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Yeh, Zombie, that was me what wrote that comment. I knew you'd get the point. Dave and I have had dogs, 2 at a time, for over 25 years. They've all been crossbred. The shelters have been very good to us. Every time we lose one, I search my soul, trying to decide if I can exercise dominion over another living creature. I cannot support a breeder in good conscience, but the dogs in the shelter are already there, and the only lives they can live are in our care. When I lost Conor early this year, for the first time, there was no hesitation or doubt. I was ready to go again, like a kid on a roller coaster. Woobie Bear will be 8 months old in a couple of weeks. He's the last puppy I'll adopt, but not the last dog. I'll post a recent pic, if anybody's interested.

Take it a step further. How big are his? Is this research study itself a means of compensating for personal size?

Congratulations, Zombie, you just grossed me out. That's the cruelest hoax ever perpetrated on a dog.

I respect and admire this, but cannot bring myself to "like" it. Thanks for posting it, though. peace

maybe, but I prefer flirtation

I read a review of Miley's performance. It said she's young. That is all.

Would a traditional geological study reveal potential sinkholes? How far in the future? How far ahead should we plan development? The more we learn, the less we realize we know.

I work in government. No one in our office has a visible tat, and I don't think anyone has a piercing, aside form women's earrings. Most just have two. Would I get fired for coming in altered? Probably not, but I might not be hired, either. I have no piercings or ink, though I considered both. Couldn't decide on a design to live with the rest of my life, and just never had the drive to get pierced. Now that I'm older, it might look like a desperate attempt to deny my age.

Sinkholes can be entirely man-made. One opened downtown here because construction techniques on a storm sewer permitted a small water leak to flush out surrounding soil, until a street collapsed. Statistically, you're more likely to be killed in a traffic accident than swallowed up by the earth. Are you gonna give up driving, or take your chances and pay your dues?

Happ' Burfday, JoAnn! I would say, "Bring on the dancing bears," but I see one of the dang critters already made it. All the best, darlin'. I hope it's one to remember.

You call attention to redundancy. How true this is. Any word has its place, and every word can be overused. It's easy to fall into staid habits of expression. Often, we adopt terms of speech and writing because they're popular, common. Stale. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Worthy of consideration, as always.

still white bread, yo but funny

I like the idea of buying US-made underwear, so I might give the one brand a try. If the quality is as good as they claim, they may outlast other brands, making them worth the extra money. Besides, trunk styles are not that common, and I find them the most comfortable length.

All the best, Renee. You and yours will be in my thoughts.

True enough. They may also exemplify traits not taught in school, or lack them. That takes me back to our unfortunate lawyer/escort. Obviously, his classes failed to impart class, taste, or symmetrical muscle development.

1. A key to getting a job is looking the part. The less imagination HR requires, the better. 2. The letter sucks. It's unprofessional in the extreme. 3. He's ugly, to boot. This is not front office appearance. 4. Yang, you're wrong about the level of the school. A friend of mine went to UH for a law degree, and retired at 45. His brother went to Yale for his degree, and is still working at 60 to pay off his student debt. It's what you do with the degree that really counts.

I'm very surprised this commercial ever got to the stage of being filmed. Why wasn't it shot down long before? Somewhere, there's an ad exec who had better be looking for a job in another industry.

Being a hermit, I don't play or watch team sports. I used to bicycle quite a bit, ride horses when I have the chance, and love paddling. I plan to buy another kayak, but I also love canoes. Always game for a hike, and wanna go backpacking again after it cools down. When I was young, I practiced mixed martial arts, and used to love heavy weapons sparring (long knives, butterfly knives, staff, nun chaku), and fencing with light and heavy blades (European broadsword). Odd thing is, I fence left-handed with a light blade, and right-handed with a broadsword. The same weirdness in shooting - left-handed with a bow, right with a gun.

Reagan's presidency did very little good for most of the country. It greatly influenced the direction of the republican party, however, leading to today's political style of denial. Somebody doesn't like what you did? Deny you did it, and don't stop denying it. But at least the Berlin wall fell, and the Cold War ended for a time.

Take the dogs down to the river for a swim, bring them home for a bath, and swill Jameson's and ginger ale.

I'm hoping something good comes of this legislative fight. Something already has. A number of people have awakened to just how extreme politics have become in this state. The tactics of a few bullies have been exposed and galvanized opposition. This girl's experiences have made national headlines. We'll see what happens next election.

I-10 outside Houston. 16 lanes of concrete, straight as an arrow, boring as I am, and jam-packed at almost any hour.

I just checked to make sure I had man-parts. Yep, but I WILL ask for directions. Sometimes. If I'm alone. But I do it in a manly voice.

No conflict. The editor or beta is a reader, after all. I've "liked" pieces I edited or beta-read, and left reviews, both. At times, it's important to me to state publicly how I feel about a piece. I've also sent private reviews to an author, telling the person how I see their work progressing as a whole.

I...I don't know what to say. And I don't dare laugh.