Good morning, Netizens... Don't try this at home department. May 21, 2010 Alison Redlich/AP For Pete's sake: David Lawrence feeds an apple to Pete, a moose who is blissfully unaware of how close he came to death at a game preserve in Irasburg, Vt. Pete…
Good morning, Netizens... Rumors of my demise or other world-changing events in my personal life are simply not true. I have not acquired hoof rot, beri-beri or a sexually-transmitted disease. What I have done is simply taken a self-imposed vacation from writing in this blog…
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's David Horsey cartoon, David Horsey asks the question regarding the Gulf Oil spill which has been asked by everyone from the President of the United States on down. How do we stop the flow of crude oil flowing into…
Good morning, Netizens... May 17, 2010 Picture Credit: Itsuo Inouye/AP 'I do,' she repeated robotically: Bride Satoko Inouye puts a ring on her groom Tomohiro Shibata as I-Fairy, a four-foot robot wearing a wreath of flowers, directs their wedding ceremony at a Tokyo restaurant. This…
Good morning, Netizens... May 17, 2010 Photo Credit: Mark J. Terrill/AP New bishop: Rev. Canon Diane M. Jardine Bruce, left, and Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool congratulate each other after their ordination and consecration ceremony in Long Beach. Glasspool, of Baltimore, became the second second openly…
Good morning, Netizens... There is a hole in my life just now. Yesterday morning, I shipped my beloved wife off to Chicago on the train and ever since there is a huge chasm where she normally lives, constantly tending the needs of so many, nurturing…
Good morning, Netizens... Our new police ombudsman may now have a massive challenge sitting on his desk, or so suggests journalist Larry Shook this morning. Turn your web browsers to http://larryshook.com/ and read the first piece, called “America's Most Dangerous Cop”. Take your time, as…
Good morning, Netizens... Thank God we have gotten David Horsey back from his vacation in time to shine his creative cartoon flashlight on the the nomination of Elena Kagan for Supreme Court Justice. Some members of the Republican Party, according to Horsey's cartoon this morning,…
Good morning, Netizens... Port Wentworth, Georgia The Augusta Chronicle http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2010-05-11/theyre-praying-again-ga-senior-center?v=1273557223 http://www.wsbtv.com/news/23495797/detail.html The Senior Citizens are back to praying before their meals at Port Wentworth's Ed Young Senior Citizens Center in Georgia. Senior Citizens, Inc., the owners of the Ed Young Senior Center informed everyone that…
Good morning, Netizens... There is hardly a morning that rises on its delicate gray feet but what I ponder my Mother but in ways far different than most. While most men and women of my generation have well-established relationships with their mothers and fathers, due…
Good morning, Netizens... She was, in life, one of the truly great singers, who brought America from outright racism to acceptance of Black performers. Lena Horne passed away yesterday in New York, and the chasm she leaves in her wake may be difficult to fill.…
Good morning, Netizens...The kitty who loved solid waste: An employee at Idaho's Kootenai County Solid Waste transfer station tried to adopt Shy Guy, a tabby who had hung out at the station for about a year, and took him to his house in Coeur D'Alene.…
Good evening, Netizens... On May 12th at 5:30 pm Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and Lt Sparber will be giving the final presentation on the siting of the new jail at the County Commissioners Hearing room in the Public Safety building on Mallon. This might be our…
Good morning, Netizens... Facing certain destruction if not elimination of the sensitive Gulf Coast wetlands and beaches, the engineers and scientists of British Petroleum have come up with what they hope will be the solution to the massive oil flows erupting from deep beneath the…
Good morning, Netizens... Photo Credit: May 5, 2010 AP Photo/Sergio Torres For those who catatonically worship the man, here is a picture of actor Antonio Banderas before being awarded a doctor honoris causa degree by the University of Malaga in Malaga, Spain, on Wednesday. Somehow…
Good morning, Netizens... If you haven't fastened your hats down this damp Monday morning, it might be an auspicious time to borrow a neighbor's staple gun and take care of that little detail as, otherwise, you might stand in danger of losing your headgear. Given…
Good evening, Netizens... US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano answers a question during a press conference on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 29. President Barack Obama has ordered several senior cabinet members to Louisiana,…
Good morning, Netizens... There are memories in our lives which are embedded in and become a part of our lives. Among some of those memories are my limited time studying theology decades and decades ago. Despite having “drifted” from my roots in Protestant religion through…
Good morning, Netizens... Allison Stacey Cowles, activist, and matriarch of the family that owns the Spokesman-Review, died Sunday morning at the age of 75 of pancreatic cancer. Allison Cowles lived in Spokane for 36 years, and raised two children, (William) Stacey Cowles and Elizabeth A.…
Good morning, Netizens...There is something special about waking up before the dawn. It is a harbinger of old times, nearly forgotten, when I used to wake up in a sleeper before dawn and crawl behind the wheel of an over-the-road tractor trailer to drive another…
Good evening, Netizens... No matter which side of the political equation you support regarding the new Arizona State law regarding illegal immigrants in that state the new law signed by Arizona State Governor Jan Brewer leaves a great deal to be desired, and that is…
Good morning, Netizens... All I have to do is mention the name King Joe and nearly three-quarters of the people reading this already know of whom I speak, and perhaps half have already witnessed one of King Joe's acidic tirades from his throne atop the…
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's cartoon, the Seattle-PI's David Horsey contributes a humorous glance at Goldman-Sachs' current situation, with the SEC finally throwing a bit of light into the dark corner from whence Goldman helped destroy America's economy. Of course the politics of the…
Good morning Netizens... One might ask why a doddering old goat like me would be sitting here before the endless maw of the keyboard on an otherwise spectacular spring morning with temperatures nearly 60 degrees. I have been contemplating Larry Shook's excellent piece of journalism,…
Good morning, Netizens... When the Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH'-plah-yer-kuh-duhl) volcano in Iceland first began erupting last Wednesday, hardly anyone in the United States and various other countries gave it much thought. We've had our own earthquakes and volcanoes here in the States so why would we, as…
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