WELCOME TO DAISY DROPS

Written, recorded (on a zoom call with Mom), and edited (with difficulty) by Daisy - that's me! Yes, there may be a little room for improvement - I'm getting a better mic and practicing vocally vexatious tongue twisters every day. The next episode in February should have a nice glow-up. Tune-in and see!

Ps. Here is the 'boring' material I left out of the show (that's reverse psychology...but if I tell you that, does it reverse the reverse? Whatever! Just read this. Please.)

When I got back to the Lodge, there was an envelope in my employee mail slot marked 'FY👁️ Only'. I took it to our favorite parlor to open, and inside was a Lodge key-card and a note, which read: 

Miss Daisy, you are hereby promoted to Special Assistant to the General Manager (not Special Assistant General Manager, sorry). This key-card opens every electronic lock in the Lodge. Miss Hazzard modified it (some might say hacked) to be untraceable, and it will never expire. I did not approve this alteration and know nothing about it. Ahem.

While perusing the Lodge's original blueprints – something she apparently enjoyed in her spare time – Cherie found what appeared to be an old room that was never wired for key-card access. When she showed it to me, I recalled that Sultan, our lobby lion (That's what she looks like to me, anyhow), has a wooden collar, and on it is a carved wooden key (I concede lion's do not usually wear collars). Miss Hazzard said she was intimately familiar with Sultan – at which point she blushed – and would check it out. Later, she said she replicated the key with the Lodge's 3D printer (I didn't know we had such a thing – did you?), and would look for the room when she had time.

Well, you know Miss Hazzard and time – they often seemed to be unfamiliar with the concept of each other (Did she tell you about the time I found her in the parlor at 4am watching a sumo wrestling tournament live from Japan while nibbling from a plate of sushi obtained from who-knows-where? I admit to aiding and abetting such behavior by procuring a bottle of sake from the cellar. But I digress). The last time we spoke, she said she never got around to exploring the room itself. I told her to pass the key on to you, as you have a similar spirit of adventure. She said she would leave it someplace where you were sure to 'step on it'. I trust you know or can deduce what that is supposed to mean.

One more thing: you might not want to mention your promotion (or the key, or the Whackamolé Movie Club), to the new General Manager until you're sure they have the same... esprit de corps, shall we say.

It's been a pleasure getting to know you, and I wish you all the best,

Henry Davies

A secret promotion! A lost room! A hidden key! See, I told you it was boring.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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All the world’s a stage
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances
And one man in his time plays many parts
His acts being seven ages...

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Hi Mom!

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Our winners are:

1. Alex in Michigan
2. Colin, of North Yorkshire
3. Heather in Northern California
4. Jaidyn, from British Columbia
5. Jain in Denham, UK
6. Kathryn, from Boston
7. Werner in South Africa

Congratulations Everyone!

Visit The Athletic Community to view their many fine products 🧦🚲

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The contest and question period are now closed, and Fan Mail is disabled. Please tune in Sunday night for the results, and thank you for your participation.

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What's your favorite page in the Diary?

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The Folium CEO would like to remind listeners they can submit questions about the Folium this week via Fan Mail, whether you are entering the contest or not. We will try to answer as many as we can on Sunday the 11th. 

Our CEO does seem to have gone on at some length regarding the history of the organization and other sensitive matters. As Ms. Hazzard is the only one with the authority to override the CEO's actions, and she was last seen pedaling a rather beat-up old bicycle down a rather bumpy dirt road (see photo from Ms. Hazzard) on the island of St. Croix, wearing a white cotton sun dress and floppy straw hat while carrying a loaf of bread, cheese, water, and no electronic devices whatsoever, well, here you go.

- Pax

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Email received with correct answer. Way to go Brockton!

- Ares

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Hello. We hope you are enjoying the contest. We received a correct answer that did not include an email address, so we have no way to contact that person.
Folium Fan Mail is only one-way – we can't text you back. That's probably a good thing, as Quel was ready to disqualify them with a message that can politely be described as, 'lacerating'. Ares managed to placate her by promising her the World's Largest Rubik's cube, a case of her favorite diet soda, and a highly experimental, sub-atomic pencil sharpener. So, if you want to be entered in to the contest, make sure your email address is included with your answer.

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Welcome to the Folium Sock Contest. The prizes are $50 digital gift certificates to The Athletic Community, home of the famous PDX carpet sock (as worn by Cherie Hazzard!)

To enter:

• Solve the puzzle and text us your answer and email address
• To text, go to our homepage, select any episode and click the link that says 'Folium Fan Mail' (link should also work from most podcast apps)
• Entries must be sent by 9PM Pacific, Friday, January 9th
• Seven winners will be randomly selected from the correct entries
• Winners will be contacted by email
• Results will be published on Sunday the 11th

Here is the puzzle, by Cherie Hazzard

• Revisit each page where I'm in my Prime
• At the end of each note, you'll now find a #letter
• Put them together (it's not going to rhyme!)
• Then send us the answer, the quicker the better

Quel added a bonus puzzle for informatics enthusiasts. If you solve it, add QUEL to your message and you'll be contacted for the answer. Get it right and you might be offered a job as her new assistant!

One more thing...
The Folium CEO graciously agreed to answer questions about The Folium. Submit your inquiries via Fan Mail by the 9th, and we will respond to as many as we can on the 11th.

Thank you and good luck!

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