According to an Associated Press story out Oct. 3, a ferret named Misty helped the U.S. defense effort at Space Command's headquarters. Faced with the problem of fishing computer cables through 40-foot-long narrow conduits, Lt. Col. Randy Blaisdell, who supervised the building of the center at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colo., volunteered his pet of six years, Misty. She dashed through the conduit with a piece of yarn tied around her middle several times. According to the article, "All it cost was a promise of strawberry Pop Tarts, Misty's favorite treat." The Arizona Whiz [Posted in FML issue 2824]