You are so right.  It is doubly hard when you are gluten sensitive.  That gluten free food cost twice as much.  I have taken to shopping online.  You have a greater variety of prices to choose from,specially  in cat food.  You have to be very canny to manage in this world.  Thank goodness, over the years, I have picked...more

Grocery store trap 11:  trying to make you think that saying no to your child over that packet of cookies will scar them for life -- bogus.  It will teach them that just because they want something does not mean they can have it.  That money isn't something to be wasted.     Another way is to try your store own bra...more

I have read here that people blame Obama for their situation. Read on folks.   When many Americans have money and times are good they spend spend spend. Rich people don’t waste money and manage every penny they have, good times and bad. That is why they are rich.   Don't blame the Obamas for your staycation. I...more

Queen of frigging everything, you got Xfiles music.  All I got was shaky video.   Whoooo.

Have you never been sick and had religious disciples, from this church or that, turn up at your door?

I know this isn’t going to sit well with commenters but: Two boys. Moved from place to place to place, then thinking that they were settled, their parents up and leave them. Even at 19 years old a boy still needs some family support. The uncle will have nothing to do with them, so the older brother became a sorrigate p...more

I took the time to read some of the comments.  They were good.    Right, who would actually be saved?  You can't evacuate the total earth, it's just not possible.  So, who goes, who stays.  The rich people will go because they will have the money that's needed to fund the enterprise.  The senior politicians and mi...more

What does Hawking see happening to make the world uninhabitable? I'm sure the info is somewhere but it would have been nice if the news story at least outlined it.   Would you leave earth if today was a 1,000 hence? I don't think I could stand leaving earths gravity and seeing this lovely planet shrink into oblivio...more

I am both.  That animal in the picture above is just plain beautiful.  But I love dogs and cats as well.  I am pretty certain one of my cats was killed by a mountain lion that has been seen in the area, and I live in a well established residential area.  My guess is that they are everywhere.  Could I kill the mountain?...more