Empathy, a Shot in the Ass for Apathy

A Rose By Any Other Name

On Meeting Janis Ian

Old Dogs
Long lost BFF:"Do you remember that dog we used to visit, Geppetto, we knew his owner...some guy..."me: " I remember Geppetto!! Yeah, we used to go over to that guy's house to see Geppetto. What was that guy's name?"LLBFF: " I don't remember. But I remember Geppetto."me: "Yeah, me too. ..And I remember that one dog we used to know named D-O-G."LLBFF: "Oh yeah! I remember D-O-G! But I don't remember who owned him either."What stuck out about Geppetto and D-O-G for LLBFF and I? We both remembered that both of those dogs were always outside all alone, and we felt sorry for them. Whenever we went to visit we always played with those dogs, and they were always

Send a card!
I saw this on Facebook. It could be a hoax, but so what. What if it's not. What harm would it do to send a card anyway?5yr old Noah is in the last stages Neuroblastoma Cancer. Family's celebrating Xmas nxt week & Noah's request is 2 get lots of Xmas cards! Plz send cards 2 Noah Biorkman 1141 Fountian View Circle South Lyon,Mi 48178. Let's C how many cards we cn get 2 ths Little guy. Thanks! (from Ernie Halter)

Veteran's Day vs. Memorial Day
Do you know the difference between Veteran's Day and Memorial Day?We always stop to honor all of our service men and women on both days, but why are there two different days, and what is the difference between them?According to the US Department of Veteran's Affairs, a lot of us confuse the two. They say:Memorial Day is a day for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the serv

Abortion, Pell Grants, and Capital Punishment
Let's see if we can get this correct...God says "Thou shall not kill," therefore abortion is murder. That is why you can not under the current health care reform bill, receive federal money for any insurance company that covers abortions for any circumstances except rape or incest.If you will need an abortion, you must buy private insurance that does cover abortion, without using your government provided tax credit, and you must pay for that out of pocket.Now, since you typically don't know that you are going to have an abortion until it is time to have an abortion, I suppose just to be safe, all females, upon the onset of menstruation, should go ahead and prophylactically

Give Peace A Chance
As I sit at my computer to write this, I'm thinking about the recent events in my country and around the globe and how those events will impact peace for generations to come. I think that quite possibly, therein could be the key to finding and maintaining a lastin