Oh no, if you draw their attention, they'll drag you off to their secret gerbil gulags, where you'll spend the rest of your days sorting alfalfa kibble and empty tissue boxes! Don't sacrifice yourself! Resist the rodents! *g*

I'm just hoping (really, really hoping) that the fact that I'm optimistically saying, "I'm back, I'm catching up, I'll be around all weekend (since my email is still wonked)!" doesn't inspire my computer to, like, explode or something like that. It wouldn't be the first time. And that would be very sad indeed, because then I'd have no one to play with and I've missed you! Maybe if I sacrifice something to the computer gods...