Newton responds (somewhat huffily) again:

Well if you want to take domestic advice from a wine-drinking pet-owner with white wall-to-wall carpeting, I suppose you could listen to Lotti...

Well then. That's us told.

It is within the realm of possibility that this whole "lack of human contact" thing might eventually get to me. I find myself gazing out the window whenever anyone drives by, and perking up when UPS truck stops nearby. Most of the time, it's not for me -- I'm not exactly in catalog-shopping mode at the moment -- but I'll trot downstairs if it's for Wendy or the Mormons. Of course, the UPS guy is pretty fun to look at, so that may have something to do with it.