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Archive for June, 2011

In my opinion, the best thing that has ever been invented has got to be the computer. Not only is it important for businesses, it is also important in my life as well. With a computer, I can write, watch movies, play video games, check the weather and the news, keep in touch with old friends, and shop. I have my whole life on the computer, and I would really be lost without one. While it is true that I can do all of these things by other means, it really is just convenient to have them all on one handy little machine.

When loading children in to car, new parents take great care to ensure the safety of their child. Many of these same parents, however, have never been educated on the safest way to carry a dog in a car. All dogs, no matter their size, should be somehow restrained when riding in a vehicle. Placing the dog in one of the many properly sized dog carriers is almost certainly the simplest and best way, and is usually easy since most dogs love their crates. But like people, all dogs are different, and accordingly for some dogs another safety option may be best. Doggy Seat Belts, mesh nets for open cargo areas, and other restraints should be used when needed. And finally, as much as they may love it, never let your dogs hang their heads out the car window or ride crate-free in the bed of a pickup truck. The wind feels good to them, but dust particles and other detritus picked up in the wake of the car hit their eyes with such force that they cause cataracts at a young age. Restrain your dog… even if they hate it at the moment, they’ll live a happier life for it.

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If I could travel in time, I would revisit my college years.  They were some of the most enjoyable years that I have ever experienced.  They were certainly a time in my life that I would not mind revisiting and possibly altering some of the decisions I made.  There is an old saying that “youth is wasted on the young.”  I think that adage sums up my college years nicely.  I did not appreciate them enough when I was living through them.  I was a very serious young woman and, if I could travel back in time, I would try to be more carefree.  I would try to appreciate those days when my whole adult life still lay ahead of me because they ended more than soon enough.  If I could hop into a time machine and program it to travel back about 35 years ago, I would push the “start” button and go zipping back to my alma mater.

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If I could confront anyone from the past, it would be the person who was my best friend for much of my childhood and teen years.  Her name was Debbie and we were inseparable until high school.   Then our horizons expanded and our interests diverged, but we were still very close friends even when I went to college and she got married.  We still saw each other frequently and spoke often.  We somehow drifted apart after she got divorced and I went to graduate school.  However, it sometimes seems impossible to me that we somehow allowed our relationship to totally dissolve.  In my memory, it was more her doing than mine, but her memory might be different.  I have tried searching for her on the Internet, but I have not found her.  I sometimes think about what it would be like if I could find her and confront her about what happened to end our relationship.  I also wonder whether we could renew our friendship after we had cleared the air.  So far, however, that is no more than a daydream.