Guinea Pigs!!!  Ok, well, maybe we don't collect 
them, but we have 10 of the little critters.  
Guess that kind of explains my ryo-ohki 
fixation ;-)  Anyway, at the time of the picture, 
which was New Years 2001, (we had just moved into 
our new apartment) we actually had 12 piggies, 
but 2 have passed since then, Misha and Gizmo.  
The ones still kickin it in my computer room are 
Tigger, Cow, Pigglet, Ronin, Hamlet, Leila, Red, 
Amber, Cocoa, and Aurora.  Nine of them can be 
seen in the picture, and I circled them in 
green.  They are running around in a floor cage 
we built for them so they wouldn't be cramped up 
in tiny cages.  The get about 2/3 of my computer 
room, leaving me just enough space for my desk 
and a bookcase!  Hell, we had to get a 2 bedroom 
apartment just to have room for all of them!  
Started out with one, and they just kind of grow 
on you.  I don't think we'll be getting any more 
though.  10 is quite enough!

Eric