With the news of the mass euthanasia at a Las Vegas shelter fresh in mind, there is no better time to remind people of the importance of spaying and neutering your pets- and to help keep this in people’s minds, the Humane Society of the United States has proclaimed February 27th Spay Day USA.
Millions of [...]

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If you’re a fan of musical theatre, you know Joel Grey. If you don’t, you probably still recognize his work - “Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome; Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret”  He starred in Cabaret - both on Broadway in 1966 (and won a Tony for it) and in the film version in 1972 (and won [...]

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After years of having just expanded basic cable, we finally upgraded to digital cable. For those who can’t remember what expanded basic cable is, that’s your basic ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW, as well as some expanded channels like ESPN, TNT, TBS, TLC, HGTV. Nothing fancy.
Now, I have over 200 channels to choose from. And, [...]

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One of the most common complaints a veterinarian hears is, “My dog’s breath stinks.” There are a lot of causes of this, certainly - diet, illness, coprophagia (the polite term for poop eating), but far and away the most common reason is dental disease. This is a very underdiagnosed problem in the veterinary field, and [...]

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I have never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day and never had a significant other who especially wanted to celebrate it either. My husband and I always just exchange cards and go to dinner. That’s it. Yet, even though I wholeheartedly agree with the “not wasting our money on flowers and gifts” [...]

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I was a sun worshiper. As a kid, I spent summer days at the pool with my friends. I was constantly on the quest for the perfect tan. Being a fair skinned, blue-eyed, blonde didn’t make things easy, but I was determined. I’d coat myself Coppertone Tanning Oil SPF 2, spread [...]

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I’m on duty for tonight’s AI…so here goes nothing.
American Idol is one of my must see shows. I don’t get into the audition shows too much, as it’s just way too painful to watch, but I do enjoy watching Hollywood and beyond shows.
Yet tonight, all I could think after watching was that it was [...]

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Is having a sick spouse. Especially when your spouse is the kind of guy my husband is, the one who purports to be “strong” and “never gets sick” and “doesn’t need any stinkin’ medicine”, one who the second the bug hits is felled like a giant oak tree and just turns into a whiny 2 [...]

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Yet another gift-giving occasion is creeping up on us, and far be it from me to leave you hanging without any good gift ideas. Whitman’s samplers be damned, you all deserve better than that. Valentine’s Day! Hallmark lives for this stuff, and so do you. The good stuff. Here are some of my personal top [...]

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Although San Antonio was the last stop for our American Idol judges before the start of the Hollywood rounds, the producers evidently felt we hadn’t suffered quite enough and decided to give us one more night of the “best” of the auditions they haven’t yet shown us. Meaning both the actual best and the best [...]

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