I had to put my ancient Hoover out of its misery a few weeks ago; there was no way it could continue to serve. Not in this house, anyway. I prefer to think someone in need of a dust throwing, smelly old vacuum picked it up at the curb where I tossed it [...]

I worked out in the yard for several hours yesterday trimming back trees; as a result my allergies are at their near worst. Had to get up at 5:30a this morning simply because my head hurt so bad I couldn’t stand it anymore.
Took a Benadryl and two Advil then started the coffee, [...]

From the ongoing saga of ‘China is Trying to Kill Us’ comes a new story: Officials** in China have seized more than a ton of fake drugs for impotence, bird flu and malaria, including at least 18,000 fake Viagra tablets.
There’s much more. Remember the fake toothpaste?
Unfortunately, they are also trying to kill themselves.
Chinese [...]

As much as I pick on South Florida and its myriad critters, at least I haven’t needed fire ant treatments like I did in Houston. Texas is all about fire ants; everywhere I’ve been in Texas, there are the ubiquitous mounds.
I finally had to bring in a professional to deal with the little suckers [...]

Click for a larger view.Sometimes people don’t believe me when I tell them a crate trained dog sees it as her den… Bree sure does; she naps in there daily. I just noticed her sleeping and decided to get a picture… came out pretty good considering there’s precious little light in here with [...]

Catholic League reports that Jay Leno has an ‘obsession’ with priests.
In the past five weeks, the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has ridiculed priests six times and the pope once; all of the priest jokes were sexual in nature and painted priests as molesters.
· June 18: Robin Williams gets into an extended diatribe [...]