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Unbearable  starstarstarstarstar
I know some of you wake up with a bear every morning. He gets out of bed bear-naked, all hairy and stuff, walks bear-foot across the bear-floor scratching ...

Dog-gone!  Not rated yet
Ricky was a Jack Russell Terrier. Ricky lived in a house. Ricky used the living room for a toilet. Ricky was put in the bathroom one day because he was ...

Valentine  Not rated yet
Valentine's day is about one thing. It is not about cards, chocolate, gifts, and dinner. Valentine's day is not about exotic trips, jewelry, back rubs,...

Pillage  Not rated yet
I sat down with a friend of mine the other day for lunch. Before the meal arrived he took out a pill tin. It was a colorful sight with blue, red, orange,...

Rattlesnake  Not rated yet
Not long ago I was taking an old friend of mine, Mary Lou, fishing at Coffee Pot lake. The lake is out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by scrub, basalt,...

Alzheimer's  Not rated yet
Yesterday I was driving around the north side of town searching for a particular address. I turned into a retirement facility parking lot to turn around ...

Harnessed Energy  Not rated yet
As Mrs. Evans walked though the department store, a number of parents were dismayed to see her three-year old was on a dog harness. He was tied to the ...

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends  Not rated yet
It's a dog eat dog world out there. Everyone's trying to claw their way to the top. To keep afloat we all have to kick in. Best friends "stick" together,...

Raconteur - story teller  Not rated yet
So the other day I was taking a nice refreshing swim when an elephant came along and threw me in the air. What? You don't believe me? Tell your kids stories....

Swing For The Fence!  Not rated yet
"Swing for the fence, son! Swing for the fence! Life is not about half way."
You heard him, right Max? He said, "It's about choices. We win of lose ...

Louie the Lip  Not rated yet
Recently I spent some time at the pound looking for a dog. Every canine comes with a list of attributes and short-comings so the adoptive parents know ...

Wonder  Not rated yet
"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle."

A Better View  Not rated yet
The first time Mrs. Hatcher knew there was something different with her son was an early cold December morning. A quiet grunting noise coming from the ...

The Eye of God  Not rated yet
Years ago my eleven-year-old friend David, who was confined to a wheelchair said to me, "Someday Lyle I'll be zooming from planet to planet all over the ...

Mother Hen  Not rated yet
Never help your son get up when he trips in front of his friends. Look away and act like you don't see it. The boys are watching to decide if they will ...

Mufasa  Not rated yet
Most boys need a Lion moment at some point in their lives. If you are not a Lion then try to align him with a Lion. If you can't find one than fake it ...