You've got such buttery hands

Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed today people are frogs and characters from Arthur. It’s just been one of those weeks where it maybe seems like people should be frogs and Arthur characters.

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Are you friendly by dog standards, or human standards, or both standards? I’m not a biter, but I’m not always a hugger either — I like to know the person’s name first. Kip’s always been the perfect amount of friendly to me, but it’s hard to explain to strangers. When someone asks I usually just say “Yes!” and then when he ambles off before they can pet him they just assume they smell bad or aren’t interesting.

If you want a dog that is friendly in ALL the ways, I walked Kim Possible this week and she’s very very very sweet.

Do you ever worry that one day you’ll suddenly forget how to walk? We have six-year-olds visiting and it’s made me totally lose my grasp on spelling. Why isn’t “he’s” spelled “hese” when it rhymes with “these”? Why are choice, noise, and toys all so similar but also so different in such a similar way? Have I ever spelled before?

Thanks for being here, Arthur characters and existential spelling crisis and all. I hope you meet lots of different friendly people and animals this week.