Peanut is very talented. He can eat and make kissy noises at the same time. He can eat and fly at the same time. He can fly and make kissy noises at the same time. And he can eat and poop at the same time. Just to name a few.

You'll notice that eating plays a large part in Peanut's daily multi-tasking activities.

One of his favorite tricks is to fly around with snacks in his beak. He brings his snacks with him, wherever he goes. Just today he brought a beakful of oat groats with him when he landed on my keyboard. I know this because when I picked him up to put him on my shoulder, there was a little pile of oat groat dust on the "T." Usually, I get snacks on my head, since that's where Peanut flies to the most. I have to remember to shake my head out before I go to bed, or get my hair cut. Or, clean out my bed every day, and buy dandruff shampoo from the hair stylist.

Now, I have to say the only time Bruce and I fight is when Peanut has mind controlled him into giving him half a dozen sunflower seeds at a time. "You're the human," I say. "You're the engineer," I say. "How many times do I have to tell you 'one at a time'?" But Bruce is very weak, and Peanut is very strong, and he almost always manages to eat all of the sunflower seeds by the time Bruce and I finish arguing.

This evening, Peanut flew to my head in preparation for Warm Toasties. Bruce reached into his seed stash to give Peanut a sunflower seed. In no uncertain terms — and I mean this, I even used foul language to make my point — I told him NOT to give Peanut a sunflower seed while he was on my head. But Bruce is a very weak man, and he did. He thought it was the funniest thing, ever.

Well, I warned him.