Alright, I confessed about my love-towel.

What weird things have been the woobies in your life? What strange things make you feel good just to be near them?

-- Jackie (jackie@jackie.nu), June 27, 2000

Answers

I don't sleep with him any more (what with myself, George, and the kitty taking up the entire bed) but i used to always sleep with a stuffed dog named Bruce. I got him when i was three and loved him so much. I cuoldn't get to sleep at all without him.

I am in the process of packing to move on the 1st of July (side note: ask me how thrilled i am about *packing* and *moving. no, actually DON'T ask...) and in my catch-all dresser drawer, i found Bruce. I felt so overwhelmingly happy to see him that i felt all mushy and teary.

-- Sherry (sherina@masc.ca), June 27, 2000.

I have a stuffed dog too and even though I'm 24, I still cuddle him at night and take him on trips with me. It's silly, I know, but I honestly don't sleep well without him. I've had him since I was 8 and my mother claims that I'm holding on to him for spite because she originally didn't want to buy him for me.

-- Michelle (michelle@obscurity.com), June 28, 2000.

I have Winston, the bear. Winston is a world traveler. He has photos from Moscow Russia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Japan.......He's been around. My husband is required to take Winston on his business trips, and then I use the photos to write short stories about Winston for my five grandchildren.....

The cats don't like Winston. We usually find the bear behind a sofa....

-- Planet Earth (imagine@industrial-ideas.com), June 29, 2000.

As a kid - up until the age of 14 or 15 - I couldn't sleep withput my poundpuppy 'Happy'

Now as a slightly older kid, I can't sleep without having the knitted blanket my mom made for me as my first house warming gift. It doesn't even have to be on me while I sleep, just as long as it's somewhere on the bed (even folded up in a corner). I don't seem to have a decent sleep without it!

-- Arthur (art_m@telusplanet.net), July 06, 2000.