Note To Co-Workers

Just because I sit near the printer doesn't mean I have any idea what's wrong with it when it breaks. Stop asking me for help.

Deval

It's about time I heard a political speech that brought tears to my eyes. Thank you Deval!

"You are the young man from Boston who took the midnight bus from college in New York to be at the polls to vote this morning, then hopped on the next bus back to New York so that he could be back in time for his internship. You are the mother who thanked me this morning for running a campaign her kids could watch and be proud of. You are the retiree who told me the other day that this campaign changed her life. You are the homeless man who figured out how to register and vote without an address, because he did not want to be left out again. You are the venture capitalist in the office tower who organized other VCs to help, and the cleaning crew who stopped us in the lobby on the way in to say, 'I'm with you, too.' You are the new citizen who says with such pride that you cast your first vote for Tim and me. You are the tired and frustrated public official, who just got your second wind. You are every Black man, woman and child in Massachusetts and America, and every other striver of every race and kind, who is reminded tonight that the American Dream is for you, too."

Fur Facts

It's been un-PC to wear fur for years. I knew that animals were raised in deplorable conditions just to be killed so their skins could be made into high-fashion.

What I didn't know is that animals are almost always still alive when they are skinned. I watched a video of a wolf panting and blinking as its fur was pulled back, the way you'd peel off a swimsuit. Their bodies are thrown onto a pile of other bodies, where they soon die. Even worse, before the skinning even began, the people were beating and teasing the wolf.

Most people are aware that the fur trade isn't pretty work. Some might think that once the fur is gone, the rest of the animal is used for something (it's not; for example dairy, beef and leather come from three separate sets of livestock). Do most people think the animals are killed before they are skinned? Or even afterwards? It would be humane to at least kill them afterwards instead of leaving them to suffer before they die, right?

I wonder how many people would consider wearing fur, or even buying clothes from a company that uses fur, if they knew what I just learned.

Yeah Doogie!!

Neil Patrick Harris, who starred in "Doogie Howser, M.D.," and who currently stars in the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother," is gay and wants to quell any rumors to the contrary.

"(I) am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest," Harris tells People magazine's Web site.

Vote Democrat

LONDON - The United States is seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbors and allies, with Britons saying President Bush poses a greater danger than North Korea’s Kim Jong Il, a survey found Friday.

Lovely.

Letters to God

Hundreds of unopened letters to God washed up on the Jersey shore yesterday, some dating all the way back to the 70's.