Zac, from The Attic sent along a great tip for dealing with scratches on negatives:

Wipe your nose with index finger then lightly rub over the scratch with your newly greased finger.  The grease fills the scratch a bit and also kind of diffuses the light and removes the hard edges of the scratch.  Try it out with a damaged neg and you will see what I mean. Instead of using a cloth I also use this little speck grabber tool which is just a little wand with kind of a spongy tip that you can pull off specs with.  It works great.. it is also good at rubbing around the grease.  Hope that helps!

I'll have to ask him more about this little speck grabber thingy -- I can use all the help I can get!

I'm back in the darkroom tomorrow -- if I can get a roll run though today -- I've been so busy with work, I just haven't had much time -- I'm feeling a little burned out -- but I see my little camera sitting over there -- beckoning me to push the shutter release... I think I will oblige...