Earlier this evening Otis and I bought a laser pointer, not because we need it for our stimulating Friday evening Power Point presentations, but because we recently discovered this is an excellent way to keep a dog entertained indoors. We justified this $9.95 purchase to each other by noting that the weather outside is very cold and dreary and the puppy inside is very VERY hyper. Otherwise, who in the heck would spend $9.95 on a laser pointer?

This has proven to be one of the best investments we've made this year. Forget the stock market...get a dog and a laser pointer. Abi is now obsessed with finding and eating this light, even when it's not on. She'll walk around the apartment for 20 minutes after we've stopped with the laser trying to find the light. Suddenly every speck of fuzz and dirt on the floor is a potential light beam she must consume. In fact, Otis and I are presently sitting in bed and Abi is still wandering around the living room. Poor dog. I'm afraid we may have scrambled her brains. At the very least it appears that we've flipped her OCD switch, and there's no off mode.