This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I wonder if I could adapt it. Probably not; it’s just too good on its own. Thanks to Robyn for the link.
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My name is Rosina Lippi. I'm a former academic and tenured university professor, writing full time since 2000. Under the pen name Sara Donati I am the author of the Wilderness series, six historical novels that follow the fortunes of a group of families living in upstate New York from about 1792-1825. A new series based on later generations of the same families was launched September 1, 2015 with The Gilded Hour. The next volume in the new series, Where the Light Enters, was released in 2019.
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UPDATE! From Our Mutual Friend in the UK:
> Incidentally, there is now Official Verification
> of the authenticity of DogsInElk:
> http://xenia.media.mit.edu/~solan/dogsinelk/validity.htm
>
> (Which also adds the important detail that Gus
> Pong is a New Guinea Singing Dog).
And, I should add, this tale has a permanent place on my personal Gratitude List (you know, the one I refer to after a really, really bad day in the RW) — “At least I don’t have to deal with THIS today”