Monday, September 22, 2008
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A BLACK BEAR
In the process of posting my story, "Who Goes There?", I made mention of black bears and the comment was added that bears are actually more frightened of us, than us of them, unless cubs are involved. That is oh so true, and used to give me nightmares as a runner on those secluded, hardly used dirt...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
FOUR WIVES IS OK, BUT 86??????
Man arrested for having 86 wives Muslim preacher allegedly breaks Islamic law...four wives is the limit Abuja, Nigeria - Police in northern Nigeria have arrested a Muslim preacher who has 86 wives and 107 children for breaking Islamic marriage laws. Niger state police spokesman Richard Oguche says...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
CAT OWES A LIFE TO FIREFIGHTER
Firefighter revives cat Asked what it was like to save the cat, firefighter says it tasted 'like fur' New Bedford, Mass.: A lucky cat owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation....... Al Machado rescued the cat from a burning apartment Tuesday,...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A LAST WISH BECOMES REALITY
Woman awakens from coma to marry 50-year-old who has terminal strain of hepatitis wed her longtime partner Wed., Sept. 10, 2008 An Italian newspaper says a terminally ill woman was briefly wakened from an induced coma to get married. La Repubblica reported that the 50-year-old nurse asked doctors to...
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
EYE INFECTION
Well, at least I can see out both eyes today which is more than I could do yesterday at this time..... I don't think I've ever had an eye infection in my life, but I guess there's a first time for everything. I'm not sure what's in the antibiotic eye drops I'm using (I know, antibiotics....), but...
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Monday, September 1, 2008
ARE YOU LABORING ON LABOR DAY?
I had to work at the group home from 8a.m. until 12:30p.m. today, which wasn't bad at all. Then there are emergency workers of all sorts that never get a day off (or very few): doctors, nurses, military personnel, just to name a few. I can remember as a kid, when it was a holiday, everything shut...
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Monday, August 18, 2008
iS COMMON COURTESY A DINOSAUR?
Whatever happened to words like, “Please...thank you...excuse me...I'm sorry”?? If you’re like me, you don’t hear them very often, and if you’re still inclined to use them, not hearing them from others at appropriate times is enough to make us say “No more.” There is no courtesy left on the...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
CAT"S EYES DRAWING TO A CLOSE
For those of you who may have started thinking it would never end, CAT'S EYES should be over in two or three more posts...here's your chance to get caught up.... to those of you who have stuck with it, thank you....... "Rumored"
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Friday, August 15, 2008
COMPUTER PROBLEMS - GRRR!
First the wireless keyboard quit yesterday (and it is more than a battery problem) and now today the mouse is acting up. Don't you just love computers, when they work!?..... I haven't posted much the last couple days because of these "bugs", whatever they are, but we have a "loaner keyboard" for now...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
WHY SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN DON'T?
I'm going to try to start using this blog for more personal thoughts and things, including questions like the above. Some posts will be serious, some will be humorous. One of my pet peeves is hearing someone say in all sincerity, "Consider It Done"...or words to that effect, but it never gets done,...
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