the actual work...

...is leavened and garnished by these elements, among others — a chicken-garlic blanco slice at Goodfellas on Powell at Bay, a sacrificial organic avocado from nearby Trader Joe's, a Modelo Especial, and Homer (Book 7, "A Magical Kingdom"): ...all presided over by a pixelated orange owl whose head-tilts, wing-flaps, and blinks are a node of attention in itself. The Architects had no idea what they were spawning. ::snicker:: Its name is "Glaux," by the way (suggested by Prof), which is an excellently titular companion to a "Dex."