MEDICARE COVERAGE IN A NUTSHELL

 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers,
 'Hello.' 'Mrs. Sanders, please.'

 'Speaking.'

 'Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes
 Laboratory. When your husband's doctor sent his biopsy
 to the lab last week, a biopsy from another Mr.
 Sanders arrived as well. We are now uncertain which
 one belongs to your husband. Frankly, either way the
 results are not too good.'

 'What do you mean?' Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.

 'Well, one of the specimens tested positive for
 Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for HIV.
 We can't tell which is which.'

 'That's dreadful! Can you do the test again?'
 questioned Mrs. Sanders.

 'Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these
 expensive tests one time.'

 'Well, what am I supposed to do now?' 

'The folks at Medicare recommend that you drop your
 husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he
 finds his way home, don't sleep with him.'

I am OH SO SICK of bible and pot-smoking blogs...smoke your pot, read your bible, and move on!!!!

Meantime, that Beneful plate looks Yummmmmmmmmmmmmy! (of course I haven't eaten YET......)

(well, I already know I will get beaten down for this, but hey.......it's all ok!)

I set out to my local department store just the other day to buy a new bra. Mine had reached their expiration date. You know, only one hook left, straps stretched to the max, fraying around the edges.

I can tell you there is no other feeling of comfort like a good bra. It might compare to finding a good pair of shoes. Not sure what else a man might compare it to unless jock straps are an issue.

I walk into the store and am totally blinded by the hundreds if not thousands of bras hanging on the racks. The problem I have is - how long am I going to have to be here just trying to find that right one? With all the breast implants nowadays one would think there would be a bra with less padding and more support and comfort. I have NOT had breast implants - let's just say that the good lord was kind to me and I never had to go under the knife. So, back to the real problem - what will suffice for my girls? It seems when I find a bra that works and go back to buy more they no longer make that model. What's with that? I don't want a bra that has "stuffing" in it that will make me appear like I've placed the blades of a B-52 bomber or a Black and Decker drill under my blouse. I don't want spagetti straps that will pop and land my girls on my knees either. And lace that itches and scratches the hair out from under my arms is not a pleasant thing. Oh, and don't forget the underwires that seem to make their way up to my chin while engaged in serious conversation.

So, here I am hoping that the large safety pin I threw into my purse will not have to be retrieved for an emergency repair.

Has anyone else faced this dilema?

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE AS SICK OF AMERICAN IDOL AS I AM (SORRY FOX LOVE YOU OTHERWISE)EVERY SEASON IS AS BORING AS THE PREVIOUS ONE, YET THEY KEEP ON REPEATING IT EVERY YEAR. PLEASE PLEASE LETS HAVE SOMETHING ENTERTAINING TO WATCH

I've been trying for years to work out the logistics of a story on Texas Buffalo Soldiers -- the freed slaves who enlisted in the U.S. Army after the Civil War and helped win the West.  Most of their events are on weekends when I'm unable to get time or a photographer.  But, Wednesday it all came together at Lake Arrowhead State Park near Wichita Falls, where the park staff puts on an annual living history event.  Photographer Rick Smith and I shot the fixin's for a Lone Star Adventure that will air two Sundays from now in the 9pm news.

  Rosieleetta Reed Portraying Buffalo Soldier

In the process of shooting the story we got a chance to meet a remarkable woman named Rosieleetta Reed.  She's been a student of Buffalo Soldiers since she was a school girl.  Lee (as she's known to friends and family) is an operating room nurse from Venus, Texas  who volunteers with Texas Buffalo Soldiers and portrays the only known female Buffalo Soldier - Cathy Williams.  Williams was a freed slave who'd worked as a cook for the Union Army and after the war ended posed as a man, changed her name to William Cathey and served for two years along side the men.  Lee has done a lot of research on Cathy Williams (she has copies of her military records and a drawing made by a newspaper man in the 1880s) and loves to share the fascinating story with others.

 Luis Padilla and Selton Williams

The Texas Buffalo Soldiers program is run by a handfull of state employees with Texas Parks & Wildlife but it's the 200+ volunteers who really bring the history to life and they are always looking for more people to get involved..  Here's a link if you are interested: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/community_outreac
h_programs/buffalo_soldiers/

I wanted to share one other picture with you that Rick took with his still camera -- a couple of black-tailed prairie dogs we encountered in the park.  Lake Arrowhead is just south of Wichita Falls.  We're told it's an excellent fishing lake.  And, it has one of the furthest east prairie dog towns in the US.

Lynn Salmon runs the place and we found him to be a great host.  He tells us the crappie are biting and a 66 pound blue catfish was recently hauled out -- a new lake record.  Fishermen may want to put this Lake Arrowhead on the list.

Rich

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/05/15/cat.personalit
y.test.ap/index.html

This is great! Being of a feline persuasion this is overdue! Cats are a breed apart [no pun intended] and with their complex personalities [more so than dogs - and don't say it, i have a dog as well] it bodes well to match by personality rather than what they are looks wise. All cats are cute as kittens - but sometimes what they grow into isn't as cutesy. My two are complete opposites: Adso is a thrill killer and not a 'feely' cat unless he thinks you deserve his love and divine attention [usually when he wants bonkies]. But then he lived the first months of his life fending for himself in the parking garage at work before I spent  those same months taming him and bringing him home. He tolerates Reno [the dog] but there is no love lost. But he watches out over Adair when they go outside - so Big bro when it comes to her. Adair is a total love machine and mischevious. I get in bed she will come running in and cuddle on my shoulder or neck, and drool [ew]. But she will even cuddle with Reno, within reason. She idolizes Adso and knows she is not allowed out unless he goes too. She will try to snag you going down the stairs thru the banister and has NO problems playing 'trip the two-legs' down the stairs at 4am before you have coffee.

So your cats - how are they personality wise?

http://sneakmove.com/2008/02/everlasts-letters-hom
e-from-garden-of.html

This song is by Everlast and is written in the perspective of a soldier in Iraq.  It tells of the soldier who does what he's there to do but is unsure of the rightness of the cause. 

God bless all our soldiers...keep them safe.

This crap isnt going to end till August...

BLEEP!!!

-POV

The next big polo event in Dallas area, after Polo on the lawn, is the governors Cup. Long played in houston, it was awarded to Stonebriar Polo club in oak Point Texas this year! At this years finals on June 7th the Ladies Polo Auxilairy will be hosting a fundraiser fro Polo Training Foundation. www.polotrainingfoundation.org for info on the great things they do. $75 payable to PTF mailed to LPA 25 Highland Park village suite 100-237 Dallas TX 75205 gets you in a field side tent for the polo match with dinner, drinks by 10 Cane Rum and Barefoot wines, an exclusive git bag and live music by Yancey Stevens and the City Slickers. not a bad deal! The weather is fine, come and join us!

Gates open at 5:00.

email dena@henrysmiller.com for questions go to www.oakpointpolo.com for directions to Stonebriar Polo Club.

Without the VIP treatment cost is $20 per car-tailgate,byob and picnic!

Please buy your ticket today to attend the 30-year reunion.

Reunion to be held on June 14, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. to 12 midnight at the Fort Worth Convention Center. 

Go to: http://www.trinityclassof78reunion.com for party details and to purchase your ticket.

Linda Waddle Branton

BERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - The Swiss government has agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a shortage of French fries next month.

A spokesman for the country's department of agriculture told national radio on Wednesday that the government would allow an additional 5,000 tonnes of potatoes to be brought in.

The decision follows a request by Swiss potato industry association Swisspatat who warned that supplies were already running low in the buildup to the June tournament.

The association has estimated that 3,000 additional tonnes will be needed to make chips for foreign supporters, with the remaining 2,000 used for other forms of potato.

Switzerland has already been fretting over dwindling supplies of its beloved 'cervelat' sausage following a European Union ban on the Brazilian cows' intestines traditionally used to encase the meat.

Economics minister Doris Leuthard, who is also responsible for agriculture, told the national parliament in March there were enough cervelats in reserve to last at least through Euro 2008.

The tournament runs from June 7 to 29 and will be co-hosted by Switzerland and neighbouring Austria.

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Whew! Glad they got that settled! Wouldn't be football without chips and sausage! So happy they have cervelats in reserve! But this puzzles me: '"with the remaining 2,000 used for other forms of potato'" So like what other forms of potato? Does potato have other forms other than a tuber? Like maybe star form? Or perhaps little cute animal form? Ah..I love it when things are lost in translation. 'I'd like potato please' 'What form?' 'Ummmm Liger please!'