- [<] Status Log - created:: 2022-02-04 written on a post-it - status-updated: 2022-02-15 typed up, fleshed out, and added notes. - current-status:: #storystem/fic - [[2022.05.04a alternatives to guard dogs]] * related:: Einstein once [insulted the Daughters of the American revolution](https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search%2Fbirrel%2FWhctKKXXFtSKVLKRTKMxwJbnPCMTWqkhNPQLxDMvSmZQDskjxCRVfQgKZwwRwnVbwjDXKqv=) in the New York Times by likening them to the "cackling geese that once saved Rome". * Additionally, the title _Hamsa_ (see: Paramhamsa Yogananda) essentially means "Supreme Goose" Jhaki Swainswallow hurriedly unlocked the gate to her hometown monastery, eager to introduce her prospective fiancé to her father. The guard honked a warning. Her beloved belted out a startled laugh. Jhaki flushed red with embarrassment and muttered, "The Abbot says dogs are too easy to bribe."