[sparkydog]

First of all Happy New Year to all of you.

Next an administrative issue - there was a management shakeup on the project. It started several months ago when I could not find the darn chicken. Eventually I felt like he had lost interest and walked off the project but finally I found him inside the passenger's side door. But he had kind of melted into the pocket and he didn't look so good when I pulled him out.

So over the holiday season my family set me up with a new project mascot. I have always respected the sock monkey ever since I saw him pull off the wakeboard flip on TV.