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Have you met Tinsel?

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I'm all goofy over my new pet. You should see his cuteness. I'm at work, and I can't stop thinking about him. This phase will pass, but at the moment I can't wait to get home to play with him. He likes to slide down things. We kept putting him up on higher surfaces, and he'd slide down, his little feet skidding behind him for traction. He also seems to like his hamster ball, which he zooms around in.

The sugar gliders, however, are less than pleased. They'd like to kill him. Rosemary won't come out of her pouch. She's pouting and nibbling reluctanly on yogurt drops. I tried to assure her that we still loved her, but she doesn't speak English. Shame.

I truly feel that animals conquer mental health problems like no drug can. Although, I say that with plenty o' Effexor, Seroquel, Ativan and Lamictal in my system, so who knows.

[This image is from Cute Overload. It looks just like Tinsel.]

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Rosemary does speak English. She just speaks it with an Australian accent. For crying out loud.

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.