Space-age sweat scrapers. Dunno how I feel about them. OTOH, I do know how I feel about free text. So, here’s the deal, I will send these two unused specimen (specimens?) to the first two folks who ask. In return, you must provide a 50 to 500 word, engaging & edifying product review that I can use as a post. If you are interested:
Step 1) email me your particulars using the blog email, listed over there —–> and down a bit.
Step 2) Let me know that you have done so HERE. That way I know to check the Gmail account & the hordes of other contestants will know that one has been claimed.
For those of you who do not have horses, or who do have horses but do not wish to change your scraping methodology, I offer the recommendation of a horse trekking essay, “Horse of a Different Color: Kyrgyzstan July 2006” in Holidays in Heck by P.J. O’Rourke [Atlantic 2011]. As the title is a pale imitation, the text lacks the verve of his classic Holidays in Hell [Atlantic 1988]. Still, PJO on an off day is funnier that the rest of us on a good day.
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Gratuitous Kitten Pic
I’m not the only one in the house who enjoys LEGO.
Virtual Brush Box 
Ooh, I’m first in line. But here’s the rub: sweat-scraping season is drawing to a close here. Critters are diligently getting fuzzy (ack, already??) and soon I will be reduced to fruitlessly trying to curry the sweat marks off them because it’s prohibitively chilly for bathing. Which will be followed by giving up entirely on riding for about three months. So I suspect you should wait for the next volunteer ….