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via America’s Family Pet Expo Breaks Animal Adoption Record Again. The World Pet Association’s 22nd annual America’s Family Pet Expo, held April 15 to 17 in Costa Mesa, Calif., resulted in a record number of animal adoptions, organizers reported today. A … Continue reading
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Yup, it’s an odd topic.
But here I am with an hour to kill while waiting for my clothes to dry at the laundromat, and there’s really not much to look at except my laptop screen (you do take your laptop to the laundromat, right?) and I’m looking at the small strip wall in which the laundromat is located. Continue reading
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You know it’s serious when they ask you ‘Do you have an advanced directive?’. This is a very clinical way of asking you ‘If you’re dying and can’t speak for yourself, have you made alternate plans?’.
No, I hadn’t. Continue reading
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It’s a little short of a month since I had my heart attack, and I’m still getting my head around the changes that it requires in my life. This morning, I decided to take a portrait of my new “friends” – the pile of medications I now have to take to give me the best shot at not returning to the hospital again. Continue reading
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“Forever Home” is my collection of photographs from the show, along with some thoughts on pet adoption. For every book sold, $5 will go to animal shelters and rescues. Every little bit helps these great organizations, and I think it’s a great coffee table book (but I am a little biased…)
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All these pups want is to find their ‘forever home’. If any of these pictures touches your heart, consider helping out a local rescue with your time, a donation, or giving a rescued animal a home.
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I decided a long time ago that no matter how old my daughter gets, Santa will be coming around every Christmas. I don’t care if she figures out who Santa really is. For me, that’s a little tradition that’s important. Continue reading
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I love my daughter very much. Like most parents, I want to give my daughter everything I possibly can. The hitch is that *possibly can* is a whole lot less than these other folks. Which is how I found myself nearly weeping in a Walmart tonight. Continue reading
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Fair warning: I’m venting.
I’m not a perfect dad. Nor a perfect person. I am indeed, like most people, flawed. I know that about myself, I accept it, and I do my best to improve. I can accept constructive criticism, albeit with a wince. Continue reading
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For most of us, Memorial Day is a day to relax, perhaps lounge at the pool or beach, enjoy a barbecue, or just have a lazy day. We have the day off work. But for thousands of active military, Memorial Day is another day at work. Continue reading
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My birthday has always been tricky. It always falls around Thanksgiving weekend. If it falls on Monday through Wednesday, it’s not so bad, but who parties on Monday through Wednesday? The rest of the time, it falls on Thanksgiving weekend. … Continue reading
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A show that features the kind of attitudes we absolutely don’t want to teach our kids is the number one show on network television. It’s number one because we watch it. Continue reading