Hi All,

Unfortunately I have to announce that I cannot complete the Paw-Post for today, Friday the 25th. Apart from it having been an immensely busy week at work due to a major firewall failure (with a couple very early morning sessions to swap out hardware), I received the news that my father had a stroke and is in the hospital. Thus far, the effects seem minor and he's okay for the time being while they run a gauntlet of tests on him. I plan to head to see him today if I can get out of work early (it's about a 2+ hour drive to where he is).

We also do not have a complete highlight in for this week - it might be possible to complete it for tonight if I were here today, but since I won't be this afternoon and onward, there's no way I can get that done in time. On average, it takes about 3 hours to finalize and publish a Paw-Post even if the editors have done most of the linking work, so presuming I won't be home until later tonight, I just don't see how I can manage to get one out this week

I apologize to all hoping to see it - regular Paw-Posts should resume next week for Friday September 1st.

I do want to take this moment though to highlight a Fur-In-Need, and a great way to help them. Super-incredible artist TideKeeper is doing really affordable sketches and stuff to help fund-raise for a friend in need, so this is not only a way to help, but a way to get some incredible art out of it too. You can find out more details from TideKeeper's journal here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8383875/

Thank you all for your understanding - I'll be back with a Paw-Post next week.

TC