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Cats have rules and they expect their humans to follow their rules, but they keep the rules secret. As soon as you figure out a particular rule, they change it, and laugh at you for not knowing the new rule.

Two diametrically opposed thoughts are fighting in my mind about the impending death of Fred Phelps. 1.) I hope when he meets his maker he finds out that She is really, really angry at him and with his actions. 2.) My spiritual advisor reminds me that the Deity is loving and forgiving.… Read More

Most large vessels have a bulb below the waterline on the hull. It aids the ship moving through the water. If you look at the blue part of the hull you'll see a white hook-shaped mark - this indicates that the vessel has a bulb. (And the numbers on each side of the bow show the… Read More

I was born in an era when girls were named Susan and Mary and Barbara - I was named Lenore Penelope. Someone once asked me if my mother had had a difficult labor.

Evolution is NOT a belief system. It is the name for how the observable changes in organisms over time have occurred.

Evolution does not require anyone to believe in it. Facts are quite able to exist whether or not anyone believes them to be true and are not changed at all by disbelief.

The Weather Channel asked DirecTV for a nearly 8% increase in the fee paid to them - perhaps all those reality shows weren't paying for themselves? I keep track of weather for one of my sons who is a long-haul trucker and Weather Channel was pretty much useless unless he was heading… Read More

I heard a whole lot of rationalization, too. And a helping of self-pity around not drinking at parties and such. I have been abstinent from alcohol for 43 years. I was very active in AA for the first 14 or so years; not so much since then. I was 20 some years sober when I decided… Read More

These are strong, brave and wonderfully courageous women. Thank you, each and every one.

I watch "House Hunters" with the sound off.