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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.

Dad told me to say that first. I don't get it. While I love that lots of people read this blog, to the best of my knowledge (which again, is far more vaster than Hobie's), not one of my readers has yet given me any fish. I don't think I even like fish. Have I ever eaten fish? I don't think so.

In fact, the only fish that I ever remember seeing is our Blinky toy, and by "our" I mean "Hobie's" because he steals all the toys from me, but he can have Blinky anyway, because he's orange (not my favorite color), has three eyes (creepy) and and one time Dad threw Blinky and Blinky bounced off the wall onto my head, and Blinky is NOT the toy you want bouncing onto your head. Maybe Squeaky or Blue Thing, but not Blinky.

I try to be thankful for all my toys, but I could take or leave Blinky, so even if I titled this post So Long and Thanks for THE (singular) Creepy Orange Fish, my heart still wouldn't be in it. And Dad gave it to me, so I can just thank him in person by letting him scritch my dome.

Now I'm all distracted, something which Dad will confirm rarely happens. Just, um, don't ask Mom about that, okay? Where was I? Oh yes. This is big news, so I'm going to put it in bold type. Ahem:

We are moving and this is our last post at this blog. We will now be posting at our new blog, which is www.planethunt.com/musings.

In honor of this big move, Hobie has asked if he can read to us a farewell poem that he has written to commemorate the move. It....what? Okay, I'll tell them. It's a two-part Chimerick (Chihuahua limerick) that first deals with the sadness of leaving something behind, and then the excitement of moving on to something newer and, hopefully, better. I'm also supposed to tell you that few people who hear a Chimerick and then don't immediately pet a Chihuahua ever live to tell the tale. Is that it, Hobie? Oh. I see. . Apparently, there's also an interpretive dance portion of this because, and I qoute Hobie, "performance art gets more treats." We don't have video, so you'll just have to take my word that as Hobie reads this, I will be doing a Mexican hat dance around Blinky. And now, here's Hobie.

Hello? Is this thing on? I would like to present to you a special Chimerick and accompanying Mexican hat dance around my toy Blinky. This piece of performance art was made possible by a generous grant from Boeing, Pepsi-Co, PetSmart, and readers like you. And now, for your edification:

On the Sadness of Leaving Something Behind and the Excitement of Moving on to Something Newer and, Hopefully Better
-A Chimerick by Hobiewan Hunt

Hey, what are you doing? Don't
take that away! I was
chewing on it!
Whatdoyouthinkyou're--

--Oh my gosh!
What is this new thing?!
May I chew on it?
SWEET!!!

(kaya, you can stop dancing now)