Ellie's namesake
Remeber Arizona Basset Hound rescue's plea for help? I sent them $100 and asked them to name the hardest-to-place dog after Ellie. Today, I'm sure my Ellie is smiling down on the 4 year old pregnant basset who's scared of the whole world and may have a hard time finding a home.

If you haven't sent them money yet, it's not too late. If you can't spare $5, you probably need a better job anyway.

Just when I thought the Internet couldn't get any weirder, now you can buy a sheep blow-up doll. How I wish I were kidding.

Pack Your Lunch, Save a Dog
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, may I humbly present you with the following suggestion? Pack your lunch one day this week and instead of eating out, send $5 to Arizona Basset Hound Rescue.

They just got word that a local puppy mill has decided to stop breeding basset hounds. This is great news--as this puppy mill is the major supplier of poor quality puppies for the area. They are now working to prevent her current breeding stock from passing into the wrong hands. They have an opportunity to take in her 8 remaining "breeders" (including one who is pregnant) and they need your help.

None of these dogs are current on shots or have been spayed or neutered. The dogs they rescued from this same puppy mill several months ago all required lots of ongoing vet care because of different health issues. Taking these dogs is going to drain thier bank account, but they can't let these dogs down.

If any of you would like to help financially with their care, they would be most grateful. For a $100 donation to our puppy mill fund, AZBHR will name one of the dogs after the person making the donation (or a name of their choice). For every $5 in donations, AZBHR will send you a raffle ticket to win lots of great prizes, including a signed Pam Tanzey holiday ornament, a basset hound leash rack, and other assorted goodies. Everyone who donates will receive a newsletter with updates and photos of all of the puppy mill dogs.

Please send your donations to:
Arizona Basset Hound Rescue
c/o Dena Pierrets
PO Box 5614
Mesa, AZ 85211

Make checks out to AZBHR and put "Puppy Mill Fund" in the notation line. When your checks are received, they will mail out your raffle tickets. If you are sending a $100 or higher donation, please include the name you choose for your puppy mill basset. The raffle drawing will be held on December 15th.

You can also make donations with your credit card via PayPal - just send email to admin@azbhr.org with the amount you would like to donate and they will bill your account.

Thanks very much in advance for your support of these dogs who are being given a second chance.

So kids...do something good today and send a little cash to save dogs like my Ellie, Alice and Holly.

So last night I felt the urge to see where else I could take a hockey class. I called HockeyWorkout, they had a class starting in an hour. So I ran home, fed the dogs, put on my fine hockey wardrobe and made it there just in time. The 1 hour lesson was actually 2, going until 10:30 last night. It was crazy but now I'm all about hockey. Guess I have hockey class tourette's.

Shopping for hockey gear, I came across this:
The aspen wood core shaft is fiberglass wrapped for extra strength and stiffness.

Tee hee.

Andrea found this groovy comparison shopping thingie.

So last winter, I interviewed for a job at Mambo.com. I really liked them and would have been good at the job but they rejected me. While I've wondered how it would have turned out, now I know.

It seems that Amy's car has been attacked by rodents. They felt the need to chew on her wiring and mess up the transmission to the tune of $600+.

Note to rodents:
Volkswagen products are, in fact not cheese or any other tasty treats.

Photoshop just told me that the command 'make' is not available. I get that a lot.

A damn fine explanation of building a logo. Via brig who found it somewhere else.