My Way News - Goose Befriends Elderly Man With Cancer: "Goose Befriends Elderly Man With Cancer
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Apr 27, 10:07 PM (ET)
FERNAN LAKE, Idaho (AP) - A northern Idaho man diagnosed with terminal cancer says a usually cantankerous goose that befriended him on his walks has helped him live past doctors' predictions.
'I'm 73,' Bill Lytle, a two-time state legislator, told the Coeur d'Alene Press. 'And I'm not ready to die.'
After retiring as project manager for the Bunker Hill Mining company, Lytle and his wife of 52 years, Myrna, moved to Coeur d'Alene, where Bill became one of the founding members of a walking club called the Lake City Striders.
Then last fall his skin turned yellow overnight, and doctors diagnosed pancreatic cancer, giving Lytle only months to live. But Lytle continued his walks, having to cut them down to two miles at a nearby lake, where he met the goose who has inspired him to keep going even when he wasn't feeling well.
'I have to keep walking or I won't make my next December,' Lytle said.
The goose, called Mr. Waddles, is a feral domestic goose, a biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said, offering no explanation for the relationship that has developed between the goose and Lytle. Myrna has thought about that as well.
'I wonder, why would that one goose attach himself to Bill?' she said. 'I think he knows he's sick. I think animals can sense that.'
The goose, about 30 pounds with a red beak and red feet, approaches Lytle when he calls and rubs its head against his arms. But it snaps at anyone else who gets too close, including Myrna, their daughter, and Bill's hospice aide.
'Sometimes he walks around me, sometimes he walks beside me,' Lytle said of the near-daily meetings the two have. 'I rub his neck, and the top of his head and down to his back. Every time I came down, he just kept coming out. I think it's pretty nice, that he'd always come to me.'"
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Men's Thesaurus
Men's Thesaurus
"I'M GOING FISHING"
Means: "I'm going to drink myself dangerously stupid,and stand by a
stream with a stick in my hand, while the fish swim by in complete
safety."
IT'S A GUY THING"
Means: "There is no rational thought pattern connected with it, and you
have no chance at all of making it logical".
"CAN I HELP WITH DINNER?"
Means: "Why isn't it already on the table?"
"UH HUH," "SURE, HONEY," OR "YES, DEAR..."
Means: Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response.
"IT WOULD TAKE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN"
Means: "I have no idea how it works."
"I WAS LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE THINGS ON MY MIND."
Means: "I was wondering if that redhead over there is wearing a bra."
"TAKE A BREAK HONEY, YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD".
Means: "I can't hear the game over the vacuum cleaner."
"THAT'S INTERESTING, DEAR."
Means: "Are you still talking?"
"YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS."
Means: "I remember the theme song to 'F Troop', the address of the first
girl I ever kissed, and the vehicle identification numbers of every car
I've ever owned, but I forgot your birthday."
"I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND GOT YOU THESE ROSES".
"I CAN'T FIND IT."
Means: "It didn't fall into my outstretched hands, so I'm completely clueless."
"I HEARD YOU."
Means: "I haven't the foggiest clue what you just said."
"YOU KNOW I COULD NEVER LOVE ANYONE ELSE."
Means: "I am used to the way you yell at me, and realize it could be worse."
"YOU LOOK TERRIFIC."
Means: "Please don't try on one more outfit, I'm starving."
"I'M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE."
Means: "No one will ever see us alive again."
"WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK."
Means: "I make the messes, she cleans them up."
High Gas Prices: Who's to Blame?
FOXNews.com - High Gas Prices: Who's to Blame?: "High Gas Prices: Who's to Blame?
Friday , April 21, 2006
By Neil Cavuto
Oil prices are high and they're going higher — I think, a lot higher — which for a lot of folks will be a lot more of a hardship.
We're quick to want to blame someone, anyone, for this hardship and oil companies are a good target. After all, they're making a ton of money and we're spending a ton of money.
Unfortunately, a lot of us aren't spending time looking at the true culprits. Like a strong economy — we're just sucking the stuff up.
And like China and India. Those two countries alone account for as much oil now as the whole world slopped up barely 10 years ago.
And like OPEC — what they collectively produce barely covers what we use in just 'this' country, let alone other countries.
Sometimes simple facts like those get lost in emotional times like these.
Simple facts like conserving fuel: most of us don't.
Or tapping energy sources here: most of our elected officials won't.
Add it all up and the bill keeps going up for a commodity that's limited in supply and demand that is not.
Politicians love to look at scapegoats. It's harder for them and us to look at something else: a mirror."
Friday , April 21, 2006
By Neil Cavuto
Oil prices are high and they're going higher — I think, a lot higher — which for a lot of folks will be a lot more of a hardship.
We're quick to want to blame someone, anyone, for this hardship and oil companies are a good target. After all, they're making a ton of money and we're spending a ton of money.
Unfortunately, a lot of us aren't spending time looking at the true culprits. Like a strong economy — we're just sucking the stuff up.
And like China and India. Those two countries alone account for as much oil now as the whole world slopped up barely 10 years ago.
And like OPEC — what they collectively produce barely covers what we use in just 'this' country, let alone other countries.
Sometimes simple facts like those get lost in emotional times like these.
Simple facts like conserving fuel: most of us don't.
Or tapping energy sources here: most of our elected officials won't.
Add it all up and the bill keeps going up for a commodity that's limited in supply and demand that is not.
Politicians love to look at scapegoats. It's harder for them and us to look at something else: a mirror."
Birds of a Feather
FOXNews.com - Birds of a Feather: "By Neil Cavuto
Think fast: What do Congress and diet pill pushers have in common?
They both promise quick fixes and neither delivers.
The real skinny on getting skinny is eating less and exercising more. The real skinny on curing our energy gluttony is using less and exploring more.
But fat folks still search for that magic bullet and hawkers know it. And gas-fuming Americans still search for lower prices and politicians cater to it.
We — as consumers — should be saying, enough of it.
Enough of $100 rebates for gas — that's two tanks, then we're still in the tank.
Enough of price gouging investigations — we've done dozens over the years with not a whiff of collusion in all these years.
And enough of press conferences that only happen when politicians want to look like they're doing something, then nothing when gas prices aren't doing anything.
Telling people to conserve gas is tough.
Demanding automakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles is tough.
Forcing exploration for more oil here so we're less dependent on it from over there is tough.
And seeking out energy alternatives in an oil-dependent nation is really tough.
They all take time. Because the best long-term solutions don't involve quick fixes, nor press conferences, nor patronizing speeches.
The only difference between politicians pandering and diet-hawkers hawking is that the diet-hawkers know you're sick of being fat. The politicians should know — loud and clear — that you're sick of them."
Think fast: What do Congress and diet pill pushers have in common?
They both promise quick fixes and neither delivers.
The real skinny on getting skinny is eating less and exercising more. The real skinny on curing our energy gluttony is using less and exploring more.
But fat folks still search for that magic bullet and hawkers know it. And gas-fuming Americans still search for lower prices and politicians cater to it.
We — as consumers — should be saying, enough of it.
Enough of $100 rebates for gas — that's two tanks, then we're still in the tank.
Enough of price gouging investigations — we've done dozens over the years with not a whiff of collusion in all these years.
And enough of press conferences that only happen when politicians want to look like they're doing something, then nothing when gas prices aren't doing anything.
Telling people to conserve gas is tough.
Demanding automakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles is tough.
Forcing exploration for more oil here so we're less dependent on it from over there is tough.
And seeking out energy alternatives in an oil-dependent nation is really tough.
They all take time. Because the best long-term solutions don't involve quick fixes, nor press conferences, nor patronizing speeches.
The only difference between politicians pandering and diet-hawkers hawking is that the diet-hawkers know you're sick of being fat. The politicians should know — loud and clear — that you're sick of them."
Police: Suspects' Car Too Small for Big TV
My Way News - Police: Suspects' Car Too Small for Big TV: "MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - Police who charged a Cincinnati couple with stealing a big-screen television said they should have thought about a bigger car.
Police stopped Richard and Stephanie North early Wednesday when they noticed their Mercury Sable going down a road with one of the doors open. Police found a 55-inch flat-screen TV on the back seat, hanging out the door.
Earlier, police had responded to an alarm at a TV and appliance store where the window on the front door was smashed out and a Hitachi flat-panel television was missing.
Richard North was charged with breaking and entering and felony theft. His wife was charged with complicity."
Police stopped Richard and Stephanie North early Wednesday when they noticed their Mercury Sable going down a road with one of the doors open. Police found a 55-inch flat-screen TV on the back seat, hanging out the door.
Earlier, police had responded to an alarm at a TV and appliance store where the window on the front door was smashed out and a Hitachi flat-panel television was missing.
Richard North was charged with breaking and entering and felony theft. His wife was charged with complicity."
Gadgetell - The Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things Blog � iRiver’s plans to knock out the iPod
Gadgetell - The Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things Blog � iRiver’s plans to knock out the iPod: "iRiver, just one of the major underdogs in the portable audio/video category, is getting ready for a huge global product launch. In early May executives will be releasing what we believe to be the product that is going to go up against the iPod."
Spanish 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Ire
My Way News - Spanish 'Star-Spangled Banner' Draws Ire: "By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ
(AP) Hip hop star Pitbull, gestures as he sings on a track while recording a Spanish-language version of...
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MIAMI (AP) - British music producer Adam Kidron says that when he came up with the idea of a Spanish-language version of the U.S. national anthem, he saw it as an ode to the millions of immigrants seeking a better life.
But in the week since Kidron announced the song - which features artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon - it has been the target of a fierce backlash.
Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' sung in a language other than English."
(AP) Hip hop star Pitbull, gestures as he sings on a track while recording a Spanish-language version of...
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MIAMI (AP) - British music producer Adam Kidron says that when he came up with the idea of a Spanish-language version of the U.S. national anthem, he saw it as an ode to the millions of immigrants seeking a better life.
But in the week since Kidron announced the song - which features artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon - it has been the target of a fierce backlash.
Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' sung in a language other than English."
How to Exercise Your Eyes - WikiHow
How to Exercise Your Eyes - WikiHow: "We all know how important it is to keep our bodies fit by doing things like going to the gym, jogging, and swimming. But, did you know that you can exercise your eyes as well? While eye exercising won't improve your vision, it will keep your eyes healthy and help minimize eyestrain"
Unclassifiable funny
Unclassifiable funny
Steven Wright
Anthony Burgess
Steven Wright
"If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?"
Anthony Burgess
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone."
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