Dot Laser Lab

Why am I seeing variations in the reflected laser light when I look at the reflection from a diffuse surface?

Here is the experiment. I reflected my tripod laser off of a CFB at my home. I noticed a strange effect and turned the light out to see it better. As I looked closely, I could see small variations in the reflected light. They looked like tiny points of light within the reflection. My first feeling is that it was an effect of the light hitting the photo receptor cells on my cornea. The problem with that was that as I move one way or another, or change the angle of view, I am moving along with the reflected dots. Has anyone seen this in a lab somewhere?
That would explain why as I got closer, I saw less "particle", and more "wave". Thanks for the answers. You college educated people are great for something, dont let anyone tell you different.
I was just reading the paper on the Holographic Universe and wondered if it was related. Turns out it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_interferometry

I have no idea what a CFB is but I think I know the answer.

Because laser light is coherent and monochromatic when it hits any kind of diffuse object you get regions of constructive and destructive interference. These look like bright and dark spots to the eye, and create a speckle pattern.

If you point the laser at a surface whose structure is constantly changing you will see movement in the speckle pattern. Examples are a cup of tea with milk (brownian motion) and human skin (movement of blood cells). This movement in the pattern can be used to measure peripheral blood flow through the skin.

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Black Lab Pup Chasing a Laser Pointer ?

So I have a 7 Month old black lab pup and Im a fearm beliver in a good pup is a tired pup well she seems to tired me out first and I dont want her not to get enough exercise so when Im tired and shes looking at me like come on fatty lets go I break out the laser pointer and she loves to chase it all around the yard, just wondering if this is crule as she never can get the red dot but always comes back for more even when I turn it off she looks at me like aww come on man I was having fun.
Ive owned dogs from puppy to death since I was as child and for any one who is worried I dont run her untill she going to pass out just enough for her to want to lay cuddel and watch some TV with my girlfiend and I, She has to sit in her creat for almost 8 hours a day so after our morning walk I go to work and soon after so does my girlfriend so when I get home shes fired up and ready to go (shes a Lab) and I dont shine the light in her eyes or near her face.
Thanks For all the feed back every one

Haha I do this with my dogs as well. They have an abundance of energy, and sometimes, after a long days work and their walks, I am just about done. So, I take out the laser pointer and they will play with it until I get sick of moving my arm around!!! The funniest part is that they will continue to look for the red dot for at least 10 minutes after I have stopped pointing it. Even funnier, the oldest one knows that the dot comes from "the thing in my hand", so she'll chase it and when I stop pressing the button, she will look up at my hand and try to take a swipe at it =)