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    A Woman in a Hot Air Balloon

    A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she’s lost. When she lowers her altitude, she spots a man in a boat below and shouts to him:

    “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”

    The man consults his portable GPS and replies, “You’re in a hot [...]



    Nobody Told Me Before I Was Told About Torture

    Guess this is why she is a very successful politician.

    The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Waffle House thedailyshow.com Daily Show

    Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor [...]



    art alexakis saved my life

    Well, at least my craptastic week. Loud music with a strong dose of sardonic wit and a liberal sprinkling of profanity is often the only thing that will blow out the waxy plug of incipient depression that gets lodged between my ears about this time every year. (Missing last year’s X concert on March 28th as we flew to FL for L’s spring break [...]



    Thank You Ingela Levett

    On November 13, 2008, the world lost a tremendous force of good in the dog world.

    Ingela Levett, 63, was the Founder and President of Rawhide Rescue. A non-profit rescue group of foster homes that worked tirelessly to find “forever homes” for dogs. She helped save over 2000 dogs and brought happiness to so many [...]



    The Parrot

    A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

    John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently sayingonly polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to “clean up” [...]



    Change doesn’t come easily: Marijuana law – Healthcare policy

    Over 100 billion rolled

    “Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation,” is a co-production of the Marijuana Education Project of the ACLU of Washington and the national ACLU Drug Law Reform Project.

    You can watch the 30 minute video here.

    Back in 1971 when I was in high school, I did an oral presentation in my history class regarding the legalization of marijuana.  My [...]



    Use a leash to protect your dog or else

    Image by urbanwild via Flickr

    There is a letter to the editor in the Columbian this morning that deserves some clarification and further discussion. The letter is entitled, “Obey law and use a leash” and concerns leashing your dog:

    While walking along the busy river walk by Interstate 5 Bridge, I saw three dogs being walked by their owners, and none were on leashes. [...]

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