To those of you who suffer migraines, my very deepest sympathies. I had a headache the other night (it may not have even qualified as a migraine) that started in my neck and worked clear through to the front, and Oh Momma, I began to think I was going to stroke or pop an aneurysm or something. Broken bones hurt, burns hurt, but few things make you feel as sickeningly bad as a headache.

I rarely take even a Tylenol, but after the Ibuprophen and the ice pack and the Vicodin I began to...

We heard about the pet food recall, and we about died when we realized we had some of those brands right here. From what I have been able to learn, the problem developed well before any recall was announced, and now they are looking at sudden kidney failure deaths from some time back.

Our cats get treats every night when they come in for the night, and for years have demanded them loudly. Yet one night last October or November, I opened a package and they refused to eat any. Shadow...

Dick,

Got a letter recently from Hopper's attorney, quite incensed about the latest bill I sent him. Says he is"out of patience" (poor guy) and will reinstitute his suit if we ever send another bill to him or to Hopper (ooooohh). Presumably, this would be the same suit that he dropped before, saying he was satisfied and had all his stuff - in order to get his $5000 bond back from the court. Stuff that we were never responsible for in the first place and that by written contract was...

Our poor starved Smokey, has managed to nearly double his weight since we've had him. He's now about the same size as Shadow and dwarfs Cricket. All this eating, however, produces an inevitable result. I am carrying cat poop out in five gallon buckets. Yesterday I took out six 1-gallon ziplocks. Presumably, we will need no fertilizer.

He and Cricket compete for my lap, but Cricket won't come near, if he's there. Then Smokey and Shadow team up to pin me in the bed. They get on either...

We have a nurse friend who's a terrific nurse, proficient in every facet of nursing from ER and ICU to Pediatrics and OB, and currently getting her degree as a nurse practicioner. Years ago, she worked in a prison (Monroe) where a convicted murderer who overslept and missed the morning med pass filed a complaint against her license with the state nursing board, because, while she gave him his narcotics as prescribed, she adjusted the time backward for his second pass so as to maintain the...