I heard a harsh bark coming from the back of the house. Sounded like an old dog straining to catch attention. What I saw was disheartening. Artie had a tight noose around her neck. Her gray-white fur was muddied and there were patches of exposed skin. Her staring eyes wondered if I was friend or foe. She cowered when I approached and moved as far away from me as the chain would allow. Slowly, I reached out my hand and pat her on the head. Eventually, I started to give her a good massage. All the while, I could see she was trying to process this strange sensation --- as if, for the first time, someone actually recognized she was an animal who had dignity.

We have 3 cats and 2 dogs in our home and those animals shed lots and lots of hair. And the hair (especially the soft cottony ones) are so light they go airborne like the Rono virus. Guess who vacuums the dander? My daughter who brought in the 3 cats? No way! My wife who adopted the 2 corgi dogs? Never! It's poor, forsaken, forgotten, unlucky me.

There was a young man who was drafted into the Army to fight in Vietnam. He spent several years in San Francisco after his discharge before returning to visit his family in the Bronx.

The other day I was thinking of a non-existent color.

I'm as bored as an Amish electrician.

An old Native American man goes to his local bank to borrow $500.

Have you heard of Murphy's Law?

At a sports store — Customer: Do you have jogging shorts?

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