It's Official! Presenting my new editor, Samuel Cincos.

Sammy Cincos, new official editor of "Dada's Dally"! He thought he should have a pro-
fessional studio "glamor shot" taken for this blog. I convinced him it wasn't necessary.

Next month marks the first anniversary of the departure of this blog's original editor. Pony (aka by her greyhound track name, Maricopa Pomo -- [ugh!]) had worked tirelessly behind the scenes helping me get my early blogs ready for "print" here from her love seat just next to the computer. On difficult days, her encouragement was endless and when she left us, our loss was significant.

In the ensuing six months after "The Po's" departure, the blog was editorless. Typos and grammatical abuses soared. Then, the day after last Thanksgiving, a new member of the "staff" arrived, although we didn't know it at the time. But it soon became apparent, "Sammy" had an interest in what went on at Dada's, watching from Pony's old love seat as he did each morning.

These past five months have seen Sam make incredible progress in his OJT as my new editor. So fast has he progressed in fact, I suspect he may have had some prior experience in his previous home. We'll never know for sure.

He continually hounds me to lighten up a little in these pages. I've mostly ignored his pleas, but that may change now that he's being promoted.

This lone flaw of his is illustrated by his easily distracted attention span. That's when he begins dogging me to "Take a break, let's go outside and toss some balls, Da." But I'm sure this "play as a significant part of life" will fade as he matures into serious adulthood like the rest of us.