Cat with Two Faces

I couldn’t help but include this picture with this week’s musing. It is a cat literally with two faces. This particular 12 year old cat is named Frank ‘n Louie. He hails from Worchester, Mass. He does have a few quirks. “Everything works in...

A Good Deed

Like most Southern Californians, I don’t spend a lot of time outside walking around. But this morning I had to have some blood work done and was wandering around near the local hospital trying to find where they moved the laboratory. A car drove up and an older...

What is in a Name?

Ron Artest is a forward on the Lakers basketball team. And he is good at his job. In 2004 he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. And, year before last, he was an integral part of that team winning the NBA championship. But you won’t hear his team...

Children Suing Parents

The Chicago Tribune (and the Salt Lake Tribune) published an article on August 28th entitled, “Adult Children’s ‘Bad Mothering’ Lawsuit Dismissed.” It read in part: “Raised in a $1.5 million Barrington Hills, Ill. home by their...

Disagreeing Doesn’t Make You Bigots

Last evening I was watching the news and it rolled into Piers Morgan’s interview show. I don’t usually watch, but frankly was too lazy to turn the channel. He was speaking with Frank Rich, a journalist from back east. They were discussing an interview done...

“33 Men”

About a year ago, 1.5 billion people around the world watched with bated breath as the 33 Chilean miners were brought up from their 69 day ordeal in that copper and gold mine. I was certainly one of them. And so, I was intrigued to read this past week the first book...