Archive for the ‘health hazards’ Category

• H1N1 flu is going strong

  Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

  Classes have or are just starting in schools across the country and the worse thing to dread is not that hard grading professor or the bully in the hallway. The H1N1 virus is lurking in the dorms and classroom to infect unsuspecting students and faculty.   We all saw the concern that world leaders had [...]

• Is Oregon going Anti dogs?

  Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

  Since I am a big dog lover, I thought that living in Oregon might be nice except for the rain and my arthritis. Dogs in Oregon have, until now, been welcomed in most places. Even those that served food. Now they have banned dogs from places’ that serve food even drink isles. I can understand [...]

• A Storm is Brewing

  Thursday, July 16th, 2009

  I never thought in a million years that I would be defending an employer who had treated me poorly but in this case I must speak out loudly. Some bleeding hearts are crying foul because forensic patients at Alvarado Parkway Institute are being shackled to the bed and the poor darlings can’t watch television, have [...]

• Fame comes with tragic price tag

  Monday, June 29th, 2009

  When I heard that Michael Jackson had died I had a strong visceral reaction. I could not breathe for a few seconds and my mind‘s surge protector went into overload. I could not think a lucid thought. I hurried to write a tribute to an artist who’s music I loved and admired. I first thought [...]

• What Next

  Sunday, June 28th, 2009

  I wish someone would just build me a very large plastic bubble so I can stay safe from all the harmful things we are told to avoid. I am a lover of dogs. Dogs are to me the best friend you can have. They love you in good times and bad. All they ask is [...]