- Hamon Exterior. I think what bothers me the most is that these birds are eating better than I am. I don't forage for food, I'm no hunter/gatherer, and yet these birds are feasting. And to top that off, they're feasting on much healthier fare than I. The birds aren't fixing Banquet Chicken Nugget Meals at 4:00 in the morning. On a related note. I don't want these birds encroaching on my balco-porch anymore. They mark my truck enough. I guess I should be glad that it's just a bunch of berry-eating birds and not Owls.