ask mr. owl

I well remember the commercial of the little boy going to the turtle to ask how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop, and the turtle sends the boy to the owl, who discovers that it takes one, ta-hoo, three, crunch.

In my case, it took 23 days to get to the Tootsie Roll center of my... well, whatever.

I'm not saying I failed my s'experiment, just that I have to start counting again.

A year's a long time.