Although I dread to give the Westboro Baptists more publicity, this quote “However, if the members of Westboro Baptist get to speak their minds, every individual who feels that this is an affront to most basic standards of human ethics should be able to as well” gave me permission to speak MY mind. This radical [...]

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Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is an excellent first novel; in fact it is difficult to remember at times that this is a novel and not an autobiography. Like the protagonist, Khaled grew up in Afghanistan in the 1970s. The novel’s depiction of the country and its people is enlightening, beautiful, harrowing and tragic. Its [...]

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but the real winner is the voters that participated in the political process
Once again, the people have spoken. They ignored the political pundits, ignored all of the polls that told them who they would vote for, and went their own merry way. This rant isn’t about who won or who didn’t; it is about the [...]

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This was one of our finds from our Lake Chelan Winery tour last summer.  How could we not stop at a winery called Nefarious?!?! I mean the label looks like as Ed would say Danny Devito as a teenager and they consider their Golden retriever aas part of the staff! This winery’s tasting room had expansive [...]

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I finally managed to rent and watch Sicko a few days ago and enjoyed it. I did not learn anything new about our health care system as a lot of the revealed was often discussed in various classes while going for my Masters in Public Health. I thought Mr. Moore did a great job of [...]

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is what it says on the bag. I don’t know about the world but it so far superior to any cat litter product I have ever encountered! Our 20 year old cat is healthy, except for her thyroid. She recently became a 100% indoor kitty and has been flooding the litter box with urine. Clay [...]

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Every once in awhile you find a treasure at your local grocery store.  Ed was looking for Barleywine but found de Boomgard Tropicale Belgian Beer with Spices and Mango Juice instead.  I usually equate fruit beers with the summer time but this was a special treat even in the middle of winter. The mango here [...]

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