tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186198704082427752011-11-27T19:43:33.419-05:00~ A bit of <i>joie de vivre</i>, a comprehensive joy of life, with an occasional edge.JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-17309992537489689492010-01-25T23:45:00.001-05:002010-01-25T23:45:12.716-05:00

A couple of days ago, I received an e-mail from Shiela at Dog Health Problems, a Website that features a high number of unique visitors per month and focuses on problems related to the canine community. Her note included the following information: We stumbled on your blog while searching for Dog Health Problems related information. We operate the largest Dog Health Problems website featuring

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The doctor called awhile ago. Her diagnosis was simple, direct, and right to the point: the patient had been diagnosed with incurable Lyme disease. Incurable? What the hell... Earlier last night my roommate and I had taken Cleo, one of our two dogs, to a local veterinary emergency center, one of the best around. She had not been able to keep food down for about 48 hours, and wasn't drinking

JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-50936171768434992092009-12-10T19:05:00.000-05:002010-01-25T21:07:05.558-05:00

Why is the price we pay for eliminating hatred and evil so steep? Do you remember the late actor Richard Harris? You might remember him as Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies. If you're older, you might also remember him as the English aristocrat and later prisoner in a film by the name of A Man Called Horse (1970), or for his role in film version of the Broadway production of

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If you could change three things in the world, what would they be and why? We all complain about things that we would like to change, be they small or large, so this should be pretty easy. Here's my list: Make veteran issues a national priority. We have far too many veterans who are living in poverty in this country, and unfortunately, the words “homeless” and “veterans” are often linked

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http://extrovertic.blogspot.com/2009/09/sometimes-way-to-peoples-hearts-is.html

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A very prim and proper British grandmother introduces a BBC show dealing with punk rock by previewing the off-color words that might appear in the program. “Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,” the sweet-looking granny begins, “I thought that you might like to know… in the spirit of punk rock, the following show includes, what we often refer to as language. So if, like me, you are

JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-76685771630647580162008-11-28T18:24:00.001-05:002008-11-28T18:24:28.777-05:00

It's Black Friday. You're off of work today, so you get up a little late. Still in your pajamas, you take a few minutes preparing your coffee, as you want to enjoy it today. You grab a quick bite to eat, take a cup of your fresh coffee and head to the couch, where you turn the television on... and that's when you see that it's Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and one of the busiest

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I saw a candle of hope lit in Chicago last night, and witnessed something that I thought I might never see in this lifetime. Then I heard the words flow forth... If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your

JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-65798022275726979372008-02-15T23:58:00.000-05:002008-02-16T02:12:34.609-05:00

What has happened to our sense of values? Was watching the news today and this evening, appalled by what I was seeing again, by history again repeating itself. On Thursday, Valentine's Day, Steven Kazmierczak, armed with three handguns and a brand-new pump-action Remington shotgun he had carried onto the Northern Illinois University campus in a guitar case, stepped from behind a screen on the

JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-67033219096714810082008-02-03T18:00:00.000-05:002008-02-05T18:07:58.766-05:00

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 - It's official: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so there will be six more weeks of winter! America's most famous groundhog emerged from his burrow his shadow shortly before 7:30 AM, saw his shadow, and that means that winter will last another six weeks. This occurred before a crowd of more than 30,000 people from as far away as Alaska and Texas, one of the

JargonTalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00175462071956276019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-65977711104096898432007-12-24T14:49:00.001-05:002007-12-24T14:49:19.608-05:00

Envelope please... The Yale Book of Quotations is an annual list of memorable quotes that is compiled by editor Fred Shapiro, who relies on suggestions from quote-watchers, along with his own choices, and then searches databases and the 'Net to determine the popularity of the quotes.  The ten most memorable quotes of 2007 according to Shapiro are, in order, and the #1 Memorable Quote of the Year

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Christmas is coming... but that's not all. We know that in most places around the world, Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25th. Less known is that the Winter Solstice is coming to all who reside in the Northern hemisphere on December 22, at 06:08 Universal Time (GMT), and is celebrated by various cultures, both ancient and modern. But that's not all that's coming... On Wednesday, Fox

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The holiday season approaches again, so now we have to all consider what's the best gift for those special people in our lives. But there are so many different gift lists and guides out there already that some may already have a good idea what to get. Instead, this year the focus here is going to be on a special group of individual: the geeks... Top Holiday Gifts for Geeks The Monty Python

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November 10th, 2007 marks the 232nd birthday of the US Marine Corps. The Marines can be a mystery to those who weren’t raised in the military culture. History books state that they are an elite group, something different from other military branches, but what really makes them different? It's simple... a Marine earns the title. One can join the Army, the Air Force, or the Navy -- one earns the

RTFMnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-2978167718092866882007-10-13T08:12:00.001-04:002007-10-13T08:12:15.710-04:00

Got your attention? Good, because... October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month around the world. Breast cancer is a serious issue, for all women are at risk for getting breast cancer. As you get older, your risk increases. Assuming you live to age 90, your risk of getting breast cancer over your lifetime is about 14%. That might sound scary, because it means that an average of about one out of

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UF Student Tasered And John Kerry just keeps talking... A University of Florida student was tasered and arrested during a forum for John Kerry on Monday afternoon, September 17th. The student who was tasered by campus police is Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old telecommunication senior and former columnist for the Independent Florida Alligator.  He's been charged with a third-degree felony for

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A New Lie for the New Millennium Was on the 'Net last Wednesday evening, viewing the news, checking some blogs, reading and sending email messages, all the normal things we do with about eight or nine windows open at the same time. The television was on as white noise in the background. The air conditioner was on as the temperature had hit 97 late that afternoon, and due to the high humidity the

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Elmo and Friends Recalled! Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling Elmo and many of his friends, including the Big Bird, Dora the Explorer and Diego - 83 types of toys in all. It turns out that their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. Please note that the Elmo shown in the illustration here is a composite, and does not indicate that this particular mode is being recalled. The worldwide recall

RTFMnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918619870408242775.post-78923131691973933042007-07-31T03:51:00.001-04:002007-08-02T17:40:43.952-04:00

How many times have I said that that Monday mornings suck? How many have any of us said it? But do they really?Monday mornings are beginning to take a slightly different meaning for me, a time to try and see if it can't be as the time to set the pace for the entire week. Sometimes it takes a conscious effort to get up and out of bed on a Monday morning for some reason, probably because the

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