Here is another reason for smokers to quit.  A study by Tufts University found that our pets may be affected by second-hand smoke even more than our children.   That's because, in addition to breathing in the smoke, pets get in it their fur then lick it off.

If anyone was wondering why I waited until afternoon to post on Thursday, my internet connection was down in the morning.

Another thing I heard this week about pets that I thought I should pass along because I don't think many people are aware of it.  I read that macadamia nuts are highly poisonous to dogs.  One ounce can temporarily paralyze a twenty pound dog and more can cause heart problems and death.

I got word this week that the ICC/Project X group trip to Greece is on.  We got the minimum twenty participants required to get the group rates.  I'm really looking forward to the trip.

Weird and Wacky News

A man in England is on trial for sprinkling nuts around a food plant that is supposed to be nut free.  He was apparently trying to get revenge for being reprimanded.

A man in Pennsylvania got mad at his bank for locking up his checking account because he wasn't making payments on his truck.  So he drove the truck through the bank door.

Was Dracula really Irish?  Some think that may be the case.  Bram Stoker, the writer of Dracula, was Irish and some now believe his story was based on the tales his mother told about the cholera epidemic in 1832 in which the sick were often buried alive to prevent the spread of the disease.