Welcome, welcome, welcome, Michael, Carol and Quincy!

I hope all you newbies will check out The Mudcat Songbook, where you'll find great original songs written by your fellow 'Cats. New songs are always welcome from new (and old) Mudcatters. And please join the rest of us crazies in the (usually) weekly SONG CHALLENGE!s, too. Just keep an eye out for SONG CHALLENGE! in the thread titles. We have a lot of fun writing ditties based on strange, but wonderful(!), topics from the news and other places. For a sample of what's gone before, check out the Song Challenge Winners page.

Again, welcome to the monkeyhouse, and I hope you all will enjoy the view from the trees . . . but, you have to bring your own bananas!

-- Áine