How much of a life do you have to NOT have if you plan to actually read 55,000 pages of e-mails from Hillary Clinton? The very thought makes my head ache. My sympathy to the reporters, print and otherwise, who will actually have to plow through them. I’m guessing that the majority will be about such mundane matters that within hours of starting to review them, you’ll want to run screaming from the room. But you can’t. You must persist. Such is the way democracies survive.
Bird TLC Day
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Bird TLC auction on April 11. And if you don’t want to have to get dressed and put on makeup and drive somewhere, you can always just go to birdtlc.net and give us money. Remember, we’re the organization that puts the “non” into non-profit.
What is wrong with these pictures?
Can you guess which of these pictures comes from Atlantic City, New Jersey and which come from Anchorage, Alaska? What a weird winter.
BuddhaBubba…. RIP 3/7/15
She was sweet and loving and followed me around like a shadow until her great big wonderful heart could no longer contain her spirit. And so I let her go over the Rainbow Bridge to a place where she can breathe with ease, run with the wind and never be in pain again.
Explaining Fox News
When I was a kid, my Aunt Adeline had a magic ring. We’d get to her house for a visit and she would rub the ring and intone, “Magic, magic, make chocolate appear”. She’d then point to a drawer and sure enough, when we opened it there was a (usually Hershey’s) chocolate bar siting in it. We bought this act long after we should have figured out that she was putting the chocolate there before we arrived. We bought it despite the fact that sometimes the chocolate was already opened and half eaten. We bought it for as long as
Real life violence is not like TV
A report from an Alaskan village last week detailed a violent incident that included a man shooting four bullets into the wall next to where his sister was standing. She has two children who he also threatened. Here’s the relevant paragraph, “Jennings then held a .40-caliber handgun to the man’s head and threatened to kill him, troopers said. Jennings turned the gun on another occupant of the house, his sister, and told her he’d kill her and her two children if she called law enforcement, troopers said. Before he, Kelly and Jimmy fled, Jennings fired four rounds. The bullets struck
So I’m laying in bed
So I’m in bed asleep and I hear barking that eventually wakes me up. I come too enough to figure out that the barking is coming from downstairs. But a quick count of bodies shows me that I have my two faithful companions in bed with me and the sound of their sister’s snoring in her bed nearby is loud and clear. How, I think in my sleepy fog, did another dog get into my house. I sit up and listen more closely while looking at the clock. It’s 8 AM. My parrots are up downstairs and one of them…
Are you impressed with Congress yet?
Is it only me or do others think that the big election last fall has left us with nothing more than the same old, same old. I expect more from a kindergarten class than I do from our senators and representatives. How sad and pathetic is that?
So where have I been?
I just realized how long it had been since I posted. Sorry about that. But I have a bird with a bum leg and I’ve spent most of the past few days hand feeding her since she can’t hold the food with one foot while standing on the other. Today we go to the vet. Wish us luck!