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I have been on medication of one form or another most of my life. For most of my life the medications I was prescribed gave relief from the illness and included no side effects. Over the past four or five years things have changed. An increased dosage of one medication reduced my ability [...]

It occurred to me today that I am no longer collecting anything! This is unacceptable, clearly. I collected cobalt blue glass (of any variety) until last year, when I had just too much of it. I was collecting super balls, but they are more and more impossible to find.
I would have liked [...]

Read my review of Angels in the Dust on the Cinemactivist site.

Definitely check out 6 Sentences if you have not already done so. I encourage you to submit your own piece(s) too. I have submitted a few pieces and it’s quite the rush when you’ve been accepted!

Read about her sentence here (as it will not cut and paste correctly).
Sign a petition to support Tammy Grimes here.

Pit bulls are your friend.

If you still have not bought a 2008 calendar*, I suggest you buy a Kurt Halsey 2008 calendar.  Kurt Halsey is an incredible artist I have followed (online) for years.  Check out his work if you have not already.
*I already purchased my 2008 calendar (from The Unexpected Pit Bull).

In 2006 I shared with you the story of Tammy Grimes from Dogs Deserve Better who was arrested and on trial for saving an extremely abused and neglected dog. I have an update on this ludicrous situation:

December 14th, 2007, Tammy Grimes was convicted of theft and receiving stolen property (the dog being considered [...]

A huge victory in animal welfare occurred this past week: animal testing has been deemed by multiple US government agencies to be scientifically ineffective and unreliable. A plan is now in motion to end all US animal testing and switch to other testing means and methods. An excerpt from Animal Aid:
Under a five-year [...]