Today, our munchkins are going away. A sad day for us, but a happy day for the critters who are quite unsure about these noisy little people. Sad, too, in that the Space Shuttle will be undocking from the ISS for the last time today, in preparation for its final return to Earth on Thursday (weather permitting). It’s also sad because this is my last day off, and I have to go to work tomorrow (this, clearly, is the saddest development by a long shot).

On the bright side, I got my computer parts yesterday, and crammed everything into the case, though I decided not to fire it up as it was getting on towards night time, and I didn’t want to get myself all aggravated right before bed (nothing like blowing up your new motherboard to ruin a good night’s sleep). So we’ll see if it boots up later on today.

For those of you with critters, I will give a tip of the hat to a little company called Little City Dogs. I was turned on to them by my sister. You can by dog and cat wormer for tape worms (Praziquantel) – beef flavored for the doggies, chicken flavored for the kitties, vanilla flavored liquid wormer (Pyrantel Pamoate) for hookworms, roundworms & pinworms, and Nitenpyram (for killing adult fleas while your Frontline or Advantage has a chance to work). By comparison, store bought Nitenpyram (Capstar) set me back $45 for six (unflavored) pills. Little City? $15 for 14 beef flavored pills – including shipping.

The come via first class mail from the Bronx, and the company was created by a single mom who raises Papillons, and who got tired of getting screwed on the price of meds. And she takes Pay Pal. I ordered some on Friday, and it came on Monday. Sadly, they sent me the wormer by accident, but when I e-mailed her, she told me to keep the wormer, and she was sending out 2 things of the flea stuff for my trouble.

So, anyhow, that’s my testimonial.

Alright, time for more coffee, and to try not to think about work tomorrow. Don’t forget to see if they make old Rupert squirm today (my guess, not so much and, anyway, squirming is natural for a slimy snake).