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After nearly a year of being sick, my mom and I decided to put Mittens to sleep. I went to say good bye this morning, and she was as cheerful as ever. She never acted sick or disturbed in any way (except for not being able to eat, or keep food down), and was purring the whole time I sat and cried with her. We went for a little walk and I listened ( Read more... )

This is an interesting move, I never realized that there was an approved list of symbols for soldier's gravestones. Glad to see Wiccans get their due.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/23/wiccan.grave.ap/index.html

"This settlement has forced the Bush ( Read more... )

This saddens me greatly. I was getting to the point where I was considering actually subscribing to at least one of the mags. I have a few past issues lying around in my collection of books, they're always great reads ( Read more... )

This is going to be an ironic topic, being posted to a public journal and all - but why can't the news agencies just let the people at VT mourn in peace rather than asking dumb questions like "did the faculty do all that they could" and constantly questioning the timeline. There's as many articles on CNN.com and MSNBC.com about how the high-ups ( Read more... )

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/13/herron.nappycommentary/index.html

"Nappy Hair" is a children's book about just that - having matted hair from after taking a nap.

So, now, a new derogatory slang is created, all because someone wanted to take offense ( Read more... )

1) Why is it NOT ok for Imus to once say 'nappy hos' or whatever, but it's okay for every news agency to play the sound bite 10x an hour ( Read more... )

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I flew to Phoenix this past weekend to see dad, sister and golf. It's warm there for those that don't know... but this isn't about that. In the airport at DTW I keep watching the giant displays that have CNN on them. All I heard about the whole trip, watching the news during the day, was how global warming was causing flooding 'this very instant' ( Read more... )