...is finally up on Scary-Crayon! This piece details the methods that resulted in my first batch of homemade Daleks (affectionately dubbed the "Bootleks" due to their obvious dissimilarities to the official models). Next time, we take a look at the more "legitimate" plans found at The Ultimate Dalek Factory, including my extensive recoloring jobs. Hurrah!

In other news, there are apparently groundhogs burrowing holes in the yard. Not that this bothers me -- I mean, they're groundhogs; the outdoors are pretty much their territory -- but Mom has placed a trap on the back porch in an effort to catch them. About a week ago, a squirrel ended up in the trap. And on Monday? A coyote.

A COYOTE.

I didn't even think there were coyotes around here. I'd always thought they were a West coast thing, but apparently they inhabit all of the 48 contiguous States. Still, I've never heard them howling -- even this one didn't howl, which is what you'd expect one to do when caught in a freaking trap. I'd howl. (This one just kind of shook the trap for a bit until it finally decided it couldn't get out. Then it relaxed and took a shit.) I wish I'd known what it was when I saw it, because I read that they'll respond to human calls. I would've howled at it just to see if it would howl back. But the animal control people on the phone said that if it looked like a dog, it was probably a gray fox. The guy who came out to get it called it a baby fox. It sure looked like a dog to me -- not just dog-like, but doggone doggy -- but I just took their word that it was a fox.

I pulled up some images of gray foxes and coyotes online and I have concluded that IT WAS NOT A FOX. COYOTES WALK AMONG US. It's almost like finding out that there are manatees in the ponds on the neighborhood golf course. Almost.

Oh, and did you know that Yahoo will freaking delete your e-mail account if you don't check it for a while? I needed to use it yesterday evening (my confirmation e-mail for joining a Dalek Yahoo group was going to be sent there...) and discovered that it had been purged and was no more! Which kinda sucks. I mean, it had pretty much become a breeding ground for spam, but there were some old messages there that I probably would've saved if I'd known that they were in danger of being deleted. But oh, apparently my reactivated account can be protected if I pay $20 to $35 to sign up for this additional feature! Screw you, Yahoo. You should be EXTERMINATED. 🙁

I have not slept.