No one forgot 9/11 yesterday. Â The firefighters memorial in London was my second story all morning after the latest on a Personal Support Worker accused of beating a 12-year-old boy nearly to death. Â 11 years after the terrorist attacks they are still very much on everyone’s minds. Â …
Thanks once again to the This is True newsletter for bringing this to my attention. Â Story written by Randy Cassingham. It illustrates the insanity of zero tolerance on some issues and the overbearing nature of the “nanny” approach to, well, to just about everything except being a nanny. …
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Sobering thoughts for a Sunday. Â Mr. Morcos was a happily married man of 54 who took his own life this spring. Â He had Huntington’s disease and having watched his father deteriorate with the progressive illness he knew, and he had told those he loved, that he wasn’t going to experience the same fate. Â …
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I don’t know about you but I don’t exactly wait breathless for the fall fashion trend reports.  Still, when fashion media start telling us what we should wear, it’s hard not to notice, especially if they’re all saying the same thing.  Polka-dots. …
The first thing you need to know is that this story ends well.  But you need to keep in mind that I didn’t know that as these events unfolded.  I think we need to share these stories because knowledge is power and sometimes things are not at all as they seem. …
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This was on Facebook this week. It pretty much sums things up about this nutty world and the collection of nutty people who inhabit it. Â Apparently I’m not the only one with a Martian exploration obsession who loves a little sarcasm. …
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Sears’ 60th Christmas Wish Book is out. Oh how I remember the excitement of seeing that annual catalogue for the first time with its as-yet-unpawed, crisp pages. That was just last year. …
It couldn’t be simpler.  Really.  Apply this simple chart to your life and away you go. You’re welcome! …
When Ralph Kramden threatened his wife Alice with, “to the moon”, it was 14 years before a human being would actually set foot on that planet. Â The silly TV catch-phrase was thought so over the top and ridiculous because that’s how people thought of the possibility that anyone would visit the moon. Â Then in 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first to do it. Â How freaking incredible was that? Â …
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There are times when a woman over 40 feels like a Who down on the speck whom only Horton the elephant can hear in the Dr Seuss classic Horton Hears a Who. “We are here, we are here, we are here!” …
Bear with me while I randt a bit about a current Hollywood scandal. Â I don’t really care that 22 year old Kristen Stewart slept with her 41 year old director behind the backs of both her live-in boyfriend, actor Robert Pattinson, and the director’s wife and kids. Â I only care because of the fallout. Â …
Since I made a big hairy deal of the dresser I was refinishing I suppose I should show you the finished product.  I’m not over the moon about it.  It’s only been a few days that I’ve been able to walk past it without grimacing.  Having said that, it is funky and quirky and really livens up our guest bedroom. …
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