I give everyone on this blog pseudonyms, because, let's face it, they didn't ask me to write shit about them.  

 

Or maybe I do it to protect the guilty.  

 

Whatever.

 

These are recurring characters.  Individual characters - like Green Sweater Lady (dog massage therapist) are just mentioned in their individual posts.

 

• Barbra = A loyal and dear friend.  I call her Barbra because, like Barbra Streisand, she is feisty, can act up a storm and has a killer singing voice
• Bill = My dear friend and ex-workhusband.  I gave him a boring name because he's a very private guy
• Dogette = Bill's dog, and Puppy Dog's ex-girlfriend.  She's now going out with Ted's dog, MittenMan.  I call him that because all his fur is so soft, you could skin him and make mittens
• Carrie = A high school friend that I traveled Europe with, along with her girlfriend at the time, Varla.  Varla and I did not get on, to put it mildly
• Dolly = A friend who is funny and sweet.  I called her Dolly because, like in the show Hello Dolly, everyone is always happy to see her and she lights up a room
• Ellen = My childhood BFF, who died tragically soon after getting married
• Fluffy Bear = My husband, my partner, my rock
• Hairless Apes = The way Puppy Dog sees humans
• Jean = A good friend who used to be our next door neighbor.  Wife of Tony.  She is very calming to be around 
• Jack = Bill's friend.  Jack is a Ninja.  All other information about him is classified
• June = A dear friend, who is sweet and kind and cooks amazing ribs
• Kathy 1 = Will's wife, and mother to Tara, Tasha and Theo
• Kathy 2 = OK, so I fucked up and gave two people the name Kathy.  Oops.  This one is a friend we met many years ago in CA, and she is a very, very smart cookie
• Martin = A friend of Fluffy Bear's.  Intelligent and over-educated, he and Fluffy Bear descend into deep geekdom whenever they get together.  I just stay away
• Puppy Dog = Our furkid No. 1
• Puppy Girl = Our furkid No. 2
• She's So Lovely = My therapist
• Tara = Puppy Dog's friend, an older chocolate lab, Tasha and Theo's sister
• Tasha = Puppy Girl's BFF, another chocolate lab, Theo and Tara's sister
• Theo = Puppy Dog's BFF, another chocolate lab, Tara and Tasha's brother 
• Ted = Bill's boyfriend, and my Lexulous nemesis.  I called him Ted because I had a childish moment, thinking - ha ha! - Bill and Ted!
• Tony = A good friend who used to be our next door neighbor.  Husband to Jean. He and Fluffy Bear support each other with their gadget porn obsessions
• Will = Kathy's husband, Tara, Tasha and Theo's dad