First, my apologies for being MIA for a week. I’ve been laid up with the flu.

I’m done with the tissues, chicken soup and achy body. And I’m showering again, much to the delight of my cats, who even though they lick their own butts, thought I was getting kinda gross there for a while.

At some point during my illness, the correct guess for the last What’s That Wednesday contest came in. The answer was submitted by Jim, who didn’t leave a blog URL.

The object in question is a paper jogger, a device used in the printing industry to properly align paper and dissipate static.

Paper rests in the corner of the machine:

whatsthat

When the machine is turned on, the paper is shaken down, hitting the two metal sides where you see the paint has worn off.

paper_jogger

I wanted to take video of the machine in action, but it’s terribly loud and I wasn’t feeling up to having my head explode.

Here’s a video of a similar jogger doin’ its thing:

 

Congratulations, Jim! I’m impressed you were able to guess that! I’ll write you soon to see which prize you want.

Now that I’m feeling better, I hope to get my writing groove back. In the meantime, I want to share an older post with you if you haven’t seen it. In honor of the Westminster Dog Show that took place this week, I give you My Interview with Remy, the standard poodle who won her category in 2008. It’s one of my all-time favorite posts.

Have a great weekend!

Stumble it!