…since I got Nim.  In fact, getting Nim was the beginning of time.  There should be a BN for Before Nim and AN for After Nim.  That would be cool to make it a world-wide standard.  Instead of writing BC and AD after ancient years, they could start all over and write BN and AN.  That would make this year 1.  

And why stop there?  How about changing Daylight Savings Time to Nimrod Savings Time.  Instead of a leap year, there could be a Nim year.  After all, this is the dawning of the age of Nimrod.  You could even name movies after Nimmie, like Nim Wars, Return of the Nimrod, The Nimrod Strikes Back, Episode 1 the Nimrod Menace. 

In case you can't tell, I'm a little punchy cause I can't sleep.  Believe it or not, Nim snores, and as I type this, he's curled up on my bed making these little snorting sounds.  

There's something cool about having Nimrod as my pet and a big secret, and yet having him sneak into the outside world and leave his mark.  Like at the Piggly Wiggly.  He went off, man.  Caused some serious damage.  I bet he crapped in the peanuts, like it was a litter box or something, and no one really knew what was going on but me and Phil.  Can you just see some poor dude, whose girlfriend bought him some peanuts and he's all, 'whatever seasoning you put on these peanuts, they're damn good, honey!' 

I couldn't believe he came back tonight.  Last I saw him, I pulled a nail out of him, and he was hurting.  But he's fine, and he found his way.  It makes me realize that our bond is even stronger than I thought.  Welcome back to the nabe, Nimrod.  Welcome home.