When a writer has it bad...

You know you've got it bad when, while writing an alternative history, you find yourself hacking a python script to query the database at census.gov and calculate what the world population of your "otherness" species ought to be.  Right now it tells me:

World Bastet Population (EST): 1,120,421

Y'know what, though?  This collection is developing a very weird vibe about furries.

Earlier: If X is Y, then...

Later: I have to admit that I'm finding this a little discomfitting...