This is Rufus, a three-year-old golden retriever belonging to Doug Lamy, an aspiring author in Washington State who's trying to convert the manuscript for his sailing memoir, Schooner Appreciate, into a screenplay. He adds that he's looking for an agent and a producer.

Maybe that gives us all something to think about over the weekend: What's your creative/professional ambition for 2008? You can email me about it if you like—I'll probably have something to say on Monday—but I figured it was more an opportunity for personal self-reflection than anything else.