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The study suggests that secondhand smoke may be a terrible and under-recognized cause of heart attack deaths in this country, said one of its authors, Terry Pechacek of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is from my sister’s blog, which I don’t want you mugs to have the link to.  But, EVS has moved to Virginia, and is terrorizing Bubba!!!

There’s been an ongoing war between me and a certain squirrel of infamy in our household.  Some people like squirrels – they think they’re cute.  I cannot stand a squirrel, and I have my reasons.

This particular squirrel has harassed our household for some time now.  I think it’s rabid or something.  My mother saw it with a BIRD in its mouth.  He even tried to get in the house.  He was trapped between the screen door and the French door.  I nearly had a heart attack.

Frankly, the squirrel makes me nervous.  Since the bird and door incident, whenever I see him twitching in the branches of one of our trees, I feel like dragging Buttercup back upstairs.  The dog runs around the yard barking and looking upward while I keep my eye on the stinking thing.   Apparently, he’s not intimidated by our ball of fluff dog, because he hangs around glaring down at us.  Now, I truly do think it’s just one squirrel terrorizing the household, because I’ve never seen other squirrels act that aggressive.  I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.

To sidetrack, one of the things I love most in the world is fresh, clean, new drywall.  The places that have new drywall in the house make me so happy.  I love how pristine and white it looks.  My father had built us a walk-in closet that has new drywall.  I loved that new drywall.  Now, it has been marred by what appears to be some little effer trying to get in the house.  I’m assuming it’s the squirrel that has made it into the attic and is digging his way into the closet.  Now, I’m jigged up to no end that one day, I’m going to open up that closet door, and there’s going to be a little fluffy tailed neurotic squirrel terrorizing me.  I’m going to have to go Caddyshack on the squirrel shortly. 

I’m really not sure what to do about this, but I’m going to place a phone call to my father.  He’s got to be getting into the attic somehow, and we’ve got to seal that up.  Let’s just hope to God he doesn’t make it through into the closet before we can figure this out.

,  no matter  what  you  think of  how  things are  going at the  present  time history  will  tell  the  real  story .     History  may  prove  Bush   to  be  a  complete  disaster but  on the  other   hand Bush  may  become  a well   thought  of  president  much  in the  manner  that  Harry  Truman , hated  in  his  time,  is  now  considered  one  of  the  best  American  presidents.  anyway ,   heres  the Condi  Rice  interview  :

 (CNN) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite President Bush’s low approval ratings, people will soon “start to thank this president for what he’s done.”
So we can sit here and talk about the long record, but what I would say to you is that this president has faced tougher circumstances than perhaps at any time since the end of World War II, and he has delivered policies that are going to stand the test of time,” Rice said in an interview that aired on CBS’ “Sunday Morning.”
The secretary of state brushed off reports that suggest the United States’ image is suffering abroad. She praised the administration’s ability to change the conversation in the Middle East.
“This isn’t a popularity contest. I’m sorry, it isn’t. What the administration is responsible to do is to make good choices about Americans’ interests and values in the long run — not for today’s headlines, but for history’s judgment,” she said.
“And I am quite certain that when the final chapters are written and it’s clear that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq is gone in favor of an Iraq that is favorable to the future of the Middle East; when the history is written of a U.S.-China relationship that is better than it’s ever been; an India relationship that is deeper and better than it’s ever been; a relationship with Brazil and other countries of the left of Latin America, better than it’s ever been …
“When one looks at what we’ve been able to do in terms of changing the conversation in the Middle East about democracy and values, this administration will be judged well, and I’ll wait for history’s judgment and not today’s headlines.” 

And  here’s  some  interesting  reading  on    President Harry  Truman :

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059714/posts

So  as  I said  time  will  tell ,  Allan

other  then  Caroline Kennedy  as   the replacement  of  Hillary  Clinton .   Granted,  I   only  read  about  her  interviews in  2  newspapers  so  far and  didn’t see  them  but the  woman  seems very  childlike  to me .    Lets hope  the  Governor makes  a better  choice   then  someone  running  basically  on her  name  even  as  she  denies  thats the case .

allan

No way do I advocate or endorse shooting a fellow human being for disturbing someone else’s enjoyment of a movie, but back when I went to movies, I would have said to myself, “See, you should have kept your pie hole closed, big mouth,” had this happened:

Man shot because family talked during movie

By Barbara Boyer

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

get those shopping carts they go up to town with ?  Not  the  4  wheeled  super market  thing  but  the  2 wheel small cart  with a handle they drag behind them.    I  have  a  use  for  one  of  those  not  related  to  me  having a  sex  change  operation  .   Nothing  to do with  walking   up  to  town .  I  use  my  Lincoln  for  visits  to   the  town  and the  local  stores but  one  of  those  things  would  be  perfect  for  something  I  want  to  do .  My  hardware store  doesn’t  have  them  so  does  anyone  have any  idea  where  these  old  ladies  get  them ?      thanks ,   allan

Here’s a site  if  you  would like to  read about  his life :

http://news.aol.com/article/nobel-winning-playwright-pinter-dies/287329

as I was  writing   my deer  story  I  received  the  following  important  email and  will  post  it  in  it’s entirety (how  do  you spell  that  anyway ?) here.  Here is  Kal’s predictions  for  the  new  year :

over  the last  2 days I  went to  the  ocean (robert moses state park), Heckcher (sp) state park ( a  park  on the  great south bay and  Timber  Point  golf course (  a  golf  course  on  the  great  south  bay )  and  in all 3  spots    i  have  seen  small  herds  of  white  tail  deer.    I  expected  it  in  Heckcher as  it  is  known  for  its  white  tailed  deer but  was surprized  today  to  see a  herd  right  over  by  the  ocean  smack  on the  side  of  the  road grazing away .   That   small heard  was all  does  and   1 buck .     The  other  herds  seemed  to  be all does .   Theres  no  deer  hunting  on  Long  Island and  from what i  know  they  can actually  become a  problem  in  suburban  areas being  highly  destructive of  landscaping .      Or  so   I  have   heard .         allan

So  far  the Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie about  the  attempted assasination  of Adolf Hitler has gotten terrible  reviews at  least  in the  2 NYC papers  I  was  able to  get today .   Newsday  doesn’t publish  on  Christmas  so  I  will see  what  they have  to  say  tomorrow.    Too bad , it’s a   great story .  allan