You just know that this is bound to be yet another rant charging all of you animal lovers to hasten up the hill to With a Little Help From My Friends to adopt your new best friend, or to donate cash, or to peruse the Wish List on Amazon.com---Ha! Fooled you, for once. However much I DO think the above ideas are fine and dandy, and that I would not discourage you from indulging in any or all, this blog is concerned with another sort of giving—the gift you give yourself; the gi