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This will do your heart good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvrcd...&feature=share

We have a problem with the house, and calling a professional is financially impossible -- so I'm hoping someone here will recognize what's going on and tell me what to do! Our house is brick, and like most houses in Texas, it's built on a concrete slab. The problem is in the walk-in closet of...

This sounds like so many frantic warnings that turn out to be false -- but to be safe, I wanted to pass along the claim that "Cocoa Mulch" is being blamed for at least one pet's death. It's hard to imagine that anyone would market a product intended for outdoor use that's deadly to animals...

So there's this friend of mine in Indiana, name of Tim. Sixteen years I've known him, but despite my best efforts, I've been unable to impress upon him the importance of spaying and neutering and keeping kitties indoors. And now he has another litter of kittens looking for homes, and every...

Forgive me, everyone, but we're supposed to be having a little get-together, and Carolina's private message box is full, so -- yo, Carolina! Make some room in your message box, please, so we can reconnoiter!

I've been trying to make my own salad dressings, so I can control the amount of salt and sugar in them -- but so far, the only one that I'm happy with is a simple oil-and-vinegar: I soak some dried basil in red wine vinegar, add fresh-ground peppercorns (all colors!), a touch of salt, a touch...

Earlier today, CNN had a reporter and camera on the spot while a group of people in Haiti were trying to get an 11-year-old girl out from under tons of concrete. Her leg was trapped, and since they didn't have the equipment they needed to lift the concrete, they were afraid they might have to...

EVE, that is! Here in Dallas, where it was 70 degrees F a couple of days ago, it's... SNOWING!

My aunt sent me these kitten-and-parakeet photos and I strung them into a little slideshow... http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s...enParakeet.flv

For years you've heard me talk about my friend Rush down in Austin, who was my significant other for several years long ago, and who remains my very best friend in the world. We met when we were both working in radio, and his career took him into television and freelance writing... but he's...

Although I'm a paying member, I just can't get it to accept a graphic over 100 pixels tall, even though the file is only about 15k. Help! What am I doing wrong?

After months of delays, my father's book has finally been published by Kent State University Press in Ohio. It's their featured book for this month: http://upress.kent.edu/index.htm And you can also find it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Above-Thunder-...5348844&sr=8-1 (Or just go to...

A dear friend of mine (and probably the best guitarist I know) has been comparing guitars, pedals, amps, etc., and recording it all for a Gretsch guitar forum he's involved with. As a test, he played the same song on two different Gretsch guitars, with all other elements unchanged... and...

So here it is 5:30 in the morning and I'm so excited I can't sleep... so I'm making pumpkin pies to celebrate the inauguration! Seems like an American thing to do, and they ought to be cool enough to slice right about oath-of-office time. As part of the National Day Of Service yesterday, I...

Little Ronnie Howard grew up to be such a great director. I just saw "Frost / Nixon," and it is a perfect film. It could not have been done better. I urge everyone to see it immediately, and to take along your teenagers. If this doesn't demonstrate to them the power and fascination of...

We all have in common Our love for our cats, But this season reminds me We have more than that. We all share the trials And the triumphs of living, Our joys and our sorrows, Our needing, our giving... In this special place, We have all found good friends Whose fellowship cheers us And warms us...

My best friend, Rush, sent this link to me, a perfect expression of what the holidays should be about... and so beautiful to watch! http://www.playingforchange.com/pop.html

This is such a great article, I just have to share it -- not only for the history, but also for the spirit of that remarkable old gentleman... http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article...27/1348/NEWS09

The news just reported on some local man's complaint about a talking Fisher-Price doll he bought for his little girl. The doll babbles in unintelligible babytalk -- but this fellow claims that it's actually saying, "Islam is the light!" He says it's a devious plot to convert Christian children...

Surely most of us have pictures to post of our beloved little monsters in their costumes, don't we? Here's my nephew, Grant (age 10) -- such a shame that his grandma, who is both an artist and a cosmetician, was down in Austin and couldn't be here to do Grant's facepaint. But my brother and I...