Meet the newest Lilja staffer

Since Vlad (short for Vladimir Dracule) seems to have become a more permanent fixture around our office, we thought we'd give him a formal introduction.

 Vlad first came to us on Sept. 13 when he chose to make the area to the right of our main office entrance his new home. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to ask him why because he sleeps all day.

On the second day, Vlad moved up from his original sport a few inches, still sleeping like a baby.

Vlad seems to like this slightly higher spot, as he returned there on Day 3. We're thinking of hiring him as our receptionist/bouncer, but we're concerned he'd sleep on the job.

One wonders why Vlad has chosen to make Lilja Inc.'s exterior façade as his new home - perhaps it is because of the overall batty environment inside its doors lately.

-- Alicia DeMatteo