[LMB] The Birthday Tixie

[Mark Allums]

podean Deputy Birthday Tixie and escort arrive in a flurry of
> raindrops. How one asks oneself can we still be in drought when
> this has been one of the wettest Januarys?
> 
> Small dog and even smaller dog hate the rain. They are convinced
> that a dog's natural habitat is inside curled up on a rug or a bed
> and not battling the elements to bring birthday wishes to people
> they don't even know.
> 
> So, we are wishing a very happy birthday today February 3rd to 
> Mark Allums who has not divulged his actual date of birth.
> 
> Mark I wish you a very happy birthday I hope it is filled with good food
> and good company - a day for you to remember with pleasure.
> Small dog and even smaller dog wish you to know that if there
> are any treats left over they can be bribed.
> 
> Even smaller dog takes it on himself to perform the pirouette that
> sends the Tixie Dust high in the air to begin its journey towards
> you. I only hope that it is not too damp by the time it arrives.
> 
> As the ADBT and her escort disappear she can be heard 
> explaining that sometimes the cats do get treats while they
> don't because they are ill. And if they want to visit the vet 
> instead of the cats I am sure it can be arranged. 

I thank you all for the kind wishes!  Alas, the good food will have to 
remain just that--a wish--for I am on a diet, and can only eat the stuff 
they send me.  On the bright side, I have lost at least 35 pounds (~16 
kg.) so far.

My actual DOB is 3 Feb. 1966--so I am 42 today.  The late Douglas Adams 
would take note, no doubt.

I have actual Snausages.  My dachshund, Rusty, gets a treat once in a 
blue moon.  Not very often.  He would eat until he popped, I think.  I 
will give him a treat, in honor of the cats, small dog, and even smaller 
dog.

Something flakey arrived today.  I though it was dandruff.  It must have 
been some of that Tixie dust, a little bit worse for the journey. 
However, it magical properties seem unaffected, for I felt a tingle as 
it landed, and now I am very happy indeed.

--Mark Allums