http://hamptonroads.com/node/353315 Personal Spin en-us Copyright 2009 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:25:09 -0500 Of course, the conversation these days seems to hinge on the economy-many people use to boast about how much they spent to buy whatever, wife 1.0 use to do that ALL THE TIME. I kept telling her how rude that was and nobody really cared how much she spent on whatever. But these days, more and more people seem to take pride in how much they got for how little. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/now-they-see Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:45:11 -0500 I have a friend of mine who is a rabid Democrat, she is "down for the cause" about on an equal par with being my being comitted to the animals and can be even more uncompromising than I can. She's like the Taliban of the animal rescue scene-that's just who she is. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/now-i-know-she-went-around-bend Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:36:48 -0500 Last Friday night as we left the Petsmart at Hilltop, my Copernicus heard a cat meowing across the parking lot. I heard it, too but we had nothing to catch it with. Saturday we returned with a small Have-a-Heart trap I have used to catch a squrill and release it and not needed it since. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/meet-mouse Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:38:33 -0400 I have lost count-I cannot recall the exact number of animals we have adopted in the past four weeks at the new Pet Center located in the Petsmart store at Hilltop and now at the Petsmart store located at South Plaza Trail and Virginia Beach Boulevard-but it's a bunch, somewhere in the range of 50 animals. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/somewhere-around-50 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:08:37 -0400 After a long journey, Copernicus has arrived and the bus was only four hours late! That's pretty good for a Greyhound. Upon arriving, he was brought to the meeting of the Friends of Virginia Beach Animal Control-nothing like sitting in a meeting of people you don't know talking about things you aren't up to speed on after a long bus ride and then, DINNER! http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/copernicus-here Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:32:10 -0400 Yea, you read that right-my son, by marriage anyway. You see, Miss Scarlett has a 20 year-old son who can't seem to find his way in life, has made some pretty stupid mistakes, has been thrown out into the street by his girlfriends parents while living in Wisconsin and now has nowhere to turn-except to his mother which by default and reasons of proximity will put him in my house. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/my-son-my-god Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:13:03 -0400 If you are a pilotonline junkie like me, perhaps you have noticed that the opinion letters that I like to read every day aren't always kept current-I've been looking at the same letters to the editor for days now-   Am I missing something here?? http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/what-happened-opinion-page Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:06:48 -0400 For several weeks, I have been teasing about some really big news that I have been keeping a secret because all the details weren't in place yet-now those things are in place and I can tell you what is going on- http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/now-i-can-tell-you Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:07:20 -0400 I promised one of my Humaniac friends I'll vote a straight Democratic ticket this election in exchange for the favor she did for me yesterday-I owe her that much. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/just-how-far-im-willing-go Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:29:24 -0400 As you may remember, we took in a LOT of foster kittens this summer-at the WORST possible time. Neither Miss Scarlett or I had what could be called steady employment this summer, but we still manager to care for our own gaggle of cats as well as about 13 other animals in need. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/four-out-door Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:53:24 -0400