Marlene lives in Queens, N.Y. and owns one of the strangest dogs in the eastern hemisphere. (Is N.Y. even in the eastern hemisphere?) His official name is Hank, but his name really changes every few days. At the time of this posting, his name was "LERMAN", or "LERM" for short. Anyway, back to Marlene: she works as a dog trainer for the past 7 years, but has a special obsession for bargain hunting at the $.99 store. When she's not acting as therapist to her clients and their dogs, she is writing this weblog, while upholding her title as the ebay queen of america, among other things. The love of all dogs flows freely within her, even for the ones who want to bite her face off. You can find her at any dance party backyard barbecue, especially if someone brought their disco cd library.