Just wanted to let everyone know about a series of websites that send donations generated by hits to selected charities.  Each click at www.theanimalrescuesite.com sends .6 bowls of food to shelter animals.  And those clicks add up!  On March 7, 2007, the people who clicked on the “Fund Food for Animals” button helped provide 87,283 […]

Just in time for Marisa’s trip to Hawaii, she got a great reminder about why now is a good time to go:  more accumulating snow and sub-freezing temperatures here in West Virginia!
If you check out www.mydandelionpatch.com, you can follow her adventures in island hopping for yourself.  But I’ve gotta tell you, I can’t wait until […]

Here’s some important information from the Consumer Product Safety Commission regarding a potentially dangerous situation involving some gas grills.  If you own the model affected, you can receive a free replacement part.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the Weber-Stephen Products Company, has announced a voluntary recall of the Weber […]

OK, I admit it:  I’m addicted to those home and office organization shows on TV.
You know the ones — some poor schmuck is living waist-deep in t-shirts, office supplies, uncatalogued photos, 30-year-old computer parts, and shoes — there are ALWAYS shoes! — until the organizational guru comes in, often with a designer and/or carpenter, and […]

I found out at Church this morning that another four or five young men and women who are either members or friends and family of members are being deployed to Iraq within the next ten days.
One lady has three grandsons who are in the Military.  Obviously, she’s worried sick.
Please keep our brave young people in […]

Are you as confused as I am when the time comes to “Spring Forward” into Daylight Saving Time?
Even the name is confusing. I always thought it was “Savings,” but according to webexhibits.org, there is no “s” at the end. The website’s author provides a sound grammatical reason, but even with my years of […]

Every once in awhile, someone happens to pass through my personal space on his or her own’s life journey, leaving behind an energy — either positive or negative — that can affect me for a long, long time. One of the positives is definitely MJ Ryan.
She’s the best-selling author of “The Happiness Makeover” (Broadway […]

Today was the day I’ve been waiting for:  The IRS kindly made a sizeable deposit into my checking account.  Yes, the old income tax refund has finally arrived!  Oh joy, oh bliss, oh happy day indeed!
Armed with the knowledge that my debit card would no longer bounce like a super ball, I set out this […]

On Sunday, The Discovery Channel plans to debut a program (I dare not call it a documentary!) about some archeologists who claim to have found Jesus’ family’s burial site.
The discovery, some ten limestone bone boxes called ossuaries, is not new.  The ossuaries were first uncovered in a Jerusalem suburb back in March of 1980.  And […]

Anyone who has known me for any length of time can confirm: These ARE the four Basic Food Groups, at least as far as I’m concerned.
I have to rank right up there among people with the worst dietary habits in the free world. Food Pyramid? You’ve got to be kidding! If […]