The people in Blue House have taken another step forward in their obvious war on property values: the driveway is now -as I type- being painted a bright blue as well. I must get a picture of this, but will wait until everyone goes inside. Right now they are clustered round the gentleman [...]

Houston, who took the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s refugees, reports its homicide rate is up over 23% from this time last year. HPD officers are seeing more stranger-on-stranger crime, gang activity and “more violence around apartment complexes, especially those swelled with an influx of Katrina evacuees.”
Before we assume the worst of the refugees…
Houston Police [...]

Thank goodness I grew up during Lassie’s benevolent reign on the small screen. She, along with the Sunnybank Collies, fed my eternal love for the breed.

The new Lassie movie, a remake of the original, opened in the UK on December 16th to rave reviews; can’t wait until it makes its way [...]

Caltechgirl has done a wonderful job with a Holiday Carnival of the Recipes this week…!

Why I feel the need to do something this pointlessly ridiculous is beyond me… But here ya go. Filched it from fellow Munu Contagion…
After checking the North Pole database I had : 1,850 nice entries260 naughty entries
*Yeah, I deleted the code… it was slowing the page loading down to a crawl…

Twenty years ago this December 25th, my best friend gave me these Fuzzy Pink Bunny slippers. The right one lost his nose long ago, but other than that they are still in great shape, just like our friendship.* Worn in just the right places so they don’t chafe. Comfortable like a second [...]