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80 days ago
Halloween is right around the corner, so I thought I'd share with you the scariest thing i've read since Stephen King's "The Stand." Okay, maybe that's a bad comparison. The stuff that comes out of Stephen King's word processor is pathological. But if you recall, in the begining of "the Stand," there was a "Pandemic." "Captain Tripps" was Stephen King's Pathogen du-jour, circa 1978. A SuperFlu that makes April's "Swine Flu debauchle, look like a trip to Disney world. Yep The articles I'm linking you to are going to scare you. You see, we don't just have to deal with the pathogens. We also have to contend with an evil empire of greedy people... STUPID, GREEDY People. It's pretty difficult to obtain antibiotics these days. Most MD's want some kind of proof that you have an infection before they'll prescribe them. They'll actually take a swab and culture it in a laboratory and wait for the results; Most will still give them provided you ...
145 days ago
Yorgo meets Artimus. Music by "The Want" my band from way back before I met Steve. Let me know what you think, visit and sign our guest book. --Kerri.
178 days ago
I come across some strange stuff in my web travels. In my former life, I was a Microsoft Certified Professional with a lot of other certifications that you wouldn't recognize or frankly care about. I worked in Global Network Operations, Network Administration and as a PC Technician, I've seen all kinds of photo-shopped gags such as the infamous Bonsai Kitty (not for the faint of heart, even if it is FAKE,) and a few things that weren't so obviously photo-shopped. This is one of those things that I can't quite get my brain around... Normally, I would've dismissed this as just another one of those picture gags. However the source of the photo and story stopped me in my tracks. NBC News, don't they generally checks their sources? Except with the Iraq war and that whole WMD Debauchle... (and I can think of a few people in the presidential cabinet that swore that was the honest truth.) The Scary thing is that apparently it's not the first winged Kitty in China. My mind ...180 days ago
Governor Gregoire did something good. She signed Senate Bill 5651 which limits the # of in tact adult dogs in one location to 50 dogs. Washington State is the 3rd state in the country to pass such legislation. This same bill also includes humanitarian requirements for breeding practices, Adds language clarifying the space, exercise and primary enclosure requirements are for dogs kept in an enclosure the majority of the day. And allows Adult dogs and Puppies to intermingle for the purpose of socialization. Puppy mills are horrible places that do horrible things to dogs and finally having some legislation to make certain that these dogs aren't kept in tiny cages 24X7 is good news. I doubt that it goes as far as reputable breeders would like in cleaning up the industry, but I think it's at least a step in the right direction. upon further reading, an ammendment to the bill detailing these requirements, appears to have been squashed, so it looks like it's more of ...
184 days ago
I thought it might be nice for you to meet one of the resident "Adventure Dogs" (There are 3 of them.) Java is a 4 year old female, Black Lab, with a pedigree that reads like a who's-who in the Dog World. She comes from a line of National Field Champions and her Father is a well known NW Field Trialer. Java hasn't been competing this year, but she still has what it takes. She can really light up a room with her antics and she's our youngest resident adventure dog. Here's a video I took this afternoon of her playing in her pool. Dog playing in swimming pool Video: Dog playing in swimming pool
