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The grass in the front yard is chin deep on the retriever. Days of torrential rain have kept it too wet to cut, as well as filling the national news pages with tales of catastrophic flooding, human misery, disaster, closed highways, swollen rivers, sand bags, and the emptying of Lake Delton here in Wisconsin. But there's always a silver lining somewhere for someone, and right now it's a...

~{}~ The stench of yesterdays fish Glistering wet sidewalks No traffic. England at night There you were, so bloody handsome There I was, so bloody young Slipped away from parental sight I was shivering and your coat too big for me It smelt of sweat, wet dogs and aftershave The pub was near, ‘t was called “The Bloody Knight” You bought me a shandy, I wanted wine,...

NASA scientists were perfectly happy to be all wet this week as the space agency reveals...

I know it's not often that we celebrate a thunderstorm, but after weeks of desperately dry weather in Central Florida, every little drop counts!And we got more than a few drops this morning, outside of Orlando. As soon as we all heard the first crash of thunder, we started smiling. I think most of us have lawns that are dying, and ponds that are nearly dry.The rain is such a soothing sound, too...

March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. It happens every year. The wind is blowing 40 miles an hour outside. It’s west Texas windy today, and even the birds aren’t flying. They’re all in their swaying nests thinking, “Da’yam! Grab the babies! I need to pee and fly and sing...what the HELL?!” For me, it’s not that ‘the answer,...

Nancy Grace's brassiere has been a key factor during her performances on "Dancing with the Stars." I am probably one of the eleven people in the United States who has never seen the show, but even I have heard about her alleged areola and/or nipple appearance. Nancy's story reminded me of my own, less newsworthy, bra malfunction.As a 'Specials' teacher, I always try to buy clothes...

I love my animals. I have two dogs, Faegan and Junior, and two cats, Travers and Laila. No children at this point (human children, I mean) so the furry friends get most of the attention in my house. My dogs *know how to manipulate my love...But like

Before there was Doctor Seuss, there was Lewis Carol. Carol wrote one of be best whimsical poems ever written – The walrus and the carpenter. You may remember hearing a portion of that poem but perhaps never read the complete poem ( "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax--, Of cabbages--and kings-- ). Or if you had I suspect it...

I love my animals. I have two dogs, Faegan and Junior, and two cats, Travers and Laila. No children at this point (human children, I mean) so the furry friends get most of the attention in my house. My dogs *know how to manipulate my love. When I sit on the couch, Faegan gets behind me to put his head on my shoulder. If I try and yell at Junior for some puppy infraction, he flops on his...