I actually had a nickname from school days. Wanna take a guess?

The Walking Encyclopedia.

Yeah. Stuff like that just sticks in my head whether I want it to or not. I could never tell you who enjoys gold though, or what someone's name is, how many kids they have, their anniversary, etc. That stuff will not easily stick in my mind at all no matter how much I want it to.

Funny how that works.

The Joopster is doing well. She's been learning how to play cholera tag. If I had a posse of kids around we'd be working on duck, duck, goose and red rover. It's hard to be a city dog; surrounded by people but nobody to play with.

I actually entered a fiction contest recently but I've been working on some drafts for Medium too. So soon, I hope.