Someone once told me my voice reminded me of a Caruso recording, old and scratchy. ... Our cat had been hacking a lot and we decided it wasn't fur balls so my wife took her to the vet. My wife called with the verdict. "She's got asthma," she said. "How do we get her to use the little inhalers?" I replied. Apparently they gave her a shot of cortisone and if that doesn't work, we need a cat nebulizers (although how you nebulize cats is beyond me. I think the pieces would clog up the machine). My wife worried the asthma was caused by cigarette smoke "Yeah, but if you tell her to quit, she just hisses." ....... Saw the Sarah Lee Cherry Pocket at the new display at local convenience story. Noted the usual chemical ingredients and the warning "May contain actual cherries." "Do you think all those chemicals are dangerous?" someone asked. "I don't know, but there's a warning not to expose the package to extreme heat or vibration... The convenience store also has a new variety of coffee rated by caffeine content. There's strong, extreme and toxic waste. ... My daughter's nephew was spending the weekend with us and I asked how old he was and he said 7 and a half. "How old are you?" He asked. "How old do you think I am?" I replied. "Twenty-eight," he said. "Close, twenty-nine. How old do you think my wife is?" "Eighty-eight," he said. "Hey, you got it right on the mark," I commented.