Today I rejoice in the non-music thread in which a frequent Mudcat poster courteously invites everybody who participates in dog-pack behavior patterns -- threads with posts that collect in what I have called "bristling, growling clumps," skirmishes over territorial questions, verbal jostling for dominance within the pack, threatening to leave and then jumping right back in the thick of it, and so on and so forth -- to remove their pack-dog masks and get acquainted with each other as human souls for a change. Including a watchdog or two, bless their cotton socks. A breath of fresh air. Happy to be here to see it.