Hey rick :) This happens to a lot of fish keepers, especially with bettas. This happened to me once, the exact same scenario. Now everytime I take him out for a waterchange, I cover the cup tightly with tinfoil. They are especially prone to jumping during the waterchanges because they are stressed and want to go back in their tank. The absolute best thing to do is keep the water quality perfect. Keep ammonia at 0, and if you've got a filter, nitrite at 0 and nitrate very close to 0. If you don't already have a bottle of waterconditioner that detoxifies ammonia, I suggest you get one, like Prime. You can add this to the water instead of doing the waterchanges for now to eliminate stress. Keep tank and room lights off. Don't feed, or add melafix or aquarium salt just yet because food will most likely be uneaten, and some bettas have bad reactions to the other two. He will go through bad stage, and hopefully he'll make it. Watch for fungus. I hope he gets better soon!

How funny, Faith. I'd forgotten about the waiting room at the U0fA, also the old emerg. at the Royal Alex. And we complain now. Most of us in the Edmonton region (Sunwapta Broadcasting area) will remember Popcorn Playhouse. I was on Popcorn Playhouse when it was a ship theme, before Klondike Eric. I think it was Captain Ernie (?). Anyway, it was my fifth birthday and it is a bit of a vague memory. I remember that we were late getting there and I missed all of the "birthday" special stuff that seemed to be the main point of going on the show. How about "Kids Bids" with the O'hara auction people? Bags and bags of Old Dutch boxtops and coupons were thrown out of my parents basement because we never made it to the show and we collected for years. And "Kiddies on Kamera" - my brother is a bagpiper and was on that show many times playing for the highland dancers. Did anyone see the anniversary show for CFRN last year? It was good, but it didn't show enough of all of this old stuff! But here's a couple we all might remember across the country. How about Romper Room ( she never saw ME in the magic mirror), The Friendly Giant, Chez Helene. Gee, that kind of took up the morning and then it was lunchtime and naptime. Or time to go to playschool. I had to laugh when you mention DH and the 8 tracks. Shortly after we moved into our new house 2 years ago, I heard Steppenwolf coming from our garage. I went out and there was my DH rockin' to his tunes. He'd plugged in an old 8-track player and found all of his old 8-track tapes. My kids, although thinking he was crazy, actually appreciated the fact that their Dad still had one that worked. Yeesh - you'd think it was an old Victrola or something. LOL. Now, that was cool when your parents or grandparents had one of those that worked! I saw Heart when they were a backup act for April Wine. I went to see April Wine about 4 or 5 times. I loved their concerts. The first concert I went to was Deep Purple in 1972 and it was, I believe, the last event held at the Edmonton Gardens before they tore it down. My mother just freaked when she saw in the paper the next day that everyone used lighters or "sparklers" to ask for the encores. The Edmonton Gardens was apparently (according to my mother) the biggest fire trap in the city. Until I just started thinking about how many concerts I did actually go to, I always thought that I missed out on alot. I used to listen to my friends talking about going to see Alice Cooper and so many others and I thought I never went to any concerts. In reality, I guess I went to quite a few. Anybody ever see Cheech and Chong live? That was funny - especially after a few t---- of wacky. No, I never did that. It was all the residual smoke around me . . . honest. But, you had to see Cheech and Chong on a high in order for it to be hilarious. Wow, I had no idea what I was stirring up in my memories when we started this thread! ...

Smoked Boston Butt: The night before cooking Rub butt with a generous helping of Boca Boys Dry Rub (see my website for details) and place, covered, in the refrigerator. Cooking/Smoking Smoke for an hour to an hour and a half per pound over charcoal and hickory chunks, until the internal temperature reaches 190 degrees. Remove from heat and wrap in foil for at least an hour. Pull apart, sauce and serve.

He is a sweet little gardner! Is Ricky responsible for all that GREEN grass??! ;) Maddie really loves her gardening things too Steph. Back in March when she was here, we were looking out the window and she looked down and asked me if we could go water the flowers!!! LOL I had to tell her there were no flowers to water, which over course launch a whole series of "why's?"! But wanted to tell you she is still looking forward to using it again this spring! Once we have flowers! LOL I think Ricky and Maddie are very lucky to have a KT Auntie like Stephanie!