Dave Ettl

On Monday we talked about National Honesty Day.  A little Google research -thanks to Wikipedia- reveals that an “M. Hirsh Goldberg, who was a former press secretary of Maryland and writer of many novels, created the holiday in the early 1990’s while writing the first draft and researching for his book The Book of Lies: Fibs, Tales, Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed The Course of History and Affect Our Daily Live. “   

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Think of the great cities in America to include Seattle.  Think of their personalities, what they represent, what they stand for.  Some cities like L.A. are known for their traffic. Some cities like Chicago or New Orleans are notorious for their high rate of crime. Others are known for being rich. 

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When it comes to mothers and daughters, the apple does not fall far from the tree. A new study by Hallmark cards reveals that at about age 32, women find they are turning into their moms, copying habits like worrying, stocking up on groceries and watching soap operas.

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 May Day! May Day! No distress signal, just the announcement that May Day is Wednesday and the day carries a lot of myth and history.

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Frightened parents know all too well that some kids will breathe gasoline or glue fumes to get high. Others will drink mouthwash and rubbing alcohol for the buzz.  Now doctors are warning parents about a new and dangerous trend they have spotted: Teenagers are drinking hand sanitizer in a bid to get drunk.

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Whether hunting game, fighting fires, herding livestock or protecting the home-front, man’s best friend since the days of the cave is the noble hound.  They come in all shapes, sizes and colors.  And know this: People will judge you by the breed you choose. 

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The very rich are different from you and me," said F. Scott Fitzgerald.  How different?  Well, Ivana Trump so abhors footprints on the carpet that she has the rooms in her home freshly vacuumed before she enters them.  Christina Onassis used to have Diet Coke flown to her by private jet.  You get the idea.  We wouldn’t think of any of that would we…even if we COULD afford it?  But one way they aren’t any different is in overall intelligence…common sense maybe,

but not intelligence! 

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We have a cat. No, they have a cat…my wife and daughter.  She (cat, not wife) is old and getting senile but she still rules the house.  I have tried. I play the allergy card, the hairball and germs card…even the “suck the life out of our daughter while she sleeps card” but to no avail.  The wife says she’s known the cat longer than me.  And now this! 

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Hello Horace Greeley…what’s that you say?  “Washington (D.C.) is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country”.

 Famed newspaperman Greeley wrote that in 1851 and according to Forbes Magazine it’s still true today.  (And the morals thing is true too but I digress).

If you want to find a good job go west…to Seattle.

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According to a new Rasmussen survey of “likely U.S. voters,” 56 percent believe the financial industry bailouts were bad for the United States.  How can that be? We “had to act” didn’t we? Isn’t that what we were told?

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