I didn’t make up this headline: I saw it on Twitter and I had the same reaction you did. But it’s no joke—as I discovered when I checked out the original story in the London Daily Mail. Here’s an excerpt: Social networking sites such as Facebook could raise your risk of serious health problems by […]
The trouble with cats….and dogs
Peppy is a low-maintenance pet. Nothing has ever been wrong with her–except for the time I accidentally slammed the front door shut—on her tail (documented by this picture). The kids and I never quite got over that—but fortunately Peppy did. When Socks died a few days ago, I thought about someday losing Peppy– although she’s […]
Twitter High
Twitter is tipping. Tipping as in Tipping Point. And I know some people reading this still don’t know what Twitter is. I didn’t know either when I started blogging and my first internet friend recommended I join Twitter. It was so completely confusing I had no idea what it was or what to do with […]
Got Milk
The movie Milk shows that the seeds of San Francisco’s gay rights movement were planted in Miami in 1977– during the bitter campaign involving singer Anita Bryant. At the time, I was a reporter at the CBS station in Miami–the movie actually includes our news footage. The station’s editorials were strongly anti-gay. Behind the scenes, it […]
Socks
I was in a card store today and happened to notice a whole slew of pet sympathy cards. A sign of the times. And maybe another sign from the universe since I got home and saw a headline that the Clintons’ cat Socks had died. I’m not buying them a card. I didn’t follow Socks’ […]
apples and oranges
My hike to the airport from the inauguration definitely qualified as intense exercise. So it allowed me to feel almost okay that I’ve avoided working out ever since. This week I returned to the Power Plate. And I mentioned to my sister that I finally worked out after a month. Though she praised me for […]
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