A couple more things before I take off for the weekend:

I was looking for a good Tetris game today, and I found this, which isn't quite Tetris, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.

Also today, I remembered to run a search for something I've been seeking for a while now (you may not care to read this part if you don't have any pets). Several years ago I picked up a magical product at Wal-Mart called Petkin Relief Stick. I used it on Mitzi whenever fleas bit her and made her hair fall out, and it was the only thing that kept her from itching. Since I only had to use it until I got the flea situation under control, I put it up in my mother's pantry and forgot about it.

Fast forward to Fizgig, who is pretty much allergic to the air, and who, by the time I found him and took him home with me, had chewed all of the fur and a good portion of skin off of his front legs because they itched constantly. After several attempts at medicating his wounds, I remembered that stick I once used on Mitzi, pulled it out of the pantry, and gave it a try. It stopped his itching, he didn't lick it off, and apparantly it felt so good to him that he would come running whenever he saw me pick up the container.

A few weeks ago I ran out of the stuff. Wal-Mart (at least none of the Wal-Marts near me) doesn't carry it any more. Neither do the local Pet Smart stores, nor do any of the other places I checked which carry pet products. I've tried everything on him -- hydrocortizone spray, neosporin, bag balm, Blue Star ointment, even the silver sulfide that the doctor prescribed for my little sister's freaky lime acid induced burns that she got on a mission trip to Costa Rica (note: I wrapped his legs in gauze when I used this stuff so he couldn't lick it off. I don't know if it would have been poisonous if he ingested it, but I didn't take any chances); but none of it worked. It was either completely ineffective, or he'd just lick it off, and then procede to chew on himself. His legs had been getting so much better, but now they're almost as bad as when I found him.

So today I finally remembered to run a search on the product, and lo and behold, the manufacturer has its own web site. I ordered plenty of the stuff, it should get here within a week, then hopefully Fizgig can get back on track to looking like a healthy doggie.

I'm not a member of e-pinions, but maybe I should go sign up so I can write a review of this stuff. It's really good stuff.