Greetings Zwinksters! I hope you're doing well and gearing up for Thanksgiving next week. Mr. Metropolitan is preparing by planning to fast for 48 hours in advance of the event just to give his stomach some extra room for the onslaught of turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, string beans and the many extra helpings of pumpkin and chocolate cream pie.

That's right. Without preparing for the calvade of yummy food, Mr. Metro will be in great risk of completely losing his boyish figure this year. And I'm thinking fasting in advance might be easier than going to the gym after the big meal. The only thing is...fasting seems to be one of the very few rare things that Mr. Metro doesn't seem to be very good at. As soon as my stomach starts to grumble, it's off to raid the refrigerator. So if I seem just a bit thicker around the waist...say around Dec. 1st...you know why.

But enough about my waistline. Mr. Metropolitan is especially thankful for you, dear readers, during this pre-holiday season...so let's open up the latest hefty mailbag and see what tasty treats are in store for us this week.

First up this week is an intrepid and fashionable Zwinkster known as stean00, who writes in to say:

Hey mr metro. i got a Question (well its not really a Question). Every time i change, i have to go to a different room. its sooo annoying is there anything i can do to change that!?!?! Thanks.

Hmmm. Sounds strange. Are you talking about when you change your outfit -- you're being forced into a different room? Because that shouldn't happen. You should be able to go into your wardrobe, change, and then return to the same room that you were in prior to changing. If you can't, you might want to alert our Help Desk folks by clicking on the "Feedback" link at the bottom of the Zwinky homepage.

Keep in mind that we will force you into your wardrobe area to do the changing, though. We wouldn't want you undressing and then re-dressing in front of anyone, as it's considered bad manners to do that in public places....although Mr. Metro admits to have done that a couple of times himself.

Then there's_its_megan_baby, who shares the following predicament:

Hi mr.metro. uhh i have zwinky problems. hard to believe right? Well sometimes my friends make me so mad i quit. Really mad i mean. Then i do the stupidest thing after quitting. JOIN JOIN AGAIN. Then they make me mad again really mad then i quit then join then quit. ughhh it gets annoying can you help me ?? thx

Great question. And I must say I love your username - so please don't quit, because you may lose it. Clearly these folks that you currently identify as your friends are just making you angry, forcing you to do the unthinkable by quitting Zwinky and leaving the wonderful place that is Zwinktopia. There's really only two things you can do -- make some new friends who don't make you angry (which can be difficult, but is certainly do-able)...or just don't let these people get to you.

I'll let you in on a little secret that helps Mr. Metropolitan on a daily basis. Most people out there - even the ones that may currently be your friends - have an infinite capacity to turn into stupid, insensitive jerks at any given time. Just recognize that, and love them anyway. Or try to become friends with people that rarely are jerks, or become so less often. You'll be better off, and the world - and Zwinktopia - will be a much happier place.

Next up is a Zwinkster known as larryz-queen, who writes in with an idea:

you know what would be cool? if we can change our zwinky usernames without having to make a new account! you can charge zcard or real money! for example like my username is larryz-queen and i want it to be honeylicious87 i can go to the link where you buy zcard and it can have a link to change your username for $?.?? or ?? zcard dollars. it would be really cool so if people want a different name they dont have to make a whole new account!!

Not a bad idea at all. I'll certainly share it with the rest of the Zwinky team. The only potential setback I see in what you're suggesting may be the confusion that it causes. If this proved to be a popular feature, people might be changing their usernames left and right. And using your example, one of your friends might know who larryz-queen is, but might really have no idea who this honeylicious87 character is - since he or she wouldn't recognize your new username. If a great deal of your friends did this, it would result in mass confusion for you, too.

I'm also wondering what Larry might have done since you're clearly intent on changing your username. But that's a whole different topic. Thanks for the suggestion, and keep 'em coming, Zwinksters!

Finally, a Zwinkster going by the name _g3ni3_ writes in to say:

ya'll havent been looking for me very hard cuz im on every nite with my sweetie bigdaddy64 so just take a walk around n u'll see us have a nice day n tc

Well, you're right. I fully admit I haven't been looking for you very hard. But no-one told me to do so, so Mr. Metropolitan largely resorts to just keeping to himself. But the next time I head out in Zwinktopia, you can be sure that I will be on the lookout for you. And tell bigdaddy64 that I said hello, too. Hope to meet you both in person someday soon.

So it seems once again that my stomach is grumbling. Time to head on over and see what gastronomic excitement awaits in Mr. Metro's refrigerator. Until next time, take care and be safe out there!