More Pets than People in America

CNN: U.S. is a nation of 360 million — pets

Wow, there are 60 million more pets than people. I guess it’s due in part to people like me who have more pets than humans in the household. That number probably doesn’t include the number of pets waiting for homes.

My cats are going [...]

Chinese Pairs Figure Skating Silver Medalists

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-olypairs15feb15,1,5601607.story?coll=la-headlines-sports

I admit I hadn’t planned to watch the Winter Olympics… my Tivo queue is out of control and I didn’t need to add more to it. But when a coworker mentioned that pairs figure skating was going to be on at night, I figured I’d tune in. When I did, it was the latter [...]

the Religous Wrong

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/28/house.pledge.ap/index.html

A Democratic Congressman, Rep. Jim McDermott, omitted ‘under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance and there was an uproar.

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, accused McDermott of

“embarrassing the House and disparaging the majority of Americans who share the values expressed in the pledge.”

“He and those like him stand more for the liberal left [...]

Interracial love scenes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4609992/

From MSNBC, there’s this unconfirmed rumor that Denzel Washington…

“reportedly .. asked that love scenes between him and Mimi Rogers get cut from the 1989 flick “The Mighty Quinn” after the scenes drew howls of protests from black women during screenings.”

“Denzel Washington is concerned about the way audiences react to him in an [...]

Love Law & Order

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/22/law.order/index.html

This article describes the writer’s addiction to Law & Order. My siblings and I can relate. When we’re at home, we can watch hour after hour of L&O, especially on TNT.