Mary's 1st snug with the baby weasel! It was all over before it even began. Sasha was five and a half weeks old and still living with the litter at the breeders.

The baby weasel's 1st yawn of record. Look at those cute little puppy needle teeth! Watch out, Man Talk Now!

1st kiss of DogWoman by The Weasel! Connie Mack, I know they're cuter when they're babies, but I personally prefer the love and devotion and steadiness once they're dogs. But, like Artsfish, I love and miss puppy breath (and the unbearable cuteness factor)!

If you haven't posted your profile photo/avatar, and you want to be included, you can now e-mail your photo or image to Steve. Just send a message to DogWoman or The Bionic Man asking for Steve's e-mail (we don't want to post it here and allow easy spam access). We'll message you back the super seeky e-mail address of avatarness and, voila, you're there! Derek, the Skeptic Turtle, has given Steve until Friday, December 12th at midnight, to finish the poster graphics. Mary will be sad if we get more images in after that and we've already hit 399 (you know you're going to be on this, BBE), so don't delay, e-mail today!

To the computer challenged (you know who you are), do not fear. Computer guru Steve can talk you through this. If you've still got one of those nasty gray ghosts up and want some real cred on OS, Steve can walk you through how to get the photo onto your blog! Ask happy camper Laurel, not Lauren who is now gracing the site with her snappy and lovely smiling face. Anyone can participate--no criteria, no membership in some "in" group required, nothing to keep you out (except copyrighted photos or images, which we can't use at Zazzle).

Here is the poster as it stands right now, a work in progress. The poster will be 23" x 23" and available for purchase in mid-December (Skeptic Turtle has more details, including other merchandise such as coffee mugs, t-shirts, etc that will be available). A portion of each sale will be donated to ArtiCulture and Heifer International.

Nearly full size version of the left side; note spot reserved for Behind Blue Eyes (who said with such confidence that we would never get to 400, but offered up his/her avatar if we did).

Detail of middle section. Actual size of each avatar is 1" x 1" -- who else is going to want to cozy up to the squirrel on the remaining three corners?? And will having Joan Walsh on board now shame others into joining?

Here's the bottom right section detail:

The cartoons, images, and drawings currently on here have been drawn by the blogger or, in one case, created by a cartoon generator, so should all pass copyright standards. If you're concerned (or wish to confess), message us and we'll double check.

Let's finish this thing off folks. We've reached 262 now, and can get there this week. Remember, only the first 399 get in!

Want to know more about the poster, etc. avatar project? Go to Skeptic Turtle's post Who’s left? - OS Avatar Collage Update and find out all the details.

Also, to help the project out, please go back up and rate this post so it can get more exposure on the front cover!